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The Avalanche scored four goals on their first five shots en route to a 5-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday that extended their win streak to four games.
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WINNIPEG â The Colorado Avalanche scored four goals on their first five shots en route to a 5-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday that extended their win streak to four games.
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On the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Manitobans gathered in Winnipeg and Brandon to show support for Ukrainians who are still fighting for their lives.
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A provincial task force released a final report on Friday outlining ways Manitoba can better support school kids experiencing poverty, including by offering more access to Indigenous language teachers and programs, barrier-free transportation and in-school meal programs.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first combination test for flu and COVID-19 that can be used at home, giving consumers an easy way to determine if a runny nose is caused by either disease. The Lucira COVID-19 & Flu Home test, which can be purchased without a prescription, uses self-collected […]
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A proposed class-action lawsuit accuses the British Columbia government of “sexism and genocide” over a decades-long practice of coercing Indigenous women into sterilization and abortions. The lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court this week says the province had a law on the books sanctioning sterilizations for 40 years before it was repealed in 1973, though […]
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Former pro basketball player Ogo Okwumabua, the co-owner of clothing company Zueike, talks about 'athleisurewear,' his Nigerian roots and what Black History Month means to him.
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CBC's Jim Agapito learns about food, music and culture at Churchill High School's first Black History Month festival.
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People living at the Windsor Hotel in downtown Winnipeg have received eviction notices telling them to leave by the end of April.
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Manitoba's police watchdog has cleared a Winnipeg officer of wrongdoing in a 2022 incident where a man's arm was broken.
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The Manitoba RCMP are reminding the public that 911 is only for emergencies after a Steinbach woman called the line to complain about a long drive-thru line at the new Burger King.
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The last 364 days have been extremely trying on Ukrainians who’ve watched their home get invaded by Russian forces – but today – the one-year anniversary of the war, has brought entirely new feelings. “I was crying at work today – between meetings with clients,” said Olena Hrushytska, Employment facilitator for Ukrainian speaking newcomers at […]
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Eric De Schepper is seeking accountability after his cancer-stricken wife died waiting for palliative care. “Itâs been very stressful. Itâs been very demanding on me being her caregiver, and her advocate and her healthcare proxy,” said De Schepper. “If Katherine received the homecare she needed right from the beginning or even the second week, if […]
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The sale of The Windsor Hotel in Winnipeg has some housing advocates concerned. They say residents have not been made a priority, putting them at risk and potentially forcing them onto the street. “The pressure for low-income people is extreme right now and it’s a human rights crisis in Winnipeg,” said Kate Sjoberg, head of […]
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A 17-year-old Winnipeg speed skater has won her third gold medal at the 2023 Canada Winter Games.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is bothered that Google is limiting access to news for some Canadians. Trudeau says the tech giant has decided they would rather prevent Canadians from accessing news than pay journalists for the work they do. He added that he thinks it’s a “terrible mistake.” Google confirmed earlier this week […]
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The CBC Manitoba team was nominated for a Canadian Association of Journalists award, as well as 3 other members of the Winnipeg-based team.
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The Alberta branch of the Métis Nation has signed an updated self-government deal with Canada, even as it is in court challenging a similar agreement between the Manitoba Métis and Canada.
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Manitoba's Jennifer Jones and Nova Scotia's Christina Black reached the final four of the Canadian women's curling championship with playoff victories Friday afternoon in Kamloops, B.C.
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The number of Manitobans being hospitalized with COVID-19 and influenza has held relatively stable, as has the rate for RSV, according to the latest weekly provincial data.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Friday that Canada is providing Ukraine with more weapons, which he said will help the country win on the battlefield against Russia. Canada will donate four additional Leopard 2 main battle tanks to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine, growing Canada’s contribution to eight tanks in total, Trudeau said. […]
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Netflix is cutting its prices in several of its smaller markets in the latest twist on the video streaming service’s efforts to keep its recently revived subscriber growth rolling amid stiffer competition and inflation pressures that are pushing more households to curb their discretionary spending. The lower prices that began to roll out earlier this […]
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The Manitoba government is ending a seven-year freeze on its unconditional grants to municipalities. Premier Heather Stefanson says the annual operating grant to Winnipeg will increase by 14 per cent and Brandon’s funding will grow by 39 per cent. Smaller and northern municipalities will see larger increases. Jeff Browaty, a Winnipeg city councillor, says the […]
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Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government is ending a municipal funding freeze that dates back to 2017, the second year of Brian Pallister's time in office.
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Manitoba and the federal government have struck an agreement in principle on a deal that will see more than $6 billion in health-care funding flow into the province.
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Manitoba and the federal government have struck an agreement in principle on a deal that will see more than $6 billion in health-care funding flow into the province.
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WINNIPEG -- A man is facing charges after barricading himself inside a residential suite and setting fire to the building.
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WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government is ending a seven-year freeze on unconditional grants to municipalities with $47 million in additional funding.
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The federal government says in a news release that it has signed an agreement in principle with Manitoba to invest more than $6.7 billion in the province’s health-care system over 10 years. That includes more than $1.2 billion for a new bilateral agreement focusing on shared health-care priorities. It also includes $72 million in an […]
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The federal government said Friday it has signed an agreement in principle with Manitoba to invest more than $6.7 billion in the province's health-care system over 10 years.
