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Manitobans who manage own home care squeezed by rising expenses, worker shortages

It’s getting harder for Vishno Gupta to hire the home-care workers he needs as a quadriplegic living at home.  The 82-year-old, who needs help with everything from getting out of bed in the morning to bathing and eating due to a spinal cord injury, is one of about 1,000 people in Winnipeg …

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Manitobans reimagine Canada Day celebrations in wake of residential school revelations

Rather than awash in red and white, on July 1, 2021, Winnipeg’s downtown core was full of orange worn by thousands of marchers following the discovery of potential unmarked burial sites on the grounds of former residential schools. At a rally following the march, a statue of Queen Victoria was toppled. It wasn’t the usual Canada Day by …

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