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Winnipeg police charge man accused of killing Rebecca Contois with 3 additional homicides
CBC News | News/Canada/Manitoba | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 14:28:23 ESTWinnipeg police are set to speak this afternoon about new homicide charges against the man accused of killing Rebecca Contois, 24, and disposing of her body in a dumpster in May. read more
Ex-dance program head alleges discrimination against LGBTQ community at Youth For Christ Winnipeg
Rachel Bergen | News/Canada/Manitoba | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 14:43:04 ESTThe former director of a government-subsidized dance program in Winnipeg run by an evangelical Christian charity says she was told by her boss she couldn't hire an employee because she is LGBTQ. read more
Management, residents quarrel at meeting about Lions Place future
Darren Bernhardt | News/Canada/Manitoba | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 15:19:39 ESTAngry outbursts punctuated a meeting between residents and management Thursday at Lions Place, a non-profit housing complex in Winnipeg on the verge of being sold to an Alberta firm. read more
'Face of food bank use is changing' as almost 1 in 4 getting help are now employed: Harvest Manitoba
CBC News | News/Canada/Manitoba | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 10:00:00 ESTNearly one in every four people who responded to a recent Harvest Manitoba survey needed to use the organization’s food bank this year even though they had a job — a jump of 50 per cent in that figure since last year. read more
New data says more Manitobans getting HIV, with higher proportions of women, Indigenous people
Nathan Liewicki | News/Canada/Manitoba | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 06:00:00 ESTThe Manitoba HIV Program unveiled its 2018-2021 report findings Thursday — World AIDS Day and the start of Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week — by highlighting an overrepresentation of Indigenous people living with HIV, and more women being diagnosed. read more
Winnipeg's labour deal with largest union slated to clear final hurdles
CBC News | News/Canada/Manitoba | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 12:45:37 ESTWith the municipal election out of the way, city council is poised to finalize a new contract between the City of Winnipeg and its largest union. read more
Frigid switch in weather 'pouring down' on southern Manitoba
Darren Bernhardt | News/Canada/Manitoba | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 11:19:40 ESTGrab your woollies, Manitoba, because the mild start to the winter season has come to an end. But don't lose hope, a milder trend will return, Canada's weather guru says. read more
Brandon drop-in centre adapts to help vulnerable people amid shelter space shortage
Chelsea Kemp | News/Canada/Manitoba | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 06:00:00 ESTBrandon's Ask Auntie Blue Door Project, a daytime shelter that initially opened a year ago as a warm place for people to hang out during the day, is now adapting to meet the growing needs of a community in what advocates say is a housing crisis. read more
Blind woman says she was denied ride twice in a row by Uber drivers because of guide dog
Holly Caruk | News/Canada/Manitoba | Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:54:26 ESTA Winnipeg woman says she was left waiting in the cold after not one, but two Uber drivers refused to give her a ride because of her service dog. read more
'This is not inclusion': Canadian hockey parents frustrated as foreign-born kids asked to apply for transfer
Andrew Lupton | News/Canada/London | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 06:18:55 ESTHockey parents of children born outside Canada are bristling at a rule that requires them to apply for a transfer from their birth country before they can take the ice. read more
Manitoba RCMP officer admits to discreditable conduct for referring to teen girl as 'jailbait' on Instagram
Austin Grabish | News/Canada/Manitoba | Wed, 30 Nov 2022 14:51:38 ESTA Manitoba RCMP officer has admitted to discreditable conduct for calling a 17-year-old girl "jailbait" in a message he sent to her on Instagram after pulling over the vehicle she was in. read more
Young and old more likely to face severe flu. Here's why doctors think it happens
Amina Zafar | News/Health | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 04:00:00 ESTCanadians have been getting sick enough with seasonal flu to land in hospital, say doctors with suggestions on who is most at risk and what it could mean for festive gatherings. read more
Century-old message beneath toppled Victoria statue at Manitoba legislature bemoans booze ban
The Canadian Press | News/Canada/Manitoba | Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:56:33 ESTA 101-year-old message has been discovered by workers removing the base of a former statue in front of the Manitoba legislature. read more
Mayor's promise to build modular housing for homeless Winnipeggers gets boost from city committee
Cameron MacLean | News/Canada/Manitoba | Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:13:24 ESTWinnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham’s campaign promise to build hundreds of housing units on city-owned land for people experiencing homelessness got a boost from the city's property and development committee on Wednesday. read more
Communities in dire need of programs to address trauma, Winnipeg gathering for unmarked burials hears
