Emergency crews rescue person from Winnipeg's Assiniboine River
A person was rescued from the fast-flowing water of Winnipeg's Assiniboine River on Sunday evening near the Donald Street bridge.
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A person was rescued from the fast-flowing water of Winnipeg's Assiniboine River on Sunday evening near the Donald Street bridge.
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The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service rescued a person from the Assiniboine River on Sunday evening near the Donald Street Bridge.
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Several small communities in southwestern Manitoba are paying tens of thousands of dollars to a recruiting firm in an effort to find doctors.
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WestJet and the union representing its maintenance engineers reached a tentative agreement late Sunday, averting a work stoppage that could have started disrupting flights as early as Tuesday afternoon.
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The Manitoba government launched a new endowment fund Sunday for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. The $15-million fund, which will be managed by the Winnipeg Foundation, was created to support those who have lost loved ones. “Anybody that says they believe in reconciliation, that they’re on the path of […]
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Manitobans gathered at events in Winnipeg Sunday to mark Red Dress Day, the nationally recognized day to raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people.
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VICTORIA — Princess Anne saluted Canadian veterans and current forces members today during a ceremony at British Columbia’s legislature cenotaph commemorating the Second World War’s Battle of the Atlantic. The princess, King Charles’s sister, laid a wreath during the ceremony to mark the war’s largest and longest battle, during which Canada lost 24 warships and […]
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OTTAWA — India’s Foreign Affairs Minister says Canada is his country’s “biggest problem” when it comes to Sikh separatism. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar also accused Canada of welcoming criminals when asked about his reaction to developments in the case of a homicide that has roiled tensions between the two countries. RCMP charged three Indian nationals last Friday […]
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Taylor Galvin had to overcome a lot of obstacles during her six years studying environmental studies at the University of Manitoba, but she finally got to celebrate reaching the end of part of her studies on Saturday — with more than 150 of her fellow Indigenous graduates.
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South Indian Lake RCMP are investigating the death of a 61-year-old man as a homicide.
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Two teen girls are in police custody in relation to an alleged homicide in northern Manitoba. RCMP officers with the province’s Chemawawin detachment say they were called to a home in Easterville shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday morning in response to reports of a disturbance. They say they found a 32-year-old woman who was critically […]
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OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is telling business leaders to fight their own battles when it comes to the Liberals' proposed changes to capital gains taxation.
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A 14-year-old girl and a 13-year-old girl have been arrested in connection to a homicide in a small northern Manitoba community.
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Manitoba RCMP have arrested two teens after a homicide in Easterville on Saturday.
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Money the province is set to receive from a settlement with tobacco companies will go toward the development of a new CancerCare Manitoba headquarters along with other prevention measures, Premier Wab Kinew announced Saturday.
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The latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks ended in Cairo after “in-depth and serious discussions,” the Hamas militant group said Sunday, reiterating key demands that Israel again rejected. After signs of progress, the outlook appeared to dim as Israel closed its main crossing point for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid for Gaza after Hamas militants […]
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Dwayne and Shirley Germain are big boosters for their adopted community of The Narrows on the shores of Lake Manitoba — but they feel many Manitobans don't know enough about the hidden gem to appreciate how special it is.
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Hundreds are expected to march throughout Winnipeg's downtown on Sunday to mark Red Dress Day, a nationally recognized day observed annually on May 5 to raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people.
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Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance. The extraordinary order, which includes confiscating broadcast equipment, preventing the broadcast of the channel’s reports and […]
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At least once a day, Digvijay Kosamia glances at his vibrating cellphone to check the latest text he’s received, only to find a “frustrating” message from an unknown number. Sometimes it’s a notification supposedly from Canada Post about a package that Kosamia didn’t order. Other times, the message informs him a major bank has frozen […]
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is telling business leaders to fight their own battles when it comes to the Liberals’ proposed changes to capital gains taxation. But even as he characterizes their plan as an “attack,” his office is keeping tight-lipped about whether or not his party will vote in favour of it. Finance Minister Chrystia […]
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Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem navigates a political minefield every time he testifies before the House of Commons finance committee. Four times a year, members of Parliament get the chance to question the governor on monetary policy. At a time when inflation and interest rates are both high, MPs — particularly Opposition ones — […]
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As Ukraine marked its third Easter at war, Russia launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine’s east and claimed its troops took control of a village they had been targeting. Ukraine’s air force said Sunday that Russia had launched 24 Shahed drones, of which 23 had been shot down by air defenses. Six people, […]
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The sound of a motorcycle starting up, it’s something Vicki Gray is no stranger to, and she wanted a way to show that it’s the same for other women as well. Gray started International Female Ride Day, a global campaign meant to dispel the image of motorcycle riders being just male. Starting in 2007, it’s […]
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A 22-year-old has been charged with a slew of firearm-related offences — including one for manufacturing a cannon — in connection with a large weapons seizure in Winkler, Man.
