Wastewater monkeypox testing underway across Canada
Wastewater testing to detect the monkeypox virus has begun in Winnipeg and 12 other Canadian cities as scientists work to determine how accurate the tests are.
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Wastewater testing to detect the monkeypox virus has begun in Winnipeg and 12 other Canadian cities as scientists work to determine how accurate the tests are.
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It might be the most Instagrammable way to support a good cause.
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Most Bell MTS customers have had their TV and internet services restored on Monday after outages earlier in the day left some without access in parts of Manitoba, including Winnipeg, the company says.
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Construction of a new interchange on Winnipeg’s South Perimeter Highway is running on schedule and within its $135-million budget, says Manitoba’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure.
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Winnipeg police have arrested a man who allegedly rammed a cruiser with a stolen vehicle to avoid arrest, and later barricaded himself inside an West Broadway home for nearly 10 hours over the weekend.
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Winnipeg police took several people into custody over the weekend as part of 10-hour standoff and stolen vehicle investigation.
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The inquiry into Ottawa's unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act during protests in February will start its public hearings next month.
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Here is the third part of the deals of the week from the Kenaston location in Winnipeg. Make sure to check out the first and second parts.
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Here is the second part of the deals of the week from the Kenaston location in Winnipeg. Make sure to check out the first and third parts.
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Here is the first part of the week of the week from the Kenaston location in Winnipeg. It’s a big week, so make sure to check out the second and third parts too. Sales are mostly the same from store ... Read More »
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Longtime CTV National News anchor Lisa LaFlamme broke her silence after being let go by Bell Media, saying she was blindsided and shocked by the “business decision” to end her contract after 35 years. In a video published on Twitter, the Canadian journalist says she was informed on June 29 by Bell Media, the parent […]
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Most people in the western half of Brandon, Man., have been advised to boil their water after a significant water main break led to low water pressure across a big part of the city.
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WINNIPEG -- Construction along the Perimeter Highway is trucking along as the province provided an update on several projects on Monday.
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Team Canada defeated Team Haudenosaunee 16-9 on Sunday in the final of the World Junior Lacrosse Championships, held all last week in Winnipeg.
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The next phase of the Manitoba government's plan to turn the Perimeter Highway into a six-lane freeway focuses on making improvements to service roads and enhancing safety features at high-risk access points.
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Winnipeg police are investigating a weekend incident in which a pair of Winnipeg transit employees were assaulted. WPS say the incident happened around 5 a.m. on Saturday when officers responded to the 600 block of Brandon Avenue. It is believed that the suspect approached the first victim as they were sitting in their car and […]
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Former MP Anita Neville has been selected as Manitoba’s next lieutenant-governor after a months-long search for a new vice-regal.
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Former Liberal member of Parliament Anita Neville has been named Manitoba’s next lieutenant-governor. In announcing the appointment, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Neville has long been a champion for the people of her community, her province and country. Neville held the Winnipeg South Centre seat from 2000 to 2011, when she lost to Conservative Joyce […]
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WINNIPEG — Former Liberal member of Parliament Anita Neville has been named Manitoba's next lieutenant-governor.
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Former Winnipeg Liberal MP Anita Neville will be Manitoba's new lieutenant-governor.
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The operators of "Those Little Donuts" say their application to the PNE Fair this year has been rejected because there are already "similar products."
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A Manitoba farmer is continuing his tradition of helping people take the ultimate sunflower-themed selfies — while also raising money to stamp out hunger and defuse a thorny problem some producers face from picture-hunting trespassers.
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Environment Canada has lifted thunderstorm warnings and watches for southwestern Manitoba on Monday morning.
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Police are investigating after two Winnipeg Transit operators were assaulted early Saturday.
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Strict new targets for fertilizer emissions have Dutch farmers fighting back, saying they will be forced to close. While, Canada’s targets are not nearly as aggressive, they have been poorly explained and may be badly implemented, causing a lot of fear among Canadian farmers worried they won’t be able to care for their crops. That […]
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Some Winnipeg parents say they'll face difficult choices when the school year starts.
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A foreign-educated nurse has won an appeal and will be allowed to work in Manitoba — a significant development overruling the provincial nursing regulator, which repeatedly denied her a licence unless she undertook a test of her nursing competence.
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Residents at the Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre are enjoying their new Duet wheelchair bikes, which allow people with mobility issues to sit up front, while a staff member pedals them around the neighbourhood.
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A Manitoba Crown attorney has raised concerns about a northern child welfare agency after it failed to properly arrange for a sexual assault victim to appear in court as a witness.
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The Canadian Association of Journalists wants to know what the RCMP knew about a plot to murder a Free Press journalist and what action the police force took as a result.
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AS the list of declared candidates hoping to become Winnipeg’s next mayor has swelled to 14 with nearly three months to go until election day, the city’s diverse and growing immigrant population is being aggressively courted and is likely to play a pivotal role at the finish line.
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The provincial government will fund 30 projects to improve and develop trails across Manitoba.
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For Al Dawson, there’s no point crying over spilled milk… or broken glass in this case.
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Winnipeggers heading west on Portage Avenue might notice a new and vibrant sight as they cross into the St. James community, where local organizers have unveiled a new mural commemorating the area’s 100th anniversary.
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Citing surging inflation and stipends that have remained frozen for nearly 20 years, Manitoba academics are calling on Ottawa to top-up awards for early-career researchers in science and engineering fields so they can earn a livable wage.
