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Jumping the COVID testing queue

Manitobans forced to wait in long lineups as industries pay for private tests for employees

Carol Sanders
7:00 PM CDT Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2020
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Carol Sanders:

Province defers to private lab on COVID-testing questions

MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES</p>

Dylan Robertson:

Liberals accused of invading provincial territory

Gov. Gen. Julie Payette delivers the throne speech in the Senate chamber in Ottawa on Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Dan Lett:

Grandiose wishes and a call to arms

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with Gov.Gen Julie Payette ahead of her delivery of the Speech from the Throne in the Senate chamber, at the Senate of Canada Building in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Katie May and Ryan Thorpe:

Manitoba families struggle amid autopsy backlog delays

Michael McCartan died on Aug. 15, but more than a month later, his mother Margaret Swan is still awaiting the autopsy results. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)

Eva Wasney:

Arts groups move through uncertainty of pandemic with creative approaches

Dancers rehearse Landscape Dancing in Old Market Square to prepare for their Culture Days performance at St. Boniface Hospital.</p></p>

Mike McIntyre:

NHL puck and player tracking technology promises to revolutionize the sport

People watch real-time puck and player tracking technology on display during an NHL hockey game between the Vegas Golden Knights and the San Jose Sharks in Las Vegas, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2010. The NHL for the first time has tested real-time puck and player tracking in regular-season games with the aim of having it ready for the 2019-20 season. Microchips were added to players’ shoulder pads and fitted inside specially designed pucks for two Vegas Golden Knights home games this week: Tuesday against the New York Rangers and Thursday against the San Jose Sharks. Antennas stationed around the arena tracked the players and the puck through radio frequencies and beamed the data to a suite where league and Players’ Association executives and representatives from 20 teams and various technology firms, sports betting companies and TV rights holders were on hand for the two nights of testing. (AP Photo/John Locher)</p>

Editorial:

Current confusion has even Pallister puzzled

JESSE BOILY / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister </p>

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