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A 35-year-old man from La Broquerie is dead and another driver is in critical condition after a head-on collision this morning on Highway 15 near Anola. The crash happened at about 9:45 a.m., about two km west of Anola, said RCMP spokesman Const. Miles Hiebert. The man from La Broquerie,

WINNIPEG -- The large, cumbersome brace on his right elbow would suggest otherwise, but quarterback Buck Pierce wouldn’t call his latest set-back a season-ending injury. “We’re still evaluating things,” Pierce told a gaggle of reporters at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

A new public mural inspired by the Assiniboine Park Zoo and its future polar bear exhibit will be unveiled at 10 a.m. today. The mural, painted by artist Sarah Collard, will brighten up Wellington Crescent under the Kenaston Bridge. It will be unveiled by Take Pride Winnipeg, the Richardson

Premier Greg Selinger and Lt.-Gov. Philip Lee will lead a mission to the Asia-Pacific region this month to promote trade and tourism, the province has announced. The 11-day mission will include stops in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Manila. “The Asia-Pacific region is one of the

Music lovers can get a sampling of the lessons, classes and ensemble activities offered at the “new and improved” Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Arts during its free open house today and Thursday from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. The non-profit community music school, located on the

The Arizona Republic newspaper is reporting today that negotiations between Glendale and the most recent potential buyer of the Phoenix Coyotes are expected to go on a while longer. City Manager Ed Beasley updated Glendale city council Tuesday on talks with the new investor, Chicago businessman

A large cardboard bus and actors impersonating Mayor Sam Katz and city councillors will be part of a protest action this morning by a citizen group that’s fed up with the “indefinite delay” of Phase Two of Winnipeg’s rapid transit corridor. At 11 a.m. at the spot where

Bargain lovers can get a sneak peek at the secondhand treasures at Winnipeg’s fifth Value Village store today, before it officially opens to the public on Thursday. Walk the Walk is a fashion-show preview event from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the new store in Unicity, at 3629 Portage Ave. (next

Night drivers in the northern part of the city may need an alternate route tonight. Westbound Chief Peguis Trail will be closed for pavement maintenance from Henderson Highway to Main Street from 8 p.m. tonight to 6 a.m. Thursday. Transit service will operate as usual and emergency vehicles

A FORMER federal employee is accused of using government money to employ her relatives instead of giving it to young ab­original artists. On Tuesday, the RCMP Winnipeg Commercial Crimes Section said an arrest warrant has been issued for a former Canadian Heritage cultural development officer

Parents might want to send the kids out for Day 1 of school with a hoodie, but they won’t need a raincoat. A mix of sun and cloud is expected today, with a high reaching 19. Tonight will be clear, with a low of 6. Thursday, Environment Canada foresees increasing cloudiness, wind gusting

SAM Katz says crime is the city’s biggest worry and he’s promising 58 new police of­ficers to combat gangs and walk the beat. Twenty new officers will be assigned to an anti­gang unit modeled on the successful auto-theft strategy. Another 20 will do foot patrols in

DID you hear the one about the little mosque crossing the Prairie? Well, it almost missed the boat. Literally. The prefab place of worship built in Winnipeg and bound for Inuvik, 4,300 kilometres away, is being trucked to Hay River, N.W.T. There, it was to be put on the last barge of the

CALGARY — A communications offi­cer at Calgary’s 911 centre didn’t prop­erly handle a call about the suspect ac­cused of assaulting and confining his roommate for months, an investigation has determined. Officials at the Public Safety Com­munications Centre said

CALGARY — A 16-year-old boy will likely be charged with having sex with a 12-year-old girl he met online in front of their friends in a Calgary schoolyard, police said Tuesday. The pair met last week on a social­networking site and agreed to meet at a baseball diamond, police said.

THE Manitoba judge who temporarily removed herself from active duties pending a federal review of her status is facing new allegations of wrongdoing, the Free Press has learned. A Winnipeg woman has made a formal com­plaint to the Canadian Judicial Council, claim­ing recent revelations

Police said two people were killed after a vehicle rolled in Cranberry Portage. The collision happened Saturday at about 4 a.m. when police said a 2004 GMC Sierra heading northbound on Highway 10 lost control. The truck then hit a large highway sign and rolled repeatedly in a ditch, throwing

A delivery truck slammed into the side of the Midtown Bridge over Assiniboine Avenue during the noon hour, sending one man to hospital. By midafternoon, the truck was still wedged under the low bridge. The city’s Public Works Department sent out a bridge-inspection technologist, but they

The province's 2011 rent increase guideline has been set at 1.5 per cent to take effect Jan. 1, the Manitoba government said today. The guideline applies to most residential rental properties including apartments, single rooms, houses and duplexes. The province says the guideline does not apply

A woman testified this morning that she saw two young teenaged boys running from an SUV where a man had been shot. The woman, who cannot be identified because of a publication ban, said she saw the two boys running from the vehicle after she heard three shots fired. Two boys, who cannot be