Episode 17 has the variety of information, scoops and investigations listeners rely on to stay in the know!
Part 1- Last month, we brought the concerns of a Niverville family to Winnipeg Sun readers, and poll results that showed substantial support for patient protections proposed in Debbie’s Law. On Friday, the NDP announced that cardiac surgeons would provide timelines to those on the waiting list.
From a listener:
“The issues management team for Kinew surely reads your articles. They will now provide in writing when heart surgeries will be performed and will record any deaths of those waiting. Kinew perhaps is the premier who has responded to your reporting more than any other previous premier.”
But, as you’ll hear, there’s no penalties imposed on RHA’s for missing the target times, and no requirement that patients are offered alternative venues to receive life-saving procedures.
Also, we scooped the media on Wednesday by revealing Parents blindsided as Winnipeg axes school bus charters. Remarkably, Winnipeg officials have made no plans to protect the safety of children now expected to use public transit and handle being around violent and erratic users.
22.00 Part 2 – An in depth look at boundary changes in west Winnipeg (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley).
It’s making the federal race between incumbent Marty Morantz and former MP Doug Eyolfson completely unpredictable.
The note we received also mentions Winnipeg South: “Lots of new residents. Big question is how many are able to vote?”
31.55 Part 3– That question led to us becoming Mr. Nosey and calling an Elections Canada official.
Whether it’s being listed on the voters roll via a tax return, registering online, voting by mail, or voting at mobile polls, there seems to be an essential safeguard missing.
Elections Canada is conducting enumerations in newer suburban apartment buildings and claims, “During and after elections, we carefully monitor suspicious patterns and anomalies”.
The thing they should investigate might be their own policies, which don’t seem to ever include asking for proof of citizenship.
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This weekend in the Sun, another exclusive report- Sutherland Hotel site housing concept will need all hands on deck
“I’m trying to settle with the question, why is the North End burning? I think the problem is fairly serious in Winnipeg. You can’t even insure properties in that area easily. Do we just have endless properties that are burnt and are empty and every city has that one part where people wonder, is this going to spread to my part?”
Coming up– tolerance of antisemitism continues to be a feature, not a bug, of local politics and the federal election; and a special column is set for Easter Sunday in the Winnipeg Sun.
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