News briefs for Friday, September 8, 2023
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CBC's Zubina Ahmed visits Amber Trails Community School, where children will be taught in English one day and Punjabi the next. Thursday marked the start of the first Punjabi-English bilingual program in the province.
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A Winnipeg man getting evicted from his apartment set his suite on fire Wednesday, after barricading the front door and refusing to leave, the province says.
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Dr. Charles Littman testified in court Thursday that Headingley inmate William Ahmo had no traces of illicit drugs in his blood when he died in February 2021 from a brain injury, likely triggered by how he was restrained by correctional officers.Â
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How to get massive piles of debris cleaned up will be discussed at an upcoming City of Winnipeg committee meeting. As conversations about covering costs happen at City Hall, those who live near building fire scenes are hoping for a solution, sooner than later. More than a month after it caught fire in a massive […]
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A northern Manitoba First Nation is planning to open a brand new health centre next month, but leaders in the community say theyâre worried they wonât have enough staff to properly run it.
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Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Heather Stefanson's absence from two consecutive party campaign announcements has prompted speculation about PC tactics in the early stages of this provincial election.
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Manitobaâs Francophone schools are banning the use of cell phones in the classroom to minimize distractions and reduce screen time for students. The principal at College Louis Riel in Winnipeg says this model was a success for students and staff last year and is pleased it’s being expanded. âI think itâs a great thing,â said […]
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Winnipeg police have charged a 47-year-old man in connection to a condo fire on Hendon Avenue Wednesday evening.
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A 65-year-old woman is dead after falling out of the fishing boat she was riding in when it hit a log floating in the water, Manitoba RCMP say.
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WINNIPEG â Manitoba's largest nurses union is endorsing the provincial NDP's health-care plan ahead of the Oct. 3 election.
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Manitoba RCMP say a boat crash over the long weekend has resulted in a woman dying in hospital from her injuries.
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Winnipeg police have charged a man after a deliberate fire damaged an apartment suite in the 100 block of Hendon Avenue.
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‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Chris Barber called for people to “flood the city” in a social media video that was shown Thursday in court as part of his criminal trial. Barber, who operated a trucking business in Swift Current, Sask., and fellow protest organizer Tamara Lich, from Medicine Hat, Alta., are co-accused in the trial. They […]
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Manitoba's New Democrats are promising to spend more money on incentives for nurses to work in Manitoba.
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A judge sentenced “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson to 30 years to life in prison Thursday for the rapes of two women two decades ago. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo handed down the sentence to the 47-year-old Masterson after hearing statements from the women about the trauma they experienced and the […]
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Manitoba Progressive Conservatives say if they're re-elected, they would let seniors defer some or all of their property taxes, and the money would be repaid with interest when the senior sells their home.
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Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said the central bank may have to raise interest rates further, given inflation may stay high for some time. Thatâs according to prepared remarks the governor is delivering before the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on Thursday. His speech comes one day after the central bank decided to hold its […]
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Manitoba’s largest nurses union is endorsing the provincial NDP’s health-care plan ahead of the Oct. 3 election. The Manitoba Nurses Union says the plan works to remove barriers and promises collaboration. NDP Leader Wab Kinew says it aims to bring back nurses who left their jobs, develop a strategy to get internationally educated nurses transitioned […]
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Manitoba Progressive Conservatives are promising financial supports for seniors if they are re-elected Oct. 3. The Tories say they would let seniors defer some or all of their property taxes, and the money would be repaid with interest when the senior sells their home. Scott Johnston, a Tory cabinet minister running for re-election in the […]
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A man from from Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation was arrested Wednesday night after a Thompson woman was assaulted and held against her will at a campsite, Manitoba RCMP said.Â
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A Winnipeg man is contemplating retirement after recently winning $1 million on a Western Max draw.
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WINNIPEG -- Seven grand prizes are up for grabs in this year's HSC Millionaire Lottery, in support of the Health Centre Sciences Foundation.
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Veteran journalist and author Peter C. Newman, who held a mirror up to Canada, has died at the age of 94. He died in hospital in Belleville, Ont., Thursday morning from complications related to a stroke he had last year, which caused him to develop Parkinson’s disease, his wife Alvy Newman said by phone. “It’s […]
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Decorated ice dance duo Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir and mixed martial arts star Georges St-Pierre were among the 2023 inductees named to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday. Randy Ferbey’s curling team, wheelchair basketball player Danielle Peers and softball player Phyllis Bomberry will also be inducted as athletes, with judo coach Hiroshi Nakamura […]
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West Winnipeg will be the focus of the Manitoba election campaign today. Opposition New Democrat Leader Wab Kinew is scheduled to make a health-care announcement outside the Grace Hospital in the city’s western suburbs. The NDP has already promised to expand hours at a primary care clinic there to relieve pressure on the hospital’s emergency […]
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WINNIPEG -- Porter Airlines has taken to the skies to begin direct service between Winnipeg and Toronto.
