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Council votes to officially decommission Lion Roy Grant pool

Aug 21, 2024 | wellingtonadvertiser.com | Jordan Snobelen

KENILWORTH – Wellington North staff are looking into how much decommissioning the Lion Roy Grant pool and rehabilitating the property will cost the township. Direction given to staff follows a March 14 recommendation from a recreation, parks and leisure committee meeting to move ahead with decommissioning and rehabilitating the entire property, including the pool itself and a building.
Winnipeggers rally for Bangladesh minorities

Aug 11, 2024 | brandonsun.com | Jordan Snobelen

WINNIPEG — Cries in support of Bangladesh’s minority Hindu population blared across the International Mother Language Plaza in Kirkbridge Park Saturday. “Justice for Hindus and Bangladeshi minorities,” a man with a megaphone yelled as the gathering of roughly 100 people echoed the statement in unison. Some of the many signs held by attendees depicted blood-stained handprints, images of burning buildings, and carried statements calling for justice and protection for Bangladeshi minorities.
Winnipeggers rally to draw attention to violence in Bangladesh

Aug 10, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Jordan Snobelen

Cries in support of Bangladesh’s minority Hindu population blared across the International Mother Language Plaza in Kirkbridge Park Saturday. “Justice for Hindus and Bangladeshi minorities,” a man with a megaphone yelled as the gathering of roughly 100 people echoed the statement in unison.
Carberry memorial to honour seniors killed in bus crash, first responders

Aug 9, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Jordan Snobelen

A monument to honour first responders and the victims of a deadly bus crash near Carberry last summer is set to be unveiled Sunday. Premier Wab Kinew is expected to speak at the memorial’s unveiling at Day Lily Park in Carberry. First responders, and municipal officials are expected to be in attendance at the 3 p.m. unveiling.
Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation chief calls for crackdown on machetes in Manitoba

Aug 8, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Jordan Snobelen

Manitoba’s justice minister has hinted a clampdown on machetes is in the works just as a First Nation chief has renewed the call to regulate sales of the weapon following recent attacks. Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation Chief Angela Levasseur said the 3,500 people in the Nelson House-based community live in fear of being harmed by machete-wielding youths. There have been at least two recent machete attacks.
Firefighters keep northern Manitoba blaze in check as evacuees wait it out

Aug 7, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Jordan Snobelen

Residents of Marcel Colomb First Nation in northern Manitoba remained displaced from their homes Wednesday as firefighters worked to get the upper hand on two uncontrolled fires nearby. Many of the 260 evacuees, from the community 800 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, have been staying at Winnipeg hotels for the past two weeks, since evacuations began July 23. Others have been put up in Thompson, The Pas and Lynn Lake.
Cyclists saddle up in aid of cleaner Lake Winnipeg

Aug 6, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Jordan Snobelen

Manitobans are going to great lengths, literally, to help save the province’s largest lake from harmful algae blooms. Sixty-six cyclists will pedal more than 130 kilometres to Victoria Beach from Winnipeg Friday in support of the Lake Winnipeg Foundation. Last year’s ride raised at least $160,000 to support the foundation’s work to lobby government to implement rescue measures for a lake plagued by nutrient overload.
Union leaders step up for NDP candidate in federal byelection, including one who represents her Tory foe

Aug 1, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Jordan Snobelen

By: Jordan Snobelen Posted: 5:51 PM CDT Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024 A large group of local labour leaders lined up Thursday behind NDP candidate Leila Dance in the upcoming Elmwood-Transcona federal byelection.
Union slams ‘archaic’ licence renewal process after Manitoba security guards taken off the job

Jul 31, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Jordan Snobelen

The president of a union representing thousands of security guards in the province is calling for a streamlined licence-renewal process after at least 100 guards were pulled from their jobs in the past 12 months. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 832 president Jeff Traeger told the Free Press provincial processing delays have resulted in licences expiring as guards wait for renewals to be completed.
Better pay, working conditions crucial for northern nursing station staffing improvements, union says

Jul 30, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Jordan Snobelen

Staffing levels at nursing stations in northern Manitoba First Nations won’t improve unless wages and working conditions do, the union representing federal health-care workers warns. Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in Nelson House, located about 800 kilometres north of Winnipeg, closed its nursing station to everything but urgent cases a year ago.