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Nearly 200 people gathered in Winnipeg on Friday evening to enjoy a meal, break their Ramadan fasts, and share teachings about the sacred month with non-Muslims.
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Designed to study how space conditions affect the composition of asteroids and the moon, the satellite, known as Iris, will help researchers on Earth better understand those effects when studying meteorites.
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A free, interactive exhibit in downtown Winnipeg tells a tale of two pandemics.
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Union members at Red River College Polytechnic in Winnipeg and Assiniboine Community College in Brandon have voted in favour of strike action. “We received a strong strike mandate from our members,” said Jodee Mason, spokesperson for the Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union. Mason would not reveal the percentage of members who voted in support of labour action.
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When we first met Steinbach couple, Kara and Curtis Nordstrom about four years ago....they were creating puppets out of the bedroom of their home. The business was Kara's dream. That dream has turned into a thriving business.
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A new rule to disallow asylum seekers from making a refugee claim if they enter Canada at an irregular crossing — such as the well-worn Roxham Road in Quebec or a desolate stretch along the Manitoba-North Dakota border — is raising concerns more migrants could lose life and limb.
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A new rule to disallow asylum seekers from making a refugee claim if they enter Canada at an irregular crossing — such as the well-worn Roxham Road in Quebec or a desolate stretch along the Manitoba-North Dakota border — is raising concerns more migrants could lose life and limb.
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Just days before voting starts at Peguis First Nation for its next chief and council, an auditor’s report shows its current leadership has unilaterally written down the almost $170 million in loans principal and interest it owes a lender to only $25 million.
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Mino-dibikad o’o waawaateg.
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Don Percy doesn’t mean to sound immodest. Except when he agrees to meet for a story toasting his milestone 85th trip around the sun, the legendary disc jockey, who parked his headset in 2015 but still rolls out of bed bright and early to help his son Willy with a show on Vancouver’s ROCK 101, suggests a spot with enclosed booths, all the better to prevent his highly recognizable voice from carrying too far.
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Is this really the end of the debacle that was the construction of the Winnipeg Police Service headquarters?
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BLOODVEIN FIRST NATION — Internal Hansen squints in the midday sun as he balances himself — standing upright and his feet shoulder-width apart — on the back of a wooden sleigh being tugged across the frozen river.
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Manitoba’s police watchdog is on the search for a new boss.
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The chief of St. Theresa Point First Nation is calling for an external investigation into the deaths of two 14-year-old girls, saying RCMP haven’t done enough to stop the flow of drugs into the northern Manitoba community.
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In June, a peculiar cube-shaped satellite will be in outer space. It’s the first time a satellite designed by the University of Manitoba has been selected. The CubeSat named Iris is Manitoba’s contribution to the Canadian CubeSat program started in 2018 by the Canadian Space Agency. Mechanical Engineering professor at the University of Manitoba says […]
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The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 fell last week in Manitoba, while the province reported no new cases of influenza in its latest respiratory surveillance report.
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It was a show that saw many Manitobans looking up. The night sky above Manitoba came alive with a dazzling display of northern lights on Thursday and long-time community members say the skybound show was one of the brightest in recent memory. “Absolutely, this is by-far the best show the community has seen so far,” […]
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A 78-year-old Winnipeg man found dead near a vehicle on a rural road Thursday may have frozen to death after getting stuck in the snow, RCMP say.
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With the spring season upon us, Manitoba has forecasted a major risk of flooding in the province’s Red River basin. Communities that dealt with devastating flood damage last year, are having to make preparations for the same situation. Several communities in the Red River basin are still dealing with damage from last year’s flood. The […]
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Manitoba RCMP are investigating the sudden death of a Winnipeg man after his vehicle became stuck in the snow.
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President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday celebrated the close, “inseparable” U.S.-Canada relationship and declared their nations’ shared values have never been more important for a world facing both tumult and possibility. Biden, making his first visit to Canada as president, said the U.S. is lucky to have Canada as its neighbor […]
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The chief of a remote First Nation in northeastern Manitoba is urging the federal and provincial governments to help with the growing drug crisis in the community after the deaths of two teens. RCMP say two 14-year-old girls were found outside a home in St. Theresa Point First Nation earlier this month. Chief Elvin Flett […]
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WINNIPEG -- MGEU workers at Red River College Polytech and Assiniboine Community College have voted to strike.
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The Manitoba government announced plans Friday to build nine new schools under a public-private partnership model, five years after abandoning a similar proposal. The nine schools are to be awarded under a single tender, and the developer is to be in charge of ongoing major maintenance as well as construction, Government Services Minister James Teitsma […]
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An inquest into the death of a man who killed himself after more than three weeks in solitary confinement has recommended a full review of the use of segregation in Manitoba's correctional institutions.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs are certainly hated across Canada, as their fans are constantly reminded of their playoff failures and not winning a Stanley Cup since 1967, but a shot from the current President of the United States is another matter altogether. During a speech in the nation’s capital on Friday, Joe Biden took a […]
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The chief of a northeastern Manitoba First Nation where two girls were found dead outside earlier this month says the community has lost confidence in the RCMP investigation and its ability to stop rampant drug trafficking.
