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• Saturday 06AM Feb 11/23

  Witnesses describe how the Quebec daycare bus crash unfolded

  

  It was just before 8:30 a.m. Wednesday when André Beaudoin pulled into the parking lot to bring his two-year-old son to daycare. The Garderie Éducative Ste-Rose in Laval, Que., was busy, with parents stopping to drop off their children for the day. The sound of an engine revving was Beaudoin’s first signal that something wasn’t […]

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  © CityTV | Sat, Feb 11, 2023, 6:00AM

• Saturday 05AM Feb 11/23

  Trudeau pushing softer approach to temporary visas, less focus on risk of overstaying

  

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s pushing Canada’s immigration system to soften its approach to processing visa applications and put less focus on the risk of visitors overstaying their short-term visas. “We’re also trying to do a better job around temporary visas,” Trudeau said Friday. “The system — I’ll be honest — is still based […]

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  © CityTV | Sat, Feb 11, 2023, 5:00AM

• Saturday 05AM Feb 11/23

  Federal watchdogs, MPs slam corrections officials on treatment of prisoners

  

  Federal watchdogs and members of Parliament are pressing Canada’s top corrections officials to improve conditions for Black and Indigenous offenders who are serving time in federal prisons. Two House of Commons committees honed in on the state of Canadian prisons this week, with MPs from all parties offering a scathing rebuke of the prison system. […]

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  © CityTV | Sat, Feb 11, 2023, 5:00AM

• Saturday 04AM Feb 11/23

  Family of 5 spent more than 100 hours in rubble of Turkey's earthquake. They emerged alive

  

  Rescue teams in Turkey on Saturday pulled to safety a family of five who survived inside their collapsed home for five days following a major earthquake in a sprawling border region of Turkey and Syria. The death toll, however, now surpasses 25,000.

  © CBC | Sat, Feb 11, 2023, 4:27AM

• Saturday 03AM Feb 11/23

  Sharp drop in new helicopter pilot licences raises concerns about country's air ambulance service

  

  Many parts of rural Canada rely on air ambulances flown by licensed helicopter pilots. But the number of licences issued by Transport Canada has declined dramatically over the past decade — prompting concerns for the health of the service and for people who need to get to a hospital.

  © CBC | Sat, Feb 11, 2023, 3:00AM

• Saturday 03AM Feb 11/23

  Universities brace for Chinese students’ return as Beijing orders them back to Canada

  

  When Vancouver-based Justin Wong was studying online for his master of arts at Trinity Western University during the pandemic, he had to get up at 4 a.m. to collaborate with classmates. That’s because they were in China. “Many of my classmates were from China and felt they could save tons of money by not living […]

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  © CityTV | Sat, Feb 11, 2023, 3:00AM

• Friday 11PM Feb 10/23

  Winnipeg native Andrew Harris inks 1-year contract extension with Toronto Argonauts

  

  The CFL's top-rushing Canadian is returning for another season.

  © CBC | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 11:07PM

• Friday 09PM Feb 10/23

  Switched at birth at a Manitoba hospital over 60 years ago, 2 men seek answers, compensation from province

  

  A DNA test more than six decades after their birth led Edward Ambrose and Richard Beauvais to the shocking realization that they had been sent home from hospital with the wrong parents after being born.

  © CBC | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 9:45PM

• Friday 09PM Feb 10/23

  Playoff round finalized at 2023 Viterra Championship

  

  Reid Carruthers and Corey Chambers had to take the long way to the playoff round after suffering upsets on Friday morning.

  © Global | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 9:20PM

• Friday 08PM Feb 10/23

  Plans for new Arlington Street Bridge kicked down road

  

  The Arlington Street Bridge was supposed to be decommissioned in 2020 and replaced with a three-lane structure, but now it appears a new bridge is far down the road.

  © CTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 8:23PM

• Friday 08PM Feb 10/23

  Mexico's smoking ban means travellers have to butt out before next visit

  

  Travellers who enjoy sipping a cold beer and smoking a cigarette in Mexico may have to butt out before their next visit.

  © CTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 8:14PM

• Friday 07PM Feb 10/23

  City crews already repairing potholes throughout Winnipeg

  

  While Winnipeggers may enjoy a bump in the temperatures, it is taking a toll on city streets.

  © CTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 7:58PM

• Friday 07PM Feb 10/23

  'Overreach by the city': Whyte Ridge residents not letting toboggan ban slide

  

  Some Whyte Ridge residents are upset after the city put up a sign banning tobogganing on a popular hill in the area.

  © CTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 7:51PM

• Friday 07PM Feb 10/23

  Islamic association urges Manitobans to donate as earthquake death toll rises in Turkey, Syria

  

  The Manitoba Islamic Association is helping support those in mourning at home and abroad as the death toll continues to rise after devastating earthquakes rocked Syria and Turkey earlier this week

  © CBC | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 7:13PM

• Friday 07PM Feb 10/23

  John Tory steps down as Toronto’s mayor after relationship with former staffer

  

  John Tory resigned as Toronto’s mayor on Friday after admitting to a relationship with a former office member. Tory said he had an affair with the woman during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. It mutually ended earlier this year. “It did not meet the standards to which I hold myself as mayor and as […]

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  © CityTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 7:03PM

• Friday 06PM Feb 10/23

  ‘A Band-Aid on a symptom’: Winnipeg’s proposed transit safety plan not enough, advocate says

  

  Winnipeg's preliminary budget includes a $5-million plan to create a 'major transit safety team initiative.'

  © Global | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 6:49PM

• Friday 06PM Feb 10/23

  CBC Winnipeg News February 10, 2023

  

  Our community. Our neighbourhoods. The news of our city..

  © CBC | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 6:00PM

• Friday 05PM Feb 10/23

  Homeowner charged with arson, fraud after house fire in Okno, Man.

  

  Gimli RCMP say the home suffered 'extensive damage' in the Jan. 20 blaze.

  © Global | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 5:35PM

• Friday 05PM Feb 10/23

  World Unity Convoy scheduled for Manitoba next week

  

  Discussions online show a convoy is set to roll into Manitoba next week, nearly a year after a convoy protest took over downtown Winnipeg.

  © CTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 5:32PM

• Friday 04PM Feb 10/23

  Funeral to be held Thursday for four-year-old boy killed in Quebec bus crash

  

  A funeral will be held Thursday for one of the two children killed when a bus crashed into a daycare Wednesday in Laval, Que., just north of Montreal. READ: Driver charged with 1st-degree murder after bus crashes into daycare, killing 2 children Jacob Gauthier, 4, was identified in an obituary posted online and officials at […]

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  © CityTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 4:32PM

• Friday 04PM Feb 10/23

  Former Mountie charged following incident in which he shot his own vehicle

  

  A former RCMP officer who accidentally shot two rounds at his own police vehicle, while trying to illegally hunt a caribou during a shift last year has been charged with using a prohibited firearm in a careless manner, Mounties say.

  © CBC | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 4:22PM

• Friday 04PM Feb 10/23

  Former Manitoba RCMP officer accused of illegally hunting a caribou, shooting police car instead

  

  Police say the accused has resigned and was discharged from the RCMP.

  © Global | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 4:21PM

• Friday 04PM Feb 10/23

  The Mounties say one of their officers tried to shoot a caribou while on duty

  

  RCMP say one of their officers in northern Manitoba tried to hunt a caribou while on duty. The Mounties say the officer was driving in a marked vehicle in March of last year on a winter road near Bunibonibee Cree Nation when he came across a caribou. The Mounties allege the constable used his patrol-issued […]

  The post The Mounties say one of their officers tried to shoot a caribou while on duty appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 4:19PM

• Friday 04PM Feb 10/23

  Arson charge laid against Interlake homeowner following house fire: RCMP

  

  A 28-year-old woman has been charged after she allegedly burned her own property down in January.

  © CTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 4:04PM

• Friday 03PM Feb 10/23

  Woman in hospital following home invasion

  

  A woman was taken to the hospital, after being shot in her West End home on Thursday. Investigators say three suspects tried to force their way into the victim’s home on Toronto Street when one suspect shot the victim in her lower body. She was transported to the hospital in unstable condition but has since […]

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  © CityTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 3:48PM

• Friday 03PM Feb 10/23

  Source: Canadian running back Andrew Harris agrees to remain with Argos

  

  Harris was slated to become a free agent Tuesday.

  © Global | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 3:25PM

• Friday 03PM Feb 10/23

  Bus rider injured in random machete attack: Winnipeg police

  

  The Winnipeg Police Service is investigating after a 50-year-old man was attacked with a machete on Ness Avenue after he got off a bus.

  © CTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 3:15PM

• Friday 03PM Feb 10/23

  Winnipeg police looking for machete attack suspect

  

  Winnipeg police say they are investigating an assault that occurred Thursday afternoon in the Silver Heights neighbourhood.

  The post Winnipeg police looking for machete attack suspect appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 3:14PM

• Friday 03PM Feb 10/23

  Former Mountie Charged After Shooting at Caribou

  A former Manitoba RCMP officer has been charged after he tried to shoot a caribou while on duty.

  © 2023. This article Former Mountie Charged After Shooting at Caribou appeared first on ChrisD.ca - Winnipeg News.

  © ChrisD | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 3:07PM

• Friday 02PM Feb 10/23

  Manitoba COVID-19, flu and RSV numbers stable or declining for another week

  

  COVID-19, influenza and RSV activity continues to decline or remain stable in Manitoba, the latest surveillance report says.

  © CBC | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 2:52PM

• Friday 02PM Feb 10/23

  Unknown object U.S. shot down near Alaska was heading into Canadian airspace: sources

  

  The unknown high-altitude object that the U.S. shot down near Alaska on Friday was heading into Canadian airspace, sources tell CTV News.

  © CTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 2:46PM

• Friday 02PM Feb 10/23

  Winnipeg cops investigate shooting at Toronto Street home

  

  Police said three suspects forced their way inside, and one shot the victim, before all three fled on foot.

  © Global | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 2:35PM

• Friday 02PM Feb 10/23

  Winnipeg police investigating afternoon machete attack at Ness Avenue bus stop

  

  Winnipeg police are looking for information about a machete attack they say was likely random and unprovoked in St. James Thursday.

  © Global | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 2:30PM

• Friday 01PM Feb 10/23

  'Random and unprovoked' machete attack in St. James sends man to hospital

  

  Investigators believe a man and his attacker were both on the same transit bus and got off at the Mount Royal Road and Ness Avenue intersection Thursday. The suspect then followed and attacked the man with a machete, police say.

  © CBC | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 1:59PM

• Friday 01PM Feb 10/23

  Guns, Drugs Seized from Stolen Vehicle in Dauphin

  Two men have been charged after Manitoba RCMP seized guns, drugs and other items from a stolen vehicle in Dauphin.

  © 2023. This article Guns, Drugs Seized from Stolen Vehicle in Dauphin appeared first on ChrisD.ca - Winnipeg News.

  © ChrisD | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 1:55PM

• Friday 01PM Feb 10/23

  US jet shoots down unknown object flying off Alaska coast

  

  A U.S. military fighter jet shot down an unknown object flying off the coast of Alaska on Friday on orders from President Joe Biden, White House officials said. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the object was downed because it was flying at about 40,000 feet (13,000 meters) and posed a “reasonable […]

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  © CityTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 1:48PM

• Friday 01PM Feb 10/23

  'They are absolutely devastated': Winnipeg woman in Türkiye says continued help needed following earthquake

  

  A Winnipeg woman now living in Türkiye is calling on Manitobans to help those affected by the massive 7.8 earthquake that devastated the nation and northern parts of Syria on Monday.

  © CTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 1:47PM

• Friday 01PM Feb 10/23

  Man Attacked by Suspect with Machete in Silver Heights Area

  Winnipeg police say a 50-year-old man was randomly attacked by a suspect with a machete after stepping off a Winnipeg Transit bus.