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London Drugs says it will be “gradually” reopening core services across its stores in western Canada after they were shuttered by a reported cyberattack a week ago. The pharmacy chain says it won’t be able to say which stores are opening, or when they will be open. The company says rather than wait to open […]
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A new bill is on the House of Commons notice paper with regards to foreign interference. It could be introduced as early as the week of May 6.
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Two Winnipeg women say a recent alleged attack against a woman accused of shoplifting at a local grocery store isn’t the first time employees at the business have harmed people.
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WestJet has issued a 72-hour lockout notice to the union representing its aircraft maintenance engineers Saturday.
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Airline president says work stoppages could begin as early as Tuesday at noon MT.
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Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh continued the western Canadian leg of his tour Friday by packing another arena – this time in Winnipeg. The singer-songwriter and filmmaker, one of India’s most popular entertainers, performed at the Canada Life Centre. It was the second Canadian date on his “Dil-Luminati” tour. He made history last weekend with a […]
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Students at the University of Manitoba are planning an encampment next week to show solidarity with Palestinians. The university says in a statement that it is aware of a protest encampment being planned for May 7-9 at the Fort Garry Campus in Winnipeg. A group known as Students for Justice in Palestine says on social […]
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Financially challenged Canada Soccer took a step toward improving its bottom line Saturday, voting to increase its annual membership fee for players by $4 starting in 2025. Soccer players will pay a $13 fee, up from $9 in what Canada Soccer says is the first membership fee hike since 2017. Canada Soccer also has a […]
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A 15-year-old boy from Lake St. Martin First Nation has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a shooting in the community earlier this week.
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A Winnipeg community group hopes to provide support for people who live along the city’s riverbanks via their newly purchased boat.
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A 29-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the death of a 64-year-old man in Sioux Valley Dakota First Nation in March, Manitoba RCMP say.
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Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database. As of Saturday afternoon, both Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, featured on the ministry’s list of people wanted on unspecified criminal charges. Russian officials did not immediately clarify the allegations against Zelenskyy and […]
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Winnipeg police says a pedestrian has be sent to hospital after they were hit by a vehicle in front of a St. Vital convenience store in the early hours of Saturday.
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WINNIPEG — Students at the University of Manitoba are planning an encampment next week to show solidarity with Palestinians.
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After an illustrious career spanning over three decades, Larry McKay, head coach of the Winnipeg Wesmen men’s volleyball program, is retiring.
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Models in uniquely designed red dresses are taking to the runway in British Columbia this weekend to make a powerful fashion statement about missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people.
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Models in uniquely designed red dresses are taking to the runway in British Columbia this weekend to make a powerful fashion statement about missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. “The stories that come out through the fashion are deeply moving,” says Kim Coltman, organizer of the two-day Revolutions Red Dress Fashion Festival […]
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Black youth in Canada face multiple barriers in getting access to mental health services — and health-care providers can make the situation more difficult, experts say. The Black Physicians’ Association of Ontario is holding a conference in Toronto on Saturday for family doctors, nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and other health-care providers to address […]
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Winnipeggers were only a few weeks away from being able to buy cannabis while filling a tank of gas, before the provincial government temporarily banned a range of new businesses, including gas stations, from receiving retail licences — a move which may have led to layoffs at one cannabis producer.
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OTTAWA — The Canadian government is expanding its surveillance program for a form of avian flu amid a growing outbreak in U.S. dairy cattle. Fragments of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been detected in pasteurized milk sold in the U.S. and a statement from Canada’s health agencies says lactating dairy cattle being imported from the […]
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The post-election celebratory period for Manitoba's NDP unofficially winds up this weekend with a party convention in Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg police have charged two people after seizing firearms and large quantities of explosive substances.
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Winnipeg police say they've arrested a man who had a "concerning and diverse quantity of explosive substances" at his home, and they're asking the public for help in their investigation.
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The Manitoba government is committing $5.25 million toward the creation of nearly 50 new social housing units, Housing Minister Bernadette Smith announced Friday.
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