Tag: Winnipeg Free Press

More than 100 cyclists, who wore red to celebrate the life of Rob Jenner, gathered outside the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Thursday evening to honour the man killed in […]

More than 100 cyclists, who wore red to celebrate the life of Rob Jenner, gathered outside the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Thursday evening to honour the man killed in […]

What happens in Vegas is supposed to stay in Vegas, but passengers aboard a sweltering, stationary Winnipeg-bound WestJet plane for five hours in stifling heat last Sunday were desperate to […]

Thousands of support workers employed by Prairie Mountain Health and the Interlake-Eastern health authority are being urged to reject a contract offer and vote for a strike mandate. Kyle Ross, president of the Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union, said the bargaining committee has recommended its 6,600 members turn down the offer. The union has…

Manitoba health researchers are receiving $480,000 in grants for projects at the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba. The funds were raised in collaboration with the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba and will be distributed among eight projects that cover a variety of health areas for children in the province. Some of the projects focus…

BRANDON — Cathy Merrick, the first female grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, received a second mandate Wednesday as she won re-election for a full three-year term on […]

A recruitment agency hired by the previous Manitoba government has failed to attract a single doctor, but the NDP government is confident in its own plan to bring 100 new […]

Winnipeg’s mayor has made a change to his inner circle by removing St. Vital Coun. Brian Mayes from executive policy committee. Mayes, who served on EPC for 11 years under […]

Thunderstorms in northern and western Manitoba have resulted in “several fires of concern,” the Manitoba Wildfire Service said Wednesday. Multiple fires 27 kilometres east of Pukatawagan have grown into one […]

On June 4, Scott Joseph Taylor was preparing to spend the day at a local firing range with friends when he popped into his house to grab a cup of […]

Sage Creek was supposed to be a safe community, insulated from the crime that plagues a lot of Winnipeg neighbourhoods, but residents say a recent spate of break-ins, thefts and […]

It’s great the City of Winnipeg is taking several owners of derelict buildings to court over unpaid fees. But it doesn’t go far enough. The city should be taking steps to seize those properties and sell them to someone, or some agency, willing to make them habitable again. Court records reviewed by the Free Press…

A Winnipeg police inspector has warned that more than three dozen 3D-printed pistols recently sold by a trafficking ring may still be in criminal hands — but emphasized that police […]

Will U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from this fall’s presidential election prompt Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to follow suit?

The city has filed another lawsuit in its fight against derelict properties over unpaid fees related to a vacant building. Under the city’s vacant building bylaw, enforcement officers are granted […]

WINNIPEG – Some tenants of an apartment building moved back in Monday, more than a week after they say they were forced out on a few hours’ notice by a […]

Another northern First Nations community has declared a state of emergency over a shortage of nurses. Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, based in Nelson House, said Monday it had no choice but […]

It’s a way to drive home the message. Manitoba’s specialty licence plate program, which gives organizations the chance to display their brand one vehicle at a time, also raises money, […]

Its name may have changed, but an Osborne Village non-profit is still committed to helping people in need. The Laurel Centre was rebranded as Heartwood Healing Centre in 2022 following a vision and strategic planning process. The organization helps individuals who have survived childhood sexual abuse. The re-branding reflects Heartwood’s growth from an organization aimed…

Selina Booth is thrilled to be sending her daughter to the same camp she went to two decades ago. The single mom of two says her nine-year-old daughter, Isabella Booth-Paul, […]