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New approach to Canada Day at The Forks provides space for celebration, reflection: attendees
People who attended a new kind of Canada Day celebration at The Forks in Winnipeg on Friday say the event gave them a chance to celebrate their country while reflecting on its past.
Soggy spring put roofs through the ringer — and homeowners looking to reshingle face long waits, rising costs

A super soggy spring put many houses through the ringer — and just those directly impacted by flooding. The roofs of many homes took on higher than usual amounts of snow, spring melt and rain in recent months, and that’s driven up homeowner demand to redo their shingles.
Through the eyes of newcomers to small-town Manitoba, Canada offers peace, safety

Fleeing the war in Ukraine, Karina Havina came to Altona, a small southern Manitoba community. She’s among newcomers who say they want to remind others how lucky they are to live in Canada, despite its history of abuses against Indigenous people and other ethnic groups.
Costs soar in 2 Manitoba First Nations after barge explosion, delayed ferry service cut transport options

Costs are dramatically rising for residents of two First Nations communities struggling to bring in supplies of food and fuel, after a barge explosion and delays in the startup of a ferry service left them with few options for transporting goods.
Winnipeg Transit bus crashes into Osborne Village building

A Winnipeg Transit bus collided with a three-storey residential building in Osborne Village on Thursday afternoon.
Manitoba grand chief to be removed after investigation finds he engaged in workplace sexual harassment
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says an independent investigation has found its leader engaged in workplace sexual harassment.
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs will remove Arlen Dumas as leader after investigation finds sexual harassment
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says an independent investigation has found its leader engaged in workplace sexual harassment, and a meeting will be held soon to officially remove Arlen Dumas from the role of grand chief.
Canada Day celebrations take new approach to honour Indigenous people
Many communities are reimagining Canada Day celebrations to recognize Indigenous Peoples, as the country continues to reckon with its legacy following the discovery of possible unmarked graves at former residential schools.
Family desperate for answers after learning late dad, 92, allegedly abused at Oakview Place
A Winnipeg family is desperate for answers after learning their 92 year-old father was one of 15 care home residents suspected of being abused.
‘It’s democracy in action’: Registration opens for Winnipeg city council hopefuls

Registration opens Thursday for Winnipeggers who want to run for city council, and so far, there’s only one confirmed open race.
Winnipeg gets failing grade on safety, connectivity for cyclists in survey of best biking cities

Winnipeg’s cycling network scored a failing grade on a recent survey of more than a thousand North American cities because of shortcomings long identified by cycling advocates.
Tornado watches in effect for Dauphin, Swan River and surrounding areas

Environment Canada has issued a tornado watch for parts of western Manitoba Wednesday night, including Dauphin, Russell, Swan River, Duck Mountain Provincial Forest and surrounding areas.
Health-care workers sue province, top doctor over mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, testing

Sixteen unvaccinated health-care workers who were placed on unpaid leave last fall are suing the Manitoba government and multiple health authorities over the province’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination and testing policies.
Filipino community thrives in Neepawa, one of Canada’s fastest-growing towns

An influx of Filipino immigrants, many of whom work at the HyLife pork processing plant in the town, have helped Neepawa’s population boom, making it the third-fastest growing community in Manitoba and the 13th-fastest in Canada.
Lawsuit alleges Winnipeg police officer racially profiled Black man and broke his eye socket

A Black man is suing a Winnipeg police officer and the city, alleging he was racially profiled by the officer who used excessive force for no legal reason while he was parked outside of a friend’s house.
Mom charged in newborn’s death suffers mental struggles that may complicate court case: expert
A Winnipeg mother charged in the death of her newborn daughter has a low IQ and little understanding of consequences, a court was told during a previous sentencing hearing — making the current case against her both rare and potentially complex, a legal expert says.
Group feels calls for independent seniors advocate ignored in meeting with Manitoba seniors minister

