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Winnipeg store empowers cancer fighters with hope – Winnipeg

Between brushing wigs and organizing bras, Tara Torchia is making sure her products look just right. She knows the importance they will have for the next woman who tries them on. “I think that I help people every single day,” Torchia said. Torchia owns The Unexpected Gift, a store that …

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Top line stays hot as Winnipeg Jets down Detroit 5-2 – Winnipeg

When you lose your top goal scorer for the foreseeable future, you’re going to need someone to step up in his absence. Enter Gabriel Vilardi, who is more than helping the Winnipeg Jets deal with the loss of Kyle Connor. Vilardi and the Jets top line continued their strong play …

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Woman finds coded telegraph in antique dress, computer analyst cracks it – Winnipeg

When antique collector Sara Rivers Cofield made a unique discovery in one of her purchases, she didn’t know it would lead to an almost decade-long mystery. Rivers Cofield, who lives in Chesapeake Beach, Md., purchased an antique bustle dress from an antique store in Searsport, Maine, about 10 years ago. …

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Holidays bringing gift of patronage to restaurants, but rising costs playing Scrooge – Winnipeg

The holiday season is a welcomed time of year at Silver Heights Restaurant, but rising costs cast a threatening shadow over colourful lights and tasty treats. “November and December are our crucial months,” said Tony Siwicki, the restaurant’s owner. Between social gatherings and parties, he said he has more customers …

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Guess Who members seek to dismiss lawsuit from Cummings and Bachman – Winnipeg

A lawsuit filed by Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings against two of their former bandmates in the Guess Who is being called “a complete farce” by the musicians who are seeking to see it dismissed. Bassist Jim Kale and drummer Garry Peterson filed a motion earlier this month asking the …

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‘There’s just not enough nurses,’ MNU president says in face of 30-hour wait times – Winnipeg

The union representing thousands of nurses across Manitoba is sounding the alarm about what it says are uncomfortable working conditions at the Health Sciences Centre. In a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, Manitoba Nurses Union (MNU) said the wait time at the hospital ring in at over 30 …

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Winnipeg police charge more people in second week of holiday checkstop program – Winnipeg

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg police handed out 18 tickets and executed an outstanding warrant during the second week of its holiday checkstop program. Officers say they stopped 727 vehicles. Out of those, seven were immediate licence prohibitions and five people were charged with impaired operation. …

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Justin Barron scores OT winner as Montreal downs Winnipeg Jets 3-2 – Winnipeg

For the third time in five games, the Winnipeg Jets fell behind its opponent 2-0, but this time they were unable to complete the comeback, falling in overtime to the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 Monday night. The Jets once again battled back from two goals down to tie the game before …

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‘His story has a right to be told’: Winnipeg family marking difficult anniversary of fatal hit and run – Winnipeg

For nine years, Kevin Joss has held his son’s memory close to his heart. He remembers his son, Cody, as a social, fun-loving young man, who loved getting together with friends and family, watching wrestling, cheering on the Winnipeg Jets, and listening to heavy metal music. “Always in a cheery …

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Survivors, victim family members of Carberry bus crash come together in grief, healing – Winnipeg

Six months after an unthinkable tragedy, survivors and family members of victims of the Highway 1 bus crash near Carberry are uniting in grief and healing. On June 15, a bus carrying 25 people, many of them seniors from the Dauphin area, collided with a semi on the Trans-Canada Highway …

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