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SPECIAL MEETING – Executive Policy Committee
Council ChamberCouncil Building510 Main StreetWinnipeg, MB Friday, November 14, 2025, 2 – 4pm Agenda Link: Meeting agenda Meeting Room: Council Chamber: Watch here
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Survey: Wellington Crescent Walk Bike Project – Interim Solution
Online Ongoing through Friday, December 12, 2025 We’re planning to build temporary bike lanes on Wellington Crescent, between Academy Road (south of Maryland Bridge) and Stradbrook Avenue. Your input will help us fine-tune the design of the temporary bike lanes and guide planning for a long-term solution. Participate now: winnipeg.surveymonkey.com… Project webpage: engage.winnipeg.ca…
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Poilievre risks driving more moderate Tory MPs into Carney’s welcoming, majority-seeking arms
It wouldn’t be surprising if Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont wasn’t the last Conservative to cross the floor to join Prime Minister Mark Carney’s minority Liberal government. D’Entremont’s defection this […]
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Province offers $175M in tax credits to encourage rental housing builds
The Manitoba government will spend more than $176.5 million over the next five years through a new incentive program to build rental housing.
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Man pleads guilty to murders of two adults, four children in Barrhaven
The man accused of killing a mother, her four children and a family friend in a mass stabbing in Ottawa in 2024 pleaded guilty Thursday. A trial for Febrio De-Zoysa was to begin later this month. He instead appeared in an Ottawa courtroom Thursday morning, where he pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree…
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City to unveil new parking program
A new parking strategy will be unveiled on Thursday at Winnipeg City Hall. The strategy aims at making downtown parking more accessible, but it may come at a cost. “Make it easy for people, when they are coming to the downtown or other areas in the city, where we might end up having paid parking,…
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Manitoba MLAs pass 72-hour detention bill after weeks of sparring
The acrimony and finger-pointing that gripped the Manitoba legislature over a proposed law to allow for the 72-hour detention of people intoxicated by meth ended with a whimper Wednesday, as the bill passed with near unanimous support.
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Budget of Winnipeg-based federal water agency to take a hit
The fledgling Canada Water Agency, based in Winnipeg, is about to get its funding reduced just two years after the federal Liberal government unveiled it.
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Girl, 15, killed in alleged assault on Manitoba Cree Nation; teenager charged with manslaughter
Police in Manitoba say a 15-year-old girl is dead after allegedly being assaulted at a home in Opaskwayak Cree Nation on Saturday. Manitoba RCMP say a 17-year-old girl from Opaskwayak Cree Nation was charged with manslaughter on Tuesday and remanded into custody. The death is being investigated as a homicide by RCMP Major Crime Services.…
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Woman threatens security personnel with hatchet during Henderson Highway robbery, Winnipeg police say
A 30-year-old woman is accused of threatening security personnel with a hatchet during an alleged robbery at a store on Henderson Highway on Sunday morning. The Winnipeg Police Service says around 11:30 a.m. the woman was leaving the store without paying for merchandise when security stopped her and began taking back the items. Police allege…
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Police, investigating shooting, seek SUV
Read more Local, Top News Related posts: Bar association chastises premier, opposition for comments on trucker’s bail The Manitoba Bar Association says Premier Wab Kinew has undermined… Agency agrees to review N.D. mega-farms over Lake Winnipeg pollution fears A cross-border agency has agreed to review the environmental impact… A feast of food and faith at Union…
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Single budget can’t — or shouldn’t — deliver promised ’generational change’
The world, it seems, is disappointed in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget, which promised “generational” change but delivered what appears to be something entirely more modest.
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Jets fall to Kings for first road loss of season
Adrian Kempe scored his 200th NHL career goal, Drew Doughty broke the Los Angeles record for goals by a defenseman and the Kings beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 on Tuesday night. Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves and Kevin Fiala added a late power-play goal to help the Kings get their first home win of the…
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Grande Pointe man, 76, killed in collision with semi-truck on Highway 59
A 76-year-old man was killed and a 73-year-old woman was seriously injured in a collision with a semi-truck on Highway 59, just south of Winnipeg, on Tuesday morning. St Pierre Jolys RCMP say it happened north of the intersection with Provincial Road 311, in the RM of Hanover, around 8:50 a.m. Police believe the man…
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2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers named CFL all-stars
Trey Vaval and Evan Holm were both named to the All-CFL Team on Wednesday.. Russ Hobson
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Suspect, 17, charged with manslaughter in death of 15-year-old Manitoba girl
Manitoba RCMP say they have a 17-year-old girl in custody after another teen was killed Saturday at Opaskwayak Cree Nation.. Sam Thompson