The Wrap: Northern child care, Tuxedo election aftermath, drug queenpin sentencing hearing, and great little museums
Plus: Where are the lane lines on city streets?

The issues that have plagued Manitoba’s child-care system have been around for decades.

The problems are magnified in the province’s north, and there they are much harder to fix — if they can be fixed at all.

Jeff Hamilton reports in the fifth of our six-part series examining the state of child care in the province.

Manitoba’s New Democrat orange wave crashed into Winnipeg’s Tuxedo neighbourhood Tuesday night.

Political rookie Carla Compton will be the first non-Progressive Conservative MLA to represent the constituency since its inception in 1981, beating PC candidate Lawrence Pinsky by 600 votes.

Reporter Kevin Rollason tried unsuccessfully to talk to Tories about the defeat; he speaks instead to political observers about what happened.

Nicole Buffie looks into a robocall campaign in the days leading up to the byelection that nudged residents not to vote for Pinsky.

And Dan Lett opines on what the election defeat means for the Tories, who are heading into a leadership process where there are, as of yet, no declared candidates.

The City of Winnipeg has faced significant delays in its road-marking operation this year, blaming faulty equipment and wet weather.

However, critics are pointing to budget issues and the use of less-durable paint for the missing white and yellow lane dividers, edge markings, intersections, pedestrian corridors and crosswalks around the city this spring.

Malak Abas reports looks into when the city’s single line-painting machine is likely to hit the road.

We told you yesterday about confessed drug-ring matriarch Sandra Guiboche. During the first day of her sentencing hearing, the Crown, which is seeking a 10-year sentence for conspiracy to traffic cocaine, reviewed the booming drug production and distribution network she ran.

Today, the defence argued Guiboche started with good intentions when she set up shop in Point Douglas and began selling highly pure, pink-dyed crack cocaine.

In what sounded like a defence Breaking Bad’s Walter White might have mounted had he ever made it to trial, defence lawyer Saul Simmonds argued Guiboche was trying to help already addicted users who were becoming sick using tainted crack.

Reporter Dean Pritchard was back in the courtroom to hear from the defence — and from Guiboche.

Winnipeg is home to dozens of small museums, tucked between rows of shops or in the corners of suburbs where they collect, commemorate and share our stories, our heritage and the minutia from our past.

Helmed by dedicated volunteers who donate time and expertise to ensure the legacy of their memories is preserved, these museums are a collective labour of love.

Arts reporter A.V. Kitching takes a peek inside gems like the Charleswood Museum, the Ogniwo Polish Museum and the Transcona Historical Museum.