A Muslim comic book artist, a legislature sit-in, and several personal stories of the refugees crossing the Emerson border are all part of this week's headlines!
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Poverty & Community Outreach
Meet Autumn, a stereotype-smashing Muslim comic book artist: CBC
Winnipeg students hand out coffee cards to honour slain bus driver: CBC
'She touched so many of our lives ': Girl who wished for community playground dies: CBC
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra welcomes 1,000 newcomers to free performance: CBC
New statistics show Manitobans practise virtue of charity: Winnipeg Free Press
Getting involved in human rights: Winnipeg Free Press
Gender & Sexuality
Refugees & Race
'They need help': Surge in donations following swell of asylum-seekers: CBC
MaryAnn Mihychuk, Robert-Falcon Ouellette visit Emerson, Man., to hear from residents: CBC
3 steps the government must take to regain control of immigration: CBC
Asylum seekers learning to cope without hands after frostbitten walk into Canada: CBC
'A waiting game': Families wonder why immigration applications in limbo with influx of asylum seekers: CBC
Trudeau 'must' raise border crossings with Trump, says Manitoba premier: CBC
English class in high demand at Winnipeg high school: CBC
Refugee influx: 5 things to know about illegal border crossings into Canada: CBC
Manitoba boosts funds for asylum seekers, calls on feds to step up: CBC
Liberal MLA takes stand on immigration 'backlog' with legislature sit-in: CBC,Winnipeg Free Press
'We're going to run into problems': Manitoba flood would endanger asylum seekers: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
'I'd rather die than go there': Gay Egyptian seeks asylum: CBC
Operation Ezra Yazidi families arrive in Winnipeg, support refugee resettlement plan:CBC
Asylum seeker says husband, mother were killed on wedding day in Somalia: CBC
Pallister seeks co-ordination with feds to deal with refugee surge: CBC
More resources helping to ease load as wave of refugees continues at Emerson: reeve: Winnipeg Free Press
Province to place paramedics in Emerson: Winnipeg Free Press
Province delivers emergency funds to help asylum seekers: Winnipeg Free Press
Call for all hands on deck to address surge of migrants: Winnipeg Free Press
Seven refugee claimants cross into Emerson Wednesday: Winnipeg Free Press
Tensions emerge in Manitoba border town as more migrants seek refuge: Winnipeg Free Press
Environment
Councillors poised to delay organic-waste collection in Winnipeg 1 more time: CBC
Indigenous
'It's special to be a Métis' on Louis Riel Day: CBC
'Honour a great man': Louis Riel's legacy gets its due: CBC
'It's been a learning journey': Lindsey Trudeau on finding her Métis heritage: CBC
Similarities between Joseph Boyden story and Ojibway healer’s published work trigger questions: APTN News
Justice
Hearing to decide who has standing at inquest into jail death: Winnipeg Free Press
Defence lawyer for the man accused of killing Candace Derksen files motion to stay case: CBC
Manitoba looks to get rid of preliminary inquiries to deal with court backlog: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba man loses fight against extradition to U.S. to face drug charges: CBC
Family plans birthday vigil for Manitoba teen with autism killed in foster care: CBC
Marilyn Rose Munroe remembered as happy, joyful 1 year after her body was found: CBC
Police seek help on year-old murder case: Winnipeg Free Press
Senior 'fooled' into thinking online passport company was government: CBC
'Jubal didn't have to go this way': Brother of slain bus driver calls for action at funeral: CBC
Tina Fontaine's alleged killer going straight to trial: CBC
Wilma Derksen talks revenge and forgiveness in new book 32 years after daughter's murder: CBC
Mother upset that man convicted of beheading her son set free: APTN
Province's defence lawyers outraged by "ambush" on preliminary inquiries: Winnipeg Free Press
Politics
Union hammers Pallister on public service cuts in ad campaign: CBC
Promises and platitudes on the mayor's lunchtime menu: CBC
Council poised to approve call for public inquiry into real-estate and construction scandals: CBC
Council makes it official, asks province for public inquiry: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
Councillors hire integrity boss to police their ethical behavior: Winnipeg Free Press
One quarter of council walks out on vote over new ethics watchdog: CBC
New city hall ethics watchdog won't be able to collar council property chair: CBC
Upcoming motion a first step to improving bus safety, councillor says: CBC