Former Winnipeg Blue Bomber Craig Roh dead at 33
Defensive lineman Craig Roh, who won a Grey Cup with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2019, has died. He was 33.
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Defensive lineman Craig Roh, who won a Grey Cup with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2019, has died. He was 33.
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Defensive lineman Craig Roh, who won a Grey Cup with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2019, has died. He was 33.
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The Winnipeg Sea Bears have signed Canadian point guard Mason Bourcier for the upcoming 2024 CEBL season.
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Officials at Stony Mountain Institution seized more than $135,000 in contraband at the facility last week.
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Custodians working in the Seine River School Division have reached a new tentative agreement with their employer.
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Mining is one of our provinceâs best kept secrets â most people know little about the modern mines operating today.
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Manitoba Public Insurance has launched another lawsuit against Ford, alleging faulty block heaters caused fires that destroyed eight vehicles in the province.
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A southern Manitoba city that recently declared itself to be in a moderate drought stage after a drier than normal winter says it needs more funding from other levels of government if it is going to weather the continuing effects of climate change.Â
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The Manitoba government is cutting ties with a private foster home operator and has asked police to investigate after learning the home was giving underage teens unauthorized cannabis as a form of harm reduction.
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CBC News spoke with former Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy employees who believe the company is taking advantage of the MedsCheck service by pushing staff to bill for consultations patients don't necessarily need. The company can then bill the province up to $75 per call.
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Winnipeg firefighters were called to a three-storey warehouse on Jarvis Avenue that was engulfed in flames Tuesday night, sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky.
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Winnipeg firefighters were called to a three-storey warehouse on Jarvis Avenue that was engulfed in flames Tuesday night, sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky.
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Sean Monahan scored a goal and added an assist after missing a game because of an illness to help the Winnipeg Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Tuesday night and extend their win streak to four games.
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Custodians at Seine River School Division have voted to accept a new collective agreement, ending just over two weeks of strike action, the union representing them says.
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WINNIPEG â Sean Monahan returned after missing one game because of an illness and scored once and added an assist to help the Winnipeg Jets extend their win streak to four games with a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday.
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The province says it has approved a $710-million special warrant to tackle staffing issues in the health-care system.
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The city should clean inner-city parks each morning to ensure a safe place for daycare children, a Winnipeg councillor says.
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In whatâs believed to be a first in relation to farmed animals, Canada's federal court has given animal welfare advocates the green light to privately prosecute a live horse exporter in Manitoba.
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The Canada Border Services Agency recently seized more than $9 million worth of cocaine in the Winnipeg International Airport.
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The Manitoba government is promising a "renewed" mandate for Efficiency Manitoba that will continue the corporation's focus on conserving energy, but also devote some efforts to reducing customer demand.Â
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Many Indigenous people say going to funerals regularly is a sad reality for the community, but what’s more of an alarming trend is the number of funerals being held for young people. Former Grand Chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakinak Sheila North says sheâs been to five funerals since December â with another one possibly upcoming. […]
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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says he doesn't think the Winnipeg Jets' attendance issues are a red flag for the team's viability.
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A Winnipeg city councillor says it's time to take back land given to a volunteer group 15 years ago for a historical interpretive centre near Upper Fort Garry that has not yet materialized.
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In the wake of comments from Winnipeg Jets owner Mark Chipman that spurred a familiar wave of worry from fans who lost their NHL club once before, commissioner Gary Bettman arrived in town this week and made a point to dispel any confusion about the league’s position on the Canadian franchise. âThis is a place where hockey […]
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At an ongoing inquest examining the deaths of five men following police interactions a long-standing expert of pharmacology says the use of ketamine by police to help people in crisis must be examined. Gary Glavin is a doctor of pharmacology and is a well-known expert on drugs and medications. in court Tuesday, he told Judge Lindy Choy it would be “unconscionable” to […]
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While a national pharmacare plan to cover the cost of contraceptives and diabetes medication is being welcomed, advocates here in Manitoba are hoping the plan is comprehensive and arrives soon. CityNews learned last week that the federal Liberals and NDP have reached a deal that would see any Canadian with a health card receive free […]
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Residents say the vibrant neighbourhood and strong sense of community help them stay active and feel at home. CBC's Emily Brass toured the facility on its grand opening.
