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Manitoba Progressive Conservatives have selected Fort Whyte MLA Obby Khan to serve as the party’s new leader in another close contest between an established member of the party caucus and a populist conservative outsider. In a vote conducted by mail-in ballot, Khan defeated Wally Daudrich, who owns a hotel and ecotourism business in Churchill, …

American organizations that help people in need are now among those facing the sting of U.S. tariffs — and a non-profit that provides eye care to people in 68 countries plans to move its production to Manitoba because of the uncertainty the tariffs have created. Global Vision 2020 is a non-profit founded 15 years …

Manitoba has rescinded polar bear viewing vehicle permits for a Churchill ecoutourism company owned by a candidate vying to lead the opposition Progressive Conservative Party. The provincial wildlife branch told Lazy Bear Expeditions owner Wally Daudrich last week that his company is no longer permitted to operate two tundra vehicles on the coastal plains of the Churchill Wildlife Management …

A 36-year-old Brandon, Man., man has been sentenced to a nine-month custodial sentence in an “egregious” intimate image betrayal case after he uploaded sexually explicit videos of his then-pregnant ex-girlfriend to a popular porn website without her consent. A version of the victim’s name was used in the video’s Pornhub titles, some videos showed the …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two Ontario men have an upcoming court date in The Pas, Man., after a traffic stop Saturday in Chemawawin. RCMP said they were contacted by local safety officers about a suspicious video that had been spotted in the northern Manitoba community. Police …

Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party leadership candidate Wally Daudrich joked to a group of party members this week he could reduce homelessness in Winnipeg by letting polar bears loose downtown. One party member who volunteers at a downtown mission that serves homeless people said he is not amused. Daudrich, who operates ecotours to view …

WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or who know someone affected by it.  Three criminal cases were thrown out of Manitoba’s courts in 2024 due to excessive delays — and each one involved men accused of sex crimes in the northern part of the province. …

A woman from northern Manitoba with no criminal charges spent a month in jail after public health officials ordered her detained to treat her tuberculosis, even though she wasn’t infectious at the time. Geraldine Mason, 36, was arrested under the Public Health Act on Oct. 27 and initially ordered to spend …

Warning: This story deals with allegations of sexual assault and discussion of suicide. Shelley Trubiak says she suffered in silence for 52 years — but two years ago decided she couldn’t do that anymore, after she started having flashbacks of the abuse by a priest she says she suffered while growing up …

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 23, 2024 8:42 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed the country’s first case of a more severe type of mpox in a person in Manitoba, though it says …