The Wrap: Nurse float pool, eviction update, Biden drops out, and the RWB’s new season

Good evening. Here’s a look at what our newsroom has been working on today:

'It can only be good for patients'

The Manitoba government has hired 175 nurses for its travel nurse float pool targeted at reducing the public system’s costly reliance on staffing from private agencies.

Shared Health says roughly 70 per cent of the total hires had worked shifts for private nursing agencies before they joined the provincial pool.

Katie May talks to nurses who joined the pool, and administrators dealing with a surge in applications.

Katie May:

Eager nurses dive into public-health system’s inviting travel float pool

Benefits, pay, flexibility draw nurses who migrated to private agencies Read More

Iced drink with lime on a wooden surface beside the Savour Manitoba magazine cover.

'I don’t think this building is a safe place for anybody'

Tenants who were suddenly evicted from a College Avenue apartment building last week began to return over the weekend after the province stepped in, bringing in 24-hour security to allow people to return home.

Outreach workers from St. Boniface Street Links were on site Monday afternoon, as were police, residential tenancies branch staff and security personnel.

Reporter Malak Abas returned to the building with one tenant who decided to go back to a shelter instead of staying in the suite.

Malak Abas:

Evicted tenants return — to find little left in suites

Furniture, fridges, stoves removed from College Avenue apartment Read More

'Everyone does everything'

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s 85th season begins in earnest Wednesday night with Ballet in the Park, the company’s annual al fresco showcase at Assiniboine Park’s Lyric Theatre.

This week’s performances will also mark the first time longtime soloist Stephan Azulay will step out as a newly minted principal dancer, while Amanda Solheim and Joshua Hidson have been called up from the corps de ballet to second soloists.

Arts writer Jen Zoratti talks to all three.

Jen Zoratti:

Fresh air, fresh faces

RWB kicks off annual al fresco series with new principal, second soloists Read More

'One of America’s most consequential presidents'

The 2024 American presidential campaign has been dramatically reset after President Joe Biden dropped out and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor.

Harris has moved swiftly to lock up Democratic delegates behind her campaign for the White House — and set a new fundraising record — after Biden stepped aside Sunday amid concerns from within their party that he would be unable to defeat Republican Donald Trump.

We turn to the wire services for the latest on the political situation south of the border, and columnist Dan Lett weighs in on what Biden’s decision to stand down could mean for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Dan Lett:

Liberals watching Biden’s ouster closely

Will U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from this fall’s presidential election prompt Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to follow suit? Read More

Aamer Madhani, Chris Megerian And Seung Min Kim, The Associated Press:

Biden continues to recover from COVID-19, stays out of public view after ending his 2024 campaign

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s “symptoms have almost resolved completely” from COVID-19, according to his physician, as the president on Monday remained out of public... Read More

Zeke Miller, Leah Askarinam, Maya Sweedler And Chad Day, The Associated Press:

Harris has support of enough Democratic delegates to become party’s presidential nominee: AP survey

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the support of enough Democratic delegates to become her party’s nominee against Republican Donald Trump, according to an Asso... Read More

The Associated Press:

Who’s No. 2? Four leading Democrats emerge as a possible running mate for Kamala Harris

No one knows the importance of selecting the right running mate better than Vice President Kamala Harris. With Harris now the leading candidate to succeed President Joe Biden as the pre... Read More

Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press:

Kamala Harris likely to follow path blazed by Biden on Canada-U.S. relationship

WASHINGTON - Observers expect Kamala Harris to follow President Joe Biden’s roadmap for America’s relationship with Canada as she moves to secure the Democratic party's presidential nom... Read More