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A Winnipeg man sentenced to life in prison after he chased down his estranged wife on a crowded Portage Avenue near Assiniboine Park and stabbed her to death has been granted day parole.
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A man who stabbed his wife to death on a busy Winnipeg street in 1994 has been granted day parole for the first time in five years and will be allowed to visit seven municipalities in B.C.’s Fraser Valley.
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A Manitoba Tory MP was ejected Thursday from the House of Commons, after refusing to apologize for calling a Liberal MP a liar over the government’s controversial gun control legislation.
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WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson delivered her annual state of the province speech Thursday with a bit more partisan messaging than usual.
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Manitoba's next general election may be 10 months away, but Premier Heather Stefanson is already asking voters to grant a third term to her Progressive Conservatives.
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A heartbroken mother says her 27-year-old daughter, who died after being found in a Winnipeg bus shelter Monday, was a kind and outgoing person who had wanted to make changes to her life.
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Prairie Green Landfill north of the city is pausing operations after a request from the province, as calls to search the site where police believe the remains of two slain women are located grow louder by the day.
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Prairie Green Landfill north of the city is pausing operations after a request from the province, as calls to search the site where police believe the remains of two slain women are located grow louder by the day.
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More than three years after their twin babies were taken to hospital suffering from such extreme malnourishment that they were near death, a Manitoba couple has been handed double-digit prison sentences in a case a judge described as “heartbreaking.”
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More than three years after their twin babies were taken to hospital suffering from such extreme malnourishment that they were near death, a Manitoba couple has been handed double-digit prison sentences in a case a judge described as “heartbreaking.”
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It was probably Premier Heather Stefanson’s last official state of the province speech.
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Families of seniors living at Extendicare Oakview Place say they are outraged two health-care aides are only charged with one count of assault each, after 15 victims were identified as being abused at the care home.
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Premier Heather Stefanson’s state of the province address was part highlights reel, part campaign speech.
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The number of criminal charges against two health-care aides accused of abuse at a Winnipeg long-term personal care home has dwindled as the investigation continues.
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Garbage disposal at a landfill outside Winnipeg was paused Thursday as calls to search the area for the remains of two Indigenous women believed to be the victims of an alleged serial killer intensified. Premier Heather Stefanson said the management of the Prairie Green landfill, a privately owned dump north of the city, has halted […]
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The hub of the town of Rennie has been destroyed by fire.
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Agnes Roziere and her four-year-old grandson Ellis lined up in the Royal Canadian Mint foyer hoping to exchange money for a specialty toonie honouring the life of Queen Elizabeth, who died in September.
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Mel Marginet was hit by a driver at an intersection a year and a half ago. She sustained a wrist injury and continues to feel the effects of her injury to this day. Marginet says the way Winnipeg streets were designed, combined with an increase in vehicle size, and a reluctance to reduce speeds leads […]
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A year ago, Jazz Lavallee walked from Winnipeg to the Kamloops residential school where 215 unmarked graves were discovered. Now, after three months – she’s completed the second leg of her journey, from Winnipeg to Nova Scotia. The Indigenous woman from The Pas, Manitoba embarked from a former residential school in Winnipeg on September 1st […]
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The City of Winnipeg's historical buildings committee will consider a plan to preserve one of the oldest buildings in Charleswood.
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The train seats 40 people, and shortly after the station opened all the seats sold out, leaving many people — some who have been waiting to board since before Monday — out of luck.
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Operations at a landfill where police believe the remains of two women are located will be paused, Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson and Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham said Thursday afternoon.
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WPS say they have received more reports of the 'Grandparent Scam', which is when a person phones a senior and pretends to be their grandchild.
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The Green Party of Manitoba is planning to elect a new leader March 26. The party has laid out the rules for the campaign to replace James Beddome, who announced in the spring he would not seek another term.
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Canadian doctors are urging the government to act fast against the rise of respiratory illnesses in children.
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Winnipeg firefighters worked in difficult cold conditions to put out two house fires in north Winnipeg early Thursday morning.
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Cineplex Inc. has opened the first of its new theatre, dining and entertainment complexes called Junxion. The Toronto-based theatre operator’s first location is at Kildonan Place, a Winnipeg mall that was home to a Famous Players cinema. The Junxion features six auditoriums with reclining seats, an arcade area with more than 50 games, a party […]
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The Green Party of Manitoba is planning to elect a new leader March 26. The party has laid out the rules for the campaign to replace James Beddome, who announced in the spring he would not seek another term. Party members are to vote online and by mail-in ballot, and leadership hopefuls have to put […]
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The Exchange District BIZ has announced its first Lights on the Exchange Festival, to be held from January to March 2023.
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The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and the chief of Long Plain First Nation are demanding that Winnipeg police Chief Danny Smyth resign over his decision not to search a landfill for the remains of two women.
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Across Canada, at big and small arenas, hockey players are pursuing their NHL and college hockey dreams, but they’re doing it under a growing Hockey Canada cloud amidst calls to change the toxic culture that some say makes elite players feel they can get away with anything – on and off the ice.
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First Nations leaders in Manitoba are calling for the resignation of Winnipeg’s police chief after the force decided to not search a landfill for the remains of two Indigenous women. Police chief Danny Smyth said this week that it’s believed the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran are in a landfill outside the city, […]
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HAILEYBURY, Ont. — An Ontario court is expected to learn next week whether Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard will decide to be tried for sexual assault before a judge or a jury in northern Ontario. A lawyer for the Hedley frontman made a brief appearance virtually on Thursday before a Haileybury, Ont., court. Hoggard is facing […]
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Winnipeg police have charged a 60-year-old man with second-degree murder in the death of an 83-year-old man in August.
