Malak Abas
Winnipeg Free Press
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Injuries in health sector among thehighest in province
HEALTH-CARE unions called on the province Monday to implement workplace-safety certification for the sector with the highest rate of injury in Manitoba. → Read More
Thousands of job-seekers attend fair looking for work
Villamor Adatan is looking for work. → Read More
Snow sculptor salutes firefighters
Snow sculptor extraordinaire Ed Sanchez doesn’t have to look far for inspiration. → Read More
U of W lets lecture go ahead despite opposition
The University of Winnipeg will not prevent a tenured professor from giving a lecture Friday that students and some faculty claim is based on a transphobic premise. → Read More
Singh tells Winnipeg health workers he feels their pain
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh got an earful from Winnipeg health workers Tuesday, who told him they are overworked and understaffed, and feel unsafe on the job. → Read More
COVID vaccine clinic a well-oiled machine on final day
On the last day of the last provincially run COVID-19 vaccine clinic, it was smooth sailing. → Read More
Help, I need a Whopper: woman calls 911 from drive-thru
It was a Whopper of a 911 call — and she likely did want fries with it. → Read More
New 3D highway signs will point travellers to centre of Canada
Eye-catching new signs will soon welcome travellers to the centre of Canada. → Read More
Forget about a blockade, justice minister tells Dugald protesters
Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen has issued a warning that blockades will not be tolerated as the so-called freedom convoy reunion conducts a weekend protest in Dugald. → Read More
WPS-led trafficking probe nets 13 arrests, almost $8M in drugs, weapons, property
A months-long interprovincial investigation into a Manitoba-based network of drug traffickers has come to a close with 13 arrests. The Winnipeg Police Service’s organized-crime branch, dubbed Project Onyx, found large quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA (ecstasy) being shipped from Ontario and B.C. and distributed in Manitoba. WPS identified the distribution network in late 2021 and… → Read More
‘We’ve been heard’: Lions Place tenants meet new management
A representative for senior tenants at Lions Place says there’s a feeling of cautious optimism in the air after a meeting with its new owner. → Read More
The Forks ‘back on track’: Visits, revenue back to pre-pandemic levels, CEO says
The Forks has declared it’s “pretty much back” from the pandemic after more than 257,000 people checked out the downtown attraction in January. → Read More
Main Street business fire ‘huge impact to our community’
AUDREY KOHINSKY was awakened by fire crews banging on her door and the smell of smoke in the early hours Saturday. → Read More
Rent hike application raises concern about rental rules in Manitoba
Alex Deneka can’t understand how the property managers of her downtown apartment have applied to increase rent by 118 per cent in the middle of a two-year rent freeze. → Read More
‘No amount too small’ in earthquake relief efforts: Manitoban in Turkey
Heartbreak has melded with resolve and urgency in the days following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that tore through Turkey, says a Manitoban living in the west Asia country. → Read More
Catching up with Catcher: library book return three decades in making
When Jennifer Walton went last weekend to the St. Vital Library to return a copy of The Catcher in the Rye, she warned the librarian it was overdue — by 33 years. → Read More
Ottawa delivers $500K for feasibility study on landfill search for serial killer’s victims
The federal government is providing $500,000 to the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs to support a study exploring the feasibility of searching a landfill north of the city for human remains. → Read More
Winnipegger mourns grandparents killed in earthquake
WHEN Winnipegger Zehra Farsakoglu heard thousands had died after an earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, she feared for her family’s safety. → Read More
Progress made on Chief Peguis statue at legislature
A monument on the Manitoba legislature grounds to honour Chief Peguis has taken a step closer to completion. → Read More
‘Why are we not doing it?’: father runs for full-scale newborn CMV screening
Congenital CMV infections can cause hearing loss, vision loss and developmental delays in infants. Manitoba, unlike its neighbouring provinces, doesn’t screen every newborn for it. → Read More