The Wrap: Police kill U of M student, doctor becomes adviser, Perfetti hit intentional, weatherman retires and art on the move

University of Manitoba student Afolabi Stephen Opaso was experiencing a mental-health crisis when he was shot and killed by police inside a Fort Richmond apartment on the weekend, according to a lawyer who is assisting the man’s family.

“At this point we need more answers, more clarity as to how a normal call for help for someone who is having a mental-health episode would lead to them being shot,” Jean-René Dominique Kwilu said.

Police have said Opaso was shot in a “use-of-force encounter.”

 

Dr. Eric Jacobsohn, a well-known Winnipeg intensive care unit doctor, has been appointed special adviser to Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara.

Jacobsohn said his job is to provide a “direct line of communication” between health-care workers, Asagwara and Premier Wab Kinew, and to be a sounding board for the government as it pursues its health-care agenda.

Cole Perfetti was stunned to get high-sticked in the face by Minnesota Wild winger Ryan Hartman right off the faceoff on Sunday afternoon, instantly drawing blood.

But what came next threw the young Winnipeg Jets forward for a loop: Hartman admitted, on tape, that the move was intentional.

After 17 years of letting Manitobans know what to expect from the weather, meteorologist John Sauder, 62, will deliver his final forecast Friday on CBC.

In the days before his retirement, he takes a look back at a career full of highs and lows.

If you’ve ever spent any time in the Manitoba Legislative Building in the weeks after a change in government, you may notice the buzz of activity taking place in the basement around the Provincial Art Collection office.

The office staff are moving large paintings around in preparation for an MLA or minister to drop by to select works to be displayed in their offices.

Photojournalist Mike Deal watched the art on the move.