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- Saturday 12PM Jul 02/22
Winnipeg unveils renovated wading pool at St. Charles Park
The City of Winnipeg revealed the renovated wading pool at St. Charles Park on Saturday, with upgrades that include new spray features and rubberized surfacing.© CTV |
- Saturday 11AM Jul 02/22
Winnipeg crews respond to three Maryland Street fires in 12-hour span
The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service is reminding residents about fire safety after a blaze started on someone’s balcony Canada Day afternoon.© CTV |
- Saturday 11AM Jul 02/22
Racing to the Best Season Ever
WINNIPEG -- Assiniboia Downs CEO Darren Dunn has always been somewhat of an optimistic guy. After 40 years at the track, he’s experienced all the highs and suffered through all the lows and there really isn’t much left to surprise.
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- Saturday 11AM Jul 02/22
Man arrested for attempted choking with shoelace: Brandon police
Brandon Police have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly trying to choke another man with a shoelace.© CTV |
- Saturday 09AM Jul 02/22
Goldeyes’ Ramirez Honoured for Pitching Efforts
Winnipeg Goldeyes’ right-handed pitcher Luis Ramirez has been named the American Association’s pitcher of the month for June.
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- Saturday 09AM Jul 02/22
TD 'significantly' downgrades home sale, price forecasts
A new report from TD says Canadian home sales could fall by nearly one-quarter on average this year and remain low into 2023.© CTV |
- Saturday 08AM Jul 02/22
Winnipeg Jets Close to Naming Rick Bowness Next Head Coach
WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets are close to announcing that Rick Bowness will be the team's next head coach.
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- Saturday 07AM Jul 02/22
Cigarette butt leads to house fire on Winnipeg's Maryland Street
Winnipeg fire crews responded to a small blaze at a two-and-a-half-storey house on Maryland Street, between Sargent and Ellice avenues, just before 3 p.m. on Friday.
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- Saturday 06AM Jul 02/22
Gas prices force some to alter summer road trip plans, while others reluctantly take financial hit
Though the pressures of rising inflation aren't stopping everyone from summer trips, those who are hitting the road are facing painful prices at the pump.
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- Saturday 05AM Jul 02/22
Anti-Taliban law could be tweaked to get more humanitarian aid to Afghans: minister
A law outlawing any dealings with the Taliban, which charities complain is impeding their ability to help needy Afghans, could be adjusted by the federal government to give more flexibility to aid agencies. International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan said the government is looking at making changes to the law to create “flexibility” to make humanitarian […]
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- Saturday 02AM Jul 02/22
The Art of forgiveness
Known for his service to community, his impact through art, his strength and ability to forgive, Cliff Derksen wanted to make the world a better place. Appreciated by friends, colleagues and ......© Winnipeg Free Press |
- Saturday 02AM Jul 02/22
Coming to the rescue of four campers
Lisa Faulkner is a busy woman. She’s been a school bus driver for 12 years and is raising four kids independently. She tries to spoil her kids as often as possible, ...© Winnipeg Free Press |
- Saturday 02AM Jul 02/22
Fire engine sidelined in staffing shortage
Winnipeg firefighters were short-staffed on three recent shifts, a problem their union claims is putting patient care at risk. Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service confirmed crews were six members short on June ...© Winnipeg Free Press |
- Saturday 02AM Jul 02/22
Empty building, extra billing?
