We’ve got all your budget coverage, as well as info on a wish list for the premier, new lighting at the Higgins underpass, combating the epidemic of human trafficking, and more.
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Poverty & Community Outreach
Sobriety Social celebrates heroes who give up addictions, organizer says: CBC
Winnipeg shelter to close intoxicated persons unit during day without funding boost: CBC
Siloam Mission serves up Easter dinner for Winnipeg's less fortunate: CBC
Winnipeg Harvest urgently needs canned goods, other items: CBC
Students take action against bullying on Pink Day in Manitoba: CBC
Respect in Schools: Anti-bullying program to expand to First Nations, private schools: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
'Ugly, scary, dark' Main Street underpass starts turning corner with new lighting: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg Free Press
Brunch fundraiser supports women who need bras: CBC
Union decries layoffs at Main Street Project: Winnipeg Free Press
Bear Clan gets $10,000 from city: Winnipeg Free Press
Christine Wood
'There's no comfort yet': Hundreds gather, march at vigil for Christine Wood: CBC, APTN News, Winnipeg Free Press
Wednesday vigil for Christine Wood to be held steps from where she was killed:CBC, APTN News, Winnipeg Free Press
Christine Wood was killed but body still missing, Winnipeg police say: CBC
Murder charges laid in case of Christine Wood who vanished off the streets of Winnipeg last summer: APTN News
No chance Wood alive, police say; suspect won't tell them where to find body: Winnipeg Free Press
Refugees & Race
Border services officer assaulted by asylum seeker who was detained for criminal past: CBC
Border jumper faces threat, assault charges: Winnipeg Free Press
Environment
Make green clothing choices to protect Lake Winnipeg from microplastics: CBC
Flood Report
Portage Diversion flow down, lower Assiniboine flow up as crest moves toward Headingley: CBC
Assiniboine, Souris rivers on rise as overland floods subside in Manitoba: CBC
Assiniboine River to crest in Brandon on Monday, city says: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
Assiniboine crests in Portage, diversion channel controlling flow: Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg Free Press
St. François Xavier declares state of emergency as river rises: CBC
Regular flooding in southwest corner costs millions and affects thousands: Winnipeg Free Press
Water, concern rising along Assiniboine: Winnipeg Free Press
Health
Health-care workers learning to combat the 'epidemic' of human trafficking: CBC
Interactive map of overdose deaths brings opioid crisis to your doorstep: CBC
Winnipeg School Division says it's ready for legal pot, but former student thinks otherwise: CBC
Winnipeg QuickCare clinics 'may be on the chopping block,' health critic says: CBC
Mumps outbreak could climb as high as 600 cases before waning: CBC
Critics call modest increase in health-care spending a bitter pill to swallow: Winnipeg Free Press
ER Closure - Varying Stats on Protest Attendance
Dozens gather for 'Save our ER' rally at Concordia Hospital: CBC
Hundreds protest ER closure at Concordia: Winnipeg Free Press
ER closures, other changes to health care still need to be 'priced out,' premier says: CBC
Indigenous
Manitoba 'the most racist provincial government in Canada': Grand Chief Sheila North Wilson: CBC
Indigenous leader invites Brian Pallister to try living on reserve: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
Minister defends province against chief's racism claim: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
'It's the heart of the community': Lake St. Martin breaks ground for new school: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
Health Canada turns to Facebook to find Indigenous kids in need of care: CBC
Connecting communities: First Nations company plans to lay 3,600 km of fibre optics in Manitoba: CBC
Trevor Herriot and Norman Fleury make the case for atonement: CBC
Canada vs. St. Anne’s Indian residential school survivor H-15019: APTN News
Face To Face: Dennis Ward sits down with MKO Grand Chief, Sheila North Wilson:APTN news
Goertzen backs plan to help pregnant indigenous women: Winnipeg Free Press
New 'tool kit' aims to demystify urban reserves: Winnipeg Free Press
Justice
Winnipeg police searching for man who attempted to abduct 11-year-old boy Friday: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
'It's pretty frustrating': Winnipegger irked by property damage from snow clearing:CBC
4 girls arrested for fire that destroyed Harbourview Park playground:CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
Suspicious grocery store hugger ID'ed by police: CBC
Police arrest 2 more suspects in shooting death of Shania Chartrand: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg Free Press
Woman arrested in killing of Wolseley neighbour: CBC
'It's just wrong,' says Winnipeg mother who lost son to gun violence: CBC
Riot redemption: Winnipeg Free Press
Cooper Nemeth's accused killer gets probation over stolen vehicle: Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg student awaits sentence for role in global fraud ring: Winnipeg Free Press
HIV-infected sex offender moving back to Winnipeg, police say: Winnipeg Free Press
Cold-case homicide going to trial: Winnipeg Free Press
CFS ignored abuse by her foster father, woman claims in suit: Winnipeg Free Press
Politics
Pallister government quietly kills act designed to track utility affordability: CBC
If you want to influence government, the City of Winnipeg wants your specs: CBC,Winnipeg Free Press
No estimate of financial, employment impacts of public-sector wage controls: Winnipeg Free Press
Tories under fire over ER closures, other health moves: Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg School Division has a wish list for the premier: Winnipeg Free Press
'Wide range of emotions' for non-profits as budget holds future of Neighbourhoods Alive!: CBC
Manitoba owed $500M or more in back disaster assistance funding from Ottawa:CBC
Senator Beyak can complain about free speech all she wants. Fact is, she earned her demotion: CBC
New Child Advocate Named
Daphne Penrose named Manitoba children's advocate: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
Ready to tackle challenges 'head-on': Winnipeg Free Press
Young asylum seekers, number of kids in care key issues facing new child advocate: CBC
Wab's Running for NDP Leadership!
Running for love: Wab Kinew launches bid to lead Manitoba NDP: CBC
Wab Kinew making it official: set to announce run for leadership of beleaguered NDP: CBC
Kinew enters NDP race, expects to take some punches: Winnipeg Free Press
Budget
No-news budget is bad news for Manitobans, labour market economist says: CBC
2017 Manitoba budget: Arts, sports programs to see big cuts: CBC
Budget 2017 fails to deliver on innovation and efficiencies to tackle deficit: CBC
Manitoba 2017 budget highlights: From tax credit reductions to new child care spaces: CBC
Budget needed 'bold action,' didn't go far enough: Canadian Federation of Independent Business: CBC
2017 Manitoba budget: Students, caregivers take tax hit but budget leaves most wallets unaffected: CBC
One budget to annoy them all: CBC
2017 Manitoba budget: Numerous jabs but no death blows: CBC
2017 Manitoba budget: Tuition tax credit cut slays deficit 'on the backs of students':CBC
No more tuition tax rebate, but more money for refugee housing coming in Manitoba budget: CBC
NDP accuses province of putting money ahead of patient care with ER closure: Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba budget 2017: A breakdown of the government's priorities: Winnipeg Free Press
Cautious course: Winnipeg Free Press
Budget a step in the right direction: premier: Winnipeg Free Press
Liberal MLA Jon Gerrard reacts to budget: Winnipeg Free Press
Cultural
Hundreds fill Winnipeg streets for Way of the Cross march: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
Funding limbo continues for major cultural projects: CBC