First throne speech from Wab Kinew's NDP government due today
The Manitoba legislature gets back to business Tuesday with the first throne speech from the newly elected NDP government.
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The Manitoba legislature gets back to business Tuesday with the first throne speech from the newly elected NDP government.
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A Winnipeg couple who gave up their car for environmental and social reasons said unreliable bus service and transit safety issues drove them to buy a minivan.
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Amid the Israel-Hamas war, chanting or writing the slogan has led to censure for protesters and politicians alike. But Palestinians and some Jewish academics say the phrase refers to Palestinian freedom and self-determination and is not "inherently threatening" or hateful.
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A strategy to expand Winnipeg's tree canopy over the coming decades passed its first hurdle at city hall â along with a new push to protect trees on private property.
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The City of Winnipeg is considering an outright ban on hookah lounges, upping the ante from an earlier push to regulate shisha smoking in restaurants, bars and private clubs.
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Several Manitoba First Nations police officers were doused in gasoline while trying to arrest a man over the weekend.
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Calling for change and accountability, family members and supporters of those affected by police use of force gathered outside the Winnipeg courthouse Monday in solidarity with five families trying to get answers about their loved ones’ deaths following police interactions here in the city. “The delays that we’ve had because of COVID and the way the world […]
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A group of about 20 pro-Palestinian protesters that stopped traffic at the Canadian National Railway line in downtown Winnipeg on Monday afternoon have since left, organizers say.
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COVID cases in Winnipeg are rising as flu season gets underway and more people gather together to celebrate the holidays. All four Manitoba sewage sites that participate in wastewater testing are showing increases in the concentration of COVID-19 in samples. Three of those sites are in Winnipeg, with samples from the cityâs West End showing […]
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Two adults and three teens have been charged after police officers were sprayed with gasoline while trying to arrest a wanted man on a southern Manitoba First Nation over the weekend, the Manitoba First Nations Police Service says.
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A man has been arrested after allegedly breaking into an apartment in Brandon on Monday and setting it ablaze in a fire that completely destroyed the building, police say.
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Housing Minister Sean Fraser said Monday the federal government is considering a series of measures to curb the number of Airbnb and other short-term rental units on offer to boost the supply of homes available to rent.
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Emotions were running high for Manitoba's first openly transgender MLA on Monday, as he spoke about the importance of Transgender Day of Remembrance during a trans flag raising ceremony at the legislative building.
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A vehicle rollover just east of Portage la Prairie, Man., led RCMP to discover a pair of handguns being concealed by one of the passengers.
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WINNIPEG â The ceremony that saw Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and his cabinet ministers sworn in at the province's new horticultural showcase cost $19,600 and was almost held outside, information obtained by The Canadian Press shows.
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A vehicle rollover in the RM of Portage la Prairie last week ended with police seizing two handguns.
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Manitoba prosecutors won't be able to argue the alleged actions of a high school teacher and rugby coach was evidence of a pattern of conduct that supports a finding of guilt.Â
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Winnipeg police say a 33-year-old man has been charged following a drug investigation. WPS says an investigation being conducted by members of the guns and gangs unit, led to an arrest on Nov. 18. After the 33-year-old was in custody, WPS seized a vehicle believed to be owned by the man. While searching the vehicle, […]
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Winnipeg police arrested a man over the weekend after seizing drugs and weapons in the 700 block of Corydon Avenue.
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A 16-year-old Winnipeg high school student is gearing up for her next fight â kicking, punching and elbowing her way to the Women's Muay Thai World Cup in Calgary this Saturday.
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Festival du Voyageur says it is not legally responsible for the injuries of a boy who fell when an elevated walkway collapsed during a school field trip earlier this year. The boy's parents are suing the organization and the City of Winnipeg for damages.
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Some CBC listeners in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan will likely experience some service interruptions this week during the installation of a new antenna.
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The ceremony that saw Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and his cabinet ministers sworn in at the province's new horticultural showcase cost $19,600 and was almost held outside, information obtained by The Canadian Press says.
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The ceremony that saw Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and his cabinet ministers sworn in at the province’s new horticultural showcase cost $19,600 and was almost held outside, information obtained by The Canadian Press shows. The newly elected NDP government, having ended seven years of Tory rule, opted to hold the Oct. 18 ceremony at The […]
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WINNIPEG -- A record number of Manitoba children will experience holiday magic Tuesday at Variety Manitobaâs annual Winter Wonderland.
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The mood in the dressing room after the Blue Bombers watched their second consecutive Grey Cup slip away in the final seconds of Sunday's game was sombre. Quarterback Zach Collaros said the experience will eventually be used as motivation but stings for the time being.
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In todayâs Big Story Podcast, every year, hundreds of thousands of immigrants come to Canada, looking for a better future for themselves and their children. The federal government is aiming to keep that number rising â but it’s a tough time to be a new Canadian, with affordability and housing crises, an uncertain future and […]
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An affordability crisis is putting the Canadian dream at risk for immigrants, according to a new Leger poll done exclusively for OMNI News.âŻâŻ The survey finds two-in-five (42 per cent) immigrant households are struggling to make ends meet, with the number increasing to 54 per cent when surveying those who moved to Canada within the […]
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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. â For the past year, Ellen Gretsinger, a nurse practitioner in Ontario’s Niagara region, has been providing patients with medically assisted deaths â and not getting paid for it. She has a full-time nursing job and a side gig offering virtual care, and in the evenings and on weekends, assesses patients for […]
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A Winnipeg nurse is seeking class-action status for her lawsuit against several top drug companies, accusing them of profiting for decades by marketing non-prescription oral decongestant medications containing an active ingredient that several studies have found ineffective.
