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Winnipeg nurses are set to finish this year with more than 400,000 overtime hours logged, even as the health authority and provincial government try to curb their reliance on mandated shifts.
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Relatives of a woman believed to have been slain by an alleged serial killer in Winnipeg are starting a grassroots effort to help identify one of the four Indigenous victims.
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Five municipal public transit systems facing COVID-19 pandemic-driven revenue shortfalls are getting a boost from the federal and provincial governments.
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From Omand's Creek to the Maryland Bridge in Winnipeg, the Wolseley Winter Wonderland is amassing a crew of volunteers to help to clear a path along the frozen Assiniboine River for some winter fun.
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Steven Fletcher, a former Progressive Conservative MLA, MP and failed People’s Party of Canada candidate, is taking Manitoba’s top civil servant to court for allegedly withholding information about him.
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More than a week of flight delays and cancellations in which thousands of Canadians stranded on vacation or, in some cases, unable to leave home could prove to be a critical test of air passenger-rights legislation.
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“Frustrated, scared, uncertain and disappointed.” Those are the four words Amrit Malik, used to describe her experience travelling with Sunwing. Malik is just one of many Winnipeg families is desperately trying to get home after several delays but have been left stranded by Sunwing. On December 18, Malik and her family headed to Punta Cana, […]
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A community organizer who strongly opposed the âfreedom convoyâ protests earlier this year says the truckers are not welcome in Winnipeg. “They’re uninvited. No one wants them here,â said Omar Kinnarath with Defend Winnipeg. A âfreedom convoyâ reunion is scheduled for Feb. 17-20 in Winnipeg, according to organizers. “Alright ladies and gentleman, so big announcement […]
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Firefighters discovered human remains after extinguishing flames at a house in Leaf Rapids, Man., early on Wednesday morning.
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Winnipeg police say they arrested and charged a Winnipeg man in connection with a homicide last month. Police say 26-year-old Tyler Alexander Severight is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of Daniel Michael George Cook, 29. WPS says Severight and Cook knew each other âas associates.â Investigators believe a dispute led to the […]
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A break-and-enter suspect — who came to police attention following a car crash and foot chase in Sage Creek earlier this month — has been charged with stealing more than a dozen vehicles and high-end pieces of equipment.
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Winnipeg police say two people have died following the apartment fire on Qu’Appelle Avenue early Christmas morning. Six people were sent to hospital, including three in critical condition. Police could not confirm whether the two people who died were among those taken to hospital. The Winnipeg Police Service says the deceased’s next of kin were […]
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The Leaf, the long-awaited new horticultural attraction at Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park, has partially reopened after a water main break on Christmas Day forced it to close its doors.Â
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Much of southern Manitoba is under a freezing rain warning. Environment Canada issued the warning Wednesday afternoon. âA band of intense precipitation tracking through the area this afternoon is falling as rain,â the weather agency said. âNear surface air temperatures in the minus single digits is resulting in rain freezing on contact. âFreezing rain may […]
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Manitoba's police watchdog is investigating after a suspect dislocated his hip during an arrest by RCMP in Shamattawa.
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Winnipeg police have charged a man related to a homicide last month in the 500 block of Furby Street.
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Manitoba's police watchdog is investigating an incident involving an 18-year-old man who suffered a dislocated hip while being arrested in Shamattawa First Nation last week.
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Winnipeg police say two people have died after an apartment fire early on Christmas morning.
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WINNIPEG -- A portion of Tache Avenue will close on Thursday morning for traffic signals work.
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A 26-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting last month at an apartment in Winnipeg's West End.
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There is growing concern among some Canadian parents who believe their teens are addicted to TikTok and the dangerous trends on the app.
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A Winnipeg company was fined $24,000 after a worker fell from a roof while on the job in 2020. On March 30, 2020, the worker employed by Norwin Roofing Ltd. was clearing debris off a roof near an area where guardrails were removed. The worker fell about 20 feet to the ground, according to the […]
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Manitoba plans to help five cities struggling with reduced transit ridership with money to cover off operating shortfalls.
