Category: CBC Winnipeg
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WW II veteran’s grave found empty after daughter hoped to relocate burial site
Elizabeth Patrick wanted to relocate her estranged father’s grave to a military site in Ontario, and was shocked to learn the grave her father was supposed to be in was empty.
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Carney tells premiers he’ll only sign a U.S. trade deal ‘in the best interest of Canadians’
The prospect of Canada reaching a trade deal with the United States by the Aug. 1 deadline appears uncertain, with Prime Minister Mark Carney insisting his government will only sign new agreement if there is one worth signing.
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Tails wagging in southwest Winnipeg as new off-leash dog park opens
A new space for dogs and their people opened with tail wags and ball-chasing in southwest Winnipeg’s Whyte Ridge neighbourhood on Saturday.
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Move over, Jurassic Park. Manitoba was home to newly discovered 390-million-year-old extinct fish
A research team from the University of Manitoba has discovered a new genus of placoderm fish, named Elmosteus lundarensis, one of the earliest fish to develop bones, a jaw and teeth.
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Fringe Fest play shines spotlight on If Day, when ‘Nazis’ invaded Winnipeg
On a cold February day more than 80 years ago, Winnipeggers got a chilling glimpse of what the city would look and feel like if the Nazis won the Second World War.
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Winnipeggers split over councillor’s call to ban encampments in outdoor places where children gather
Some Winnipeggers are split on a move that would ban people from living in tent encampments set up in community spaces where children play, with some saying they’re OK with the idea and others calling on governments for more housing solutions.
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Thompson mayor urges unregistered wildfire evacuees to stay away as city faces possible evacuation
Thompson’s mayor is urging wildfire evacuees who aren’t registered to stay in the northern Manitoba city not to show up there, saying that could lead to problems if the city is evacuated.
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Spotting a scam vs. a legit CBC News article
Many of you have written in about ads trying to pass off as legitimate CBC News articles and videos. Here’s how to tell if you’re dealing with a potential scam.
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States of emergency, agricultural disaster declared in parts of drought-stricken Manitoba
The extremely dry conditions in Manitoba, which have led to multiple wildfires in the north, are now pushing other areas toward an agricultural calamity.
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Death of man during well-being call on Winnipeg riverbank ‘tragic,’ but police acted reasonably: inquest
The inquest into the death of a man who went into cardiac arrest while police were responding to a well-being call near Winnipeg’s riverwalk has determined police and medical personnel who responded to the call acted reasonably, and there was nothing they could have done differently to save the man.
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Woman reported missing from The Pas found safe
A woman reported missing after she said she was headed to Winnipeg from a northern Manitoba town last week has been found safe, police say.
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Manitoba needs more fire rangers to keep communities safe from future risks, chief says
More firefighters will be needed in fire seasons to come, says a grand chief in northern Manitoba — but with our province’s fire rangers among the lowest-paid in the country, recruitment could be difficult, a union leader warns.
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Prairie Green landfill search for slain First Nations women ends
A search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two First Nations women murdered by a serial killer in 2022 has officially ended, the province says.
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New leader coming to infectious disease lab in Winnipeg
A new leader is coming to the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, after its head stepped down just months after taking over leadership of the embattled laboratory that was previously at the centre of a security scandal involving a Chinese scientist.
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More than 700 Manitoba wildfire evacuees moved into hotels this week, province says
Hundreds more wildfire evacuees have been moved to hotel rooms as 10 more hotels have made rooms available to people displaced by out-of-control blazes.
