News briefs for Tuesday, October 25, 2022
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Researchers, academics and First Nations communities from all over the country are gathering in Winnipeg this week to share what they've learned in their search for unmarked graves at residential schools.
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Almost five months after middle school students found a man’s body in a field during a community cleanup, the death is not suspected as being criminal in nature.
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Just two days before Winnipeggers head to the polls, mayoral candidate Scott Gillingham came out swinging against Glen Murray, insisting his competitor would bring chaos and uncertainty to city hall.
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WINNIPEG — Anita Neville has been sworn in as Manitoba's 26th lieutenant-governor, succeeding Janice Filmon, who served for seven years.
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A Winnipeg mayoral candidate wants city reports to go beyond spelling out the economic impacts of projects and include assessments of the consequences for vulnerable people.
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After over seven years in the position, Janice Filmon handed over the reins to her successor Anita Neville, who was sworn in as Manitoba's next lieutenant governor during a ceremony at the Manitoba Legislature on Monday afternoon.
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Southone Silaphet, 74, was convicted of two counts of sexual interference in December 2021. He was the head monk of Wat Lao Xayaram Temple on Sinclair Street in Winnipeg's North End for 12 years.
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A man from Vancouver and a man from Winnipeg were charged over the weekend in a pair of unrelated drug busts in Winnipeg.
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The Winnipeg Public Library is seeking applications for its first ever Makers-in-Residence program, which is intended for artists who specialize in a wide range of crafts.
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A 51-year-old man from Thompson, Man., hasn't been seen in more than a week, and RCMP say he may have left the northern city.
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Police are asking the public for help to find a missing 15-year-old girl in northern Manitoba who hasn't been seen in three days.
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A 15-year-old has been charged by Winnipeg police following a home invasion on Friday. WPS say the incident occurred just after 1 p.m. on Oct. 21, at a house on Stella Avenue, “a male entered a residence where two adult females (he had previously met) and six children were sleeping.” “He assaulted both adults, demanded […]
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Three Manitoba men drowned last Friday in the Churchill River after struggling in the water.
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Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness ended his media availability on Monday after experiencing dizzy spells and feeling unwell, the team confirmed.
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Winnipeg police are looking for the driver of a light-coloured SUV after a fatal hit-and-run Monday morning. Winnipeg Police Service says around 2:45 a.m., a 56-year-old man was crossing the road at Notre Dame Avenue and Keewatin Street when he was hit by an SUV. Officers and paramedics responded to the scene and the man […]
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Three men would die as a result of drowning accident on Churchill River near Leaf Rapids.
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Historic drought devastated Manitoba's agricultural and farming sectors last year only for the pendulum to swing strongly in the other direction this year.
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A 15-year-old boy faces a number of kidnapping and assault-related charges after a woman was kidnapped and taken to a bank with the intent of withdrawing money, Winnipeg police say.
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Actor Leslie Jordan, known for his roles in "Will & Grace" and "American Horror Story", has died at the age of 67.
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Manitoba RCMP have charged four men with second-degree murder after a death on Garden Hill First Nation.
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A man has been charged with second-degree murder and three others were charged as accessories after the fact in connection with the death of a man in Garden Hill First Nation last week.
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Winnipeg mayoral candidate and former pastor Scott Gillingham says he hasn't believed the tenet of his Pentecostal faith that describes being gay as immoral for years.
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A number of spots in province's west and north are under winter storm, snowfall or freezing rain warnings Monday as snow has already begun to fall in some communities.
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Here is the second part of the deals of the week from the regent location in Winnipeg. Make sure to check out the first part and also the markdown Monday deals.
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Here is the first part of the deals of the week from the regent location in Winnipeg. Make sure to check out the second part of the deals, and also the markdown Monday deals.
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With the cost of food the highest it’s been in more than four decades, Canada’s competition watchdog is launching a study to take a closer look at the grocery industry in this country. “The study will examine various issues with the goal of recommending measures that governments can take to help improve competition in the […]
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Longtime Winnipeg Goldeyes field manager Rick Forney is leaving the organization he has called home for the past 26 years.
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Here are the deals from the regent location in Winnipeg. All the deals are store specific, so make sure to check your location. Check back later for all of the unadvertised deals of the week. Part one and two.
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WINNIPEG -- River East Transcona School Division has launched an emergency notification system to help communicate timely information to thousands of people via text, phone, and email.
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The Notre Dame campus at Red River College is closed Monday morning due to a hydro power outage, the college says.
