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The Winnipeg Goldeyes have acquired pitcher Samuel Adames after a three-team transaction involving the Gateway Grizzlies and Quebec Capitales.
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MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court on Monday sentenced a popular cookbook author and blogger to nine years in prison after convicting her in absentia of spreading false information about the country’s military. The trial was part of the Kremlin’s sweeping, months-long crackdown on dissent. The charges against Veronika Belotserkovskaya, who lives abroad, were brought […]
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Winnipeg alternative country and folk group The Bros. Landreth got a big thank-you from the legendary Bonnie Raitt during music's biggest night of the year on Sunday.
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Here are the deals from the regent location in Winnipeg. Make sure to check out the first part.
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Here are the deals from the regent location in Winnipeg. Deals are mostly the same from store to store, just some variety due to stock or seasonal items. Make sure to check out the second part.
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ADANA, Turkey (AP) — A powerful, 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday, killing more than 2,300 people and injuring thousands more as it toppled hundreds of buildings and trapped residents under mounds of rubble or pancaked floors. Authorities feared the death toll would rise further as rescuers searched […]
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada “stands ready” to provide help after a powerful earthquake toppled buildings and killed thousands of people in Turkey and Syria.
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The extreme reaches of northern Manitoba are expected to receive a dump of heavy snow on Monday.
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Manitoba has opened its winter road system for the season in most northern communities.
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In today’s Big Story podcast, what counts as “work” and what doesn’t? If you’re sitting there doing nothing, thinking of how to accomplish your goals, are you working? Well, if you’re using a company laptop, the software watching your every move probably doesn’t think so. Valerio De Stefano is the Canada Research Chair in Innovation, […]
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BEIJING (AP) — China on Monday accused the United States of indiscriminate use of force in shooting down a suspected Chinese spy balloon, saying it “seriously impacted and damaged both sides’ efforts and progress in stabilizing Sino-U.S. relations.” The U.S. shot down the balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across […]
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More than 2,000 Peguis First Nation members were forced to leave their community at the height of the spring floods in 2022. More than 900 still can't return, with most living in hotels, and there is no timeline for when they may be able to go home.
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Beyonce won her 32nd award, breaking a 26-year-old record. But as in years past, the album of the year Grammys honour eluded her.
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A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 2,500 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched the wreckage.
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A Winnipeg church that has played host to arts and community events for decades is fundraising to help cover hefty operational costs, which church staff say skyrocketed during the pandemic.
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Artists from around the world are in Winnipeg for the city’s first ever international ice carving competition.
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Veteran receiver Nic Demski signed a three-year contract extension with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers that keeps him with the team through 2025.
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A Manitoba man has raised thousands of dollars by doing a water-only fast, to provide aid and support to those fighting on the front lines in Ukraine. Chad McFarland started a humanitarian group known as the Canada EH Team or Emergent Help for Ukraine. “This is basically a re-supply trip and trying to do a […]
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Nic Demski is staying home. The veteran receiver signed a three-year contract extension with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sunday that keeps him with is hometown team through 2025. Demski was slated to become a free agent Feb. 14.
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Nic Demski is staying home. The veteran receiver signed a three-year contract extension with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sunday that keeps him with his hometown team through 2025. Demski was slated to become a free agent Feb. 14. Earlier on Sunday, the Bombers agreed to a contract extension with American defensive back Alden Darby, […]
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China isn't the only country to face questions about a curious balloon. Back in 1998, a giant runaway weather balloon proved to be an international headache for Canada.
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OTTAWA — Canada has sent one of its military planes to Haiti to help the country cope with escalating violence. A joint statement today from National Defence Minister Anita Anand and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada has deployed a CP-140 Aurora aircraft to help “disrupt the activities of gangs” in Haiti. Gang violence […]
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A ramp agent refused to be taken to the hospital after an incident on a boarding bridge that involved the agent and a Flair Airlines jet at the Winnipeg airport on Saturday morning, the airport authority says.
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A group of about a dozen snowshoers traversed the two-kilometre Brule Trail in Riding Mountain National Park. The adventure was park of a push from Friends of Riding Mountain National Park to get people active in the winter.