Owners of vacant buildings that catch fire could in the future be billed for efforts to battle those blazes. The City of Winnipeg is studying the idea of charging a fee ...© Winnipeg Free Press |
- Saturday 02AM Jul 02/22
U of M dispenses with sick notes
THE University of Manitoba says students will no longer need a sick note for a temporary absence, a policy change that will ease the burden on the health-care system. Instead, students ...© Winnipeg Free Press |
- Saturday 02AM Jul 02/22
Booster denied to vulnerable women
Two immunocompromised women, who were deemed a priority to get the COVID-19 vaccine earlier in the pandemic, are upset they were turned away from getting their second booster shot. The women ...© Winnipeg Free Press |
- Saturday 02AM Jul 02/22
Assailant given 4½ years for 'brutal' attack
A judge has sentenced a Winnipeg man to 4 1/2 years in prison for a fatal attack on a stranger. Derrik Lawrence Edward Smith, 23, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for an ...© Winnipeg Free Press |
- Saturday 02AM Jul 02/22
Hydro VP earned $740K in 2021
A former Manitoba Hydro executive has sauntered into retirement with more than $740,000 in hand, capping a career with the Crown corporation as its top earner last year. Lorne Midford, former ...© Winnipeg Free Press |
- Saturday 02AM Jul 02/22
Backlog simmers on Tory government back burner
For a Tory government whose re-election chances in 2023 hinge mostly on how well Manitoba’s health-care system recovers over the next 15 months, there appears to be little, if any, ...© Winnipeg Free Press |
- Friday 09PM Jul 01/22
New approach to Canada Day at The Forks well received
Winnipeggers celebrated Canada Day at The Forks Friday, either oblivious to, or appreciative of, changes to the annual festival that sought to downplay colonialism and focus on Indigenous heritage. By noon, ......© Winnipeg Free Press |
- Friday 08PM Jul 01/22
'You do not want this' virus: California man with monkeypox urges others to get vaccinated
A California man has posted a widely-shared video in an attempt to educate people about the monkeypox virus outbreak, to encourage people to get vaccinated if they're eligible and to make it very clear: 'You do not want this.'© CTV |
- Friday 07PM Jul 01/22
'Cancel Canada Day' rally brings hundreds to Manitoba Legislature grounds
A crowd left the intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street in Winnipeg at 5 p.m., and arrived outside the Manitoba Legislature for a rally in support of murdered and missing residential school children.
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- Friday 06PM Jul 01/22
Hundreds gather in Winnipeg to support abortion rights
Around 100 people gathered at the Manitoba Legislative grounds on Saturday afternoon to protest in support of abortion.© Global |
- Friday 06PM Jul 01/22
'Abortion is health care': Pro-choice group rallies in support of a woman's right to choose
A pro-choice rally was held at the Manitoba Legislative Building on Friday -- a week after Roe v. Wade was reversed by the United States Supreme Court.© CTV |
- Friday 05PM Jul 01/22
'Changing the course of history': How Winnipeggers celebrated Canada Day
In-person Canada Day festivities made a return on Friday for the first time since the pandemic started, with residents bringing back old traditions and creating new ones.© CTV |
- Friday 05PM Jul 01/22
'We're stuck': Winnipeg family's renovation stalled by permit issues
A St. Norbert family hoped their basement renovations would be wrapping up by midsummer, but a series of permit-related issues have stalled the project.© CTV |
- Friday 05PM Jul 01/22
Randy Bachman reunited with beloved stolen guitar: ‘It’s a guitar, and it has a soul’
Canadian rock legend Randy Bachman's long search came to an end Friday when he was reunited in Tokyo with a cherished guitar 45 years after it was stolen from a Toronto hotel.© Global |
- Friday 04PM Jul 01/22
Police searching for missing man, 60, last seen Thursday morning near Kenora
The Kenora detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police are searching for Brian Churchill, 60, who last seen leaving his residence in Keewatin Thursday night.
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- Friday 03PM Jul 01/22
Some Enjoy Life baked goods recalled — they could contain plastic pieces
Six kinds of Enjoy Life bakery products are being recalled across Canada and the U.S. because pieces of hard plastic may have contaminated the items. There have been no reported injuries associated with the consumption of these products, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Saturday.
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- Friday 03PM Jul 01/22
Phone found on body discovered in Assiniboine River belonged to missing man, search group says
RCMP say an autopsy will be conducted after a body was found in the Assiniboine River in Brandon.
