Winnipeg Free Press By: Dan Lett | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021
Opinion
The United Fire Fighters of Winnipeg has had precious little to say about the allegations that two of its members refused to provide medical support to an Indigenous woman because of an inherent racial bias.
The United Fire Fighters of Winnipeg has had precious little to say about the allegations that two of its members refused to provide medical support to an Indigenous woman because of an inherent racial bias.
Throughout this story, which the
Free Press first exposed last October, the UFFW and its mercurial president Alex Forrest have declined comment. Even when we reported the confidential details of an independent review of the incident in question, which concluded racial bias was involved, Forrest remained silent.
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.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Ryan Thorpe | Posted: 7:21 PM CST Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021
Four Winnipeg firefighters implicated in a 2020 racist incident in which they refused to help treat an Indigenous woman and delayed her transportation to hospital have been removed from active duty.
Four Winnipeg firefighters implicated in a 2020 racist incident in which they refused to help treat an Indigenous woman and delayed her transportation to hospital have been removed from active duty.
The firefighters at the centre of the controversy which sparked a third-party investigation and outrage from Indigenous leaders were placed on administrative leave Thursday evening, three sources with knowledge of the situation told the
WINNIPEG Winnipeg s mayor is calling on the president of the city s firefighters union to address and acknowledge the existence of systemic racism, after an investigation found that racism within the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service played a role in delaying patient s transport. It has been two days since Mayor Brian Bowman and WFPS Chief John Lane spoke publicly regarding the findings of a report outing racism within the department. A source told CTV News Winnipeg the firefighters involved in the incident are on administrative leave. Bowman said he has now written to Alex Forrest, the president of the United Fire Fighters of Winnipeg (UFFW), expressing concern that the union official has not publicly addressed racism.