Winnipeg Free Press
State health official, teachers, opposition baffled by premier s announcement By: Carol Sanders and Larry Kusch | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Thursday, Apr. 29, 2021 Save to Read Later
Manitoba teachers and a North Dakota health official were caught off guard Thursday when Premier Brian Pallister announced that school staff in this province would soon be able to cross the border to get vaccinated in North Dakota.
Manitoba teachers and a North Dakota health official were caught off guard Thursday when Premier Brian Pallister announced that school staff in this province would soon be able to cross the border to get vaccinated in North Dakota.
Winnipeg Free Press
Crime and colonial punishment
Ottawa acknowledges the shocking number of Indigenous inmates in prison is a problem but has no plan to fix it; the crisis, particularly on the Prairies, is only getting worse By: Ryan Thorpe | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Thursday, Apr. 29, 2021
Last Modified: 9:21 PM CDT Thursday, Apr. 29, 2021 | Updates Save to Read Later
The number of Indigenous people being locked up in federal prisons is spiking despite overall declines in both incarceration and crime rates across the country.
The number of Indigenous people being locked up in federal prisons is spiking despite overall declines in both incarceration and crime rates across the country.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Alan Small | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Tuesday, Apr. 27, 2021
A rising tide lifts all boats, the old saying says.
For Winnipeg-based Ameba TV, it’s riding a raging river, as the world’s streaming-service industry is pulling all boats, big and small, along the current that flows directly into more families’ living rooms every year.
The service aimed at children, which began with a set-top-box product loaded with programming in 2007, has tagged along with the rise in streaming options to provide kids and parents the opportunity to watch educational and entertainment shows from past and present. We’ve gone through many growth spurts but nothing compares to where we are today, says Tony Havelka, Ameba TV’s chief executive officer. In the last year it’s been amazing in how much we’ve grown.