Jumping to jealousy has trashed this romance

Catcheway case exposes flaws in justice system

If you listen to the subject matter experts who weighed in, Richard Joseph Catcheway fell prey to a failure to communicate.

The 32-year-old habitual criminal offender was arrested in September 2017 and charged with breaking into a Fort Richmond home to steal electronics. He eventually pleaded guilty and spent more than six months in jail.

Nobody involved in the case — not the prosecutor, defence lawyer, probation officer or the judge — thought much about the final disposition. A victim of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and a product of the Manitoba foster care system, Catcheway was a drug and alcohol addict who had been in and out of the justice system since his teens.

His guilty plea in this case was just another in the hundreds of guilty pleas that are processed in Manitoba courts each week, many of them involving men and women like Catcheway.

In virus outbreak, fretting over a name that might go viral

NEW YORK - West Nile virus, Lyme disease, Ebola virus.

And now: 2019-nCoV?

“Just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?” said Trevor Hoppe, a researcher at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, who has studied the history of disease names.

The name, which stands for 2019 novel coronavirus, has been assigned to the virus behind the outbreak of flu-like illnesses that started in China late last year.

Statistics, media, and public opinion

At Gâto, Laura Gurbhoo combines baking with sustainability

When Laura Gurbhoo is developing a new recipe, she’s thinking about more than just texture and flavour; every technique and ingredient is weighed and measured against its environmental impact. Gurbhoo is the proprietor and head baker of Gâto Bakeshop, a new bakery at 819 Sargent Ave., where sustainability is king.

The concept was born out of a desire to practise what she preaches. At home, Gurbhoo, 25, and her partner bike as often as they can, consciously reduce the amount of garbage they create and eat seasonal vegetables from local farms. At work, however, she felt like a hypocrite for using wasteful practices common across the baking industry.

“Plastic wrap is a big thing and it’s sad that nobody has come up with something that works as well,” she says, adding that the high cost of low-environmental-impact kitchen supplies and ingredients is a barrier to entry for most businesses. “Industries just have to come up with alternatives… and the more people that use them, the cheaper it becomes.”

She hopes to set a new precedent at Gâto by eliminating plastic wrap in favour of reusable containers, selling pastries in compostable takeout boxes, starting a composting program and sourcing as many ingredients as possible locally.

Three dogs found dead, 15 rescued from ‘deplorable’ conditions

The grim discovery of three dead puppies hidden in the garage of a home in the West End could lead to additional animal cruelty charges laid against a Winnipeg woman accused of abandoning 15 dogs at her residence in unsafe and unsanitary conditions.

The Winnipeg Police Service announced the charges against Crystal Marie Molloy, 35, at a press conference Monday morning.

Later that evening, police were notified three deceased puppies were discovered hidden in a plastic bin in the garage at the residence by work crews hired to clean up the property.

The discovery sparked a renewed investigation and the potential for additional charges. Police were assisted by the Winnipeg Humane Society and animal protection officers when they attended the scene for the second time.