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One of the most successful coaches in Winnipeg Blue Bomber history is keeping the headset on and barking orders from the sidelines for at least another three years.
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Cineplex Inc. has opened the first of its new theatre, dining and entertainment complexes called Junxion.
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Winnipeg police have charged a man following a homicide in the 600 block of Cathedral Avenue last summer.
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A small community in southeastern Manitoba lost one of the few businesses that remained when a fire destroyed the Rennie Hotel on Thursday morning.
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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have re-signed head coach Mike O'Shea to a three-year contract extension.
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Here are today’s deals from Lug.
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OTTAWA — Reporters are abandoning the federal Access to Information Act as a research tool because turnaround times are terrible and getting worse, veteran journalist Dean Beeby told MPs studying the federal law.
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Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the White House said. The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price — and left behind […]
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In today’s Big Story podcast, Bill C-21 represents a slight change in Canada’s approach to gun control, but an amendment to Bill C-21 would see it overhauled entirely. In theory, the bill is intended to ban “assault-style” weapons. In practice it could ban hundreds of guns that have been legal to own for decades. Matt […]
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WINNIPEG -- The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is waiving admission this Saturday to mark International Human Rights Day.
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Singer and best-selling Canadian recording artist Celine Dion has revealed she is dealing with a rare incurable neurological disorder and will be forced to cancel upcoming tour dates. Dion revealed she has been diagnosed with “stiff-person syndrome” in an emotional Instagram video posted on Thursday morning. The 54-year-old Quebec native says the diagnosis will force […]
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Here are today’s deals from Costco online.
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Here is today’s deal from the Walmart photo centre.
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The byelection in Kirkfield Park won't herald the outcome of next year's provincial election by itself, but a victory for the Progressive Conservatives could prove hope is not lost for the sitting government, while a defeat may signal that health-care woes are costing them votes.
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A Sisler High School team took top prize for best high school in the recent 24 Hours Animation Contest for Students. They also were seventh overall out of 300 films from about 80 schools in 20 countries.
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St. James trustees are putting their relationship with law enforcement under the microscope, against the backdrop of a nationwide debate over the value of police-in-school programs.
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Canada’s decision to let permanent residents join the military is being hailed as a positive step for newcomer youth and a way to change the culture of the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Families Minister Karina Gould introduced legislation Thursday in an attempt to secure a long-term role for Ottawa in the new national daycare system. The proposed legislation, known as Bill C-35, sets out the federal government’s commitment to long-term funding for provinces and Indigenous Peoples, as well as the principles that will guide those funds. It […]
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Once again, the Bank of Canada has raised its benchmark interest rate — this time to 4.25 per cent — reassuring us that its seemingly unending series of hikes are going to eventually help take the bite out of inflation. For many Canadians, that monetary policy is making tough times tougher. That's by design.
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It’s a glimpse into the past, documentaries that were filmed in Winnipeg in the 1970s are now making their debut on the big screen, five decades later. “It’s a collaboration on films that were made 50 years ago which is pretty exciting so this will be the first screening the film has ever had,” said […]
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Winnipeg's first meeting of the executive policy committee since the municipal election included calls to eliminate fines for clearing public sidewalks and increases to councillor ward allowances.
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While Winnipeg police have said they won't search a landfill north of the city for the remains of two Indigenous women allegedly killed by Jeremy Skibicki, Mayor Scott Gillingham says he remains open to the possibility.
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Tighter rules and more thorough record keeping could help prevent cases, where human remains are lost in landfills and murder victims’ families, are left dealing with an added layer of grief, Manitoba’s Opposition NDP said Wednesday. “At the end of the day, we have to give them? Information to police that helps them do their […]
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Calls to eliminate potential fines for citizens who opt to shovel snow off Winnipeg public sidewalks and bike paths are gaining traction at city hall.
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Calls to eliminate potential fines for citizens who opt to shovel snow off Winnipeg public sidewalks and bike paths are gaining traction at city hall.
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Chantelle Hyland wasn’t surprised when she learned some of the victims of alleged serial killer Jeremy Skibicki had been homeless women.
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Chantelle Hyland wasn’t surprised when she learned some of the victims of alleged serial killer Jeremy Skibicki had been homeless women.
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There’s no doubt about it. It was a mistake.
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Outreach workers in Winnipeg found a woman unresponsive on the floor of a bus shelter like on Monday, as temperatures dipped into the low -30s. Around 1:45 p.m. Monday, Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service members responded to a bus shelter near Tache Avenue and Goulet Street for reports of an unresponsive woman. Paramedics transported the woman […]
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The federal-provincial stalemate over increases to health-care transfers is hurting patients, Canadian physicians groups warned in a letter to first ministers, as doctors called for increased funding and collaboration among elected leaders.
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Manitoba’s largest school division has plans to offer a Filipino bilingual education program as soon as next year. Currently the Winnipeg School Division (WSD) – with around 30,000 students – offers Cree, Ojibwe, Ukrainian, Spanish and Hebrew bilingual programs. “It will be great if our children will start learning the language in the early years […]
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Assembly of First Nations chiefs agreed to set their differences aside and demand Canada immediately compensate people harmed by the underfunded on-reserve child-welfare system in an 11th hour show of unity on Wednesday night in Ottawa.
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In jail awaiting sentencing for an unprovoked, fatal attack on a recent immigrant, Norman Pruden stood before a judge Wednesday and offered a few brief words of apology.
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The entire northwest corner of the province is under an extreme cold warning, and Environment Canada is warning that wind chill values could drop to dangerous levels overnight Wednesday.
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