A year-long examination of Main Street homelessness I am an Aboriginal woman who is one of those women whose mother reported missing. I can’t imagine the countless days she probably just wished that when the phone rang it was me calling home. I have yet to make that call. I only talk to her when I find comfort in the streets and find a silent moment to just speak to the wind and hope my words find her somehow.
‐ Desirae
The night begins with a prayer, an incantation from the lips of three faithful members of the flock, standing in dim light with clasped hands as they implore God to direct them where help is needed most.
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It will be windy out there today, with gusts the equivalent of 40 km/h. The search for a sailor from Winnipeg who went missing in the Pacific Ocean has been called off. The fourth instalment of reporter Jeff Hamilton’s series on the legacy of sexual predator and former coach Graham James will be posted on our website at about noon. And Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Harland Sanders died 40 years ago today. Adam Treusch, assignment editor
Shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Winnipeg on Tuesday. (Supplied / Canada Border Services Agency)
Set to start vaccinations: The province is set to administer the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to high-priority health workers today. This is a long-awaited day of hope for Manitobans, Premier Brian Pallister said Tuesday. Danielle Da Silva reports.