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The City of Winnipeg plans to test shatterproof glass in bus shelters in an effort to curb vandalism as it struggles to keep up with repairs.
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A Manitoba RCMP officer who put his knee on a manâs neck for more than three minutes as the man cried "I canât breathe" during a 2019 arrest at Winnipegâs airport is no longer facing criminal prosecution.
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Questions are swirling on Parliament Hill ahead of a fiscal update that’s widely expected to focus on addressing Canada’s housing crisis and cost-of-living concerns. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is set to table the fall economic statement on Tuesday, and she has already signalled that both issues will be front and centre. On housing, Freeland has […]
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OTTAWA â The Canada Revenue Agency has denied or adjusted $458 million in funds disbursed to employers through a pandemic-era wage subsidy program as a result of a partially completed auditing process. The agency is releasing a report Monday that offers detailed findings of its audits of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Program. The bulk […]
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OTTAWA â A small group of Liberal and Conservative MPs are in Israel as part of what they say is a bipartisan trip to show solidarity with the country as it grieves a gruesome attack by Hamas and comes under scrutiny for deaths in the Gaza Strip. Liberal MP Anthony Housefather says the trip involves […]
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Cody Fajardo and the Montreal Alouettes are unlikely Grey Cup champions.
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With the game on the line, Cody Fajardo and Tyson Philpot delivered the Montreal Alouettes a most unlikely Grey Cup title.
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Hundreds of protesters gathered at Memorial Park in Winnipeg Sunday afternoon, in unison with other rallies across Canada, to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and urge Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ramp up the pressure on Israel.
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Residents of West End were evacuated from their homes to allow Winnipeg police to detonate a âsuspicious itemâ found in a compost bin Sunday morning. The Winnipeg Police Service says it was called to the back lane of a complex on Agnes Street near Ellice Avenue around 8:40 a.m. Officers say they treated the item […]
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ATLANTA (AP) â Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96. The Carter Center said she died Sunday after living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health. The […]
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Lepine, who hails from Brandon, Man., was known for his selflessness and generosity, says his former girlfriend Destiny Cathcart. Lepine died at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg on Wednesday after he was injured during an attack on Nov. 12, a Brandon police news release said on Friday.
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Canadian Jewish organizations are calling on the Liberal government to remove what they see as barriers to enforcing a relatively new Criminal Code provision against Holocaust denialism amid a rise in antisemitism. Shimon Koffler Fogel, CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said his organization had been asking the Liberals to criminalize Holocaust […]
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A Winnipeg woman plans to cheer on her favourite football team from the hospital on Sunday. Doreen Geary, 94, is staying at Winnipeg's Victoria Hospital, where she's eagerly waiting to see the Winnipeg Blue Bombers play in the 110th Grey Cup championship.
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WINNIPEG -- The federal government is investing more than $3 million to fund 19 active transportation projects across Manitoba.
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Mark Scheifele is feeling good about himself and looking to grow his game more. The Jets assistant captain had a goal and two assists in leading Winnipeg to a 5-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday night. Scheifele is now up to 12 points (two goals, 10 assists) in his last six contests.
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Cody Fajardo and the Montreal Alouettes are unlikely Grey Cup champions. Fajardo’s 19-yard touchdown pass to Canadian Tyson Philpot rallied Montreal to a thrilling 28-24 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sunday. It earned the Alouettes their first CFL title since 2010 and came after an uncertain off-season that saw the franchise taken over […]
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Experts on female sexual offenders say gender stereotypes can get in the way of problematic behaviour being detected and sometimes lead to the abuse not being taken as seriously, after a 28-year-old Winnipeg woman was charged with sexually assaulting a teen she coached.
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A trio of friends will be cheering on the Bombers to bring home Grey Cup win on Sunday â even though two of them live in California, and one has never even been to Manitoba.
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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will table the fall fiscal update on Tuesday, which is expected to focus on housing and affordability as the Liberal government struggles to regain favour with Canadians feeling overwhelmed and angry about the rising cost of living. But with little money to spend, Freeland has tried to temper expectations. “We have […]
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A new batch of people with ties to Canada desperate to flee escalating violence in the Gaza Strip has been approved to leave the besieged territory as of today. The names of 135 Canadians are now on a list of foreign passport holders cleared to cross into Egypt via the Rafah land crossing. That list […]
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Health officials said Sunday that 31 âvery sickâ premature babies were safely transferred from Gaza’s main hospital to another in the south and will later go to Egypt, as scores of critically wounded patients remained stranded there days after Israeli forces entered the compound. The fate of the newborns at Shifa Hospital had captured global […]
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Skyrocketing sugar prices left Ishaq Abdulraheem with few choices. Increasing the cost of bread would mean declining sales, so the Nigerian baker decided to cut his production by half. For scores of other bakers struggling to stay afloat while enduring higher costs for fuel and flour, the stratospheric sugar prices proved to be the last […]
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WINNIPEG â Mark Scheifele had a goal and two assists in leading the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday night.Â
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Classes that blend arts with mental health care are being offered to young people in Winnipeg for an entire week. Winnipegâs Meraki Theatre and the Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba (MDAM) are hosting “Stronger Togetherâ classes beginning Saturday at the Franco Manitoban Cultural Centre. âIt is a completely free mental health arts week that combines […]
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