Tag: Winnipeg Free Press
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Proposed law sets out fundraising rules for school board elections
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Nostalgic but unsurprised city shoppers ponder possible last Bay Days
The fate of the last Bay stores in the city — at CF Polo Park and St. Vital Centre — and dozens more across Canada is uncertain, after the country’s oldest retailer filed for creditor protection in a bid to remain in business.
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Third lawsuit against archdiocese accuses now-deceased Catholic priest of sex abuse decades ago in rural Manitoba
The Archdiocese of St. Boniface has again been hit with a lawsuit over allegations of historical sexual abuse by a Roman Catholic priest in rural southern Manitoba decades ago. The […]
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Online retail giant Amazon stops bladed-weapon sales to Manitobans in wake of new law
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Province quietly pulls plug on Grade 10 exams
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U.S. animal rights group pledges to help if ferrets seized
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Landfill search ‘way under budget’: premier
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Carney-led Liberals face impossibly long odds, but in politics — and sports — sometimes the underdog prevails
By happy coincidence, the Liberal Party of Canada chose Mark Carney as its new leader just two days after the National Hockey League staged its annual trade deadline. A coincidence because, in essence, both events serve a very similar purpose.
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U of M classes to continue as strike by academic staff averted
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Polling station venue ‘inadvertently double-booked’ with political fundraiser: Elections Manitoba
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Remains found at landfill confirmed to be woman slain by serial killer
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Winnipeg lawyers Johnston, Monnin appointed to King’s Bench
Two Winnipeg lawyers have been appointed judges of the Court of King’s Bench in Manitoba.
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Wrongful conviction commission to be based in Winnipeg
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Manitoba expects $1B from tobacco settlement
Manitoba will receive approximately $1 billion from a class-action lawsuit that called for three major tobacco companies to compensate provinces and territories and ex-smokers across Canada.
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Steelworkers, others in Selkirk fear effects of U.S. tariffs that kick in next week
Manitoba’s “Steeltown” may be the first community in the province to take a hit in the Canada-U.S. trade war after President Donald Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum take effect Wednesday.
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Patriotic pageantry and astonishing apologies at Manitoba legislature
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Yazidi leader no longer faces sex assault charge
A prominent Yazidi community leader is no longer facing a charge of sexual assault. Hadji Hesso, executive director of the Yazidi Association of Manitoba, appeared in a Winnipeg court Friday […]
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West St. Paul welcomes first medical clinic
West St. Paul has been growing by leaps and bounds, but its 7,000 residents have had to leave the bedroom community for medical care — until now. Dr. Temitope Ajayi, a Nigerian-born, U.K.-educated family physician is opening a medical clinic on Monday.
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When the COVID clock struck midnight
It’s been five years since a virus triggered a global pandemic. We visited the Manitoba Museum archives earlier this week to check out the modern-day mementos it collected from the public while history was unfolding.
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Last-minute tentative deal averts strike by 7,000 health workers
More than 7,000 public health workers who went to bed Thursday night expecting to be on picket lines Friday morning went to work instead. Marathon bargaining between the Manitoba Association […]