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Recommendations include streamlining recruitment efforts, addressing physician burnout, and creating more and improved physical engagement and peer support.

Merrick received 37 of 59 second-round ballots on Oct. 26 after leading the first round of voting with 17.

Three other people in the Queens Bay home at the time of the fire escaped and were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

All four incumbent councillors were also re-elected but two of the top three vote-getters were first-time candidates.

Incumbent decided to seek re-election because unexpected events in the last four years delayed important long-term projects.

Votes can be cast until 8 p.m. at the Thompson Regional Community Centre.

Shamattawa RCMP arrested a 24-year-old man after finding three guns and bullets while executing a search warrant on Oct. 24.

Site housing the healing centre is expected to eventually include a sobering facility to divert intoxicated people away from the hospital or RCMP cells.

Hilda Anderson-Pryz was named one of Manitoba’s 2022 Empower Women Award recipients on Oct. 20.

George Fortin, 51, was reported missing Oct. 19 and may have travelled to The Pas, RCMP say.