Brittany Greenslade

A Manitoba health authority says it has fired an employee over a social media post about the landfill search for the remains of two First Nations women murdered by a serial killer in 2022.

The Pinaymootang Health Centre helps care for thousands of Manitobans every year, but nearly half of its clientele comes from outside Pinaymootang First Nation.

Robot and telecommunications cuts down on travel and cost to access physio and rehab services in Pinaymootang and Lake Manitoba First Nations.

Police and emergency dispatchers need to have more faith that crisis workers can deal with mental health calls instead of taking a police-first approach, one advocate says, after several deaths in recent months following encounters with Winnipeg police.

Leland Moody, 17, was one of thousands of students who the disappeared from Manitoba’s education system. Inner City Youth Alive helped him get back to school full time, and is working to get more kids like him back to class.

A Winnipeg man who was misdiagnosed with a fatal disease by two different doctors says anybody believed to have a life-threatening condition should be sent to a specialist in the field for final determination. A neurologist at Sunnybrook Hospital agrees.

An Inuk woman says she was left vulnerable and became a target for a human trafficker after she was released from prison with nowhere to go. Advocates say it’s proof Manitoba’s justice system needs an overhaul.

Falling through the cracks

The province says 625 Manitoba children will age out of Child and Family Services when they turn 18 this year. Some are now calling for that age cutoff to be dropped.

The company behind a new Prairie processing plant has landed in receivership, and owes tens of millions of dollars to its secured lenders.

With children back in school and socializing with friends more since pandemic restrictions lifted, experts say bullying has also returned and it's impacting kids mental health. 

Businesses are coming up with unique and creative ways to ensure more food products end up in the hands of those who need them rather than being tossed into the garbage.

While grocery bills rise, food is still being wasted in Winnipeg — and a new report says nearly half of that greenhouse gas-producing waste is avoidable.