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Brandon Sun By: Colin Slark
Kerry Auriat
In the wake of Premier Brian Pallister’s early-week announcement that order-in-council appointees to boards, agencies and commissions would no longer be allowed to travel outside authorized areas or risk losing their positions, at least one local appointee is leaving his role.
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In the wake of Premier Brian Pallister’s early-week announcement that order-in-council appointees to boards, agencies and commissions would no longer be allowed to travel outside authorized areas or risk losing their positions, at least one local appointee is leaving his role.
Brandon University Board of Governors member and board treasurer Kerry Auriat, who is also a columnist at The Brandon Sun, said in a phone interview on Wednesday that he submitted his resignation as of Tuesday this week after the premier’s announcement.
Maples care home not prepared for precipitous loss in staff during crisis in November, report says
A Winnipeg care home where ambulances were called as residents lay dying amid a COVID-19 outbreak in November was not adequately prepared for staff shortages during the pandemic, an external reviewer says.
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The outside of the Maples Long Term Care Home is pictured in this file photo. An investigation into the facility was started after paramedics were called to care for residents in November.(Lyzaville Sale/CBC)
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Crackdown on appointees leisure travel will have unintended consequences, angry Tory supporters say By: Larry Kusch | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 Save to Read Later
Two days after Brian Pallister announced that government appointees would be fired from boards and commissions if they flouted provincial health travel advice, the repercussions are starting to be felt.
Winnipeg Free Press
Two days after Brian Pallister announced that government appointees would be fired from boards and commissions if they flouted provincial health travel advice, the repercussions are starting to be felt.
Sources say some Progressive Conservative appointees who are out of the country or travelled abroad over the holidays have tendered their resignations.