  © 2023. This article Man Attacked by Suspect with Machete in Silver Heights Area appeared first on ChrisD.ca - Winnipeg News.

  © ChrisD | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 1:42PM

• Friday 01PM Feb 10/23

  WSO Breaks the Classics with Fly Dance Company

  When you think of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, high-fly dance doesn't immediately come to mind. But it will this weekend.

  © 2023. This article WSO Breaks the Classics with Fly Dance Company appeared first on ChrisD.ca - Winnipeg News.

  © ChrisD | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 1:04PM

• Friday 12PM Feb 10/23

  How talking to your partner can help you save money this Valentine's Day

  

  Amid inflation and rising costs, it may seem difficult to have an affordable Valentine’s Day; however, experts say it’s possible to cut costs just by talking to your partner.

  © CTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 12:57PM

• Friday 12PM Feb 10/23

  Indigo website, payment systems down for third day due to cyberattack

  

  Indigo Books & Music Inc. is offering fresh details about an ongoing cyberattack affecting the bookstore chain’s website and electronic payment system. Craig Loudon, Indigo’s chief financial officer, says the cybersecurity incident has resulted in disruptions to both internal operations and the company’s e-commerce and retail channels and that it is unclear whether customer data […]

  The post Indigo website, payment systems down for third day due to cyberattack appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 12:41PM

• Friday 12PM Feb 10/23

  Indigenous Leaders, Family Discuss Effort to Search Landfill for Women’s Remains

  WINNIPEG — A search for the remains of two women believed to be in a landfill north of Winnipeg could begin in April.

  © 2023. This article Indigenous Leaders, Family Discuss Effort to Search Landfill for Women’s Remains appeared first on ChrisD.ca - Winnipeg News.

  © ChrisD | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 12:37PM

• Friday 12PM Feb 10/23

  ‘Devastated’: Scammers using promise of romance to lure in victims, Manitoba fraud investigator warns

  

  According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, romance scams were the second-highest money-maker for scam artists in 2022.

  © Global | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 12:35PM

• Friday 12PM Feb 10/23

  3 cheers for near-beer! No and low-alcohol options are a growing trend

  

  Some Canadians have been drinking less alcohol lately as part of Dry January or Dry February. As it turns out, low alcohol and no-alcohol options are gaining popularity.

  © CTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 12:09PM

• Friday 11AM Feb 10/23

  Indigo offers fresh details on cyberattack on bookstore's website, payment system

  

  Indigo Books & Music Inc. is offering fresh details about an ongoing cyberattack affecting the bookstore chain's website and electronic payment system.

  © CTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 11:45AM

• Friday 11AM Feb 10/23

  Feds appealing judge orders for Canada to repatriate four men held in Syria

  

  The federal government is appealing a judge’s declaration that four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps are entitled to Ottawa’s help to return home. In a filing today in the Federal Court of Appeal, the government asks that a ruling last month by Federal Court Justice Henry Brown be set aside, and be placed […]

  The post Feds appealing judge orders for Canada to repatriate four men held in Syria appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 11:30AM

• Friday 10AM Feb 10/23

  Super Bowl or Grey Cup: Study finds western provinces more likely to prefer Canada’s game

  

  A study conducted by the Angus Reid Institute says 62 per cent of football fans in Canada would rather watch the Super Bowl over the Grey Cup.

  The post Super Bowl or Grey Cup: Study finds western provinces more likely to prefer Canada’s game appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 10:25AM

• Friday 10AM Feb 10/23

  New recommendations to Winnipeg short-term rental rules could change landscape

  

  The city's public service is recommending the city place five per cent sales taxes on all short-term rental bookings, like Airbnb — the same as it does for hotels.