Brittany Hobson | News/Canada/Manitoba | Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:19:13 ESTThe second National Gathering on Unmarked Burials, with a focus on promoting community well-being and addressing trauma in the search and recovery of missing children, wrapped up in Winnipeg Wednesday. read more
2 charged after fight in crowd at Winnipeg Jets game leaves man bloodied at bottom of stairs
Darren Bernhardt | News/Canada/Manitoba | Wed, 30 Nov 2022 14:32:45 ESTA man and woman were evicted from the Winnipeg Jets game Tuesday night and arrested after causing a disturbance that left three others injured, including one who was bloodied after falling down a flight of stairs. read more
Province mulls more private-public partnerships with Crown-owned Manitoba Hydro
The Canadian Press | News/Canada/Manitoba | Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:29:41 ESTThe Manitoba government says it will not privatize core functions of Crown-owned Manitoba Hydro. However, in response to a report from former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall, the government is considering using more private-public partnerships for new capital projects. read more
Winnipeg Sea Bears become 10th Canadian Elite Basketball League franchise
The Canadian Press | News/Canada/Manitoba | Wed, 30 Nov 2022 15:05:00 ESTThe Winnipeg Sea Bears are the latest team to join the growing Canadian Elite Basketball League, and will kick off their inaugural season in 2023. read more
In spite of $10/day child-care promise, Manitoba fees 'have not changed by 1 cent': advocate
Ozten Shebahkeget | News/Canada/Manitoba | Wed, 30 Nov 2022 17:23:50 ESTMore than a year after the province signed an agreement with the federal government to reduce child-care fees, advocates say costs in Manitoba have not budged. read more
4 more teens arrested in connection with East St. Paul party where RCMP officers were swarmed
CBC | News/Canada/Manitoba | Wed, 30 Nov 2022 13:25:28 ESTThe Manitoba RCMP have doubled the number of people arrested following a wild party in East St. Paul, a community north of Winnipeg, during the Halloween weekend. read more
Registration for Winnipeg’s winter leisure guide activities coming Dec. 13
Canada/City of Winnipeg/leisure activities | Thu, 01 Dec 2022 20:22:08 +0000Registration for all winter activities kicks off at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13 for residents of the city, and two days later for non-residents. read more
Man arrested in Rebecca Contois murder charged with 3 more homicides: Winnipeg police
Crime/Danny Smyth/Homicide | Thu, 01 Dec 2022 19:39:20 +0000Jeremy Anthony Michael Skibicki has been charged in connection with three more homicides, police say. read more
Scammers targeting Manitobans more frequently and with more sophistication, RCMP say
Crime/Fraud/Manitoba RCMP | Thu, 01 Dec 2022 17:59:47 +0000According to Manitoba RCMP, reports of online and phone scams have been going up across the board in Manitoba over the past few years. read more
Calgary man wanted on Canada-wide warrant for human-trafficking
Crime/Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team/Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams | Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:58:00 +0000ALERT issued a Canada-wide warrant for Tevin Laramee-Watson, 30, as he faces charges relating to exploiting women for financial benefit from sexual services. read more
Harvest Manitoba report reflects growing food, economic insecurity across province
Canada/Money/Food Banks | Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:37:23 +0000Harvest Manitoba's second annual Harvest Voices survey, released Thursday, is a study about the use of food banks and how economic instability affects those who need them. read more
Manitoba government slow to lower child-care fees: advocates
Trending/Child Care/Fees | Thu, 01 Dec 2022 04:23:43 +0000Despite promises to make changes to child-care fees, advocates say Manitoba is slow to enact those pledges. read more
Message from 1921 found underneath former statue at Manitoba legislature
Canada/century-old messge/Legislative Building | Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:29:14 +0000'Apparently there are things of that nature around the legislature. As we move stones, we do discover things like this,' said a Manitoba minister of a century-old note found. read more
‘Reuniting was indescribable’: Communities share stories of searching unmarked graves
Canada/Edmonton/Inuvialuit Regional Corporation | Wed, 30 Nov 2022 23:58:02 +0000'People are helping each other in the healing, and there's power to that.' read more
Woman with chronic pain missing treatments as staff redirected to Winnipeg Children’s Hospital
Canada/Health/endometriosis | Wed, 30 Nov 2022 23:31:38 +0000Staff at the pain clinic are temporarily being reassigned to help at HSC's children's hospital due to a wave of patients showing up with respiratory viruses. read more
Manitoba considers more private sector work with Crown-owned energy utility
Politics/Adrien Sala/Brad Wall | Wed, 30 Nov 2022 22:53:06 +0000The government is considering using more private-public partnerships for new capital projects. read more
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We are excited to re-Open our doors to the public!
Posted on: Jun 09, 2020 at 11:27PM | Last updated: Jun 18, 2020 at 10:41AMWe are excited to re-open our doors to the public! It's truly a plan designed by and for Manitobans. read more
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