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Gimli film festival sets attendance record
WINNIPEG - The Gimli Film Festival set a record for attendance with its 10th edition last week.
The indoor theatre attendance jumped from 2,070 in 2009 to 3,058 during the five-day fest, an impressive increase of 48 per cent according to the fest’s executive director Kristine
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Dozens line up in Winnipeg for iPhone 4
WINNIPEG - Winnipeggers wanting to buy the new iPhone 4 began to gather outside the Polo Park Shopping Centre — home to the city’s only Apple Store — starting this morning at 1 a.m.
“There were probably about 15 people there,” said mall marketing director Sandra
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Decade of strong sales for wheat board
WINNIPEG — The Canadian Wheat Board exported a decade-high 18.8 million tonnes of wheat, durum and barley in the crop year that ends Saturday.
CWB president and CEO Ian White told a Winnipeg news conference today that wheat exports for the 2009-10 crop year also reached their highest level
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Shooting suspect accidentally released from jail
WINNIPEG - Police have spent the past two days quietly searching for a man who was accidentally released from Headingley Jail earlier this week while awaiting trial for a shooting, the Free Press has learned.
Brian Moran, 20, is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after being given his walking...
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Man charged with manslaughter
A man has been charged in the death of a man July 24 in Oxford House First Nation, RCMP report.
The 18-year-old man is charged with manslaughter in the death of Scott Elvis Bradburn, 30.
The accused will appear in provincial court today for the first time.
An autopsy indicated cause of death
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Province apologizes for timing of announcement on Li
The province apologized this morning for releasing, on the anniversary of Tim McLean's death, information on new security measures that will allow his killer, Vince Li, to walk the grounds of the Selkirk Mental Health Centre.
“If the timing of this information has caused one ounce
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RWB to celebrate life of Arnold Spohr
WINNIPEG - The Royal Winnipeg Ballet will celebrate the life of its artistic director emeritus Arnold Spohr on Oct. 4.
Following a reception, a tribute performance featuring RWB dancers will take place at Centennial Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the general public.
Spohr, 86,
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Police cracking down on impaired driving this weekend
Winnipeg police are beefing up their impaired driving enforcement efforts for the long weekend.
Starting today, police are rolling out their Road Watch program, which focuses on public education and arresting impaired drivers. Additional officers will be on duty to educate the public as well as
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Tour boat still stuck in river
The MS River Rouge is still stuck in the mud of the Red River this morning where it’s been sitting for nearly 24 hours. The pleasure craft on its way to Lower Fort Garry became grounded in about two feet of water just north of Miller Road off Highway 9 at around 10:30 a.m.
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Literary-themed fence wanted for library
Calling all local artists: The Winnipeg Arts Council wants you to build a fence.
The council seeks an artist, who lives in, or close to, Winnipeg, to create a literary-themed fence for the refurbished Millennium Library Park.
A budget of $90,000 has been allocated for the project.
Interested
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Willis going to Calgary with Bombers
CALGARY - Winnipeg Blue Bomber defensive end Odell Willis won't be MIA this weekend after all.
Willis left the team earlier this week under a cloud of uncertainy -- the club said it was personal reasons, a CFL source indicated it was a work visa issue -- and it was believed he wouldn't be
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Barber shop damaged in overnight fires
WINNIPEG - Fire fighters were busy around Winnipeg last night, scrambling to a rash of fires that included damage to two garages, a home and a barber shop.
Police were called to the 100 block of St. Anne’s Road just before 3 a.m. today to attend to a barber shop that sustained fire damage
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Weekend expected to be long on sunshine
WINNIPEG - Today might be a bit wet, but if you can make it to the weekend, you should be rewarded with pleasant long-weekend weather.
Today we expect clouds with sunny periods. There’s a 70 per cent chance of showers this morning, reduced to 30 per cent around noon with risk of
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Bouncer faces manslaughter charge in fight
A 26-year-old bar employee faces manslaughter charges in connection with the death of a 33-year-old man while the province considers enhanced training for bar staff.
Police say Gary Rent, 33, died in hospital Thursday morning of injuries suffered during an assault outside Bar Italia at Corydon
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Hells' clubhouse raided, seized
It looks like it's the end of the road for a haven for Hells Angels after the clubhouse on a serene stretch of Scotia Street was raided.
Manitoba Justice officials, with the support of Winnipeg police, moved in Thursday morning to take control of the well-known biker hangout after the province
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Three dozen neglected animals euthanized
ALMOST three dozen of the 64 neglected dogs seized from a property in Gull Lake have had to be destroyed.
Bill McDonald, CEO of the Winnipeg Humane Society, said provincial animal protection officers were forced to euthanize the animals because they were too sick or were mentally shattered
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Cairn with victims' names to be unveiled
First Nations leaders hope people whose loved ones died in a Manitoba tuberculosis sanatorium can begin to heal after a memorial to honour patients buried in unmarked graves is unveiled near Ninette on Sunday.
A 4.5-metre granite cairn with the names of 300 TB patients who died in Ninette's
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Suicide attempt raises alarm bells
A suicide attempt at the Manitoba Youth Centre that's left a 15-year-old girl in critical condition is raising alarm bells about mental health services for kids in custody.
"We're not the place for these kids," said the source, who said staff at the MYC are "really, really shaken
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Stadium huddle still going on
It was a day of high-stakes talks that at one point had the new football stadium's roof in danger of being shelved in order to cut costs.
But after the back and forth and political wrangling, there was agreement to move forward with the new home for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as proposed and deal
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Hydro chooses route for new power line
MANITOBA Hydro chose a route Thursday for its massive new power line, but already some First Nations -- and even a few rural politicians -- are balking at the $2.2-billion project.
Southern Grand Chief Morris Swan Shannacappo was en route Thursday to Winnipeg for an emergency chiefs meeting to
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