  © Global | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 10:15AM

• Friday 09AM Feb 10/23

  Russia hits targets across Ukraine with missiles, drones

  

  Russia used strategic bombers, cruise missiles and killer drones in a wave of attacks across Ukraine early Friday, while Moscow’s military push that Kyiv says has been brewing for days appeared to pick up pace in eastern areas ahead of the one-year anniversary of its invasion. Russian forces have launched 71 cruise missiles, 35 S-300 […]

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  © CityTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 9:17AM

• Friday 09AM Feb 10/23

  Indigenous leaders, family discuss effort to search landfill for women’s remains

  

  A search for the remains of two women believed to be in a landfill north of Winnipeg could begin in April. Grand Chief Cathy Merrick says now that the federal government has committed $500,000 for a feasibility study on a possible search, work on the study can begin very soon and be completed within six […]

  The post Indigenous leaders, family discuss effort to search landfill for women’s remains appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 9:00AM

• Friday 08AM Feb 10/23

  ANALYSIS: Winnipeg Jets don’t want to be latecomers to trade deadline

  

  With the West so competitive, you have to think there are at least nine GMs, including Kevin Cheveldayoff right here in Winnipeg, that don't want to be late to this big dance.

  © Global | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 8:49AM

• Friday 08AM Feb 10/23

  Big Chill Downtown: Winter Wanderland Makes the Most of Winter

  WINNIPEG -- Ice sculptures carved by internationally-renowned artists are appearing on downtown Winnipeg streets.

  © 2023. This article Big Chill Downtown: Winter Wanderland Makes the Most of Winter appeared first on ChrisD.ca - Winnipeg News.

  © ChrisD | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 8:23AM

• Friday 07AM Feb 10/23

  Indigenous leaders, family discuss effort to search Manitoba landfill for women’s remains

  

  A search for the remains of two women believed to be in a landfill north of Winnipeg could begin in April.

  © Global | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 7:56AM

• Friday 07AM Feb 10/23

  Landfill search for women's remains could begin in April, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says

  

  The search for human remains in a landfill north of Winnipeg could begin as early as April, the grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says.

  © CBC | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 7:51AM

• Friday 07AM Feb 10/23

  Welcome to the era of ‘tip creep’

  

  In today’s Big Story podcast, traditionally, we think of a tip as an acknowledgement of a job well done, usually by someone who performs a service for us. It’s become impolite not to tip, of course, but until recently the standards were mostly understood. Then society went cashless. Now businesses don’t need to rely on […]

  The post Welcome to the era of ‘tip creep’ appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 7:25AM

• Friday 07AM Feb 10/23

  Search of Manitoba landfill for remains of murdered women could start in spring

  

  Indigenous leaders say they could start searching a landfill outside of Winnipeg for the remains of women killed by an alleged serial killer this spring.

  © CTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 7:23AM

• Friday 07AM Feb 10/23

  Indigenous leaders, family discuss effort to search landfill for women's remains

  

  A search for the remains of two Indigenous women at a landfill north of Winnipeg could begin as early as April, pending the outcome of a feasibility study.

  © CTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 7:23AM

• Friday 06AM Feb 10/23

  Death toll rises, rescues dwindle in earthquake aftermath

  

  Emergency crews made a series of dramatic rescues in Turkey on Friday, pulling several people, some almost unscathed, from the rubble, four days after a catastrophic earthquake killed more than 20,000. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the border region between Turkey and Syria, an area home to more than 13.5 million people, early Monday morning. […]

  The post Death toll rises, rescues dwindle in earthquake aftermath appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 6:00AM

• Friday 05AM Feb 10/23

  Wait times, lack of allergists pose challenges in managing food allergies in Canada: experts

  

  More than three million Canadians are living with food allergies, but finding help is no easy task.

  © Global | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 5:30AM

• Friday 05AM Feb 10/23

  Winnipeg Folk Festival artists hope they'll feel welcome after last year's creations were dismantled

  

  Winnipeg Folk Fest attendees who say their elaborate art installations weren't welcome on the campground of last year's event have reservations about the new approach from festival organizers.

  © CBC | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 5:00AM

• Friday 05AM Feb 10/23

  Manitoba premier seeks no penalty or small fine if court finds she broke conflict of interest rules

  

  Premier Heather Stefanson says she ought to face "a nominal fine" or no penalty at all if a court decides she violated provincial conflict of interest rules.