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One of Pele’s daughters said Wednesday she and her family are enduring moments of sadness and despair as the 82-year-old Brazilian soccer great’s hospitalization nears one month. The three-time World Cup winner’s cancer has advanced and doctors at Albert Einstein hospital recently said he’s under “elevated care” related to “kidney and cardiac dysfunctions.” Pele was […]
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Freezing rain is expected for much of Southern Manitoba on Wednesday afternoon, Environment Canada says.
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Two people injured in a fire in a downtown public housing apartment block early Christmas Day have died.
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A 40-year-old Winnipeg man is charged with a multitude of offences linked to the theft of trucks, trailers, snowmobiles, a boat, a tractor, a utility vehicle and other items during a string of break and enters around the city.
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WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government has committed $34.1 million over two years for municipal public transit.
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The head of the Canadian Army says his force is facing more demands at home and in Europe even as the number of soldiers under his command continues to shrink. Lt.-Gen. Joe Paul says the squeeze is forcing the Army to take a closer look at some long-established assumptions and ways of doing things to […]
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Canada is asking Iran to submit to binding arbitration over its military shooting down Flight PS752 in 2020.
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Despite a change in the premier’s chair, an economic rebound and new spending announcements, opinion polls suggest Manitoba’s governing Progressive Conservatives continue to lag well behind the Opposition New Democrats. With an election set for Oct. 3, one veteran political analyst believes it will be a tall order for the Tories to turn things around. […]
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Winnipeg police say a man and a woman died of their injuries after a Christmas morning fire in a downtown-area apartment building sent six residents to hospital and displaced 42.
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A Winnipeg roofing company has been fined $24,000 after one of its workers fell about six metres and suffered internal injuries along with rib and spinal fractures.
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The province has fined a Winnipeg roofing company after a worker injured themselves while on the job.
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After spending more than 13 hours on the lam, Joyce Kringuk turned herself in to police just before noon Tuesday, according to the Correctional Service of Canada.
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Inflation has hit pretty much every sector this year, but it’s been most notable at the grocery store where prices have shot right up. But are things going to get better in 2023? Canadian researcher of food distribution policy, Sylvain Charlebois, tells CityNews the first half of 2023 will be challenging “We’re not out of […]
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Despite a change in the premier's chair, an economic rebound and new spending announcements, opinion polls suggest Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives continue to lag well behind the Opposition New Democrats.
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It was a year of new beginnings and notable closures for Winnipeg’s food and drink scene. While masks and government-issued health cards were scrapped for diners, fallout from the pandemic remained a going concern for local restaurateurs in 2022.
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A Thompson man who flew to Winnipeg for a hip replacement, only to have his surgery cancelled at the last minute, has filed a complaint and is still waiting for his procedure to be rescheduled.
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There are no traces of the University of Manitoba’s downtown campus, a collection of science and arts buildings that once stood where manicured grounds now host family picnics — and, during the winter months, piles of snow — on Memorial Boulevard.
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China says it will resume issuing passports for tourism in another big step away from anti-virus controls that isolated the country for almost three years, setting up a potential flood of Chinese going abroad for next month’s Lunar New Year holiday. The announcement Tuesday adds to abrupt changes that are rolling back some of the […]
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The health of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has worsened due to his age, and doctors are constantly monitoring the frail 95-year-old’s condition, the Vatican said Wednesday. Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said Pope Francis, who asked the faithful earlier Wednesday to pray for Benedict, went to visit his predecessor in the monastery on Vatican grounds where […]
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Attendance at this year's Thompson Fur Table was at its lowest this year, and trappers say with rising expenses and fading interest, the practice is becoming more a hobby than a way of life for many in northern Manitoba.
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A research team at the University of Manitoba hopes materials made from fungi might one day help ease the housing crisis in remote Manitoba communities.
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A northern Manitoba man has always dreamed of buying a home, and now he will have the chance to buy one for his family.
