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Winnipeg Free Press By: Ryan Thorpe | Posted: 7:21 PM CST Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021 Four Winnipeg firefighters implicated in a 2020 racist incident in which they refused to help treat an Indigenous woman and delayed her transportation to hospital have been removed from active duty. Four Winnipeg firefighters implicated in a 2020 racist incident in which they refused to help treat an Indigenous woman and delayed her transportation to hospital hav...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Ryan Thorpe | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 Last Modified: 10:32 PM CST Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 | Updates Winnipeg firefighters implicated in a racist incident in which they refused to treat an Indigenous woman last fall continue to be dispatched to medical calls. Winnipeg firefighters implicated in a racist incident in which they refused to treat an Indigenous woman last fall conti...

In the report, Harris notes that the paramedic presented as "a racialized person with a dark skin tone." The paramedic alleged that the respondent in the complaint would have known about these complaints because he served as a union representative for one of WFPS members who had made the posts, the report says.  The paramedic also alleged that he was harassed after the Winnipeg Free Press reported on the complaint about the Oct. 7 incident. He said that after the article came out, someone who...

An investigation into allegations of racism in the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service has vindicated a ...