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- Friday 03PM Jul 01/22
Canada to ban import of dogs from countries considered at high risk for rabies
The animal rescue community is calling on the feds for a solution instead of a ban after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced a new measure prohibiting the entry of commercial dogs from countries considered at high-risk for dog rabies. Earlier this week, the CFIA said this measure, which goes into effect on September […]
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- Friday 03PM Jul 01/22
Kenora police looking for missing man whose vehicle was found abandoned on highway
Officers with the Kenora detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police are looking for a missing man whose vehicle was found abandoned on a highway.© CTV |
- Friday 02PM Jul 01/22
Winnipeg house catches fire — then goes up in flames again hours later
A duplex in Winnipeg's Tyndall Park area caught fire twice in a span of a little over nine hours overnight, leaving the affected unit expected to be a total loss, the city says.
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- Friday 02PM Jul 01/22
Transit driver who crashed into Osborne Village building lost control because of medical condition: union
A Winnipeg Transit driver whose bus hit two parked vehicles before crashing into an Osborne Village apartment building on Thursday had a medical condition that caused him to lose control of the bus, according to the union representing the city's transit drivers.
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- Friday 02PM Jul 01/22
Winnipeg Jets hiring Rick Bowness as new head coach
The Winnipeg Jets are hiring Rick Bowness as their new head coach, according to Sportsnet. This is a return of sorts for Bowness, whose first NHL head coaching job was with the original Jets for the back end of the 1988-89 season as a midseason replacement. Bowness was most recently coach of the Dallas Stars. […]
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- Friday 02PM Jul 01/22
Canada Day: heavy security for protests, celebrations in downtown Ottawa
Downtown Ottawa was once again awash in red and white and crowded with people draped in the Maple Leaf. But the cries of “Freedom” that were the hallmark of anti-COVID-19 mandate protests that have been happening on and off since February were absent from the national capital Friday. Ottawa was in a celebratory mood as […]
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- Friday 02PM Jul 01/22
Guess who got his guitar back after 45 years? Randy Bachman can hardly believe his luck
Forty-five years after Randy Bachman's 1957 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins guitar was stolen in Toronto, it’s back in his arms, and he can hardly believe it.
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- Friday 02PM Jul 01/22
Winnipeg duplex in Tyndall Park catches fire twice within 10 hours
Winnipeg fire crews needed to put out a fire at a duplex in Tyndall Park late Thursday night – and again on Friday morning. The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service was called to a duplex on Albina Way near Raber Road around 11:40 p.m. on Thursday. Crews found the second-storey unit of the duplex was on […]
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- Friday 01PM Jul 01/22
Canadian rock star Randy Bachman reunited with beloved stolen guitar
Canadian rock legend Randy Bachman's long search came to an end Friday when he was reunited in Tokyo with a cherished guitar 45 years after it was stolen from a Toronto hotel.© CTV |
- Friday 01PM Jul 01/22
New approach to Canada Day at The Forks provides space for celebration, reflection: attendees
People who attended a new kind of Canada Day celebration at The Forks in Winnipeg on Friday say the event gave them a chance to celebrate their country while reflecting on its past.
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- Friday 01PM Jul 01/22
Body found in Assiniboine River: RCMP
Officers with the Manitoba RCMP have confirmed that a body was found in the Assiniboine River on Thursday.© CTV |
- Friday 01PM Jul 01/22
Shortage of specialized infant formula to continue through summer: Health Canada
Health Canada says the nationwide shortage of specialized baby formula is expected to continue throughout the summer. The federal department says shipments of specialized formulas are expected to be available in pharmacies starting the first week of July, but supplies will continue to be limited. The affected formulas are intended for infants with food allergies […]
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- Friday 12PM Jul 01/22
Crews respond to two fires at Winnipeg duplex in span of 9 hours
A unit at a Winnipeg duplex is likely a total loss following two fires in the span of nine hours.© CTV |
- Friday 12PM Jul 01/22
Jets finalizing deal to make Rick Bowness new head coach: reports
The Winnipeg Jets are finalizing a deal with Rick Bowness to become the team's new head coach, according to multiple media reports.
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- Friday 12PM Jul 01/22
June 2022 Coach of the Month: Gary Sova
Gary Sova has been selected as Sport Manitoba's coach of the month for June. He's been the leader of the Inner City Judo club since 1969.© Global |