Winnipeg Human Rights News: November 12th-18th, 2017

There are 10 people missing right now potentially in Winnipeg & turtle meets reindeer in this year’s Santa Claus Parade, a receptionist alleges sexual harassment by a doctor, a white nationalist is shut down in Winnipeg, and much more in this weeks’ news.

Missing Persons AlertKyle Fortier

Poverty & Community Outreach

1. Serving downtown: Winnipeg Free Press

2. Local public forum to discuss Quebec face-covering bill: Winnipeg Free Press

3. U of M students think about 'huge problems in the world' for Game Changer competition: CBC

4. House of Peace fundraising dinner expected to serve 1,000: CBC

5. Railway crossing where Ste. Anne girl died needs to be safer for cyclists: report:CBC

6. Mother-daughter duo fundraising to build prairie retreat for newcomers in Manitoba: CBC

7. Finding the right note: Winnipeg Free Press

8. Event focuses on violence against women: Winnipeg Free Press

9. Winnipeg's Kurdish community raising money after earthquake: CBC

10. 'Survival economy': Winnipeg's homeless struggling amid opioid crisis, lack of housing, say advocates: CBC

11. Handmade winter clothes donated to Winnipeg kids in need: CBC

12. Now it's OK? How parents can explain and educate kids on legal pot: CBC

13. Single mom recovering from cancer to take in Jets game thanks to kind stranger:CBC

14. Turtle joins reindeer: Turtle Island creation story to be featured in Winnipeg Santa Claus Parade: CBC

15. Winnipeg teen's comic about Viola Desmond wins Governor General's award:CBC

Gender & Sexuality

1. 'It's scary out there': Brandon women's centre sees spike in domestic violence reports: CBC

2. Reporters tipped off college: Winnipeg Free Press

3. Jazz prof Steve Kirby fired from Berklee College after U of M students share harassment complaints: CBC

4. Jazz pianist says Kirby's bullying drove her from Winnipeg: Winnipeg Free Press

5. Hamiota teacher faces sexual exploitation of a young person after police investigate text messages: Winnipeg Free Press

6. Former receptionist alleges sexual harassment by Winnipeg doctor charged with sexual assault: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

7. The tipping point -- 'until it's not': Winnipeg Free Press

Disability & Accessibility

1. Couple struggles with city to make home more accessible: CBC

Refugees & Race

1. Vulnerable newcomers targeted by street gangs: Winnipeg Free Press

2. Group offers assistance to federal government in resettling Yazidi: Winnipeg Free Press

3. Agency matches skilled worker with job: Winnipeg Free Press

4. White nationalist planning event in city: Winnipeg Free Press

5. Far-right activist makes promise to deliver his message: Winnipeg Free Press

6. No hotel room for far-right gathering: Winnipeg Free Press

Environment

1. Hunting the hunters: Winnipeg Free Press, CBC

2. MP to protect local shores: Winnipeg Free Press

3. Climate revenues could transform transportation: Winnipeg Free Press

4. Less expensive flood mitigation expected for Morris highway: Winnipeg Free Press

5. Wyatt wants Winnipeg to generate and sell solar power: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

Health

1. Organ donation a life-and-death matter: Winnipeg Free Press

2. 'Mistakes made,' patient says: Winnipeg Free Press

3. Wait-list for kids' dental surgery strikes nerve: Winnipeg Free Press

4. Deer Lodge Centre adds new beds for seniors with behavioural issues: Winnipeg Free Press

5. Chronic disease research space opens at Seven Oaks General Hospital: CBC

6. Task force recommends closure of 4 western Manitoba emergency rooms: CBC

7. Theresa Oswald announced as Doctors Manitoba CEO: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

8. Winnipeg teen who spoke out about depression, suicide says it helped her and others: CBC

9. Parents take emergency EpiPen cabinet idea to Winnipeg school board: CBC

10. Winnipeg school board will explore EpiPen cabinets for kids with allergies: CBC

Indigenous

1. 350-year-old woman helping to preserve Rocky Cree language: CBC

2. Canada Moves Closer to Gender Equity for Indigenous Women: NYTimes

3. 'Disgusting': Son of murdered Mountie angered by new film about his father, RCMP Const. Dennis Strongquill: CBC

4. 132 years after his execution, many Métis reject exonerating Louis Riel: CBC

5. Northern fires a political hot potato: Winnipeg Free Press

6. 'Sick internal culture' says fired staffer of MMIWG inquiry: CBC, APTN News

7. Families testifying at MMIWG inquiry say aftercare support is lacking: CBC

8. MMIWG inquiry lacked family aftercare plan, HR staff, says fired health manager:CBC

9. 2 Yukon staff members resign from MMIWG inquiry: APTN News

10. Execution anniversary of Louis Riel inspires exhibit of rare, curious items: CBC

11. Nation To Nation: Metis leader expresses skepticism on Riel anniversary: APTN News

12. Multiple surgeries, infection and a rare disorder: First Nations woman questions her care in Manitoba: CBC, APTN News