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As Alberta’s Law Society seeks to defend rules that require members to take a course on Indigenous issues, experts say such measures are common elsewhere in Canada and are well-grounded in legal rationale. “It is increasingly common that law societies across the country are requiring continuing education in certain particular areas” that include cultural awareness, […]
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A week-long challenge to get Manitobans moving outdoors kicks off today.
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Pop superstars Bryan Adams, Michael Bublé and Drake could emerge Grammy Awards winners Sunday, but it’s the Canadian hitmakers behind the scenes who are chasing some of the top prizes. Winnipeg-born mixer Jesse Ray Ernster and the team that worked on Doja Cat’s “Woman” is nominated for record of the year. “Woman” is an immersive […]
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A meeting room at a hotel near Winnipeg's airport is serving as a makeshift search headquarters for volunteers from St. Theresa Point First Nation who are helping a distraught father search for his daughter last seen in Winnipeg nearly a year ago.
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For years, Nigerian Canadian Joel Olaniyi Oyatoye watched as his community grew in Winnipeg, but feared they were losing their connection to their heritage. That's why he made it his goal to open Asa Day — Winnipeg's first Nigerian Heritage museum, which opened in November.
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When Vivian Ketchum learned about the discover of possible graves at the site of the northwestern Ontario residential school her mother once attended, she wrote this poem. "I have not forgotten you," she writes. "I am dancing with the relatives found."
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Though classrooms have largely returned to pre-pandemic operations, final exams aren't necessarily back on every high schooler's schedule. The inconsistent approach is a concern for students, high school teachers and post-secondary educators.
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Three men from Winnipeg have been charged with aggravated assault and robbery after a man was attacked on Friday, police say.
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Hockey night in the North ended with a golden moment, when Nunavut's male hockey team captured the territory's first gold in hockey at the Arctic Winter Games.
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Winnipeggers who endured cabin fever during the recent cold snap had the chance to get out and have some winter fun at several events this weekend.
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Firearm enthusiasts in Manitoba are joining the justice minister in applauding the federal government’s decision to scrap amendments to Bill C-21, which would have seen a ban on widely owned shotguns and rifles. BACKGROUND: Liberals withdraw bill’s assault style firearm definition, promise more consultation But some in Manitoba say they’re still feeling targeted by the […]
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The city is reminding Winnipeggers of cooking safety after a person was taken to hospital due to a house fire in the West Kildonan neighbourhood on Saturday morning.
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A major investment in the budget was $19.7 million for new wastewater sewers, including the proposed controversial Southwest Lift Station Project. Mayor Jeff Fawcett says infrastructure project will fuel growth in the city.
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A former Winnipeg Conservative MP is throwing his hat in the ring to fill Candice Bergen's empty seat in the House of Commons.
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The U.S. military on Saturday shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America. China insisted the flyover was an accident involving a civilian aircraft and threatened repercussions. President Joe Biden issued the order but had wanted the balloon downed even earlier, on Wednesday. […]
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An Indigenous organization is spearheading efforts to develop a system that could make it easier to flag other groups when an unhoused client is missing. It comes after the slayings of four women last year in Winnipeg by an alleged serial killer.
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The National Hockey League announced Saturday that the Toronto Maple Leafs will host the 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend at Scotiabank Arena, with the skills showcase taking place on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024 and the All-Star game on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. “We are thrilled to bring the Honda NHL All-Star Game back to Toronto for […]
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The United States shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it floated off the country's southeastern coast on Saturday, a Reuters witness and U.S. officials said, drawing to a close a dramatic spying saga that shone a spotlight on worsening China-U.S. relations.
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Not since 2018 had the Arctic Winter Games taken place; the pandemic like so many other events pushing back these Games. But this year upwards of 1,800 participants from eight contingents were finally able to gather and share in the magic of the event in Wood Buffalo, Alta., region.
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International recording stars attending the Grammy Awards this weekend will find a treat from a Winnipeg-based baker in their swag bags.
