In this week's news, Winnipeggers eat in the dark, Wab is elected NDP leader, Steve Kirby allegations come to light, health-care premiums are considered, and more.
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Poverty & Community Outreach
Dinner in the dark: Winnipeggers to dine blindfolded: CBC
Winnipegger honored for sharing history with newcomers: Winnipeg Free Press
United Way takes off on $20.5-M campaign run: Winnipeg Free Press
Median incomes up in Manitoba, but percentage living in poverty unchanged: Winnipeg Free Press
'Turning grief into compassion': Winnipeg woman who lost partner in 9/11 quietly marks anniversary: Winnipeg Free Press
Gender & Sexuality
Good news for 1 member of unofficial 'Ghanaian pavilion': his home is now Canada: CBC
Steve Kirby Sexual Harassment Allegations
Berklee College puts Steve Kirby on leave after allegations of sexual harassment at U of Manitoba: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
Female students allege sexual misconduct against former U of Manitoba jazz prof Steve Kirby: CBC
U of M should be investigated: Winnipeg Free Press
U of Manitoba was warned about former jazz prof's behaviour years before he left: CBC
Jazz prof who left U of M amid concerns that were 'sexual in nature' hired by renowned U.S. school: Winnipeg Free Press
Complaints require confidentiality: U of M president: Winnipeg Free Press
U of Manitoba seeks feedback on sexual harassment policy: CBC
Refugees & Race
Syrian family struggling to reconcile good fortune in Winnipeg with barrage of bad news from home: CBC
Province on board with federal strategy to slow flow of asylum seekers: Winnipeg Free Press
Canada urged to help Muslims in Myanmar: Winnipeg Free Press
Refugees despondent English classes cancelled without notice: Winnipeg Free Press
Environment
Soil testing underway for 100 properties in St. Boniface amid contamination concerns: CBC
No need to tranquilize moose near Investors Group Field, says wildlife biologist:CBC
Winnipeg judge orders Parker Lands protesters to go home: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
Protesters quietly leave Parker lands: Winnipeg Free Press
Study finds Manitoba lakes among most susceptible to algal blooms: CBC
Hydro wants 7.9% annual rate hike to continue to 2024: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
Leading the charge: Winnipeg Free Press
Hurricane Irma
Winnipeggers rally to help family members in Cuba devastated by Irma: CBC
'The most scared I've been': Winnipegger in Florida flees Hurricane Irma: CBC
Hurricane Irma worries for Winnipeggers with connections to areas affected: CBC
Former Winnipeggers describe harrowing experience during Hurricane Irma: Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba Wildfires
Evacuated St. Theresa Point residents happy to be heading home: CBC, APTN News
Wasagamack First Nation evacuation ends as people prepare to return: CBC
Garden Hill evacuees returning home: Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba wildfire evacuees given all-clear to head home: Winnipeg Free Press
Health
Majority of Manitobans support national school food program: poll: CBC
More than 100 health-care aide positions will be cut as part of WRHA changes, union says: CBC
WRHA altering 700 support jobs: Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg girl 1st Manitoban to be diagnosed with rare genetic disorder: CBC
Jimmy Carter recounts Canadian hospital experience in support of single-payer health system: CBC
Health tax proposal unpopular with rural Manitobans facing EMS changes, councillor says: CBC
Opioid poisoning puts Manitobans in hospital at a rate of 1 every 2 or 3 days, report says: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg health explores safe consumption sites, but no plans yet: Winnipeg Free Press
Health-Care Premiums
Pallister won't commit to doing what health-tax survey says: CBC
Health-care premiums are about taxation, not health care, policy expert says:CBC
Health premiums: 4 things to know: CBC
Manitobans must pay health premiums or face cuts to services: premier: CBC
Pallister government considering health care premiums: Winnipeg Free Press
Indigenous
With fewer fluent speakers, demand for teachers of Indigenous languages is on the rise: CBC
Mayor wants Senator Lynn Beyak to resign over 'incredibly ignorant' comments: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press, APTN News
Winnipeg FemFest brings story of two Mohawk cousins to the stage: APTN News (Video)
Justice
Winnipeg School Division looks at fast-tracking 'empty-seat policy': CBC
Mom wants emergency EpiPen cabinet in daughter's school: CBC
23-year-old shot dead by Winnipeg police: CBC
Injury to suspect's wrist self-inflicted, not caused by police officer, IIU determines: Winnipeg Free Press
13 Manitobans could have obtained phoney degrees, according to CBC investigation: CBC
In the Courts
Accused Winnipeg letter bomber fights DNA warrant ahead of trial start: CBC
Winnipeg man pleads not guilty to letter-bomb charges, fights DNA evidence: Winnipeg Free Press
Accused mail bomber 'a hundred per cent not guilty,' lawyer tells court: Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg magician, educator to be sentenced on child-porn charges Oct. 4: CBC
Nurse acquitted of sex assault, but still suspended: Winnipeg Free Press
Derksen family awaits judge's decision in daughter's murder trial three decades after her death: Winnipeg Free Press
Politics
Local
Winnipeg city hall told of cost overrun — at city hall: CBC
City on hook for $600,000 in snow-clearing damage: Winnipeg Free Press
Union says Peggo cards costing city thousands daily: Winnipeg Free Press
Provincial
New law lets agencies working with at-risk kids share information more effectively, province says: CBC
'No room for a learning curve': Steve Ashton makes the case for why, finally, he should lead the NDP: CBC
Pallister says he's trying to get KPMG audit released: CBC
Manitoba asks Ottawa for clarity on pot legalization: Winnipeg Free Press
NDP leadership options have some party members feeling tentative: Winnipeg Free Press
Woman at centre of Wab Kinew domestic assault allegations says she was thrown: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press, APTN News
A leadership victory may not end questions about Kinew's past: CBC
'I can't accept responsibility for things I did not do': Kinew: CBC
Despite assault allegation Wab Kinew still NDP frontrunner: analyst: APTN News
Manitoba's NDP chooses Wab Kinew as new leader: CBC, APTN News, Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg Free Press
Wab Kinew discusses what's next after NDP leadership win: Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba Tories launch attack site against Wab Kinew: CBC
Family of Kinew's accuser wants their story heard: Winnipeg Free Press
Churchill
Feds working 'very hard' to restore Churchill rail line before freeze-up: Winnipeg Free Press
Bureaucrats stand in way of restoring Churchill line: Axworthy: Winnipeg Free Press
Hudson Bay railway enters last-minute talks after rumours of bureaucratic drag: Winnipeg Free Press
Disability & Accessibility
Improving accessibility: Winnipeg Free Press