The union representing 18,000 health-care support workers in Manitoba says it has reached a new tentative agreement with its employers.

One year afterthe Manitoba government hired a staffing agency to bring 150 doctors to work in the province, not a single physician has arrived.

The federal Conservatives have picked Colin Reynolds, an electrician who calls himself aproudunion member, to run for the party in a working-class Winnipeg riding.

A provincial union leader says it's understandable somepublic-sector workersin Manitoba's health care system would feel overlooked if they are paid as much as thosecooking burgers at fast-food joints.

The former CEO of Shared Health saw his pay exceed $600,000 last year a nearly 83 per cent increase from the prior year despite only working for four months before his unexpected departure.

Delta 9, a locally run businessthat becamea well-known producer and retailer of recreational cannabis, has obtained an initial order for creditor protection as it faceschallenges in an oversaturatedcannabis market.

Aboriginal Health &Wellness Centre, which put forward a proposal earlier this year to establish an Indigenous-run facility,will be the province's community partner in developing the site, Premier Wab Kinew confirmed to reporters Monday afternoon.