Winnipeg Human Rights News: July 30th-August 6th

In this week's news, Pallister is questioned for his communication tactics in Costa Rica, pushed to put a price on carbon, and his continued healthcare cuts are protested.

Missing Persons AlertUpdate: Star Alicia Thomas has been found safe. Dakota Hunter

Poverty & Community Outreach

1. 'The numbers are scary': Operation Dry Water aims to curb impaired boating in Manitoba: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

2. Unemployment rate in Manitoba lowest in the country: Winnipeg Free Press

3. Lantern ceremony marking atomic bombings comes amid rising nuclear tensions:CBC

4. When life gives you lemons: 10-year-old Winnipegger sells lemonade to send kids with diabetes to camp: CBC

5. Bear Clan joins search for missing logger in Duck Mountain: CBC

6. 'There are so many souls in there': Group gathers to bless the Red River: CBC

7. Bring Your Own Drums hopes to build bridges through music: CBC

8. Voyageur and trusty canine paddle across the country to raise awareness for PTSD: CBC

9. Winnipeg’s Siloam Mission celebrates decade of helping people: APTN News

10. Big move, bigger opportunity: Winnipeg Free Press

11. Former gang member now using chef skills to help at-risk Winnipeg youth: CBC

12. Winnipeg Harvest sends care package to Churchill: CBC

13. Hot weather prompts bottled water, sunscreen calls at Winnipeg homeless shelters: CBC

14. Poetry project an ode to Winnipeg's unique tree canopy: CBC

Gender & Sexuality

1. 'As front-line as you get': Families protest cuts to breastfeeding help: CBC,Winnipeg Free Press

2. Impacts of health cuts hitting women 'every single time': Theresa Oswald: CBC

3. Protesters gather signatures outside pavilions against Ghanaian government's anti-LGBTQ policy: Winnipeg Free Press

Refugees & Race

1. Minister in Winnipeg, seeks input on migrants: Winnipeg Free Press

2. Fewer asylum seekers entering Manitoba: Winnipeg Free Press

Environment

1. New Manitoba coalition pushes premier to put price on carbon: CBC

2. Pallister seeks legal advice on Ottawa's climate-change plan: Winnipeg Free Press

3. Pruning tree-trimming budget threatens urban forest, city councillor says: Winnipeg Free Press

Health

1. Manitoba couple could pay extra $1,500 a month for medication after funding changes: CBC

2. Questions remain about consolidation of mental-health services: Winnipeg Free Press

3. 'We're still working on this:' Brown water still persists in Winnipeg: Winnipeg Free Press

4. Manitoba kids tip scales on BMI trend: StatCan: Winnipeg Free Press

5. New top doctor sees WRHA's massive overhaul as 'opportunity to redefine how we're delivering care': Winnipeg Free Press

Indigenous

1. Families of Missing Community Members Come Together at Annual "No Stone Unturned" Event: APTN News

2. 'We can hold Canada to account': Winnipeg Free Press

3. Province wants to partner with First Nations in future mining developments: Winnipeg Free Press

4. Honouring treaty path to 'heal by understanding,' Free Press editor tells kids at museum ceremony: Winnipeg Free Press

5. Treaty 1 celebration at the Manitoba Museum: Winnipeg Free Press

6. First Nations flags raise spirits, hope on site of landmark 1871 treaty signing: Winnipeg Free Press

Justice

1. Warrant issued for man accused of sex assault, known to carry weapons: CBC,Winnipeg Free Press

2. Man asked to drop weapon 14 times before police shot him in downtown skywalk: IIU: CBC

3. Police acted appropriately in skywalk shooting, IIU determines: Winnipeg Free Press

4. Rural Manitoba couple loses $180K to binary options fraud: CBC

5. Winnipeg man uses ties to Russian Cultural Association to defraud clients: court documents: CBC

6. Seniors fighting move-out order: Winnipeg Free Press

7. Manitoba Housing says seniors can stay in Gilbert Park: Winnipeg Free Press

8. Thelma Krull's husband applies to have her legally declared dead: Winnipeg Free Press

9. Man wanted in connection with Regina murder arrested in Winnipeg: CBC

10. Dakota Ojibway police officer charged with assault: CBC

In the Courts

1. Harsh school report dashed immigration hopes: lawyer: Winnipeg Free Press

2. Court curtails picket line at Winnipeg airport: Winnipeg Free Press

3. Non-profit group to take MPI to court over Trek-themed plate: Winnipeg Free Press

4. Violent killer launches lawsuit, alleging torture at hands of Selkirk Mental Health Centre: CBC

5. Woman who stabbed elderly neighbour 68 times appeals sentence: CBC

6. Robert McKay gets 17 years for sex attacks on teen girl, woman: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press

7. Woman convicted of sexual assault in HIV-disclosure case appeals to Supreme Court: CBC

8. Mother who killed, abused and neglected toddler imprisoned for life: Winnipeg Free Press

9. Crown seeks six years for child pornographer: Winnipeg Free Press

Politics

Local

1. Union says 'strong-arm tactics' won't discourage striking workers at Winnipeg airport: CBC

Provincial

1. Pallister, Trudeau inch toward mending fences: Winnipeg Free Press

2. Manitoba takes next step toward public-private partnerships in building new schools: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press 

3. Brian Pallister's wife had confidential government documents sent to her personal email: CBC, Winnipeg Free Press 

4. 'Lack of judgment': Manitoba political experts weigh in on Premier's email use:CBC

5. Manitoba's premier no longer allowed to use personal cell, email for government business: CBC

6. Records suggest Pallister conducted little gov't business while away in Costa Rica: Winnipeg Free Press 

7. Pallister off the grid during vacations: records show: Winnipeg Free Press 

8. Phone records show no calls between Manitoba premier, senior staff during 19 days in Costa Rica: CBC

Churchill

1. Omnitrax says it can break contract with Ottawa after government intervention, flooding: CBC

2. Ottawa will hold Omnitrax to contract: innovation minister: Winnipeg Free Press

3. Omnitrax refuses to provide grounds for breaking contract: Winnipeg Free Press 

4. Omnitrax bound by law to fix rail lines to Churchill: experts: Winnipeg Free Press 

5. Questions remain for people in northern Manitoba: Who will pay for repair of their lifeline from the south?: APTN News

6. Omnitrax rejects feds' pressure to fix line: Winnipeg Free Press

Disability

1. Disabled Winnipeg man pleads for return of stolen specialized trike: CBC,Winnipeg Free Press

2. Mobility-challenged man getting new cycle thanks to lightning-quick radio fundraiser: Winnipeg Free Press

Cultural

1. Tagalog speakers on the rise in Manitoba, across Prairies: census: CBC

2. Manitobans increasingly living alone, immigrants taking up English: census:Winnipeg Free Press

3. 'My heart was pounding': Chilean reps get surprise welcome to Winnipeg withhonour song at airport: CBC

Check out our human rights calendar for upcoming events! The summer is always a little bit less busy, as people take time to enjoy the outdoors and relax - but stay tuned to our calendar! We'll keep looking for events to add in the coming weeks! :)