Justice & Crime

1. Police searching for burgundy pickup in missing woman's case: Winnipeg Free Press, CBC, APTN News

2. Legalizing pot won't curb illegal drug trade, Winnipeg police inspector says: CBC

3. Prison Riot Judgment: Winnipeg Free Press

Crime

1. Girl, 17, runs away after being offered ride in 'suspicious' incident, Winnipeg police say: CBC

2. Police investigating two Sunday night stabbings: Winnipeg Free Press

3. Man, 29, arrested after Winnipeg taxi robbed at gunpoint: CBC

4. Police investigating after man stabbed in Valley Gardens neighbourhood: CBC

5. University of Winnipeg ups security after campus stabbings: CBC

6. Bookkeeper sentenced to 15 months for stealing $292,000 from community club: Winnipeg Free Press

7. U.S. supplier accused of sending bogus invoices to Manitoba firms: Winnipeg Free Press

8. Man shot on Higgins in stable condition: Winnipeg Free Press

9. Man charged in crash that killed 68-year-old pedestrian: CBC

10. Man dies after being hit by Winnipeg Transit bus in downtown: CBC

11. Pedestrian 'bounced about 10 feet' in fatal Winnipeg Transit crash, witness says:CBC

12. Police seek witnesses after fatal bus collision: Winnipeg Free Press

13. 'Tis the season for a spike in thefts from vehicles, Winnipeg police warn: CBC

14. Teacher arrested in texting case: Winnipeg Free Press

15. Manhunt ends in fatal shooting: Winnipeg Free Press

16. 'It's hell,' says mom of man shot dead after RCMP manhunt in Manitoba: CBC

17. '100 kilometres away from their backup': RCMP association wants changes after prisoner overpowers lone officer: Winnipeg Free Press

18. 'Justice shouldn't be decided based on where you live': Report finds unequal access to legal services: CBC

19. Charges to be reversed after Winnipeg family's water shut off due to ex's unpaid bill: CBC

In the Courts

1. Treasurer gets jail time for stealing nearly $300K from community club: CBC

2. Trial hits snag as accused refuses to waive lawyer-client privilege: Winnipeg Free Press 

3. Ex-lawyers' testimony sought in bombing trial: Winnipeg Free Press 

4. Man pleads not guilty in shooting: Winnipeg Free Press

5. Winnipeg man sentenced to 21 years for sexually exploiting underage girls: Winnipeg Free Press

6. Settlement reached in 'sexually toxic workplace' lawsuits against dealership:CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

7. Controller who cheated hotel out of $134K spared jail: CBC

8. Jury acquits man in drug-trade killing: CBC

9. Witness to random shooting was Facebook friends with alleged gunman, court hears: Winnipeg Free Press

Politics

Local

1. Many unanswered questions at city hall: Winnipeg Free Press

2. St. Charles councillor remains opposed to addictions treatment centre: CBC

3. 'No backroom deal' behind addictions facility: Oake: Winnipeg Free Press

4. End closed-door meetings: Wyatt: Winnipeg Free Press

5. Winnipeg mayor warns of fare hikes, cuts to 59 transit routes and 120 layoffs:CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

6. Police board still trying to find its place: Winnipeg Free Press

7. Sewer tab to drain savings: Winnipeg Free Press

Churchill

1. Federal government set to sue Omnitrax over broken rail line to Churchill: CBC

2. Churchill rail line appears to be neither 'critical' nor 'strategic' to governments:CBC

3. Churchill residents hope community Christmas feast provides bright spot during tough times: CBC

4. Omnitrax threatens NAFTA challenge as Ottawa files lawsuit: CBC

5. Omnitrax, Ottawa trade multimillion-dollar legal punches over unrepaired Churchill rail line, port failure: Winnipeg Free Press

6. 'Largest challenge we ever faced': Winnipeg Free Press

7. Feds drop hint of a forthcoming takeover of Hudson Bay Railway, port: Winnipeg Free Press

8. Town's potential ignored: construction head: Winnipeg Free Press

9. Food on way to Churchill in name of five-year-old girl: Winnipeg Free Press

10. Toronto investment firm gets on board with Churchill port, northern rail purchase: CBC

11. New hope stirs in northern Manitoba after Fairfax joins groups to buy Churchill railway: CBC

12. OmniTRAX fights lawsuit with claim under NAFTA: APTN News

13. Ottawa suing OmniTRAX over Churchill rail: APTN News

Cultural

1. French-language educators worried about losing voice: Winnipeg Free Press

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