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When Alex Proctor reunited with his birth family, he was overjoyed to be welcomed with open arms, but was even more flabbergasted when he began to understand the long history connected to that same family. A new VeraCity documentary explores how Proctor reconnected with his birth parents after taking a genetic genealogy test and discovered […]
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Four police officers were treated for smoke inhalation and a man in his 60s was arrested and charged with arson after a fire in Winnipeg's West End Thursday night.
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Three people remain unaccounted for in Pikangikum First Nation, after a fire tore through a home Wednesday night.
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Alex Proctor was 55 years old before he knew who he truly was. Raised in Timmins and Oakville, he knew he was adopted in the 1960s but knew nothing of his ancestry, nothing of his heritage, not even his health records. “I knew nothing about where I came from or who my parents were. I […]
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Canada’s Ambassador to Ukraine said she woke up with a sense of apprehension about what the day would bring, as the country marked the start of its second year of war since the Russian invasion. For most Ukrainians Larisa Galadza has spoken to, the anniversary of the invasion is not a day for reflection, as […]
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Ukraineâs leader pledged Friday to push for victory in 2023 as he and other Ukrainians marked the somber anniversary of the Russian invasion that upended their lives and Europe’s security. It was Ukraine’s “longest day,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, but the country’s dogged resistance a year on has proven that “every tomorrow is worth fighting […]
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WINNIPEG -- Red River Co-op members will be checking their mailboxes for their annual rebate cheques.
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In today’s Big Story podcast, they are majestic flying in a “V” overhead. A symbol of fall and spring. A true National treasure. They also flock to cities and universities to nest and then aggressively defend those nests, they leave metric tons of goose poop just about everywhere, and you don’t want to get on […]
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Nadia Bondarchuk would be in medical school by now if Russia's invasion of Ukraine hadn't uprooted her life and dashed her dreams. Instead, she finds the feeling of home in a church pew on another continent.
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Dina Pugliese said goodbye to Breakfast Television (BT) after over 16 years serving as co-host, making her final appearance on the morning show on Friday. Pugliese announced her plans to depart from the show last week, saying she plans to spend more time with family and is looking forward to the next chapter of her […]
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A Manitoba company is hoping Hollywood's elite can get a good night's sleep on their pillowcases this award season.
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Winnipeg is seeing a troubling increase in bear-spray incidents, with more than 1,100 incidents of the powerful aerosol used as a weapon in 2022 alone.
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One of the largest unions in Manitoba is raising the prospect of rotating and targeted strikes as a means of leveraging more lucrative labour deals from the province and its Crown corporations.
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A group of Manitoba home care workers say they are haunted by delays that kept a Winnipeg woman from receiving palliative care services in her home, saying it's not the first time this has happened.
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Sixteen members of James Smith Cree Nation who sprang into action last September when a stabbing rampage left 11 dead and 18 wounded on their home in south-central Saskatchewan have been awarded the Queen's Platinum Jubilee medal for their bravery and public service.
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The longtime artistic director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet says he will step down from the role in 2025, ending a 50-year career with Canada's oldest ballet company.
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A recent cybersecurity breach might have unaffected Indigo customer data, but the company’s workforce isn’t as lucky. In a letter sent to former and current employees, Indigo’s president, Andrea Limbardi, says personal information, including social insurance numbers and bank account details, may have been acquired by an unauthorized third party between Jan. 16 and Feb. […]
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The Winnipeg Health Region is investing $125,000 into a new information technology platform to help manage patient flows and coordinate care at local hospitals and other health centres.
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Winnipeg city councillors voted to to approve a package of regulations on short-term rentals such as Airbnb on Thursday.
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Ticket sales for Bruce Springsteen's Nov. 10 show in Winnipeg â his first in the city â went on sale Wednesday. As of Thursday, promoters said a limited amount of tickets were still available.
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A film sharing the stories of Ukrainian artists surviving the ongoing Russian invasion will be on display at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the war.
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A 31-year-old man has been charged after an alleged five-hour standoff with Winnipeg police. Police officers responded to a residence at Dufferin Avenue near Parr Street following a call about an alleged assault involving a man and a female relative. At approximately 12:35 p.m. on Wednesday, officers say that they encountered a distraught man inside […]
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Two levels of government are making $60 million of grants available for Manitoba daycares interested in fixing up infrastructure, making their programming more inclusive or retaining staff.
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A Winnipeg man is facing charges including arson with a disregard for human life, assault and possession of a weapon in connection with an hours-long standoff at a North End home on Wednesday, police say.
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Manitobaâs registered nursing regulator has developed a faster pathway for nurses who come to the province through the governmentâs recruitment drive in the Philippines.
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WINNIPEG -- André Lewis, the artistic director and CEO of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, is stepping down.
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A Winnipeg man is trying to launch a class-action lawsuit against the Manitoba government that alleges it overcharged people an estimated $36 million in photo radar tickets.
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WINNIPEG â A film sharing the stories of Ukrainian artists surviving the ongoing Russian invasion will be on display at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the war.
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Canada’s federal privacy commissioner along with provincial counterparts in Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec have launched a joint investigation into the social media platform TikTok. The four privacy regulators will look at whether TikTok’s practices are in compliance with Canadian privacy legislation, in particular if the company is meeting its transparency obligations when it comes […]
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A Winnipeg man is trying to launch a class-action lawsuit against the Manitoba government that alleges it overcharged people an estimated $36 million in photo radar tickets. William Acheson’s statement of claim says the government did not follow its own regulations in fines handed out between November 2017 and November 2021. Speeding motorists were charged […]
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