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Essential reads for August 14, 2020

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Roussin calls for return to 'fundamentals' as COVID-19 cases climb

Carol Sanders
7:30 PM CDT Friday, Aug. 14, 2020
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Larry Kusch:

St. Boniface CEO's commute from COVID-19 hot spot 'career-limiting move'

President and CEO of St. Boniface Hospital Martine Bouchard travelled to Manitoba from Montreal this week without self-isolating for two weeks.

Maggie Macintosh:

Lawyers allege ex-dean misused U of M funds

University of Manitoba Jonathan Black-Branch - Dean of Law

Dan Lett:

Air travel continues to stir COVID-19 anxiety, caseload

Winnipeg Richardson International Airport will start temperature screening for all departing passengers in September. (John Woods/Winnipeg Free Press files)

Jen Zoratti:

Thrill of pursuit takes backseat to public safety for Manitoba storm chasers

Aaron Jayjack and his fiancée were first on the scene of the fatal tornado in Scarth.

Eva Wasney | Photography by Mike Deal:

Young producers follow in generational footsteps, but determined to set their own path

MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>Graham Tapley, joined in the tractor cab with his son Walker, 2, cuts hay for the cattle.</p>

Jeff Hamilton:

CFL's bizarre odyssey continues: Still no decision on 2020 season

Footballs from the Canadian Football League are photographed at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers stadium in Winnipeg, Thursday, May 24, 2018. Even if the CFL plays an abbreviated '20 season in a hub city under the strictest of health-and-safety guidelines, an infectious diseases doctor believes there will still be positive tests for the novel coronavirus that could force the league play to end abruptly. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods</p>

Alan Small:

Curbside concerts expected to have post-pandemic staying power

JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>Double the Trouble’s Rob Wrigley and his twin sons Luc and Aidan play on the boulevard of a home on Basswood Place in Wolseley in Winnipeg on Wednesday.</p>

George Williams:

Racing at the Downs a squabbling, happy family affair

MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>Sisters Donna (left), Marion, and Linda Johnston are having a career year at the Assiniboia Downs. </p>

Editorial:

Learning to live with the virus, and masks

Manitoba Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen, left, and Manitoba chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin walk to a media news conference in Winnipeg this week. The province has resisted making masks mandatory. (David Lipnowski/The Canadian Press files)

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