Tag: Winnipeg News
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‘Swipe fatigue’ from dating apps leading more people to try singles events, speed dating
Speed dating is seeing renewed popularity as more people find online dating apps don’t offer the same quality connection as an in-person meeting.
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Remote Manitoba First Nation with no ambulance service gets new emergency medical response vehicle
A remote Manitoba First Nation with no ambulance service now has funding to buy a new emergency response vehicle. It’s a relief for people in the isolated community, where the bed of a pickup truck or back of an SUV has been used to transport patients.
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Residents in Leaf Rapids, Man., miss out on health care when they can’t pay travel costs
Leaf Rapids, a town of about 350 people, 750km north of Winnipeg has a small clinic, usually with one nurse and no doctors, which leaves most patients requiring medical care to travel to Thompson or Lynn Lake. Some people don’t have the money to bear the upfront cost of travel
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Jury finds Eric Wildman guilty of 1st-degree murder in 2021 killing of rural Manitoba neighbour
A man accused of killing his neighbour in rural Manitoba more than three years ago has been found guilty of first-degree murder by a jury following a weeks-long trial.
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Canada announces changes to Jordan’s Principle program, narrows range of eligible requests
Canada has announced sweeping changes to a program designed to ensure First Nations kids get the care and supports they need, when they need them.
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Children suffer minor injuries after school bus, pickup truck crash in RM of Lorne: RCMP
A school bus with 14 children on board crashed with a pickup truck in the rural municipality of Lorne Thursday morning.
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Human remains found in rubble after house fire in Pinaymootang First Nation
Human remains have been discovered in the rubble of a home destroyed by a fire in Pinaymootang First Nation, police say.
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Two-thirds of Manitoba’s Crown prosecutors meet criteria for PTSD, anxiety or depression, survey suggests
Sixty-five per cent of Manitoba’s criminal Crown attorneys who responded to a survey meet the criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety or depression, according to their union.
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Premiers are on ‘charm offensive’ to convince U.S. to drop tariff threats: Wab Kinew
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew flaunted a large grin as he described his mission with Canada’s other provincial and territorial leaders in Washington, D.C., as “a charm offensive,” despite the severity of the Trump administration’s threats.
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‘Legal loophole’ leaves Manitoba renters vulnerable to astronomical rent hikes, says new study
The Residential Tenancies Branch “emboldens landlords” to hike rents above annual provincial guidelines through repairs and upgrades that are often only cosmetic, according to a new study.
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Manitoba woman found in medical distress outside home did not die from exposure, autopsy says
The autopsy of a 50-year-old woman, who died in hospital after she was found outside her home in medical distress, has found she did not die of exposure or any physical injuries, policy say.
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Manitoba to spend $2M on inquiry into Winnipeg’s police headquarters
Manitoba will spend up to $2 million on its inquiry into the construction of Winnipeg’s police headquarters, according to an NDP government order in council made public on Tuesday.
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Judge considers class action suit against Marymound as new documents allege abuse, neglect
Children in the care of a Manitoba non-profit were sexually abused and forced to spend days in isolation, and one girl killed herself after major gaps in her care, according to new court documents filed as part of a proposed class action lawsuit against Marymound Inc.
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Most days at Manitoba’s largest hospital are ‘morally grating,’ says ER nurse at HSC
A Manitoba nurse who has worked at the Health Sciences Centre emergency room in Winnipeg for decades is speaking out about the challenges health-care workers face at Manitoba’s largest hospital, where patients face day-long waits among ‘chaos.’
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No one hurt during knife attack on pastor at Winnipeg church, police say
A man has been charged after police say he tried to attack a pastor with a knife during a service at a Winnipeg church Sunday evening.