Winnipeg Human Rights News: April 23rd-29th, 2017

In this week’s headlines, the tragic death of 19 year-old Serena McKay sparks dialogue on social media, an eco group discusses the benefits of planting your underwear, Doug Brown shares his experiences on jumping the MRI queue, and more.

Poverty & Community Outreach

Awards

1. Refugee, birder, artists among volunteers recognized with Premier's Awards: CBC

2. Immigrant honoured for giving back to community: Winnipeg Free Press

Events & Initiatives

1. 'Art saves lives': Studio for people with mental health issues raises more than $150K: CBC

2. Winnipeg workshop teaches how to overcome perfection in a social media-fuelled world: CBC

3. World watching as Ontario copies Dauphin income experiment, says economist:CBC

4. Bridging cultures, neighbourhoods, aim of work-study program at U of Winnipeg: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

5. Public-health groups show what reconciliation looks like: Winnipeg Free Press

6. Helping stitch her home back together: Winnipeg Free Press

7. Eritrean activist fought injustice, 'saved a lot of lives': Winnipeg Free Press

8. Mood clinic's client now pays it forward: Winnipeg Free Press

9. 'Living saints of Jewish tradition': Winnipeg Free Press

10. Digging deep into homelessness: Winnipeg Free Press

11. Examining the expression of hate: Winnipeg Free Press

12. Edward Snowden to speak at U of W lectures: Winnipeg Free Press

13. Division's aim not to inflame but effort could tame a school name rooted in shame: Winnipeg Free Press

14. Author brings readers to the real North End: Winnipeg Free Press

Gender & Sexuality

1. 'They are in critical need': Campaign urges action to help those fleeing anti-LGBT violence in Chechnya: CBC

Refugees & Race

Manitoba Border Crossings

1. Border agency downplays danger: Winnipeg Free Press

2. Federal government's position on Manitoba border crossers questioned: CBC,Winnipeg Free Press

3. Kellie Leitch vows to deport border crossers after visit to Manitoba border town: CBC

Outreach

1. Winnipeg refugees walk away with new smiles Saturday: CBC

2. Pink custom trike a dream come true for 12-year-old Syrian refugee with cerebral palsy: CBC

Politics

1. UN praises Canada for refugee resettlement program: Winnipeg Free Press

2. Asylum seekers fleeing U.S. may find cold comfort in Canada's courts: CBC

Environment

Initiatives

1. Free bags handed out to get cottagers, campers to recycle more: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

2. Reduce and reuse at Winnipeg Harvest: Winnipeg Free Press

3. Tree subsidy program sprouts up: Winnipeg Free Press

4. Activist group hogs the spotlight: Winnipeg Free Press

5. Soil your undies, literally: eco group: CBC

Calls for Action

1. Flood damage to roads, culverts estimated in the millions in southwestern Manitoba: CBC

2. Power up quick-chargers for electric cars 'immediately,' Wyatt says: CBC

3. Emission action needed or issues will get worse: climate change scientist: Winnipeg Free Press

Looking Back at the 1997 Flood

1. Even The Birds Were Gone: CBC

Health

Protests Continue Against the Closure of Winnipeg ERs

1. Small group of protesters hopes to save South Winnipeg ER: Winnipeg Free Press

2. Small rally held to protest closure of Concordia ER: Winnipeg Free Press

National Organ & Tissue Donation Week 

1. 'It's such a gift': Kidney recipient urges patients, families to donate organs when they die: CBC

2. 'A small window of hope': Winnipeg Free Press

Auditor General Says Anyone Can Jump the Queue for an MRI

1. Need to get an MRI fast? Get on the cancellation lists, says auditor general: CBC

Former Bomber Doug Brown Speaks about Being a Queue-Jumper for MRIs

1. Taking a scan of the facts rules out diagnosis of guilt: Winnipeg Free Press

Cuts & Funding

1. Front line or the bottom line?: Winnipeg Free Press

2. Goertzen vows to set health-care expectations: Winnipeg Free Press

3. PC government creates Transformation Management Office to operate on health system: CBC

4. Hundreds of Manitoba nurses rally against health-care cuts: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

5. Pallister government to cut grant program designed to bring in more rural docs:CBC

6. Glenboro residents raise money to rent apartment for visiting doctors: CBC

7. Pallister on health accord: Ottawa's threats off the table, bargaining still ongoing: Winnipeg Free Press

Indigenous

Serena McKay's Tragic Death

1. Woman, 19, found dead in Sagkeeng First Nation: Winnipeg Free Press

Arrests Occur

1. Attackers threaten to kill victim in video linked to Serena McKay homicide: CBC

2. Girls arrested in homicide of Serena McKay, 19, in Sagkeeng First Nation: CBC

3. Drugs at the root of violence on the First Nation where 19 year old was murdered:APTN News

4. Manitoba RCMP arrest female youths in death of woman, 19, on Sagkeeng: APTN News

5. Sagkeeng slaying case adjourned until May: Winnipeg Free Press

Vigil Held in Sagkeeng First Nation

1. Sagkeeng First Nation mourns slain teen at vigil attended by hundreds: CBC

2. With all eyes on them, Sagkeeng First Nation mourns: Winnipeg Free Press

Vigil Held in Winnipeg

1. Hundreds meet, march for Serena McKay at Winnipeg vigil: CBC

2. 'We're all feeling it,' says organizer of Winnipeg vigil in honour of slain Sagkeeng First Nation teen: CBC