  © CBC | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 5:00AM

• Friday 05AM Feb 10/23

  Manitoban sues rural internet provider over unreliable service, 'deceptive' advertising

  

  A Manitoba woman is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking class-action status over allegations of spotty connectivity and misleading sales tactics from a rural internet service provider.

  © CBC | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 5:00AM

• Friday 04AM Feb 10/23

  Wearing short sleeves an act of resilience and recovery

  

  Carmen Acuna, a filmmaking student with Sisler High School's Create program, started cutting herself when she was 11. After years of self-harm, the 18-year-old is recovering, in part due to self-portraiture. Acuna explains how she is learning to love herself.

  © CBC | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 4:30AM

• Friday 03AM Feb 10/23

  How electric vehicles are ‘fuelling’ the economy of the future

  

  More EVs are showing up on the road. New economic opportunities springing up related to that. This includes service technicians, mining, charging stations and battery recycling.

  © Global | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 3:01AM

• Friday 03AM Feb 10/23

  As surgical wait lists grow, Canada's private clinics cash in

  

  It's a contentious reality in Canada's universal medicare system: you can pay to jump the queue for surgeries with long waiting lists, such as hip and knee replacements.

  © CBC | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 3:00AM

• Friday 03AM Feb 10/23

  Tight labour market persists as Canadian economy adds 150,000 jobs in January

  

  Employment growth in Canada blew past economists’ predictions in January, even as forecasters had expected higher interest rates to weigh on the labour market. The economy added a whopping 153,000 jobs last month, Statistics Canada said in its latest labour force survey released Friday. The country’s unemployment held steady at five per cent, hovering just […]

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  © CityTV | Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 3:00AM

• Thursday 10PM Feb 09/23

  Overdue copy of Catcher in the Rye returns to Winnipeg library after 33 years

  

  More than three decades after it was due, a copy of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye has been returned to a Winnipeg library.

  © CBC | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 10:37PM

• Thursday 08PM Feb 09/23

  Sophisticated Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) scams circulating ahead of tax season

  

  The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre says reported phishing email scams claiming to be from the CRA almost doubled between 2021 and 2022

  © Global | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 8:50PM

• Thursday 08PM Feb 09/23

  Watching earthquake devastation from afar, Winnipeggers with loved ones in Syria, Turkey lean on each other

  

  Maysoun Darweesh says she's been feeling helpless as she watches devastation unfold following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey Monday. 

  © CBC | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 8:26PM

• Thursday 08PM Feb 09/23

  'My heart is with City Hall': Winnipeg city councillor withdraws from Winnipeg South Centre race

  

  A Winnipeg city councillor has decided to stay at city hall instead of taking a run for Parliament Hill.

  © CTV | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 8:11PM

• Thursday 07PM Feb 09/23

  Winnipeg pet owners who haven't fixed their cat or dog may soon have to pay more

  

  Proposed changes at Winnipeg City Hall may soon require pet owners who don't have their cats and dogs spayed or neutered to pay more.

  © CTV | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 7:26PM

• Thursday 07PM Feb 09/23

  Pet owners who haven't fixed their cat or dog may soon have to pay more

  

  Proposed changes at Winnipeg City Hall may soon require pet owners who don't have their cats and dogs spayed or neutered to pay more.

  © CTV | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 7:26PM

• Thursday 07PM Feb 09/23

  Rollins withdraws from race for Winnipeg South Centre Liberal nomination

  

  City councillor Sherri Rollins says she's no longer seeking the Liberal party nomination for the vacant federal riding of Winnipeg South Centre.

  © CBC | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 7:21PM

• Thursday 07PM Feb 09/23

  First Nations say traditional knowledge should help shape federal flood maps

  

  First Nation members from across the province gathered at Winnipeg’s Fort Garry Hotel on Thursday to provide feedback on how the federal government can incorporate traditional knowledge into its flood mapping guidelines and processes.

  © CBC | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 7:20PM

• Thursday 07PM Feb 09/23

  Winnipeg considering regulating short-term rentals

  

  A report from the City of Winnipeg is considering adding regulations to short-term rentals. This could include criminal record checks for operators, a five per cent accommodation tax, and licenses for the rentals.

