In this week’s headlines, there are 4 missing persons alerts, 3 product recalls, 2 Senators respond to Senator Beyak’s comments on residential schools, and 1 NBA team hangs out with a Northern Manitoba community team.
Missing Persons AlertBianca Beauregard
Poverty & Community Outreach
Greendell Park Community Centre gets upgrades: CBC
Inspiring others after so much pain: Winnipeg Free Press
A true helper, from head to toe: Winnipeg Free Press
Disability & Accessibility
Disability, teen angst take centre stage in Royal MTC play 'Kill Me Now': CBC,Winnipeg Free Press
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre's Kill Me Now a messy, heartbreaking and funny look at disability: CBC
Refugees & Race
Emerson reeve says military at border would be overkill: CBC
Changes to provincial nominee program draw protest at Manitoba legislature: CBC
Pallister eyes scaling back refugee support as tiff with Ottawa festers: CBC
'Dramatic' cut to refugee funding: Winnipeg Free Press
Asylum seekers an opportunity for Manitoba: Winnipeg Free Press
Tories talk tough on refugees: Winnipeg Free Press
PM Justin Trudeau answers questions regarding asylum seekers: Winnipeg Free Press
Environment
Hog industry likes changes to manure rules that critics say smell bad: CBC
Province amending big pile of manure regulations: Winnipeg Free Press
'Water, water everywhere': Neighbours call on city to fix culvert overflow in St. Boniface: CBC
Red River Floodway and Portage Diversion activated, cutting flood risk in Winnipeg: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
St. Boniface residents say metal shredder is polluting air, harming health: CBC
Animal cruelty laws rarely result in jail time: lawyer: CBC
Manitoba will join with Nunavut to monitor essential caribou herd: CBC
City 'very well prepared' to handle flood risks: Winnipeg Free Press
National organization slams Manitoba environment survey: Winnipeg Free Press
Indigenous
'The ultimate goal is to reduce the number of children in care': Indigenous Affairs minister: Winnipeg Free Press, CBC
Welfare agency misused money for indigenous kids' care, audit revealed: Winnipeg Free Press
'I was completely scared': First Nation elder's van falls through ice on Shoal Lake: CBC
Winnipeg artist sews TRC's calls to action into Canadian flags: CBC
Shooting hoops with the Raptors: Northern Manitoba community team in T.O. for tourney: CBC
Manitoba families meet with missing, murdered Indigenous women inquiry staff: CBC
Lynn Beyak tells residential school survivors she wants audit of all First Nations spending: CBC
Sagkeeng's missing and murdered Indigenous women honoured with ceremony: CBC
Indigenous students claim sexual abuse at Catholic day school in Manitoba: CBC
Ottawa gives Manitoba chiefs money to study reforming child welfare system: APTN News
AFN holding outreach sessions for families of MMIWG in Manitoba: APTN News
Interview with St. Anne’s Indian Residential School Claimant K-10106: Betrayal, again: APTN News
A Roof Overhead: Teenagers struggle through school, growing up, boredom and no place to sleep in Garden Hill: APTN News
First Nation sues Ottawa, province over outstanding land claim: APTN News, Winnipeg Free Press
Crisis team to the rescue: Winnipeg Free Press
Senator Beyak's Comments Continue to Cause Controversy
Conservative senators come to Lynn Beyak's defence while others say 'shame': CBC
Indigenous leaders call for Senator Lynn Beyak's resignation: CBC
Senator Murray Sinclair responds to Lynn Beyak's defence of residential schools: CBC
Senator McPhedran responds to Senator Beyak's comments: CBC
Senator Lynn Beyak says she has 'suffered' with residential school survivors: CBC
Justice
Not a drill: RCMP say thieves armed with auger stole $20K worth of canola from Manitoba silo: CBC
Winnipeg's bomb disposal unit blows up suspicious package: CBC
Canada's slacker pot legalization could create interprovincial haze: CBC
Premier has alternatives to high-handed approach that could bring court case: CBC
Research volunteer sues University of Manitoba for ear damage: CBC
Man accused in Cooper Nemeth murder to go straight to trial: CBC
RCMP officer facing assault charges: Winnipeg Free Press
Accused killer angry, jealous after moving from Africa: sponsor: Winnipeg Free Press
Camera in bathroom key to case against foster dad: Winnipeg Free Press
Accused in child porn case back in jail after video surfaces: Winnipeg Free Press
Authorities seek information on sex offender's whereabouts: Winnipeg Free Press
Maimed animal carcasses under investigation: Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg Free Press
Mental health to be focus of murder trial: Winnipeg Free Press
Politics
Justin Trudeau called 'scumbag' while touting federal child-care plan in Winnipeg:CBC
Trudeau to discuss child care in Winnipeg visit: Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg parents irate after new school bus policy leaves them stranded: CBC
Leaks happen, so province needs to find a way to disclose kids' deaths in care, say privacy experts: CBC
Manitoba government under fire for keeping millions meant for kids in care: CBC
Provinces poised to sign historic Canadian Free Trade Agreement in April: CBC
Lawyer, 87, retires rather than submit to professional development rules: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
Wait for care too long for kids, families: Winnipeg Free Press
Take the field, Mr. Pallister: Winnipeg Free Press
Public servants always get stuck with the cheque: Winnipeg Free Press
Pallister hails new deal for Manitoba: Winnipeg Free Press
Province wants public input on privacy laws: Winnipeg Free Press
14 children died slipping through CFS cracks: Winnipeg Free Press
Cultural
Health
Not looking good: Manitobans face longest wait in Canada for cataract surgery: CBC
E. coli risk prompts recall of Robin Hood all-purpose flour: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
PureCare skin care cream sold for children contains prescription steroid, Health Canada warns: CBC
Canada joins recall of EpiPens: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
Factory of the Future funding for Winnipeg not at risk, says Trudeau: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg Free Press
Fewer abortions in province: data: Winnipeg Free Press
HSC provides first abortion via pill: Winnipeg Free Press
Province trims ambulance fees: Winnipeg Free Press
Wait time report shows Manitobans better off breaking a hip than wearing it out: Winnipeg Free Press
Former Saskatchewan MLA heads Manitoba health-care wait-times task force: Winnipeg Free Press
Accused is schizophrenic, doctor tells jury: Winnipeg Free Press