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...
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,...
New laws, incentives needed to foster employee ownership
Glenda MacPhail, a book project specialist at Friesens Corp. in Altona, was one of about 550 employees at the sprawling printing operation who got a share...
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...
Museums exhibit solidarity with Black History Month programming
Black History Month has not gone unnoticed by Winnipeg’s major museums. The Manitoba Museum, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and the Winnipeg Art Gallery are...
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...
Developer tweaks plan for homes near Red
Six homes are on track to get built in the Cloutier Drive neighbourhood, despite initial concerns about risk of flooding from the nearby Red River. At...