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A crisis of critical thinking

We are awash in competing surveys, polls, studies and the like that have flooded social media — and discerning fact from fabrication is becoming more difficult, and more necessary, amid [… ...
More ...We are awash in competing surveys, polls, studies and the like that have flooded social media — and discerning fact from fabrication is becoming more difficult, and more necessary, amid […]

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Winnipeg Free Press

Premier’s senior adviser optimistic that encampment-clearing, resident-moving homeless strategy on track

Just two weeks into her new job overseeing Manitoba’s ambitious new strategy to address Winnipeg’s homeless crisis, Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud believes things are on track to begin clearing ...
More ...Just two weeks into her new job overseeing Manitoba’s ambitious new strategy to address Winnipeg’s homeless crisis, Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud believes things are on track to begin clearing encampments and […]

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Winnipeg Free Press

What’s in a name? Not investment value

You’re probably familiar with the saying, “If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.” Or maybe this one: “A fool and his money are soon parted.” But […]

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Winnipeg Free Press

Different kinds of thieves

What’s the difference between smash-and-grab raids and protection rackets? Not all that much from the legal point of view, but protection rackets have a lower level of risk and a […]

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Winnipeg Free Press

Don’t confuse advance health directives with MAID

I read Ruth Enns’ Feb. 3 Think Tank piece in the Free Press (Medical assistance in dying and advance directives) with great interest, because these are topics that interest me. […]

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Winnipeg Free Press

Take it slow and easy with family reconciliation

DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My mother, who got pregnant as a 14-year-old, gave birth to me in Manitoba. She was too young to take care of a baby at that time, […]

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Winnipeg Free Press

Class-action lawsuit alleges northern grocer pocketed ‘millions’ from subsidy intended to lower food prices

The company with a grocery monopoly in many northern communities is being accused of profiting from millions of dollars in federal food subsidies intended to lower food prices for remote […]

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Winnipeg Free Press

North End tip line to battle plague of violence, drugs

Residents of a North End neighbourhood under siege from drug dens and violence — including a weekend double homicide — are working to set up an anonymous tip line in […]

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Brandon Sun

INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER

A commercial jet leaves a contrail while soaring high above the Manitoba prairies on a cold Tuesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

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Brandon Sun

Man wrongfully convicted of murder files lawsuit

WINNIPEG — A third man who was wrongfully convicted of the 1973 slaying of a Winnipeg restaurant worker has filed a lawsuit over the miscarriage of justice that saw him […]

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Brandon Sun

MONDAY’S LUCKY NUMBERS DAILY GRAND: 2, 6, 13, 27, 42 GN 3 PICK 2: 6, 8 PICK 3: 3, 0, 3 PICK 4: 7, 0, 5, 7 EXTRA: 4950156 CHECK […]

MONDAY’S LUCKY NUMBERS DAILY GRAND: 2, 6, 13, 27, 42 GN 3 PICK 2: 6, 8 PICK 3: 3, 0, 3 PICK 4: 7, 0, 5, 7 EXTRA: 4950156 CHECK […]

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Winnipeg Free Press

Recruitment and retention: a health-care challenge

Manitoba’s government was elected in October 2023 with a strong mandate to “fix health care.” Central to this commitment is resetting the relationship with Manitoba’s health-ca ...
More ...Manitoba’s government was elected in October 2023 with a strong mandate to “fix health care.” Central to this commitment is resetting the relationship with Manitoba’s health-care workers. For nearly every […]

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