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An elderly man and woman were both found dead inside of a Dauphin home on Saturday morning, but Mounties say there is no reason to suspect any threats to public safety involving the deaths.
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Summer McIntosh set her second senior world record in five days, winning the 400-metre individual medley in 4:25.87 at the 2023 Canadian swimming trials on Saturday night. The old record of 4:26.36 was set by Katinka Hosszu of Hungary at the 2016 Rio Olympics. A huge crowd at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre roared […]
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Bonus money for health-care workers, enhanced reconciliation efforts, a tougher-on-crime stance and a comprehensive K-12 nutrition program will highlight the Manitoba Liberal Party's platform for the upcoming provincial election.
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Tanya and Darcy Yurkiw who live near Dauphin, Man. rushed to the scene of a horrific collision Wednesday night after a friend alerted them that their15-year-old daughter Hanna Yurkiw, was trapped in the wrecakge. She was the only one who survived.
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A grant is expected to provide a boost to researchers in their work on Type 2 diabetes among children in Manitoba's Indigenous communities.
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Akwesasne officials have named two family members of Romanian descent — including one man holding his two children's passports — who were among eight bodies recovered this week from the St. Lawrence River, near the Quebec-Ontario border.
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Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 26 people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest, tearing a path through the Arkansas capital, collapsing the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois and stunning people throughout the region Saturday with the damage’s scope. Confirmed or suspected tornadoes […]
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Demonstrators gathered in 40 locations across Canada on Saturday to voice their opposition to the Royal Bank of Canada’s funding of fossil fuel projects. The protests, part of a nation-wide effort dubbed Fossil Fools Day, unfolded in cities including Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Halifax and Vancouver. One protestor said the demonstrations were intended to raise […]
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Fifty high school students from across Canada – half of them were Indigenous – gathered at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights on Friday for the closing ceremony of a weeklong reconciliation project. “I think we accomplished a very positive thing, a very small step forward for records of truth, reconciliation,” said John Currie, the […]
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The search continued Saturday in a marshy area of the St. Lawrence River where the bodies of eight migrants were pulled earlier this week, for a man missing from the Mohawk community of Akwesasne. Thirty-year-old Casey Oakes was last seen Wednesday night operating a boat that was found Thursday next to the bodies of the […]
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The father of one of the victims of the Old Montreal fire filed a request Friday for a $22 million class-action lawsuit against the owner of the building and Airbnb. Randy Sears, the father of Nathan Sears – a 35-year-old man who died in the March 16 fire that killed six other victims – is […]
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OTTAWA — This year's budget reveals the federal Liberals envision Canada relying more on its allies for trade in the future, economists and geopolitical experts say — even if that could result in higher prices or missed opportunities.
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Winnipeg blood donors are being encouraged to roll up their sleeves ahead of Easter next weekend.
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CBC's Janet Stewart presses Minister Karina Gould, who made a stop in Manitoba's capital on Friday, on a number of topics.
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Around 100 newcomers got to experience a Brandon tradition with a tour this week of the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair.
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A Dutch man who shaped the modern-day, North American transit bus during his time in Winnipeg, has died.
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OTTAWA — Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the government’s plans for pharmacare are moving forward, but experts who study government drug plans suggest the Liberals may have lost the political will to take bold steps toward a national program. People like Marc-André Gagnon were still holding out hope that spending would be set aside in […]
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OTTAWA — The Liberal government left employment insurance reform out of the federal budget this week over concern that reforming the program amid a slowing economy could drive up premiums for workers and employers. That’s according to a spokesperson for Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough, who said the federal government “remains committed to modernizing the EI […]
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THE fine print in approved school board budgets reveals Manitoba classrooms will not be spared of cutbacks in 2023-24, despite a sizable increase in overall operational funding.
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Canada's national carbon price saw its largest hike yet today when it jumped from $50 per tonne of emissions to $65. But the rebates millions of households receive to compensate them for the surcharge are also set to rise.
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From patients desperate to find a family physician, to doctors trying to manage the crushing pressures of their practices, communities are struggling to provide health care.
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WINNIPEG — Head coach Rick Bowness was glad to see a combination of good effort and good luck pay off for the Winnipeg Jets on Friday.
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Blake Wheeler snapped a 21-game goal drought and added an assist as the Winnipeg Jets showed a rare explosion of offence to earn a much-needed 6-2 victory over the visiting Detroit Red Wings on Friday.
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Trapped in the wreckage of a car pinned underneath a transport truck — and surrounded by four friends who died in the collision — a Dauphin teen repeatedly phoned her mother for help. Hanna Yurkiw, 15, is in Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg, recovering from serious injuries suffered Wednesday night in a collision in Gilbert Plains. Her parents, Tanya and Darcy, stay almost constantly at her bedside. “She was saying, ‘Mommy, I need you. Please come and get me,’” Tanya said Friday, sitting in Hanna’s hospital room as monitors beeped in the background. “She called again when we were on our way (to the scene of the collision, some 30 kilometres west of Dauphin). We knew she was okay because she phoned me multiple times.”
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CBC videographer Randall McKenzie checks out the goings-on at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, where a group called Honouring Indigenous Peoples brought in Indigenous and non-Indigenous students from across the country for an educational session, as part of four days of land-based teaching.
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CBC's Marj Dowhos speaks with Winnipeg Ice centre Conor Geekie and head coach James Patrick in advance of the Western Hockey League playoffs, which get underway Friday night.
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The first time Nikhil Thakkar set foot in Blondie’s Burgers was in 2018, not long after he and his wife Kiran moved to Winnipeg from their native India. Nikhil, a classically trained chef, had read about the iconic spot online, and couldn’t wait to sink his teeth into what was billed as some of the most gargantuan fare in town.
