More than one third of the personal care homes in Manitoba still do not have a full sprinkler system to protect residents, six years after a fatal fire at a Quebec nursing home shed light on the risks of care homes without automatic sprinkler systems.
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The attorneys have not received a cost-of-living pay increase since their last strike in 2008, Wiebe said, even though the cost of living has gone up 17 per cent since then.
‘High degree of anxiety’ as Manitoba’s education system braces for major reforms | CBC News
The Progressive Conservative government focused on health-care
reform in its first term, converting three Winnipeg emergency rooms into
urgent care centres. That’s led to many health-care professionals
saying they’re now overworked at understaffed hospitals.
reform in its first term, converting three Winnipeg emergency rooms into
urgent care centres. That’s led to many health-care professionals
saying they’re now overworked at understaffed hospitals.
In
the lead-up to last fall’s provincial election, the Progressive
Conservatives said they would take away a major responsibility of school
boards, promising to phase out education property taxes once the province’s budget is balanced.
Manitobans “may
fear that some of the services that they [have] become accustomed to
… will be lost in the name of administrative efficiency,” the U of M’s
Mandzuk said, especially if the province moves to force school divisions
to amalgamate, as a Manitoba NDP government did in 2002.
Tim Hortons staff locked out, replaced over dime hourly raise
Fifteen workers at the restaurant are represented by the Workers United Canada Council, and were seeking a 30-cent per hour increase in the most recent round of collective bargaining. The franchise owner, JP Shearer, offered 20 cents, which would bring the wage to $11.95/hr.
Cyberattack against Manitoba child welfare agency under investigation | CBC News
The Southern First Nations Network of Care says it was victim
of a cyberattack in the early hours of Nov. 21 which has potential
impacts on eight Child and Family Services agencies in Manitoba.
of a cyberattack in the early hours of Nov. 21 which has potential
impacts on eight Child and Family Services agencies in Manitoba.
The
major breach of the agency’s information and technology system that
forced a complete system shutdown is being treated as a criminal
investigation, a spokesperson for the agency announced during a press
conference in Winnipeg on Sunday afternoon.
Southern First Nations Network of Care spokesperson Jim Compton
said the organization is working to determine the scope and origin of
the attack and what personal information could have been
accessed. Thousands of foster children, their families and foster
parents may have had their data hacked.