River East-Transcona struggles to meet tough budget targets
The River East Transcona School Division plans to borrow money to cover one-time expenses, defer maintenance projects and increase the rate of permits for the public...
Forensic nursing shifts to be staffed: health minister
Manitoba Health Minister Audrey Gordon says she has instructed the Health Sciences Centre to ensure a specially trained nurse is available to see victims of sexual...
U of W lets lecture go ahead despite opposition
The University of Winnipeg will not prevent a tenured professor from giving a lecture Friday that students and some faculty claim is based on a transphobic...
MRI appointments delayed months due to whopping demand
Manitobans who need magnetic resonance imaging tests are in limbo after the health authority responsible for diagnostics stopped issuing appointments for some patients as wait-times reach...
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....
Councillors vote down controversial proposed tobogganing ban in Oshawa, Ont.
OSHAWA – A city east of Toronto has voted down a proposal to ban tobogganing on all but two hills after public pushback. Oshawa city councillor...
Ukraine steps up efforts to exclude Russia from Olympics
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine stepped up efforts Friday to lobby international sports leaders against Russian participation in next year’s Paris Olympics as indications mount that...