After a single meeting with Manitoba’s seniors and long-term care minister, a seniors’ advocacy group says they feel ignored and don’t have much hope they’ll be listened to again by the government ahead of the next provincial election.
Signing ceremony welcomes 31 more partners to Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord
The number of signatories to Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord jumped well past the 200-mark on Tuesday with 26 additional local organizations and businesses adding their names.
RCMP investigating human remains found on Sapotaweyak Cree Nation

Mounties say they’re investigating human remains discovered on Sapotaweyak Cree Nation in western Manitoba on Monday.
Province to require coaches, teachers of K-12 students to complete abuse prevention training

The Manitoba government is making it mandatory for all coaches who work with children in kindergarten to Grade 12 to complete training on how to prevent abuse and harassment in sport.
Father, daughter assaulted by teen girls in attempted robbery at The Forks

A father and his daughter were assaulted by a group of teenage girls in an attempted robbery in the parking lot at The Forks Market on Monday, Winnipeg police say.
Manitoba’s medical backlog has shrunk, but more work remains to be done: Doctors Manitoba

The estimated backlog of surgical and diagnostic procedures waiting to be performed in Manitoba has shrunk by tens of thousands, either because patients received the care they had been waiting for or they no longer needed it.
Here’s what First Nations youth want you to know about reconciliation in Manitoba

For National Indigenous History Month, CBC Manitoba asked three First Nations youth about what they’d like Manitobans to know about reconciliation. Here’s what Diandre Thomas-Hart, a Cree-Ojibwe woman from Peguis First Nation, Hunter Beardy, a University of Manitoba political science student from York Factory First Nation, and Chance Paupenkis, a two-spirit Cree person from Norway House First Nation living in Winnipeg, had to say.
Manitobans reimagine Canada Day celebrations in wake of residential school revelations

One year after a massive rally and the toppling of a statue, the idea of celebrating Canada Day with pomp and circumstance has come under scrutiny, particularly in Winnipeg. The city’s biggest annual celebration is reimagining the traditional celebration, and facing backlash for its choice.
Paramedics were asked on weekend to help ‘desperate’ ER staff at Manitoba’s largest hospital

Staff shortages at the Health Sciences Centre, Manitoba’s busiest hospital, have forced management to seek help from paramedics, and management says they will be tapping into the resource in the future.
Manitoba’s education tax rebate misdirected, say Tuxedo homeowner, West Broadway renter

The province’s education property tax is not really about making life more affordable for Manitobans, says a Tuxedo homeowner, “because ultimately the biggest rebate cheques go to the people who own the most expensive real estate.”
Abuse can thrive in understaffed PCHs, especially for-profit ones, expert says in wake of Winnipeg allegations

A seniors’ advocate is calling for a privately-owned personal care home’s licence to be suspended and for the government to take over administration of the Winnipeg facility in the wake of allegations of abuse impacting 15 residents.
Communities along Lake Winnipeg underwater and scrambling after strong rain, wind batters shoreline

Communities along the western shores of Lake Winnipeg are scrambling to protect their homes and livelihoods after a rainy and windy weekend caused at least two commercial boats to sink.
‘In a crisis’: Deaths of Indigenous women in Winnipeg spark calls for safe housing
Immediate action is needed to make the province safer for Indigenous women, including better access to safe housing, which can be life-saving, an expert says.
Winnipeg’s crime rate is beginning to grow as pandemic restrictions start to go

This March, the most recent month the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) has data for, saw a nearly 40 per cent increase in property and violent crimes in the city compared to the five-year average.
‘Show Indigenous youth that they could be anything’: Winnipeg neighbourhoods see return of sākihiwē festival

A popular Indigenous music festival is back in the flesh and continuing its mission to take art directly to the people instead of them coming to it.
‘No idea what I’m going to do’: Woman loses dog, home business in Charleswood blaze

A Winnipeg woman who lost a beloved pet to a fire which destroyed her home and place of business on Saturday morning says she’s lost for answers.
Rising flood waters force Peguis First Nation to declare state of emergency once again

About a month after historic flooding on Peguis First Nation began to recede, the community in Manitoba’s Interlake region is being hit hard once again by rising waters.