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Dubbed “one of the greatest clutch performers this country has ever produced,” Canadian women’s hockey team captain Marie-Philip Poulin has been voted The Canadian Press female athlete of the year for 2022. “It sure tops up the year. I think 2022, when I take a little time to myself and rethink it, it’s quite amazing, […]
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Provincial police are expected to lay charges Wednesday against two suspects arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of an OPP officer in Ohsweken. Const. Grzegorz (Greg) Pierzchala, a Haldimand County OPP officer, was in the area of Indian Line and Concession 14 Walpole when he came across a vehicle in a ditch and was […]
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When inflation was two per cent, the nickel was shrinking. But now it's shrinking faster. The Royal Canadian Mint still makes money stamping them out, but how long until Canadians decide that, like the penny, they're just annoying clutter in our purses and pockets?
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The Canadian Friends of Hockey in Ukraine (CFHU) has been gathering hockey equipment to send to children in Ukraine who still want to play hockey. Itâs getting donations from individual hockey families, teams, the NHLPA and hockey equipment manufacturers like CCM.
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A phone, a smart home, a digitally connected car â these are the tools of digital domestic abuse that anti-violence experts say is on the rise. “Methods that are sort of presented as advances in technology, whether it’s a smart home or a smart car, are just another method of surveillance that can be used […]
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WINNIPEG â Jared Spurgeon, Mats Zuccarello and Frederick Gaudreau each had a goal and assist in the Minnesota Wildâs 4-1 victory Tuesday that handed the Winnipeg Jets their first three-game losing streak of the season.
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Jared Spurgeon, Mats Zuccarello and Frederick Gaudreau each had a goal and assist in the visiting Minnesota Wild's 4-1 victory Tuesday that handed the Winnipeg Jets their first three-game losing streak of the season.
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News the so-called freedom convoy, which shut down central Ottawa for three weeks earlier this year, is planning a national reunion in Winnipeg is “terrible,” says a young mom who lives next door to the Manitoba legislature.
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The blockade of Winnipeg’s only active landfill looks set to continue for some time, with MMIWG2S+ activists expanding their camp over the holidays while demanding a search for human remains.
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What started as a way to avoid the chaos of holiday consumerism has turned into a yearly tradition supporting a great cause. When Junel Malapad started running his first ultramarathon on Boxing Day 2015, it was his way of doing something he loved â instead of spending time in a shopping mall. Seven years later, […]
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Some of the residents displaced by a Christmas Day blaze in a downtown Winnipeg apartment building aren’t sure when they’ll be able to return home.
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A western Manitoba family spent the last eight months planning a Christmas trip to sunny Puerto Vallarta, but that trip was postponed and then cancelled by the airline, leaving them in limbo in a Winnipeg airport hotel over the holidays.
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For some Manitoba holiday travellers, escaping to — and from — paradise has become a logistical nightmare.
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Heavy snow is headed for parts of western Manitoba, says the national weather agency.
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An Ontario Provincial Police officer has died after he was shot in Haldimand County responding to a call, police say.
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Carolyn Houle was settling her four-month-old daughter back to sleep inside her Gladstone apartment, when a fire alarm sounded early Christmas Day.
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Tracey Salamondra and Carla Cooke are used to teaching history, not making it.
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The weather may be clearing, but hundreds of Canadian travellers are still unable to reach their destination or return home, while many others are still waiting for refunds â or even answers.
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A strange thing happened to the leaders of the so-called freedom convoy during their occupation of downtown Ottawa last winter: they became celebrities. Now, almost a year later, they desperately want back into the spotlight and plan to use another gathering — this time in Winnipeg — to reclaim their infamy.
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Canadians who were caught violating federal COVID-19 quarantine rules racked up at least $15 million in fines this year, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada, but it’s not clear how much of that will actually be paid. The agency provided data to the House of Commons in the fall in response to a […]
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A convicted killer serving a life sentence for second-degree murder escaped from a Winnipeg minimum security healing lodge on Boxing Day.
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