Winnipeg Human Rights News: October 8th-14th

In this week’s news, one local business gives away its leftover food, a historic school system opens, a cop that was allegedly impaired is charged in a fatal hit and run, Manitoba releases its expert legal opinion on the climate plan, and more.

Missing Persons AlertScott Hadath

Poverty & Community Outreach

1. Crampton's Market owner gives away left-over produce to Bear Clan: CBC

2. Young girls hold blanket drive for Winnipeg homeless: CBC

3. Canadians spending big money on homelessness without addressing its root causes: CBC

4. Public housing that's thriving: Winnipeg Free Press

5. Supporting Jocelyn House: Winnipeg Free Press

6. Investors Group Field lighting up purple for World Mental Health Day: CBC

7. Dakota Community Centre opens new fieldhouse with help from Jonathan Toews: CBC

8. A tragedy waiting to happen: Winnipeg Free Press

9. 'Tara loved life': hundreds honour Brandon native: Winnipeg Free Press, CBC

10. Cops launch child abuse protection campaign: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

11. CBC Manitoba Future 40: CBC

12. Superhero breakfast raises funds for Manitoba women shot in Las Vegas: CBC

Cultural

1. Sikh truckers suing MPI for discrimination: Winnipeg Free Press

Gender & Sexuality

1. Student unions in Winnipeg join national effort to end sexual violence on campus:CBC

Refugees & Race

1. 'I have hope': Most refugees now waiting 16 months to have claims heard: CBC

2. Migrants to Manitoba not asked about religion: Winnipeg Free Press

Environment

1. Winnipeg's largest solar installation unveiled at FortWhyte Alive: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

2. Feds, province to map Manitoba's flood-prone areas: Winnipeg Free Press

Health

1. CancerCare cuts travel budget: Winnipeg Free Press

2. CancerCare cuts managers, costs under provincial direction: CBC

3. CancerCare's budget savings not a cut: Goertzen: Winnipeg Free Press

4. Province urging Manitobans to get flu shots: Winnipeg Free Press, CBC

5. Getting the flu shot this year should be the easy choice: Winnipeg Free Press

6. Outpatient therapy cuts condemned at legislature rally: Winnipeg Free Press

7. Diagnostics, addictions agencies tackle funding reductions: Winnipeg Free Press

Indigenous

1. MKO chief 'cautiously optimistic' new hire can put MMIWG inquiry back on track:CBC

2. Indigenous youth essential to workforce: study: Winnipeg Free Press

3. 'Historic' school system gets grand opening on Wednesday: CBC

4. New school system in Manitoba comes with new curriculum, more cash per student: APTN News

5. New book helps kids from remote communities feel more comfortable heading to the hospital: CBC

6. Manitoba's child welfare crisis to be tackled through law, funding changes:CBC, Winnipeg Free Press, APTN News

7. Regaining her talk: Winnipeg Free Press

8. Hydro urged to consider Indigenous peoples, environment in future projects: Winnipeg Free Press

9. Fund provides assistance to First Nation entrepreneurs: Winnipeg Free Press

10. Destroying personal accounts of residential schools would just compound the tragedy: CBC

11. Historic First Nations school system in Manitoba represents change the whole country needs: Philpott: CBC

12. Support growing for reset to national MMIWG inquiry, say groups: CBC

13. First Nations students happily 'in shock' after Justin Trudeau sends playful video:CBC

Justice & Crime

1. Most protection orders dismissed or dropped: Winnipeg Free Press

2. Crown stayed assault charge against retired RCMP officer, complainant left in the dark: CBC

3. Winnipeg senior who spent 41 years behind bars now facing life in prison: CBC

4. Protection order denied because danger wasn't 'imminent,' woman told: CBC

5. Too many protection orders denied, says domestic violence expert: CBC

6. 2nd crash involving pedestrian and Winnipeg police officer investigated: CBC

7. Violent 12-year-old Winnipeg boy with long rap sheet finally in custody: Winnipeg Free Press

8. IIU investigating alleged assault during arrest: Winnipeg Free Press

The Hit-and-Run Killing of Cody Severight

1. Hit-and-run will be the biggest test yet of police watchdog's independence: Robert Taman: Winnipeg Free Press

2. Winnipeg police officer charged in fatal hit and run allegedly impaired: CBC

3. Cop accused in fatal hit-and-run 'should have known better': Winnipeg Free Press

4. From a cold one to a chilling reality: Winnipeg Free Press

5. 'We're not going to let this one slide': Family of Winnipeg hit and run victim wants apology from cop: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

6. Family members talk during vigil for Cody Severight: Winnipeg Free Press

7. No place for 'shifters' in modern-day policing: Winnipeg Free Press

8. Police chief Danny Smyth makes a statement regarding the fatal hit and run: Winnipeg Free Press

9. Winnipeg police chief says off-duty officer could face more charges in fatal collision: CBC

10. Repeat of botched Crystal Taman-police crash case 'virtually impossible,' criminologists say: CBC

In the Courts

1. Dan the Magic Man gets 5 years for child sex abuse imagery: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

2. Young mother spared penitentiary time for violent home invasion: CBC

3. Man awaits sentence for threatening to release photos: Winnipeg Free Press

4. New trial ordered in case tossed out over gender error: CBC

Politics

Federal

1. Feds, Winnipeg play hot potato with sewage-treatment billions: CBC

2. Feds have right to impose carbon tax on provinces, says U of M law prof: CBC

Provincial

1. KPMG's value-for-money report is an exercise in confusion: CCPA: CBC

2. Province should take steps to get out of public housing: KPMG: CBC

3. Fiscal pain flows downhill as cutbacks mount: Winnipeg Free Press

4. Manitoba climate adviser charged nearly $60K in travel expenses since August, documents show: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

5. Province can cut more than $20M in education funding: KPMG report: Winnipeg Free Press

6. Public hearings scheduled for five controversial Tory bills: Winnipeg Free Press

Local

1. 'True colours': Fire-paramedic chief's respectful workplace policy breach becomes public at hearing: CBC

2. WFPS chief tells hearing he was 'eager to apologize' in spat with paramedic union:CBC

3. Chief, union lawyer clash during questioning: Winnipeg Free Press

4. Chief 'clearly contributed' to conflict: report: Winnipeg Free Press

5. 'Oh God barf': Firefighters union president's texts to chief prompt gasps at arbitration hearing: CBC

Churchill

1. Churchill resident sends message to politicians: 'look north dude': CBC

2. Churchill business offers to replace Trudeau's moccasins, if PM helps struggling town: CBC

3. Fix Churchill rail line in 30 days or face $18.8M lawsuit, Ottawa tellsOmnitrax: Winnipeg Free Press, CBC

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