Tag: News/Canada/Manitoba

The province will freshen the look of Memorial Park in time for Manitoba’s 150th birthday bash. Upgrades to the fountain, as well as lighting, seating and signage around the water feature, are among the projects benefitting from a $45-million investment in…

Charges will be laid against eight men after they arranged to meet with children for a sexual purpose, Winnipeg police say. The men were arrested when they showed up and were greeted by police officers who had been posing as…

More families are being forced from their homes near St. Jean Baptiste, Man., as rising floodwater advances in the area. So far, five houses have been ordered evacuated in the Rural Municipality of Montcalm, says Jean Barnabe, emergency co-ordinator for the municipality. The…

Mayor Brian Bowman is calling for the removal of U.S. activist Linda Sarsour from a speaking engagement planned for Winnipeg on Friday. The Social Planning Council of Winnipeg and the Canadian Muslim Women’s Institute had booked Sarsour, one of the co-chairs of the Women’s…

Mayor Brian Bowman is calling for the removal of U.S. activist Linda Sarsour from a speaking engagement planned for Winnipeg on Friday. The Social Planning Council of Winnipeg and the Canadian Muslim Women’s Institute had booked Sarsour, one of the co-chairs of the Women’s…

A man who admitted to shooting at two Manitoba RCMP officers last summer, seriously wounding one, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. “These officers and their families are scarred for life,” Judge John Combs said in a Minnedosa,…

Manitoba is retiring the organ donor card in your wallet in favour of an online registry. The province revealed on Tuesday it will no longer issue a printed donor card attached to a health card, directing Manitobans to express their interest at signupforlife.ca…

A City of Winnipeg worker has been arrested and will be charged with theft after police found $8,500 worth of city property at a St. Adolphe home. Winnipeg police started investigating the theft of city property on April 12, a…

A City of Winnipeg worker has been arrested and will be charged with theft after police found $8,500 worth of city-owned scrap metal at a St. Adolphe home. Winnipeg police started investigating the theft of city property on April 12, Const…

Bouquets and chalk art outside BerMax Caffé and Bistro are helpful signs of Winnipeg’s support for the Jewish community after a racist attack at the restaurant on Thursday, says Ran Ukashi of B’nai Brith Canada. “When you experience something like that, you…