As Carlisle Settee embarked on the 44th annual Terry Fox run in Assiniboine Park Sunday morning, words spoken by the late Canadian hero echoed in […]
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Deadly fire claims two lives in St. John’s neighbourhood
City police have launched a homicide investigation after a fire ripped through a building in the St. John’s neighbourhood over the weekend, killing two people […]
Singh touts Dance as best choice for Elmwood-Transcona byelection
Federal New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh was back in Winnipeg on Saturday for a final push to help his party’s candidate in the Elmwood-Transcona […]
Study in strategy
With a federal byelection days away, one Winnipeg candidate has been pulling out all the stops with news conferences and photo ops while another has […]
New system to put dent in surgery waits: Shared Health
A new electronic booking system is being hailed as a gamechanger that will cut down surgery wait times in Manitoba. “You’re on the list, (the) […]
Fraudsters also posing as Uber drivers, taxi group says
A coalition of taxi drivers says driver-for-hire scams are spreading quickly in Winnipeg through fake ride-hailing. This week, police reported seeing around a dozen reports […]
Inside the boom outside the Perimeter
When the De Luca clan settled in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald several years ago, it had one next-door neighbour — coyotes. The entrepreneurial family […]
Hire 78 new police officers: interim chief
The backlog of calls to police recently hit an “alarming” high of 440 and dozens of additional officers are needed to meet the demand, says […]
Finding ways to let all our histories speak
Opinion I’m at Brookside Cemetery, swatting mosquitoes, frowning at an empty patch of grass where administration has told me a headstone should stand. Standing in […]
Strong and determined
Lorraine Shirley Woods-Bavasah thrived in the face of adversity and broke barriers — from growing up on a Manitoba farm to raising two kids in […]