Swan River residents and business owners have been forced to contend with thousands of used needles littering parks and playgrounds for more than a year. […]
Category: Winnipeg Free Press
Threat to cut off power part of Hydro scam
Destiny Funk is warning Winnipeggers to avoid scammers who pose as Manitoba Hydro workers and threaten to cut off power because of unpaid bills. Funk […]
Winnipeg’s 226-day snowless streak ends, more expected
Close, but it’s no record. This year marks the fourth-longest period of days without snow in Winnipeg. Alex Crawford, an assistant professor at the University […]
Play fight between friends turned deadly, court hears
A play fight between two best pals, who’d been drinking with friends, turned aggressive on Main Street last year, resulting in Leo Charles Martin-Shea being […]
Brandon ER staff beg for reinforcements, fear for patients
Doctors at the Brandon hospital are pleading for help from Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara to address a “dire staffing crisis” in the emergency room that […]
‘Someone’s going to get murdered out there… it’s inevitable’
Large piles of garbage around tents or wooden shelters have been a familiar sight for neighbours of homeless encampments in and around Mostyn Place Park […]
‘Stop! You’re wrecking the neighbourhood!’
Calls for a crackdown on illegal dumping are emerging at city hall, following complaints that the problem is creating an inner-city eyesore. Carla Davidson said […]
U of M plans review of security protocols after violent threat on campus
Manitoba’s largest university is vowing to review its processes and protocols after criticism that the post-secondary institution didn’t act quickly enough to warn students of […]
RCMP reveal which Manitoba officers will first wear body cameras
Manitoba RCMP have revealed which detachments will be the first to receive body cameras as part of a national rollout. Steinbach will receive cameras on […]
Province long way from promised preschool child-care spaces, frustrated advocates say
Child-care advocates in Manitoba are calling on the government to move faster on its promise to create 23,000 new child-care spaces by 2026. It could […]