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Manitoba to allow U.S. option to cut spinal surgery wait list

Danielle Da Silva
3:10 PM CST Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022
4 minute read

Carol Sanders:

Tory MLA promotions ‘slap in the face’ for Manitobans: Lamont

<p>RUTH BONNEVILLE / FREE PRESS FILES</p>Janice Morley-Lecomte was one of two MLAs who refused to publicly divulge their vaccination status when the Free Press surveyed the legislative assembly last year.

Dylan Robertson:

Canada Post’s bureaucratic belligerence unmasked

<p>The Canada Post logo is seen on the outside the company’s Pacific Processing Centre, in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday June 1, 2017. Manitoba is the latest province to be hit by rotating strikes by members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</p>

Dean Pritchard:

City construction firm allegedly swindled out of $410K

<p>MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>Maple Leaf Construction, head office at 777 Erin Street, filing lawsuit after they were scammed out of $400,000. Apparently, they had a sub-contractor do some work on a job and were later contacted to say the contractor’s banking information had changed. Maple Lead paid their bill using the new information only to learn it wasnt the sub-contractor who had contacted them, but fraud artists. Maple Leaf doesn’t know who the fraudsters are, so the only named defendant in the lawsuit is the bank that handled the transaction. This shows even big corporations can fall prey to these scams. See Dean Pritchard story 220119 - Wednesday, January 19, 2022.</p>

Dan Lett:

Task force initiatives will do little to help surgical backlog

Health Minister Audrey Gordon claimed as early as last October a task force or steering committee had been struck to deal with the backlogs, though its physical existence wasn’t announced until Dec. 8. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)

Ben Waldman:

Remembering one of Winnipeg’s last streetcar drivers

<p>SUPPLIED</p><p>Brian Darragh driving a streetcar in the filmBacktracks — The Story of Winnipeg’s Streetcars.</p>

Mike McIntyre:

Wheeler on verge of comeback

<p>MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>Blake Wheeler practises in a non-contact jersey earlier this week at Canada Life Centre. The Jets captain is close to returing to the Jets lineup after suffering a knee injury in a game against Vancouver on Dec. 10.</p>

Editorial:

Walkout gives voice to students’ concerns

<p>MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>Signs supporting the student walkout were placed at the Manitoba legislature.</p>

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