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The winner will receive $6,000, attend a two-week writing residency and have their work published on CBC Books. The shortlist will be revealed on April 12, 2023.
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In today’s Big Story Podcast, if you’ve watched a sporting event â or even tuned into network TV in general â in the past year, you’re probably familiar with advertisements for sports betting. There are millions of dollars being spent in the race to sign up users and encourage them to wager on everything from […]
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OTTAWA â The federal government should follow the lead of British Columbia's premier and ask the Bank of Canada to stop raising interest rates, the New Democrats said Wednesday.
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A Quebec judge will head a public inquiry into allegations of foreign interference in Canada’s affairs over the next 16 months, Democratic Institutions Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Thursday. Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Marie-Josee Hogue will lead the probe starting Sept. 18. “She will be able to undertake her important work with the support of […]
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In recent decades, many LGBTQ Indigenous people have begun using the umbrella phrase "two-spirit," while others are embracing terms from their own nations, in their own languages.
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It's a very different start to the school year than the Rayner family was hoping for. Instead of watching their 17-year-old son start his first day of university, the family is sitting by the teen's hospital bed, waiting for him to come out of a coma.
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A young woman repeatedly stabbed while working at a Winnipeg Olive Garden in June says she spent weeks after the assault lying awake at 3 a.m., clutching a kitchen knife under her pillow in fear the man who attacked her had somehow escaped custody.
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Three of the four recent homicides in Brandon, a city of 51,000, occurred in the downtown core. The growing number of deaths in the community is creating a cycle of endless grief, says Janis Irvine, Brandon co-ordinator for Community Mobilization Westman, a network of social service providers.
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For Emily Brown, it feels pretty good to be Conservative. “It’s quite a time to be a part of this, honestly.” Buoyed by successive polls showing the federal party’s message on the cost of living and housing resonating among a wider, and younger, swath of Canadians, Brown will be among the thousands at the Conservative […]
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Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Services says one person was sent to hospital following a condo fire along Hendon Avenue Wednesday evening.
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WINNIPEG -- WestJet will fly non-stop between Winnipeg and Ottawa this winter as part of a seasonal route extension.
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A resident of an apartment block in Winnipegâs Charleswood neighbourhood had to evacuate her home Wednesday after a unit on the first floor caught fire.
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Patients at Riverview Health Centre got a visit from a different kind of therapy animal Wednesday, as two miniature horses roamed the hallways and raised spirits at the Winnipeg health-care facility.
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A Winnipeg councillor says she's frustrated after a report considering how the city could clean up demolition sites that have sat unfinished for long periods of time said the costs could exceed what the city could hope to recover if it seized the property.
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Itâs the start of the new school year for many students this week. But even three years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, both students and schools are learning to navigate the post-pandemic world. It was the first day of school for students in the Winnipeg School Division. And if you asked them how […]
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The Saskatchewan Roughriders will be without one of their leaders this week, after the CFL suspended defensive lineman Pete Robertson for a headbutt during the Labour Day Classic.
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A First Nation community in northeastern Manitoba is raising the alarm, as residents and Chiefs in the area claim the airline they rely on is not properly serving the needs of the community. Around 15,000 people from Island Lake and the surrounding area rely on air travel to get in and out of the community […]
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The Right to Housing Coalition released a five-point plan, including a call to create thousands of new rent-geared-to-income units, and asked all parties running in the election to support it.
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A woman suing former Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Arlen Dumas says he raped and sexually harassed her while they were employed at the organization in early 2022.
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The chiefs of four First Nations in northeastern Manitoba say Perimeter Aviation is not meeting the needs of their communities, and they want the federal government to investigate what they call a monopoly on air transport in the north.
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The Manitoba Liberal Party has released its full campaign platform, which includes roughly $1 billion in new spending and higher taxes for some income earners and property owners. Liberal Leader Dougald Lamont says the spending is needed to fix health care, education and other services, and is an alternative to the Progressive Conservative and New […]
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