In the news...

I can see the logic, but it wouldn't be going far enough in my opinion:

HOME-CARE PATIENTS TO BUTT OUT?
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is considering forcing people to stop smoking in their own homes at least an hour before a home-care worker arrives.
FULL STORY
http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_smoking-home-20050406

I would not want to work for someone who smoked... their homes and apartments reek. I think the only way is to assign smokers to work for smokers. The problem is when you don't have enough smoking employees...

This is sad. What really happens to our recyclables:

GLASS GOES FROM BLUE BOX TO LANDFILL
Every year, the City of Winnipeg's recycling program produces about 3,000 kilograms of glass. However, the glass collected in Manitoba blue boxes ends up in the same place as all the other trash: in the landfill.
FULL STORY
http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_glass-20050406

Too bad we don't have the correct facilities. Well, at least it's a small step.

Apparently not all panhandlers are bad, but some of the bad apples are really rotten:

PANHANDLER'S BEATING SHOCKS COMMUNITY
A man who regularly begged for money outside a West End grocery store was badly beaten last week after he tried to help a woman being harassed by another panhandler.
FULL STORY
http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_panhandler-20050406