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Carolyle Farms, a live horse exporter from Swan River, Man., has been charged under the federal Health of Animals Regulations in connection to a shipment of live horses in 2022, according to Animal Justice. Animal Justice says the charges against the exporter date back to Dec. 12, 2022, after Carolyle Farms was reportedly arranging a shipment […]
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A ground-breaking invention will soon be providing a cost-effective way to send prescription eyeglasses to the Middle East. A contract is in place to ship thousands of USee Vision Kits to Gaza, Palestine, and East Jerusalem as part of a USAID project. U.S.-based Global Vision 2020 provides prescription eyeglasses to people in the most remote […]
The post Eyeglass kits being shipped to West Bank in $50M aid project appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.
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Manitoba’s police watchdog — the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU) — says it’s investigating events surrounding a recent arrest in Winnipeg that caused an injury. The IIU says they were informed of the incident Monday from the Winnipeg Police Service, which indicated that officers were trying to arrest a 44-year-old man with five outstanding […]
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TORONTO â More than 21,000 Toyota vehicles have been recalled in Canada due to flaws in the rear axle that may cause a vehicle crash, says the auto manufacturer. The company is recalling its 2022 and 2023 Toyota Tacoma due to manufacturing flaws in the rear axle assembly that could cause certain nuts to loosen […]
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The Winnipeg Goldeyes have signed left-handed pitcher Tasker Strobel for the 2024 season.
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The man who granted Winnipeg a National Hockey League franchise 13 years ago said at a pre-game news conference Tuesday that he believes the Jets will overcome their struggles to keep fans in the seats.
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Winnipeg police and emergency crews dealt with a series of events Monday while trying to execute an arrest warrant in St. Vital.
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Winnipeg police have issued a silver alert for an 81-year-old woman who went missing from the city's St. Boniface neighbourhood.Â
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Nearly 75 kilograms of cocaine was found in two unclaimed suitcases at Winnipeg's international airport.
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Border agents at Winnipeg's James Richardson International Airport have made the largest drug seizure of its kind at a prairie airport.
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OTTAWA â Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has tabled its long-awaited legislation to better protect Canadians, and particularly youth, against online harms. Here are five things Bill C-63 proposes to do.
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A man is in hospital after he allegedly lit a fire in a bungalow in Winnipeg's St. Vital neighbourhood while trying to avoid police.
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Swirling snow and poor visibility, creating hazardous driving conditions, have prompted numerous school closures in southern Manitoba on Tuesday.
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Mining is one of our provinceâs best kept secrets â most people know little about the modern mines operating today.
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In todayâs The Big Story podcast, Elizabeth Payne is a long-time health reporter. She knows the ins and outs of Canada’s health-care system â its triumphs and tragedies. At least, intellectually. But when her father suffered a fall that brought him first to the emergency room, and then deeper and deeper into an overcrowded, short-staffed system […]
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A growing number of asylum seekers in Manitoba is driving up demand for services to help them and putting pressure on Winnipeg's already strained shelter system.Â
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There's little danger of Winnipeg losing a National Hockey League franchise a second time, experts in the business of professional sports say in the wake of comments about low ticket sales from Jets co-owner Mark Chipman.
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A Toronto-based research team met with and surveyed some 10,000 Canadians about the state of the health-care system â and what they found is deep dissatisfaction and frustration with primary care as the country grapples with a severe shortage of family doctors.
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Lisa Jenkins says the cityâs proposal to close a 40-year-old indoor pool in northwest Winnipeg would hurt families like hers.
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Despite a mild start to the winter season, the City of Winnipegâs snow clearing operations overshot their council-approved budget by $4.2 million. The city is considering changing a practice that has led to consistent under-budgeting of its snow removal operations.
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An expert in police use-of-force says better collaboration between 911 dispatch, police, and local emergency services may help prevent future deaths when it comes to helping people in distressed and agitated states. The remarks were entered onto the record as part of an ongoing inquest examining the deaths of Patrick Gagnon, Michael Bagot, Sean Thompson, Matthew Fossenueve and Randy Cochrane. All of […]
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WINNIPEG -- A 10-year-old Winkler boy is being lauded for raising big bucks for the HSC Childrenâs Hospital.
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A blowing snow advisory issued for the City of Winnipeg and parts of southern Manitoba on Monday warns that reduced visibility may make for hazardous travel, particularly on Tuesday morning, according to Environment Canada.
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Winnipeg police are investigating a homicide after a man was found badly injured Sunday in the Daniel McIntyre neighbourhood.
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While the Winnipeg Jets’ future on the ice seems brighter than ever as they sit just one point away from leading the Central Division, their future here in Winnipeg is a little dim, as a significant drop in ticket sales has led to Jets owners raising the alarm bells. On Tuesday, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman […]
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The death of a 26-year-old man from St. Theresa Point First Nation is considered a homicide after Winnipeg police found him near Maryland Street and Wellington Avenue Sunday night.
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