  © CTV | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 7:11PM

• Thursday 07PM Feb 09/23

  City considering regulating short-term rentals

  

  A report from the City of Winnipeg is considering adding regulations to short-term rentals. This could include criminal record checks for operators, a five per cent accommodation tax, and licenses for the rentals.

  © CTV | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 7:11PM

• Thursday 07PM Feb 09/23

  Sherri Rollins bows out of bid for Liberal nomination to replace late Winnipeg MP

  

  Jim 71, who had represented Winnipeg South Centre since 2015, died of cancer late last year.

  © Global | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 7:08PM

• Thursday 06PM Feb 09/23

  Winnipeg woman returns overdue library book after 30 years: ‘I needed to do the walk of shame’

  

  Winnipeg libraries stopped charging late fees for overdue books in 2021. Even so, the woman who returned a book due back in 1990 took some chocolates to ease her guilty feeling.

  © Global | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 6:27PM

• Thursday 06PM Feb 09/23

  Winnipeg fire crews ventilate two hookah lounges in the past year: City

  

  The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) has ventilated two hookah lounges in the past year for instances of elevated carbon monoxide, though no evacuations were needed.

  © CTV | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 6:14PM

• Thursday 06PM Feb 09/23

  City proposes rules to tax, limit Winnipeg Airbnb rentals

  

  A new report at city hall recommends imposing the five per cent accommodation tax to all short-term rental bookings as part of efforts by the City of Winnipeg to regulate properties listed on sites like Airbnb.

  © CBC | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 6:12PM

• Thursday 06PM Feb 09/23

  Canada May Fast-Track Immigration Applications from People in Earthquake Zone

  OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Sean Fraser signalled this week that Canada may fast-track applications to come to Canada from people in the earthquake zones of Turkey and Syria.

  © 2023. This article Canada May Fast-Track Immigration Applications from People in Earthquake Zone appeared first on ChrisD.ca - Winnipeg News.

  © ChrisD | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 6:11PM

• Thursday 06PM Feb 09/23

  CBC Winnipeg News February 09, 2023

  

  Our community. Our neighbourhoods. The news of our city..

  © CBC | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 6:00PM

• Thursday 05PM Feb 09/23

  Winnipeg transit hoping new investment will bring on more drivers

  

  Transit Union leaders are hoping a multi-million dollar investment in Winnipeg transit safety will prevent trained drivers from seeking work elsewhere as many drivers are looking at making other cities their stop when it comes to a career. “We’ve heard indications, just in the first month alone, there are 13 operators ready to take off […]

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  © CityTV | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 5:56PM

• Thursday 05PM Feb 09/23

  Top seeds still perfect at Viterra Championship

  

  The top five seeds all stayed undefeated on Thursday to advance to A-Event qualifying games.

  © Global | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 5:41PM

• Thursday 05PM Feb 09/23

  Mood Disorders Assoc. Launches ‘Winter Ask’ Campaign

  WINNIPEG -- More than one in two Canadians aren't getting mental health support when they need it.

  © 2023. This article Mood Disorders Assoc. Launches ‘Winter Ask’ Campaign appeared first on ChrisD.ca - Winnipeg News.

  © ChrisD | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 5:30PM

• Thursday 05PM Feb 09/23

  Rossburn break-and-enter leads to drug and weapons bust: RCMP

  

  An attempted break-and-enter in Rossburn, Man. has led RCMP to a large drug and weapons arrest.

  © CTV | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 5:11PM

• Thursday 05PM Feb 09/23

  Grade 12 exams returning to Manitoba, experts wondering why

  

  Manitoba’s Education Minister says Grade 12 provincial exams are returning and it has some experts asking why. After nearly three years, provincial exams are coming back to Manitoba schools in 2024, but not all think bringing back regulated compulsory testing is the right move. “Instead of a rear-view mirror, let’s be forward-looking in this province […]

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  © CityTV | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 5:02PM

• Thursday 04PM Feb 09/23

  Interlocutor on unmarked graves 'very concerned' by feds' $2M deal with international organization

  

  The special interlocutor for unmarked burials at residential schools says there was 'no transparency' in a recently announced deal between Canada and an international group tasked with locating missing people.

