Jeff Hamilton

Child protection experts say Manitoba’s new teacher registry conceals more than it reveals Despite promises that a new teacher registry launched at the start of the year would enhance transparency within the education system and improve children’s safety, critics have dismissed it as weak, ...

This investigation underscores a fundamental question: Does Manitoba's new teacher registry truly serve its purpose of protecting children and informing the public, or is it merely a basic database that conceals more than it reveals?
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The findings are alarming: the investigation revealed at least 50 teachers in Manitoba have been convicted of sex-related crimes against minors, including sexual assault, child pornography, sexual interference, exploitation, and luring.

To help get the full picture, I spent months carefully poring over criminal and civil court documents, alongside decades of archival news clippings. We sought to understand why 115 teaching certificates were suspended or cancelled over the past 35 years.

A new teacher registry in Manitoba promised transparency and child safety. Our investigation at the @winnipegfreepress.com confirms those promises fall short, leaving disturbing gaps in public information about teacher discipline.

Winnipeg's St. Mary’s Academy shutters prep hockey program Members of the St. Mary’s Academy U18 prep hockey team are playing with heavy hearts following news the school has shuttered the program beyond this season, the Free Press has learned. School official...

St. Mary’s Academy shutters prep hockey program -- Players, parents and coach dismayed more wasn’t done to save team
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Annual process of trying to assemble a Grey Cup winner begins for CFL teams In the end, it was only going to work out for one team. After a hard-fought 21-week regular season, followed by an exciting couple of weeks of playoffs, the Toronto Argonauts were the last team standi...

CFL RUNDOWN: Time to build for next year -- Annual process of trying to assemble a Grey Cup winner begins
A look at all nine teams across the CFL...
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