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Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 25-year-old man is facing charges related to unlawful transport and sale of liquor after police conducted a traffic stop on Mystery Lake Drive in Thompson, Man. On Sunday at 5:30 p.m., RCMP conducted a traffic stop and they say upon approaching …
Read More »Family-friendly, free spring break activities at Canadian Museum for Human Rights – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size It’s spring break, but that doesn’t mean kids can’t mix some learning in with their fun while schools are closed. With a week of free, family-friendly programming, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) is hoping to give the youngest Manitobans an …
Read More »Grant keeps BUILD Inc. from closing; long-term funding still needed – Winnipeg
BUILD has helped transform the lives of Winnipeggers by providing training and job opportunities in the construction sector. In December the province cut the funding, pulling the plug on the program, but it’s able to keep its doors open thanks to a new grant. It serves people facing barriers to …
Read More »Winnipeg taxi driver stabbed: Police say – Winnipeg
A Winnipeg taxi driver was threatened and stabbed on Saturday morning, police say. At 7:30 a.m. police found a 36-year-old man suffering from a stab wound after they went to the 1000 block of McPhillips Street for a report of a stabbing. The man was taken to hospital in stable …
Read More »New downtown exhibit compares Winnipeg’s COVID-19 response to the Spanish Flu – Winnipeg
A new exhibit in downtown Winnipeg is comparing the city’s response to the COVID-19 virus in 2020 to the Spanish Flu that spread across the world in 1918. It’s in the Millennium centre and run by Heritage Winnipeg every day until March 31. It is drawing parallels between the two …
Read More »The Green Party of Manitoba has elected its first new leader since 2008. – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size At its annual general meeting in Winnipeg on Sunday, the Green Party announced Janine G. Gibson as the winner of ranked ballot voting that took place online from March 13 to 26. Gibson, an agriculture consultant, has run four times for the …
Read More »Winnipeg man found dead near vehicle stuck on rural roadway: RCMP – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Mounties say a Winnipeg man found dead near his vehicle on a rural Manitoba highway likely died from exposure. Morris RCMP were called after a man’s body was found near a vehicle, which was stuck in the snow, on Provincial Road 246, …
Read More »‘A bleak outlook’: Impacts of climate change on full display in Canada’s north – Winnipeg
It’s a magical place situated in Canada’s north: Churchill, Man., was recently named one of the World’s Great Places by Time magazine. But Churchill is on thin ice, as is humanity, according to a report released by the UN earlier this week that says time is running out to prevent …
Read More »Survivor shocked, saddened by Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program staffing challenges – Winnipeg
A sexual assault survivor who got care at Health Sciences Centre’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program is shocked and saddened to see its staffing challenges unfold. Seven casual nurses with the program quit this week after working through long-standing shortages that forced some patients to return later for examination …
Read More »Red River College Polytech, Assiniboine Community College instructors vote to strike – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Instructors and other staff at two of Manitoba’s largest colleges have voted in favour of taking strike action. Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union (MGEU) members at Red River College Polytech (RRC) and Assiniboine Community College (ACC) gave the union “a strong …
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