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Pandemic-fuelled stress hasnt triggered mass exodus of teachers in city, data shows MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS FILES The generic “leave” category includes absences for maternity, parental, long-term disability, short-term disability, paid and unpaid medical and other personal reasons. The number of teachers who took a leave of absence during the initial months of the unsettling 2020-21 school year is up ever-so-slightly in three school districts in the Manitoba capital compared to last ...

Coun. Shawn Nason hopes to put to rest the issue of reducing the speed limit on residential streets,...

Winnipeg Free Press Posted: Last Modified: 9:55 AM CST Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 | Updates MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Pasquale Vovino clears snow with a snow blower in front of Architectonic Iron Works on Wall Street on Wednesday. EVEN though it finally looks like Christmas outside, Manitobans will celebrate the holiday differently this year. EVEN though it finally looks like Christmas outside, Manitoba...

Winnipeg Free Press School remote learning rates depend on geography, socio-economic factors, more Last Modified: 8:34 PM CST Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 | Updates Families in some Winnipeg school districts are more likely to choose remote learning for their children than others, data obtained by the Free Press show — with a staggering 16 percentage point difference between opt-in rates in Louis Riel and River East Transcona. Families in some Winnipeg school districts are m...

With surgeries scrapped, thousands of Manitobans left waiting in pain Thousands of Manitobans are waiting for surgery as hospital staff are redeployed to fight COVID-19. While Gerry Bilton stands by, a tumour is pressing on his brain. Its making his memory foggy and his walks strenuous. Social Sharing

by Staff on December 20th, 2020 at 4:00 PM 1 of 1 2 of 1 Vancouver East NDP MP and Elmwood-Transcona NDP MP Daniel Blaikie wrote the following open letter to the minister of public services and procurement and the minister of national revenue. The Hon. Carla Qualtrough Minister of Public Services and Procurement The Hon. Diane Leboughillier, Minister of National Revenue December 17, 2020 Minister Lebouthillier and Minister Qualtrough, Re: Open letter concerning your government’s decision...

When an email from the personal care home where Marie Tremblay’s mother lives landed in her inbox with the subject line “holiday season visitation,” her mind started racing. When an email from the personal care home where Marie Tremblay’s mother lives landed in her inbox with the subject line "holiday season visitation," her mind started racing. Tremblay’s mom is a resident at Park Manor Personal Care Home in Transcona, where an outbreak of COVID-19 has infected 73 residents and 37...

Article content RCMP are trying to locate the resident of a home southeast of Winnipeg which was destroyed by fire Thursday evening. At around 8:15 p.m., Steinbach RCMP were called to a fire at a house located on Road 52 North, in the RM of Tache. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or RCMP search for resident following house fire Back to video When officers arrived, the house was fully engulfed with flames and the RM of Tache Fire Department was batt...

Steinbach RCMP search for resident of recent fire in the RM of Tache Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach 43-year-old Craig Clark from the RM of Tache. Steinbach RCMP are asking the public for any information into the whereabouts of a resident of a recent structure fire in the RM of Tache. On December 17, 2020, at approximately 8:15pm, Steinbach RCMP responded to a structure fire at a residence located on Road 52 North, in the RM of Tache. Upon arrival, officers noticed that the house was fully...

Winnipeg Free Press Stan Bedernjak and his accordion have been spreading seasonal joy for decades By: David Sanderson / Photos by Mike Sudoma | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 Last month, an 81-year-old Italian man generated headlines around the world after he was filmed serenading his cancer-stricken wife while seated on a stool in a courtyard directly below her hospital room window. Last month, an 81-year-old Italian man genera...