Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: historic Provincial Law Courts - pediment : blind justice and cornucopias in the tympanum - photo by M.Torres

CBC Manitoba: St. Boniface Hospital assault

November 26, 2025 —

Days before a homeless man allegedly sexually assaulted a nurse in the parkade at Winnipeg’s St. Boniface Hospital, he was released from custody following a sentencing where a judge said responding to challenges he faces due to severe mental illness and drug use felt “hopeless.”

CBC Manitoba spoke to Frank Cormier, Sociology and Criminology about how there is a gap in specialized resources like housing for people with mental health and addictions issues.

Read the story.

Department of Sociology and Criminology

CBC: Die-off of hundreds of birds something Manitoba hasn’t experienced ‘at this scale’: biologist

Dr. Hannah Wallace, lead research associate in the department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases at the University of Manitoba with expertise in viral immunology, said it is strange that after years of avian influenza circulating in North America there would be so many bird deaths at once.

Winnipeg Free Press: U of M researchers studying whether genetic testing helps zero in on effective mental-health treatment meds

“Someone with mental-health conditions, they (try) multiple medications, and sometimes it takes months or years to get to a point where those drugs work for them, or to have less side effects,” said Dr. Abdullah Maruf, the lead investigator on the study and assistant professor in U of M’s College of Pharmacy.