The Death Sparks Dialogue 

1. 'She didn’t deserve this': Video alleged to show deadly attack shocks Sagkeeng: Winnipeg Free Press

2. Facebook removes video linked to death: Winnipeg Free Press

3. Sagkeeng slaying shares common threads with brutal 2015 attack caught on video: Winnipeg Free Press

4. Facebook isn't doing enough to control violent posts, says expert: CBC

5. Tried in the court of social media: The consequences of being vilified before trial:Winnipeg Free Press

Racism 

1. ‘We should know right?’ Winnipeg landlord defends asking potential tenant if he was ‘native’: APTN News

2. Assembly of Manitoba chiefs call on RCMP to investigate online Facebook comments: APTN News

Hockey

1. They didn't win — but they don't mind: Girls from remote First Nation play in 1st hockey tournament: CBC

2. The Healing Game: Winnipeg Free Press

Canada150

1. Christi Belcourt on why celebrating Canada's 150th is a "slap in the face" to Indigenous people: CBC

The MMIW Inquiry Must Go On

1. Families of missing, murdered Indigenous women say inquiry hearings must go ahead: CBC, APTN News

Other News

1. Red River sweat lodge one of the keys to success for Winnipeg students: APTN News

2. 4 Manitoba men switched at birth not satisfied after meeting with reviewers looking into mix-up: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

3. Indigenous people have little faith in Manitoba's child-welfare system: poll: CBC

Justice

In the Courts

1. Manitoba farmer names federal government, company that acquired wheat board in $160M lawsuit: CBC

2. Fighting red light ticket is like fighting cancer, Winnipeg senior says after day in court: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

3. Crown objects to TV stations' request to air Fontaine trial: Winnipeg Free Press

4. City advised to settle on police HQ claim: Winnipeg Free Press

Laws

1. New Manitoba law aims to halt sex assaults at post-secondary schools:CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

Vic Toews Faces Conflict of Interest Allegations for Advising First Nations Communities

1. Vic Toews to face Canadian Judicial Council review over conflict-of-interest allegations: CBC

2. From the bench to the hot seat, Toews can't seem to fly straight: Winnipeg Free Press

3. Chief Justice says Toews' duties may be 're-examined' in response to editorial: Winnipeg Free Press

4. Toews remains a judge while judicial council reviews conduct: Winnipeg Free Press

Other News

1. Dad, 2 young kids ordered off Air Canada plane after mother turned away at gate:CBC

2. 'Get more police officers out there': RCMP vacancy rate in Manitoba hits 8%: CBC

3. Phone calls too costly for many inmates: critics: Winnipeg Free Press

4. Accused in death of neighbour seeks lawyer: Winnipeg Free Press

5. Manitoba insurance takes back Star Trek fan's plate, says message offensive: Winnipeg Free Press

6. Manitoba woman stole nurse's identity to get access to narcotics: Winnipeg Free Press

7. Exposing 'a domino of misinformation': Winnipeg Free Press

8. Hurting But Hopeful: Winnipeg Free Press

9. Teen who waved gun at Portage and Main has 'done remarkably well' in recovery, court hears: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

Politics

US Imposes Duty on Canadian Lumber

1. U.S. imposes preliminary duties up to 24% on 'subsidized' Canadian softwood lumber: CBC

2. 'We knew this was coming': Manitoba lumber company prepared for Canada-U.S. trade spat months ago: CBC

Funding

1. Province fails education financing math: Winnipeg Free Press

2. $19-M boost for affordable housing: Winnipeg Free Press

3. Manitoba minimum wage could rise 'in the very near future' after 2016 freeze:CBC

Council, Boards & Chairs

1. New Winnipeg Police Board chair vows to engage Indigenous community, mull police finances: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

2. Council votes to rename planned lobbyist registry: Winnipeg Free Press

3. Fletcher targets 'woefully inadequate' conflict rules for MLAs, family members: Winnipeg Free Press

4. Councillor wants better access to city directors: Winnipeg Free Press

Cultural

1. Years in Canada doesn't change Indian birth gender imbalance: study: Winnipeg Free Press

Disability & Accessibility

1. Disabled Winnipegger plans human rights complaint after broken elevator leaves him 'trapped' in home: CBC

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