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Essential reads for January 6, 2020

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Winnipeg sues former CAO, contractors over police HQ 'fraud, embezzlement' 


7:30 PM CST Monday, Jan. 6, 2020
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Larry Kusch:

Standing-room only: patient surge hits city ERs, urgent care

St. Boniface Hospital's emergency department was so backed-up Friday afternoon, people accompanying patients waiting to see a doctor had to stand to make way for other patients.

Dan Lett:

Traumatized nurses weary of waiting for Pallister to answer call button

JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES</p><p>- surgical suite at Health Sciences Centre</p>

Tom Brodbeck:

Taps stay open on Winnipeg's hidden tax

That glass of water is going to cost you more if city council agrees with a recommendation to raise water and sewer rates annually for the next four years. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)</p>

Jessica Botelho-Urbanski :

Violence at now-closed Exchange nightclub behind push for bylaw change

Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press. Police have shutdown a section of Princess Street around Citizen Nightclub in the Exchange District as they investigate yet another homicide in the city. November 2, 2019.

Danielle Da Silva:

Dozens scammed by fake posting for cafe jobs

JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSJanis Urniezius, owner of Park Line Coffee on south Osborne, is photographed in her cafe in Winnipeg Monday, January 6, 2020. Urniezius says that someone posted a fake barista job advertisement on a job board. People showed up at her cafe hoping to be interviewed. Aside from the inconvenience for both applicant and Urniezius, officials say that applicants to the fake jobs run the risk of becoming “money mules” or victims of identity theft.</p><p>Reporter: Da Silva</p>

Maggie Macintosh:

River trails skating season over before it begins

Getting equipment or people onto the river is difficult and dangerous due to the treacherous chunks of ice left behind after the river froze during record autumn high water levels and then quickly returned to normal levels for this time of year.

Eva Wasney / Photography by Shannon VanRaes:

Emergency vet clinic provides care, compassion to owners and pets alike

Mike McIntyre :

Unlucky, unhappy Niku gets to trade shackles for skates

Sami Niku missed the first few days of training camp after a vehicle he was driving was T-boned. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)

Editorial:

Canada must reassess its status in Iraq

An Iraqi protester takes a selfie with graffiti in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. (Nasser Nasser / The Associated Press)

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