Tories push federal carbon tax as Manitoba election battlefront heats up
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Hawaii officials in the County of Maui confirmed the death toll from the Lahaina fire rose to 67 in an update posted Friday.
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As Winnipeg's roughly six-month construction season inches forward, some businesses are getting hit hard by the more than 200 projects that are underway.
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The reinstatement of a special advisor on Indigenous women’s issues, 24/7 drop-ins and the development of a database tracking Missing and Murdered Indigenous Girls and Two-Spirit people are just some of the promises laid out by the opposition NDP as Manitoba’s political parties lay out their intentions for the province if elected. “We have to […]
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A Manitoba NDP government would set up three drop-in centres for Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people and bring back the role of a special adviser who supported the community, the party promised Friday.
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The majority of Winnipeg-operated wading pools will close before the end of the month, the city said in a news release on Friday.
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The provincial Progressive Conservative party is pledging to fight the federal governmentâs carbon tax on the natural gas Manitobans use to heat their homes if re-elected this fall.Â
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A 34-year-old man accused of breaking into a Thompson townhouse that was later found engulfed in flames has been arrested, RCMP say.
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Canadian wildfire officials said Friday that the 2023 wildfire season is easily the worst ever recorded, with millions of hectares already burned â and they're expecting "higher-than-normal'' activity to continue throughout the late summer and fall.
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Manitoba Mounties say officers used a spike belt to stop a vehicle on the highway after receiving information from police in Ontario that a passenger may have been held against her will.
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OTTAWA â Prime Minister Justin Trudeau moved last month to introduce more diversity into his cabinet but an academic expert on inclusive politics said the additions won’t have much effect unless they go beyond surface-level representation. Trudeau added seven new faces to his governing team July 26 including Mississauga MP Rechie Valdez, the first Filipina […]
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TORONTO â News outlets have been unable to post on Metaâs social media sites some or all of the time since the digital giant began rolling out its restrictions on Canadian news in response to federal legislation. CBC has noticed inconsistencies when posting on Facebook and Instagram, including instances where content submitted does not get […]
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 The Canadian Museum of History says five items of historic significance that were deemed missing during a recent investigation by the auditor general have been recovered.
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An immigrant cook building a new life. A widow preparing to say goodbye. And a couple taking their vows. All were caught in the crossfire, forced to flee as flames swallowed parts of Maui, that drop in the Pacific where roads wind past waterfalls, turtles glide through gem-blue waters and a volcano towers overhead. These […]
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Manitoba's Liberals are once again promising to help businesses get off the ground if party leader Dougald Lamont is elected premier this fall, repeating a promise the party made during the 2019 election campaign.
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A First Nations owned and operated group, the Treaty 5 Coalition, is working to assert the sovereignty of Indigenous Peoples with the Wåwåtéwåk Corridor. It's a proposal which could feature an all-weather highway with telecommunications, power and pipelines between Churchill, Man, to Alberta.
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Half of the unionized workers at Manitoba land titles offices are now on strike, which could impact things like the transfer of property titles and sales of homes, the union that represents the workers says.Â
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A gesture by late musician Robbie Robertson has drawn attention to a Six Nations community’s cultural restoration project and local leaders anticipate it will have a lasting positive impact. Heather George, executive director of the Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford, Ont., says a public request from Robertson’s family to donate to the centre’s fundraising efforts […]
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The City of Winnipeg has a message to aggressive drivers who are taking their frustration out on road construction workers: chill out.Â
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VANCOUVER â Canadians returning from Maui have told of harrowing scenes during their escape from the fire-devastated Hawaiian island. Among the evacuees is British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Matthew Taylor who drove through the ruined town of Lahaina and says it resembles a “war zone.” Taylor, who arrived in Vancouver this morning on an Air […]
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WASHINGTON (AP) â Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday he has appointed a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe, deepening the investigation of the president’s son ahead of the 2024 election. Garland said he was naming David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware who has been probing the financial and business dealings of President […]
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Manitoba RCMP say a fire at a Thompson townhouse is considered suspicious after a man was reported to be kicking in the door of the home.
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The 2023 wildfire season has set multiple records across Canada already this year, the federal government says, as we move into the second half of the summer.
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Every government-owned Liquor Mart in Manitoba will be closed this weekend, marking the first across-the-board shutdown since an ongoing labour dispute started July 19 with a one-day walkout.
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Police in Brandon, Man., arrested a 45-year-old man from Niagara Falls, Ont., Monday night who is accused of holding a woman against her will.Â
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MONTREAL – As house prices continue to climb, saving for a down payment is out of reach for many Canadians, particularly young people – says the federal government. “The new tax-free First Home Savings Account is available and helping put home ownership back within reach of Canadians across the country,” says Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, […]
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MONTREAL â A “perfect storm” of problems lies behind Air Canada’s wave of flight delays over the summer, its CEO said, even as the country’s largest airline roars back to profitability. Despite more staff and revamped technology, Air Canada’s operations in June and July failed to meet “expected levels,” Michael Rousseau told analysts on a […]
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MONTREAL â Akwesasne Mohawk police say they recently detained 13 people who were allegedly attempting to cross illegally into the United States from Canada. Police say they received a call on Saturday regarding foreign nationals on the American side of the territory in the village of Kana:takon, also known as St. Regis. Officers found a […]
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Ceramicist Jordan Van Sewell, whose work is a mélange of whimsical character studies, is at a crossroads. How will he stay relevant as a senior artist? Van Sewell faces this in Moral Injuries, airing Aug. 12 at 8 p.m. on CBC Manitoba and streaming free on Gem now.
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Winnipeg's largest school division has named a new chief superintendent and CEO ahead of the upcoming school year.
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Staff at Manitoba's two largest colleges have voted to ratify a new four-year contract.
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In today’s Big Story podcast, the Greenbelt is one of Ontario’s biggest environmental success stories â millions of acres of protected land that capture carbon, protect at-risk species and play a huge role in feeding the province. Unless of course the land is carved up and sold to developers to create housing. Ontario’s auditor general […]
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Brandonâs Community Sportsplex is the focus of a new survey to decide the facility's future and how it can best be utilized.
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Costco has a few extra sales that are only good for this weekend, they end Sunday night. They are all for in the warehouse only also. If you want to see all the sales of the week, make sure to ... Read More »
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Backup quarterback Dru Brown threw four touchdowns and 307 yards in a relief appearance as the Blue Bombers erased a 22-0 deficit to defeat the hapless Edmonton Elks 38-29.
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Nearly nine years after Tina Fontaineâs body was found in Winnipegâs Red River, her family and community is determined to keep her memory alive â and join in on calls to support other missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
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Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Thursday that 53 people were killed in the devastating Maui wildfires, and the death toll will likely continue to rise. Search and rescue operations were continuing, Green said, and officials expect it will become the state’s deadliest natural disaster since a 1961 tsunami killed 61 people on the Big Island. […]
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An unusually high number of great white sharks found dead on Canadian beaches over the past year is a sign the population is growing, says a shark biologist. Four great white sharks were found washed up along beaches in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec in the past 12 months, said John […]
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WINNIPEG -- This calls for a cold one. Brew at the Zoo is returning in the fall at Assiniboine Park Zoo.
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A Winnipeg school division says itâs looking into a donation made to a trustee who was suspended earlier this year for what the school board described as transphobic social media posts.
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