Nursing college English test ‘smells like white supremacy’
A Tataskewayak Cree Nation nurse, who is desperate to work in Manitoba, has been barred from practising after failing an English exam that advocates argue is prejudiced against First Nations people.
Murals make art of healing
Blank school walls and human skin are common canvases for Métis artist Justine Proulx.
It’s a race against time to keep Winnipeg’s older tree canopies alive
On the corner of Lilac Street and Mulvey Avenue, three tall, stately American elm trees bear an ominous orange dot. It’s Winnipeg’s mark of death: the familiar, telltale sign that a tree won’t live through the coming winter.
600-kilometre commute high price to pay for First Nations students
Shaundria Yellowback travelled almost 600 kilometres by plane — a 90-minute flight via Perimeter Aviation — to get to class for the first day of Grade 12.
Reconciliation isn’t built in a day — but it would be a start
Winnipeg Free Press columnist Niigaan Sinclair writes on provincial governments’ approaches, and how making Sept. 30 a provincial statutory holiday should be a no-brainer in Manitoba.
Lighting way to healing in wake of mass tragedy
Since the tragic stabbings in Saskatchewan and the subsequent deaths of those accused, Damien and Myles Sanderson, many have looked for something or someone to blame.
Restorative justice proponents point to alternative way to end cycle of violence
A Winnipeg Free Press analysis of publicly available homicide data suggests the number of youth and young adults (ages 18 to 21) implicated in killings has risen during the past 10 years.
Winnipeg brewery changing label out of respect for MMIWG crisis
While design changes are being implemented, a portion of the sales of the remaining cans with the red-handed label that are in stores will be donated to the Indigenous Women’s Healing Centre.
Many possible solutions but only one principle: caring
Although homicides involving Indigenous people continue to rise in Manitoba, solutions are hard to come by, writes Winnipeg Free Press columnist Niigaan Sinclair.
Lighting a fire under geothermal
Arenas are some of Winnipeg’s biggest energy sinks. A handful of city councillors are looking to change that.