School divisions mobilize in response to wildfires
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Manitoba pharmacists will soon be able to prescribe birth control, HIV medication: NDP
Pharmacists-in-training in every province except Quebec take a standardized licensing exam, yet Alberta and Saskatchewan have wider scopes of practice than Manitoba.
Manitoba school principals reflect on trauma, wellness at city conference
A veteran principal choked back tears as she recalled how difficult it was to be in charge and support teacher-colleagues when one of their students died.
RCMP campaign targets drivers who don’t slow, move over for first responders, tow trucks stopped on Manitoba highways
Motorists are required to reduce their speed and switch lanes, when the latter is safe to do, to give first responders, including police, paramedics and firefighters, and tow operators as much space as possible.
Changing Winnipeg school’s name carries risk of erasing colonist’s racist history, MMF warns trustees
Wolseley School is the latest subject of debate over educational sites named after historical figures whose actions do not align with 21st-century values.
Kinew proposes Manitoba ‘nation-building’ projects in letter to PM
Kinew pitched a “One Canada Trade Corridor” to bring Canadian goods and energy to new markets via the Port of Churchill, which would require federal funding for icebreakers to expand the shipping season through Hudson Bay, as well as new energy generation and transmission infrastructure.
Students ‘not props,’ Speaker tells legislature after MLAs’ behaviour prompts complaints from school groups
Students have been made to feel uncomfortable during recent visits to 450 Broadway, per their teacher’s reports to government employees.
‘Progress, not perfection’: Manitoba’s homegrown pot ban ends
Anyone aged 19 and older can grow a maximum of four plants in an indoor room, container or enclosure that is not accessible to underage residents or visitors.
AI brings Holocaust survivors’ stories to chilling, emotional life at Canadian Museum for Human Rights
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is using artificial intelligence to introduce visitors to lifelike avatars of aging survivors of the Holocaust who can hold real-time conversations with them.
‘Sobering’: Manitoba professors warned to avoid unnecessary travel to U.S.
Devin Latimer, a faculty member in chemistry at the University of Winnipeg, called the notice “sobering.”