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Results from six-year-old Anastasia Weaver’s autopsy may take weeks. But online anti-vaccine activists needed only hours after her funeral this week to baselessly blame the COVID-19 vaccine. A prolific Twitter account posted Anastasia’s name and smiling dance portrait in a tweet with a syringe emoji. A Facebook user messaged her mother, Jessica Day-Weaver, to call […]
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WINNIPEG — An Indigenous organization is spearheading efforts to develop a system that could make it easier to flag when a person experiencing homelessness is missing.
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Nuisance Bear, a critically acclaimed film about Churchill's polar bears, has done something no other documentary has before, says one of its producers, by telling their story from the bears' point of view.
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Winnipeg property owners can expect tax hikes this year, simply to allow the city to preserve the programs it already has. Mayor Scott Gillingham's first budget is not expected to be too different than former mayor Brian Bowman's last one.
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The federal government says it wants the RCMP to ban the use of two crowd-control tools that forces across the country say they have in their arsenals: sponge rounds and CS gas. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino’s office confirmed that it wants the measures outlawed, even as the RCMP declines to say whether or not […]
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Is there a chance a fungi could one day mutate in a manner that could take over our brains and bodies? That’s a stretch, scientists say. But actual fungal evolution, and the very real threat these pathogens pose to human health, is almost as concerning as science fiction.
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An Indigenous human rights activist says he hopes an upcoming Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) review of elder services at prisons will lead to meaningful change for the Indigenous inmates who make up 32 per cent of the prison population.
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An Indigenous organization is spearheading efforts to develop a system that could make it easier to flag when a person experiencing homelessness is missing. It comes after the slayings of four women last year in Winnipeg by an alleged serial killer. Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, a community service provider in the city, is […]
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A sexual assault nursing program at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre meant to support victims around the clock is running without staff for forty hours starting Friday, leaving advocates worried that survivors may be turned away.
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Manitoba's Opposition NDP is calling on the governing Tories to spend more money on the public health-care system so private agencies are not necessary to fill the province's health-care gaps.
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With three members of Team Lawes trying to balance pregnancy with curling at times this season, Selena Njegovan was pleased her squad received an exemption to add an out-of-province replacement player for the national championship.
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The chair of the Winnipeg Police Board says police in the city can expect to get body cameras at some point in the future, though there are no immediate plans to purchase the technology.
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Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born designer known for perfumes sold worldwide but who made his name with metallic space-age fashions that put a bold, new edge on catwalks, has died, the group that owns his fashion house announced Friday. “The House of Paco Rabanne wishes to honor our visionary designer and founder who passed away today […]
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Pin trading is the unofficial sport of the Arctic Winter Games. This year, some pins mean more than others.
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You don’t need an ID to buy wine or beer at a new downtown shop. Winnipeg’s first non-alcoholic beverage store is now open for business Jessie and her husband Shane Halliburton are co-founders of the The Sobr Market on McDermot Avenue, offering a variety of liquor alternatives. “We carry beer, wine, sparkling wine. As for […]
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A massive relief, and a sense of hope. That’s what Doctor’s Manitoba President Candice Bradshaw says the new task force to lower the administrative burden on physicians – announced Friday – is bringing and she expects to take a big chunk out of that work quickly. “I’ve worked as a family physician for the last […]
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In honour of its 50th anniversary, the Manitoba Opera has partnered with Sookram’s Brewing Company to develop their own brand of beer.
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The province has announced more details about a new task force that will brainstorm ways to cut down paperwork and other administrative burdens to help allow Manitoba doctors to focus more on patient care, and taking care of themselves.
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A southeastern Manitoba resident faces possible fines and imprisonment after illegal traps killed two dogs on private property, Manitoba Conservation said in summary of recent enforcement actions.
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Canada has announced it is imposing a new round of sanctions on Russian media personalities and companies accused of spreading disinformation about Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced the latest sanctions against 38 individuals and 16 entities, saying those affected are propagating Russian President Vladimir Putin’s lies. Today, Minister Joly announced […]
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A man who terrorized and confined his wife and children for two years has had his prison sentence reduced after Manitoba's highest court found medical evidence not heard at trial or sentencing indicates mental illness played a role in his crimes.
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New Statistics Canada data shows investors made up almost one-third of homeowners in some provinces in 2020.
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