  © CBC | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 4:46PM

• Thursday 03PM Feb 09/23

  City confirms 2 carbon monoxide ventilation incidents as Winnipeg councillor seeks hookah regulation

  

  The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service says it had to air out two downtown Winnipeg hookah lounges after finding high levels of carbon monoxide, vindicating claims made last month by Coun. Cindy Gilroy.

  © CBC | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 3:01PM

• Thursday 02PM Feb 09/23

  The ways you can help someone on the street experiencing a mental health crisis

  

  It’s an increasingly common scene in Winnipeg: an unsheltered person showing clear signs of a mental health crisis, acting erratically, ranting and yelling, lashing out at objects and people around them, and possibly hurting themselves and others in the process.

  © CTV | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 2:59PM

• Thursday 02PM Feb 09/23

  It took 33 years for this book to be returned to the library

  

  A copy of J. D. Salinger's 1951 classic 'Catcher in the Rye' has been returned to a Winnipeg library – three decades after its original return date.

  © CTV | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 2:41PM

• Thursday 02PM Feb 09/23

  'Happy we got the book back': 33 years later, book returned to Winnipeg library

  

  A copy of J. D. Salinger's 1951 classic 'Catcher in the Rye' has been returned to a Winnipeg library – three decades after its original return date.

  © CTV | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 2:41PM

• Thursday 02PM Feb 09/23

  Break-and-enter call leads RCMP to drugs, guns in rural Manitoba

  

  A man and woman from Winnipeg have been arrested after an attempted break-in at another home led police to conduct a drug bust at a residence in Rossburn, Man.

  © Global | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 2:25PM

• Thursday 01PM Feb 09/23

  Justice minister says federal government giving bail reform ‘serious consideration’

  

  Justice Minister David Lametti says he is giving “serious consideration” to reforming Canada’s bail laws in response to a request from premiers to make changes. Provincial premiers unanimously called on the Liberal government in a letter to take “immediate action” on the bail system earlier this year. The letter from premiers says there are a […]

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  © CityTV | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 1:27PM

• Thursday 12PM Feb 09/23

  Survivors struggle to stay warm, fed in earthquake aftermath

  

  Tens of thousands of people who lost their homes in a catastrophic earthquake huddled around campfires in the bitter cold and clamored for food and water Thursday, three days after the temblor hit Turkey and Syria and killed more than 20,000. Emergency crews used pick axes, shovels and jackhammers to dig through twisted metal and […]

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  © CityTV | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 12:48PM

• Thursday 12PM Feb 09/23

  Sawed-off shotgun, meth seized after police called for ‘family trouble’ at Winnipeg home

  

  A man has been charged after police say he pointed a loaded, sawed-off shotgun at officers.

  © Global | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 12:44PM

• Thursday 12PM Feb 09/23

  How climate change could impact Manitoba's allergy season

  

  Though there are still weeks left of winter, allergy season is on the horizon and it could be different due to climate change.

  © CTV | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 12:27PM

• Thursday 12PM Feb 09/23

  IN PHOTOS: Community leaves teddy bears, notes, candles for Laval bus crash victims

  

  Candles, teddy bears, and notes left for the victims of the Laval bus crash tragedy outside and inside Sainte-Rose-de-Lima Church. A vigil is planned there for 6:30 p.m. on Thursday night.

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  © CityTV | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 12:07PM

• Thursday 12PM Feb 09/23

  'There are kids under the bus': Quebec father recounts moments after bus hit daycare

  

  Grief-stricken community members dropped off flowers and stuffed animals on Thursday at the scene of an alleged bus attack against a daycare north of Montreal that killed two children and sent six to hospital.

  © CTV | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 12:04PM

• Thursday 11AM Feb 09/23

  Manitoba Liquor Act Violations Bring Charges: RCMP

  Manitoba RCMP have laid charges in two separate incidents involving the unlawful transport and sale of liquor.

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  © ChrisD | Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 11:41AM