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To reach the Easter chocolate aisle, shopper Kaylee Goerzen must pass through two rounds of sliding doors and then a security gate.
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Sexual assault victims who are already denied immediate care by Manitoba’s health-care system are facing further justice delays owing to lengthy backlogs in DNA testing.
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Sexual assault victims who are already denied immediate care by Manitoba’s health-care system are facing further justice delays owing to lengthy backlogs in DNA testing.
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Nothing moves fast in health care. Cash infusions to hire more staff, expand health facilities and invest in new technology rarely produce measurable results right away.
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A long-awaited consultant’s study on repurposing up to 30 per cent of Winnipeg-owned golf lands lists dozens of “opportunities” to use the sites in new ways, including a controversial call to lease or sell John Blumberg Golf Course.
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The federal government plans to keep the extra service centres it set up to clear the pandemic backlog as it prepares for an influx of passport renewals this summer.
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The federal minister responsible for child care and social development toured the University of Manitoba’s dentistry program facilities Friday, promoting the expanded $13-billion Canada dental care plan.
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A year-long odyssey to obtain a marriage certificate from the Manitoba Vital Statistics Branch has left a Winnipeg woman questioning whether her nuptials were ever legally registered.
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On Monday evening, RCMP officers received notice that an individual was waiting to take them by snowmobile to a remote cabin in northern Manitoba where his friend,85, was in medical distress.
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As he faces a life sentence in prison, Phoenix Maytwayashing said he “will always love” the woman he killed after she rebuffed his efforts to reconcile.
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It’s a cause for celebration for one Manitoba residential school survivor — who is not only marking 48 years of sobriety but is also doing everything she can to help others who are battling addiction. Belinda Vandenbroeck attended Mackay residential school in Dauphin, Manitoba for 10 years. She says after her time at the school, […]
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The union representing WestJet pilots will launch a strike authorization vote Monday as contract talks with management drag on, the Air Line Pilots Association said Friday.
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An 85-year-old man in medical distress was rescued by Manitoba RCMP on snowmobiles Tuesday night.
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The Manitoba government is waiving a planned increase to pharmacare deductible rates for the upcoming benefit year, Health Minister Audrey Gordon announced Friday.
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A Liberal government bill that would require online streaming services to contribute to Canadian content is one step closer to passing after the House of Commons approved most of the Senate’s amendments to the proposed legislation. If passed, Bill C-11 would update broadcasting rules to include online streaming and require tech giants such as YouTube, […]
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One had just turned 18 a few weeks ago. Another had moved from home only a few days before the fatal crash that took her life. Now, the little community of Gilbert Plains is coming to terms with the tragedy.
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Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole says that after more than a decade in politics, he will not seek re-election and plans to resign his seat this spring. The Ontario MP led the Conservatives and served as official Opposition leader from August 2020 until February 2022, when a majority of his caucus voted to remove him […]
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The union representing WestJet pilots says it will launch a strike authorization vote Monday as contract talks with management drag on.
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Barbara Archer of Winnipeg is the city's newest millionaire after striking it lucky on a recent Lotto 6/49 draw.
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The nostalgia of Zellers will be felt next week when the Canadian retailer opens its Winnipeg store.
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The City of Winnipeg is receiving $7.5 million in provincial funding to support road repairs.
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The apparent online scam that landed Suzana Thayer in a Hong Kong jail for allegedly trafficking cocaine on a flight from Ethiopia was not the first time the Ontario grandmother had been duped by a fake internet romance. Thayer was writing a book about her first experience of being defrauded online — by someone purporting to […]
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OTTAWA — Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole says that after more than a decade in politics, he will not seek re-election and plans to resign his seat this spring. The Ontario MP led the Conservatives and served as official Opposition leader from August 2020 until February 2022, when a majority of his caucus voted to […]
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From 1452 to 1493, the Catholic church set the stage for a 500-year genocide.
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The number of babies born with syphilis in Canada is rising at a far faster rate than recorded in the United States or Europe, an increase public health experts said is driven by increased methamphetamine use and lack of access to the public health system for Indigenous people.
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The Winnipeg Sea Bears have signed guard Glen Yang to the team's inaugural roster.
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Manitoba Possible announced Thursday it will pull out of negotiations with the City of Winnipeg to purchase the historic St. Boniface city hall space in Winnipeg, citing rising costs tied to the pandemic among its reasons.
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Donald Trump has become the first former U.S. president to be charged with a crime, the culmination of a political rise defined by scandal.
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Canada's oldest Chinatown is part of a phenomenon as Chinatowns in Western Canada evolve, and the owners of traditional eateries age out of business or move away.
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Rogers Communications Inc’s $26-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. cleared the final regulatory hurdle Friday, more than two years after the deal was first announced. Federal Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne approved the transfer of Shaw-owned Freedom Mobile’s wireless licences to Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron, which operates in Quebec and some border regions of Ontario, paving the […]
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In today’s Big Story podcast, the five-day work week has been the standard for decades, but once upon a time, a six-day week was the norm. So why can’t it go from five to four? Jared Lindzon wrote about the adoption of the four-day work week for The Globe and Mail. He’s on today’s Big […]
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VANCOUVER — The B.C. government’s bid to restrict the sale of diabetes drug Ozempic to prevent non-Canadian residents draining supplies was the right move and a long time coming, says Brett Skinner, founder and CEO of the Canadian Health Policy Institute.
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After coming under attack for “moonlighting” as a criminal defence lawyer, with online business ads the governing Progressive Conservatives called “objectionable,” NDP MLA Mark Wasyliw defended himself Thursday.
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The Royal Winnipeg Ballet turned its dancers loose this week as it presented its penultimate production of the season, Fast Forward, a hothouse of creativity proving the 83-year-old company’s legendary “Prairie fresh” ethos is still very much alive and kicking.
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