New trial ordered in West Broadway slaying in 2019
Manitoba’s highest court has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of killing a stranger in an unprovoked knife attack while high on meth. Rodney...
Manitoba task force to target doctors’ paperwork burden
A new provincial task force on cutting unnecessary paperwork for physicians is expected to make a public report on its progress later this year. Manitoba Health...
Manitoba boosts funding to help immigrants integrate
Michelle Puno, an internationally educated nurse, nearly gave up on a career in Manitoba. The 38-year-old mother arrived from the Philippines in 2015 hoping to pursue...
Thou shalt share views on Ten Commandments monument
The City of Winnipeg wants residents’ views on whether a monument that displays the Ten Commandments should return to its former home at a prominent park....
Chiefs seek pause in Crown land rental auction
BRANDON — Garton’s Auction Services, the Dauphin-based company hired by the province to run Crown land rental sales, has not been told to pause upcoming auctions,...
Abusive father, husband gets break on sentence
A Winnipeg man who held his wife and children as virtual hostages during a violent, two-year reign of terror has had his prison sentence reduced by...
MMF card to be accepted ID for liquor, cannabis purchases
The provincial government is introducing legislation to allow Métis people to use their Manitoba Métis Federation citizenship cards as identification when purchasing liquor, cannabis and gaming...
Leadership selection changes should be at top of provincial Tories’ to-do list
Opinion Candice Bergen’s resignation Wednesday as the Conservative MP for Portage-Lisgar was a friendly reminder to Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative party that it may want to change...
Humane work, inhumane conditions
As a courtesy, Robin Eastman announced herself before approaching an encampment in downtown Winnipeg Wednesday. “Are you guys home?” the 43 year old asked, waiting a...
Western Manitoba town hiring recruiter to find two doctors willing to work there
A Manitoba small town desperate to bring doctors to the rural community is reaching into its coffers to hire a private recruitment firm to perform a...