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Woman found dead in Pimicikamak Cree Nation, Man., RCMP investigating – Winnipeg

By Daisy Woelk Global News Posted March 26, 2024 11:36 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size RCMP are investigating after a woman was found dead in a home in Pimicikamak Cree Nation, Man. On Monday afternoon, Mounties said they got a report about the …

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‘A really difficult time’: Mother of man missing in suspicious case wants answers

It’s been nearly two months since 23-year-old Zackery Kellock was reported missing. But as the weeks drag on and questions remain unanswered, Joanne Butski, the missing man’s mother, hasn’t lost hope. “Right off the bat, I knew something was wrong,” she said in an interview with Global News on Saturday, recalling how …

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Nunavut kids in care face loneliness, despair as millions spent to send them south

Iqaluit, Nunavut — Connie MacIntosh was working as a social service worker in Pond Inlet, a tiny hamlet in Nunavut, when her phone rang. On the line was a representative from a company operating group homes for youth in southern Ontario, more than 3,000 kilometres away. She said the caller …

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Global News investigation exposes ‘dark secret of Canada,’ veteran NDP MP says

A federal NDP member of Parliament is blasting the federal Liberal and Ontario Conservative governments following a Global News investigation that revealed allegations of targeting and mistreatment of Indigenous youth in the child-welfare system. “This is the dark secret of Canada. The exploitation of Indigenous children, taking them away from …

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No home. No options: Ontario Indigenous kids ‘damaged’ by system sending them south

As Megean Taylor walks along the main gravel road of Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation, she stops and flinches in front of a white home with broken windows, covered in plywood. She lived alone in the home when she was a teenager in the First Nation, also known as Grassy Narrows, in …

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Manitoba premier says he’s confident landfill search for remains will start this year – Winnipeg

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said Thursday he is confident a landfill search for the remains of two slain First Nations women will begin this year, while the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs said it was still waiting for signs of progress. “We are going to search the landfill at Prairie Green. …

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Man breaks arm, pelvis during Winnipeg police arrest, IIU investigating – Winnipeg

By Daisy Woelk Global News Posted January 12, 2024 6:18 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Independent Investigation Unit (IIU) is looking into what happened after a man broke his arm and pelvis during an arrest by Winnipeg Police Service (WPS). Manitoba’s police watchdog was told …

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Trans Mountain pipeline project clears another major hurdle toward completion

The Canada Energy Regulator has given an 11th-hour green light to the over-budget, federally-owned Trans Mountain pipeline, currently under construction in Western Canada. In a ruling posted to its website late Friday, the regulator gave its blessing to the pipeline giant to change its routing methodology in a 2.3-kilometre stretch …

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Bombardier wins deal to supply U.S. Army with jet for spy plane prototype – National

After losing a major contract to Boeing at home, Canadian aerospace giant Bombardier Inc. has won a new deal to sell the U.S. Army up to three of its Global Express 6500 business jets so they can be transformed into an American spy plane prototype. Bombardier won the U.S. Army …

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Winnipeg firefighters looking into U.S.-trained dog to help with arson investigations – Winnipeg

Descrease article font size Increase article font size In the battle against arson, Winnipeg firefighters are looking at getting some four-legged help. A specially trained dog — who learned to detect fire accelerators in potential arson cases with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — could join …

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