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Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak won the race to be leader of the Conservative Party on Monday and will become Britain’s next prime minister — the third this year. The former Treasury chief will be Britain’s first leader of color, and faces the task of stabilizing the party and country at a time of economic […]
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Notre Dame Avenue at Keewatin Street is blocked on Monday morning after a critically injured man was found on the road.
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WINNIPEG -- A kitchen fire Sunday evening in the 300 block of Lansdowne Avenue sent one person to hospital.
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In today’s Big Story podcast, OnlyFans nearly banned the content that drives the vast majority of its revenue. Sex workers who sell photos or videos online speak in code on social media and sometimes call themselves “accountants.” Both are responses to the same issue: if identified as someone who sells adult content, you may find […]
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People in Manitoba with ties to Haiti fear for their loved ones, as people in the Caribbean country struggle to access essential services amid surging fuel costs, a security crisis and the ongoing effects of last year's devastating earthquake.
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The parents of a Rwandan international student who was found dead in a Winnipeg field earlier this year have laid their son to rest, but questions about his death remain.
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Brandon commercial real estate can be interpreted in two ways says Brandon Chamber of Commerce President Tanya LaBuick — an opportunity to buy buildings at an affordable price, or the devolution of the downtown core.
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The Manitoba government says it will no longer incarcerate migrants detained by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), according to information obtained by Radio-Canada/CBC.
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Winnipeg is preparing to welcome its newest cast of city councillors when voters head to the polls Wednesday.
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Jagjivan (Jayanti) Mistry doesn’t have an education degree, but he’s had an impact on hundreds of students.
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In the days leading up to the mass protest in Ottawa last winter, police didn’t have intelligence suggesting the “Freedom Convoy” would use local citizens as a “leverage point,” interim police chief Steve Bell said Monday. Bell made the comment while testifying at the Public Order Emergency Commission which is probing the federal Liberal government’s […]
The post Police assessment didn’t warn convoy would use locals as ‘leverage’: Ottawa interim police chief appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.
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(Editor’s Note: Some of the details in this report are graphic and may be disturbing to some readers) Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin faced cross-examination Monday in the sexual assault trial against him, with both sides expected to deliver closing arguments in the case in the afternoon. Final questions for the former head of Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine […]
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The Treaty 1 and Métis flags were raised for the first time Oct. 17 in front of Wesley Hall, and will continue to fly at the University of Winnipeg campus landmark.
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Anita Neville will become the oldest lieutenant-governor in Manitoba history today, when she’s officially sworn in at the legislature in a special ceremony that the public can view virtually but not attend.
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WINNIPEG — An Indigenous-led protest camp on the east lawn of the Manitoba Legislative Building grounds that's been in place for more than a year was removed over the weekend.
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In celebration of Islamic History Month, the Islamic Social Services Association hosted its seventh multicultural tea festival in Winnipeg on Sunday.
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My hopes of a big surge in voter turnout for the 2022 civic election have been officially dashed by Jenny Motkaluk.
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My hopes of a big surge in voter turnout for the 2022 civic election have been officially dashed by Jenny Motkaluk.
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The school at Red Sucker Lake First Nation in northern Manitoba will remain closed Monday as hundreds of students and staff continue to mourn the loss of a 16-year-old student who took his own life on the school playground last week.
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With election day quickly approaching, mayoral candidates are making their final push for support, but political observers say there is no clear frontrunner in the race — warning anything could happen.
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Nearly 42,000 voters headed to the polls for advance voting ahead of Wednesday’s election, which is up over 5 per cent from the previous election in 2018. Political science professor Christopher Adams says this is because there will be a new leader at city hall. “I would say when we don’t have incumbents, we have […]
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The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is expressing concern over how the provincial government went about clearing an encampment on the legislative grounds Saturday morning. The province moved to remove the “Every Child Matters” encampment on the east lawn in the early hours. The Indigenous-led camp had been there for more than a year. It was […]
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Winnipeg police say they are on the hunt for a vehicle that is believed to have been involved in a hit and run in St. Boniface on Friday afternoon, leaving one woman with serious injuries.
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Winnipeg police are looking for a red-coloured Dodge Ram believed to be involved in the hit and run of a woman in her 40s in Saint-Boniface on Friday afternoon. Investigators believe the woman was crossing the intersection at Marion Street and Archibald Street when she was struck around 3 p.m. The truck is believed to […]
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Two people were taken to hospital – including one in critical condition – after a fire in a home in North End early Sunday morning. The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service says a person remained trapped in the burning bi-level home on Pritchard Avenue near Arlington Street around 1 a.m. WFPS says the individual was “located […]
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