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There’s a lot of talk about grace and grit these days, and Christa Slatnik and Cindy Sanchez each have both.
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Companies able to hike prices with inflation are seeing rising profits. Wages aren't keeping pace. Markets surged when U.S. inflation peaked, but a plunge in spending, a rise in wage demands, and more rate hikes could mean trouble ahead.
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Vancouver-Mount Pleasant NDP MP Jenny Kwan says there's a "stark difference" between the government's treatment of those fleeing the Taliban and those fleeing the Russian invasion.
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Members and supporters of the LGBTQ community in a small Manitoba city left a mark at its city hall Sunday, hoping to send a clear and very visible message to local political leaders that they should do more to support them.
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Police are investigating after two off-duty Winnipeg Transit operators were assaulted near a transit facility in South Osborne early Saturday.
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City police said they were called to the southeast sidewalk around 5:30 a.m. for a report of an injured man. There, they found a 28-year-old suffering from "significant" upper-body trauma, police said in a Sunday statement.
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A Winnipeg not-for-profit dog rescue is reeling after they say both their vans were vandalized early Sunday morning when individuals smashed their windows. The team at Manitoba Underdogs Rescue Inc. says the driver’s side windows on their cargo and cruiser vans were smashed around 2:30 a.m. in the St. Vital area. In dashcam footage shared […]
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The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service says crews needed to put out an overnight fire inside an ATM at a strip mall bank in the Sturgeon Creek neighbourhood. The WFPS says it responded to a fire alarm system activation around 4:30 a.m. Sunday coming from a bank on Portage Avenue near Sturgeon Road. Police crews were […]
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Winnipeg police say a teenager is in custody after he twice attempted to rob five men in the city’s West End Saturday night, before the victims turned the tables and subdued him. The WPS says the 15-year-old suspect, who was wearing a balaclava ski mask, first approached the group before midnight on Portage Avenue near […]
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Salman Rushdie is “on the road to recovery,” his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author of “The Satanic Verses” suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York. The announcement followed news that the lauded writer was removed from a ventilator Saturday and able to talk and joke. Literary […]
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Canadian Blood Services is in talks with companies that pay donors for plasma as it faces a decrease in collections.
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WINNIPEG -- The Millennium Library will temporarily close each floor on a staggered basis beginning next week to accommodate renovations.
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Authorities in Norway said Sunday they have euthanized a walrus that had drawn crowds of spectators in the Oslo Fjord after concluding that it posed a risk to humans. The 600-kilogram (1,320-pound) female walrus, known affectionately as Freya, became a popular attraction in Norway in recent weeks, despite warnings from officials that people should refrain […]
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A United Nations-chartered ship loaded with 23,000 metric tons of Ukrainian grain destined for Ethiopia set sail Sunday from a Black Sea port, the first shipment of its kind in a program to assist countries facing famine. The Liberia-flagged Brave Commander departed from the Ukrainian port of Yuzhne, east of Odesa, according to regional governor […]
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A delegation of American lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, just 12 days after a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that prompted an angry China to launch days of threatening military drills around the self-governing island that Beijing says must come under its control. The five-member delegation, led by Democratic Sen. Ed Markey […]
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The Brandon Friendship Centre GAP youth outreach is holding workshops to help Indigenous youth translate their experiences into employable skills — part of a larger effort in Brandon aimed at the inclusion of Indigenous people and communities in economic opportunities.
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After nearly a decade, a car that had sat unmoved in a Winnipeg grassy lot is gone, but one resident says he still doesn't understand why it took so long for the city to do something.
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Quebec’s new language law has dozens of municipalities in the province shoring up their bilingual status, with few considering giving up the right to serve their citizens in both English and French. Almost 90 cities, towns or boroughs in Quebec are considered officially bilingual, a designation allowing them to offer services, post signage and mail […]
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A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt’s capital on Sunday, quickly filling it with thick black smoke and killing 41 worshippers, including at least 10 children. Several trapped congregants jumped from upper floors of the Martyr Abu Sefein church to try to escape the intense flames, witnesses said. […]
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If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a thousand times: if you want to be the captain of a National Hockey League team, you need to shop like the captain of a National Hockey League team.
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If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a thousand times: if you want to be the captain of a National Hockey League team, you need to shop like the captain of a National Hockey League team.
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Ottawa is making plans to expand the offerings of its ArriveCAN app even as criticism continues to mount over the mandatory data-entry process for travellers entering the country.
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Sean Whyte's 25-yard field goal with two seconds left in the fourth quarter capped a B.C. Lions' comeback in a 41-40 win over the host Calgary Stampeders on Saturday.
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For the first time in two years, community members and the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls gathered together to honour their lost loved ones in St. John’s Park on Saturday.
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Hundreds of people of all ages turned out at St. John's Park in Winnipeg Saturday afternoon for the 14th annual No Stone Unturned Concert for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, which offers a chance to gather in support of those who have lost loved ones.
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A University of Calgary scientist is studying "Mars’ geology for signs the planet could have once supported life" using data from the Curiosity Rover.
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A Winnipeg jewelry business that started off as a pandemic hobby opened its new storefront at at a Winnipeg shopping mall on Saturday.
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Runners laced up for a half-marathon outside a prison just north of Winnipeg on Saturday morning to raise money and awareness to support incarcerated Manitobans and their families.
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