Latest from Ian Froese
'Ghost bike' becomes memorial for avid Winnipeg cyclist killed in hit-and-run on way to work
A chorus of bike bells rangalonga Winnipeg street as a community watched agrieving wife placeflowers ontoa bicyclecommemorating her husband's life.
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MGEU recommends health-care support workers reject employers' latest contract offer
Health-care support workers in parts of Manitobaare being encouraged to reject what theiremployers arereportedly calling their bestoffer on a new collective agreement.
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Manitoba sending delegation to Houston to look at model that housed thousands of homeless people
The Manitoba government is sending a delegation to Houston as it attempts to learn from the Texas city's success in housing tens of thousands of homeless people.
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18,000 health-care support staff in Manitoba reach new tentative agreement with employers
The union representing 18,000 health-care support workers in Manitoba says it has reached a new tentative agreement with its employers.
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Recruitment agency promised to bring 150 doctors to Manitoba. A year later, not one has arrived
One year afterthe Manitoba government hired a staffing agency to bring 150 doctors to work in the province, not a single physician has arrived.
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Conservatives pick union member to go after blue-collar voters in upcoming Elmwood-Transcona byelection
The federal Conservatives have picked Colin Reynolds, an electrician who calls himself aproudunion member, to run for the party in a working-class Winnipeg riding.
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Some Manitoba health-care staff feeling 'overlooked' with wages similar to restaurant, grocery workers: MGEU
A provincial union leader says it's understandable somepublic-sector workersin Manitoba's health care system would feel overlooked if they are paid as much as thosecooking burgers at fast-food joints.
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Departed CEO made $603K, only worked 4 months for Manitoba Shared Health last year
The former CEO of Shared Health saw his pay exceed $600,000 last year a nearly 83 per cent increase from the prior year despite only working for four months before his unexpected departure.
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Delta 9 tries to fend off creditors by selling off retail cannabis stores, seeking creditor protection
Delta 9, a locally run businessthat becamea well-known producer and retailer of recreational cannabis, has obtained an initial order for creditor protection as it faceschallenges in an oversaturatedcannabis market.
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Aboriginal Health & Wellness Centre to help province develop supervised consumption site
Aboriginal Health &Wellness Centre, which put forward a proposal earlier this year to establish an Indigenous-run facility,will be the province's community partner in developing the site, Premier Wab Kinew confirmed to reporters Monday afternoon.
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