February 24 2021
Lynn Peterson: Let s work together to ensure health care, social justice, equitable economic growth and dignified housing for everyone.
This has been the most difficult year many of us can remember. I won t recount all of the challenges we are facing together you know them; you feel them daily.
As your Metro Council president, I have the privilege of working with and for incredibly resilient Oregonians. And despite the challenges that we face, I look with optimism toward our future.
This is a region has recovered from recessions before. And as we prepare to recover from this one, I am inspired by the commitment to equity and resiliency for all that I have seen throughout these many challenging months.
The head of the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic service acknowledged the existence of racism within his department on Wednesday as the service continues to deal with…
There is a five-alarm fire raging in Winnipeg.
It’s coming from inside the fire halls.
While the latest controversy to roil the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service centres on the actions of a single medic and firefighting crew during a critical-care call in the North End last fall, the context in which it sits is a turbulent 24-year marriage between two departments that were forced to become one.
City misses deadline, taxpayers on the hook
The City of Winnipeg has missed a chance to put an end to a controversial arrangement that sees taxpayers on the hook for 60 per cent of the firefighter union president’s salary.
Winnipeg mayor asks firefighters union to acknowledge existence of systemic racism amid call for resignations
February 8, 2021 Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman asks that the United Fire Fighters of Winnipeg (UFFW) acknowledge the existence of systemic racism within its ranks and to share their efforts to address it, amid calls from the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) for the resignation of four Winnipeg firefighters following a troubling incident last year.
The Mayor’s appeal and the MMF’s call comes from a recent report by Equitable Solutions, which suggested that four Winnipeg firefighters showed a lack of concern over an injured Indigenous woman in the city.