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The Thompson airport is getting more than $8 million in government funding to upgrade its facilities and fix portions of the runway. Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, announced the Canadian government will invest $42 million in safety-related improvements at airports across Canada. The

One of Canada's best-known retailers has chosen Winnipeg to launch a national program to help kids and families in need. The Zellers Community Project will donate $300,000 this morning to the Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre on Langside in the inner city. In partnership with the city, the

A rural home has been deemed unihabitable following the discovery of a grow operation earlier this month. On Aug. 1, Carman and Winnipeg RCMP discovered 24 marijuana plants and related growing equipment at a home in the rural municipality of Roland. The plants were valued at approximately

WINNIPEG -- Think last night’s rain cooled things off? Think again. It will be cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers this morning. That’s going to clear up by noon. Guess what happens next? The high will be 28 C with a UV index of 8. The low tonight will be 14 C. On Thursday,

WINNIPEG -- A woman has died after she was struck by a vehicle early this morning crossing the eastbound lanes of Portage Avenue near Strathcona Street. Louisa Sala, 20, of Sanikiluaq Harbour, Nunavut, was transported to the hospital in unstable condition and has since succumbed to her injuries,

Lake Winnipeg researchers are warning the giant mass of blue-green algae washing up on beaches on the east side of Lake Winnipeg is producing poison. Research biologist Hedy Kling, an algae specialist, said water samples taken offshore from Grand Beach by scientists on the MV Namao research ship

A Winnipeg taxi driver stabbed for a $5 fare Tuesday is the latest in a line of cabbies hurt for money this summer, but officials say changes are coming to help protect them. The driver picked up a woman at about 4:30 a.m. near Selkirk Avenue and Parr Street and then took her to the 800 block of

FRUSTRATED multiple sclerosis patients won't have to break their bank trekking to New York, B.C. or even Europe when a cross-border medical clinic offers a controversial screening test for the "liberation treatment" this fall. In October, North Dakota-based MobileLifeScreening will use

Winnipeggers with loved ones in Pakistan hope their fellow Manitobans will empathize with the suffering of flood victims and donate to relief efforts there. "I appeal to everybody to come forward -- even one dollar will help them," said Dost Mughal, with the Association of Pakistani

WINNIPEG — Police say a 19-year-old man was taken to hospital in unstable condition Tuesday at about 10 a.m. after he and his bike collided with a vehicle near Wall Street and Sargent Avenue. He was later upgraded to stable, said police. Police said the crash was not a hit and run, and

WINNIPEG — Police are investigating after a man wielding a hammer carjacked a vehicle on the 200 block of Salter Street Tuesday at about 12:30 p.m. Officers pursued the van before it crashed into 565 Magnus Ave. at about 1:15 p.m. Police said they had one man in custody in connection with

WINNIPEG — Officials expect organ donations to rise in Manitoba thanks to a new program being launched by the province and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority that hopes to increase organ donations by over 20 per cent. Health Minister Theresa Oswald announced the $360,000 project

WINNIPEG — The face of Selkirk Avenue will change over the next few months with the construction of a six-suite facility to help women battling addictions and facing homelessness. The transitional centre will be run by the North End Women’s Centre and is being built with $917,640

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg man reported missing in Grass River Provincial Park near Flin Flon was found at about 6 p.m. Tuesday Search party members said Andrew Paul Conly, 39, was extremely dehydrated, but otherwise in good health. RCMP said initial reports suggest he had become disoriented