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Neighbours of burned Langside Street home say recurring fires reflect 'lack of hope'
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 22:10:01 EDT
Two women are standing in front of a demolished house surrounded by a security fence.

Neighbours of a house on Langside Street that was demolished after a third fire at the property in less than a year say recurring fires in the community are part of a deeper problem.


Winnipeg soccer community left disappointed in wake of Olympic drone-spying scandal
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:50:29 EDT
Canadian women's soccer head coach Bev Priestman walks along the touch line prior to first half international friendly action against Mexico in Toronto on June 4, 2024

Members of Winnipeg’s soccer community and fans of “the beautiful game” say they’re disappointed over the drone-spying scandal hovering over Canada’s Olympic women’s soccer team. 


Manitoba's CFB Shilo sending troops to help with Alberta wildfires
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:09:28 EDT
Canadian soldiers load bags into a bus.

A 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry company contingent of up to 90 troops left for Alberta Friday morning. They're headed to the Jasper area after the Canadian Forces received a request for assistance from the province of Alberta asking for help managing wildfires.


'Absolutely frightening': Winnipeg senior charged $146K for water bill
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 06:00:00 EDT
An older lady uses a hose to water a pot of flowers

A Charleswood man is raising concerns about automated bill payments after his mother was charged an outrageous amount of money for her City of Winnipeg water bill.


Wildfire in northern Manitoba forces partial evacuation of God's Lake Narrows
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 18:41:50 EDT
A large smokey wildfire.

Thick smoke emanating from an out-of-control wildfire in northern Manitoba has forced at least 100 vulnerable residents to flee God's Lake Narrows, the second community in the province to face evacuations due to wildfires this week.


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Winnipeg outreach group's new boat takes to the river to help people in encampments
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:35:06 EDT
A man in a ball cap and a life-jacket drives a boat on a river.

The Winnipeg outreach group CommUnity 204's new motorboat will soon be jetting down the Red River to offer resources like food and harm reduction supplies to people living in encampments on the river's banks.


22-year-old charged in connection with death of fellow inmate at Stony Mountain prison
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:40:14 EDT
The outside of a federal prison is seen during the winter.

A 22-year-old inmate at a federal prison in Manitoba has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of another inmate that happened earlier this week. 


Charron, De Grasse lead Canada in rainy trip down Seine as Céline Dion closes Paris 2024 opening ceremony
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 04:14:11 EDT
Two athletes, a man and a woman, are seen posing with the Canadian flag on a boat, in front of plenty of fellow athletes.

Céline Dion returned to the world stage at the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Paris, in her first public performance since revealing she was diagnosed with stiff person syndrome, to close out the event on Friday.


Missing man, 46, last seen in Grant Park area found dead: Winnipeg police
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 22:14:05 EDT
Man in a cap and wearing black t-shirt sits on a couch with his arms crossed.

A 46-year-old man who was last seen in south Winnipeg last Wednesday has been found dead.


Provincial offices in downtown Winnipeg building to remain closed after flooding
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:17:39 EDT
An off-white building with many windows reflecting a clear blue sky.

The Manitoba government says its offices in a downtown Winnipeg building that closed last week due to flooding will remain shut, but has in the meantime moved some of its services elsewhere.


Missing northern Manitoba man found dead in river
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:46:34 EDT
A man wearing a black baseball cap and black t-shirt.

A 44-year-old man from Norway House, last seen June 29 in the northern Manitoba community, has been found dead in a nearby river.


'Ghost bike' becomes memorial for avid Winnipeg cyclist killed in hit-and-run on way to work
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 23:31:20 EDT
Two people place flowers around the spokes of a bicycle completely painted in white, which was chained to a green pole.

A chorus of bike bells rang along a Winnipeg street as a community watched a grieving wife place flowers onto a bicycle commemorating her husband's life.


Community searches for missing mother of 2, last seen a year ago in Winnipeg's North End
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 23:52:59 EDT
Community members join hands in prayer outside in a park.

The mother of a 33-year-old woman who was last seen more than a year ago says she is holding onto hope that her daughter will be found safe in Winnipeg. 


Sapotaweyak Cree Nation woman found dead earlier this month was homicide victim: Manitoba RCMP
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:14:44 EDT
A shoulder patch with the RCMP logo.

RCMP homicide investigators are probing the death of a 54-year-old woman who was found dead days after suffering an injury in Sapotaweyak Cree Nation.


Hundreds flee as shift in winds blows raging wildfire closer to Marcel Colomb First Nation
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:55:39 EDT
An unpaved road is in front of a porch, smoke covers the air and the sky is grey.

A wildfire raging in northern Manitoba has prompted the full-scale evacuation of Marcel Colomb First Nation.


MGEU recommends health-care support workers reject employers' latest contract offer
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 21:13:10 EDT
Nurse assists a sad elderly man using wheelchair wearing surgical face mask.

Health-care support workers in parts of Manitoba are being encouraged to reject what their employers are reportedly calling their best offer on a new collective agreement. 


Manitoba farming lab gets boost to help leverage power of AI tech, drones in Prairie agricultural sector
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 19:08:29 EDT
The sun shines above a farm field.

A 8,500-square-foot facility just northwest of Winnipeg hopes to help fuse cutting edge tech with age-old farming wisdom in an effort to boost sustainability and agricultural yields through tools like artificial intelligence, machine learning and drones. 


Lawyer says Peter Nygard should serve less than 2 more years behind bars for Toronto sex assaults
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:50:06 EDT
A man in a black parka with a face mask on sits behind a lawyer. A judge sits before them.

Peter Nygard's lawyer wants a Toronto judge to sentence the disgraced fashion mogul to just under two years' jail time going forward, after he was found guilty last fall of four counts of sexual assault.


'It really helped us': Official in southwestern Man. laments end of doctor recruitment cost-sharing initiative
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:36:36 EDT
A doctor holds a stethoscope.

A top official in a southwestern Manitoba municipality says he's worried about recruiting future doctors after the provincial regional health authority servicing the area ended a cost-sharing program for physician recruitment.