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Applications have opened for Winnipeg's temporary patio program, where eligible businesses can operate patio space for the spring and summer.
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WINNIPEG — Manitoba is building nine schools through a public-private partnership. It’s a funding model the government rejected in 2018.
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The Independent Investigation Unit is looking into the death of a woman in custody at the Chemawawin RCMP detachment.
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Manitoba plans to build nine new schools over the next four years using a funding model the Progressive Conservative government once rejected.
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An upcoming space mission focused on the origins of asteroids has a Manitoba component.
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A Supreme Court ruling on Thursday has now made it clear that police do not have the authority to demand random breath tests on private property.
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If you tuned in to the Toronto Maple Leafs game in Florida on Thursday night you may have noticed something was a little off with the Canadian national anthem. Ryan Michael James sang both the American and Canadian anthems before the game against the Panthers at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida. James appeared to […]
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The Winnipeg Sea Bears have signed 6'4" guard Michael Okafor for the 2023 season.
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Canada's Kerri Einarson closed her round-robin schedule with an 11-5 loss to Denmark's Madeleine Dupont but still managed to secure a playoff berth at the women's world curling championship.
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Canada's Kerri Einarson closed her round-robin schedule with an 11-5 loss to Denmark's Madeleine Dupont but still managed to secure a playoff berth at the women's world curling championship.
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U.S. lawmakers have grilled TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew about data security and harmful content, with some pushing to ban the app nationwide.
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In today’s Big Story podcast, your friends and family live in your phone. Sure, you see them from time to time, but usually for scheduled events, planned well in advance, with an agenda and a timeframe. How often do you just find a friend, and chill? Sheila Liming, author of Hanging Out: The Radical Power […]
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U.S. President Joe Biden arrived Thursday evening in Ottawa for a whirlwind 27-hour visit expected to focus on both the friendly and thorny aspects of the Canada-U.S. relationship.
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As the snow melts and roads once again get bumpy, a local business is pitching a new way to fill Winnipeg’s potholes.
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A Winnipeg woman is suing Johnson & Johnson after more than a decade of pain she alleges was caused by one of the medical giant's surgical mesh products splitting apart and becoming embedded in her organs and tissues.
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Brandon's Food Rescue Grocery Store saved more than 300,000 pounds of food in 2022, and its new freezer warehouse will see the amount of food saved increase dramatically. New storage units have already saved more than 18,000 kilograms of food in March.
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Two Manitobans — an aspiring lawyer and a mental-health advocate —are among 36 high schoolers from across the country who have been chosen as Loran Scholars, the prestigious, $100,000 award given annually to those who are engaged with their community, show strength of character and want to create a better world.
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In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the carbon capture potential of Canada's grasslands and growing concern about the overlap of pension funds and oil and gas companies.
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Marketplace found two examples of menstrual pain medication costing more than their general pain relief counterparts at Shoppers Drug Mart, which said it will align the prices “within a week.”
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Alisha Minielly was mystified as rashes suddenly started appearing all over her body, including one that persisted on her left leg for six months. She figured something in her makeup or shampoo could be the culprit and began switching to personal products labelled as having “natural” ingredients but that did not help. Neither did a […]
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U.S. President Joe Biden is embarking on a 27-hour whirwind visit to Ottawa, where he will meet Friday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and speak to a joint session of Parliament — his first bilateral sojourn north as commander-in-chief. Here are some of the issues the two leaders are likely to discuss: Migration breakthrough: The […]
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Adam Lowry scored the tiebreaking goal with 9:13 to play and the visiting Winnipeg Jets made progress in the playoff race with a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night.
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Legislation created in 2021 to have special security guards armed with batons, handcuffs and pepper spray patrolling Manitoba hospitals and universities hasn’t come to pass.
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Construction industry contractors and suppliers burned by customers who refuse to pay their bills on time may soon have a new legislative foundation to build a case for repayment.
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When Christine Baker writes a daily entry in her prayer journal, the Winnipeg woman always records the same hope for her late sister — justice.
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When Christine Baker writes a daily entry in her prayer journal, the Winnipeg woman always records the same hope for her late sister — justice.
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You know it’s over for government when a senior cabinet minister starts attacking her own bureaucracy.
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A Winnipeg family says it faces collection of a $7,800 hospital bill, after refusing to have an elderly relative sent back to the personal care home where she had broken her hip and threatened to kill herself.
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A Winnipeg family says it faces collection of a $7,800 hospital bill, after refusing to have an elderly relative sent back to the personal care home where she had broken her hip and threatened to kill herself.
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Manitobans suffering from chronic pain might soon get the help they need faster and closer to home, after the province announced almost $4 million annually for the Manitoba Pain Care Program.
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Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson has tapped her former clerk to oversee a set of handpicked projects ahead of the general election.
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A wage dispute at two Manitoba colleges could end in a strike, although there is still time to reach agreement.
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The company that owns the Winnipeg Jets now has city council’s blessing to consider buying the beleaguered Portage Place mall.
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