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More than a year after releasing its latest album, Old Crows/Young Cardinals, Alexisonfire is finally getting around to headlining its own Canadian tour. The Toronto hardcore band will play the Burton Cummings Theatre Dec. 4 with Norma Jean and La Dispute. Tickets go on sale Saturday for $22.50

The driver of a dirt bike is in “very serious condition” after his bike and a car collided early Sunday morning near Ste. Anne, Steinbach RCMP said today. The crash occurred at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday on Hwy. 207, about one kilometre west of Ste. Anne, RCMP said. The eastbound

The province wants to do a better job of recycling or disposing of old electronics and household hazardous waste and wants your help to do it. Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie said in a release today the province wants to improve recycling services in Manitoba and get industry to be more

The federal government today unveiled a national awareness campaign to highlight the crime of human trafficking and encourage the public to report suspected cases. The “Blue Blindfold” campaign, which includes TV, radio and print advertising, brochures and posters, was announced by

WINNIPEG — Winnipeg-area employers expect a favourable hiring climate for the fourth quarter of this year, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey. Thirty per cent of the local employers surveyed indicated they plan to hire more workers during the final three months of

Upgrades to Churchill’s polar bear holding facility are finished, Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie said in a statement today. "Polar bears that make their way back into the community after being chased away need to be isolated in the facility until they can be safely transported

WINNIPEG--Mayor Sam Katz kicked off his third bid for the city's top job with a pledge to combat crime with 58 new police officers and a better-staffed 911 dispatch centre. Many of those officers will staff a new anti-gang unit modelled on the successful anti-car theft unit. And high-crime

The weather’s still decent enough for a barbeque tonight, to help cheer students in your household who are headed back to school this week. It’ll be cloudy with sunny periods today, with a high of 14 and wind becoming north at 20 km/h early this afternoon. Tonight, though,

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Edward Nino Hernandez is in many ways a typical 24-year-old Colombian male. He loves to dance reggaeton, dreams of owning a car -- preferably a Mercedes-- and wants to see the world. Top on his list of people he would like to meet are Jackie Chan, Sylvester Stallone and

There is no debate now and no quarterback controversy. Steven Jyles need not look over his shoulder and wonder if his next start will be his last -- the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are now officially his team to lead. That much became official in the dying moments of Sunday's loss to the Saskatchewan

The Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is changing to give it more national reach. The charitable foundation that supports the Winnipeg-based national museum will get a new chief executive officer and an expanded board of directors that will include more representation from outside

A group of Winnipeg photographers got a long-weekend thrill, when an unexpected -- and unidentified -- visitor invaded an otherwise perfect photograph. Just before 9:30 p.m. Sunday night, Brad Korponay and a couple of friends were setting up to take some nighttime snaps in Steep Rock, about 240

Medical experts are keeping a close eye on methadone-related deaths after an increase in the number of accidental overdoses involving the synthetic opiate last year. Data obtained from the Chief Medical Examiner's office shows 19 Manitobans died following an accidental methadone overdose last

STE. ANNE -- An 86-year-old man on his annual fall rock hunt spent four nights in the bush, endured single-digit temperatures and lived to tell about it -- to the surprise of everyone. "I was not very optimistic," said Joe Kuz's niece, Pat Klaprat, outside the hospital in Ste. Anne,

Police are asking parents, kids and drivers to smarten up and slow down because rush hour is about to get a lot heavier and more dangerous as children head back to school this week. "Traffic intensity is going to increase significantly, along with the likelihood of collisions

A suspected Maryland Street drug house is out of operation tonight... at least, for now. On Sunday evening at about 6 p.m., Winnipeg police raided the house that neighbours say believe is a drug den. Police tactical units were seen busting into the house, rifles at the ready and with K-9 unit

WINNIPEG – The news is not good for Buck Pierce and Winnipeg football fans. The Bombers starting quarterback suffered a dislocated right elbow and “will be out a while,” head coach Paul LaPolice told reporters at a media briefing today. The 28-year-old Pierce suffered the

An 86-year-old Winnipeg man who had been missing in the woods near Hadashville has been located. Joseph Kuz is dehydrated and tired, but otherwise in good health, RCMP said Monday.

WINNIPEG - Three people were pepper-sprayed in a home invasion Sunday night in the Maples area of Winnipeg. Police said two men entered a home in the 100 block of Filkow Bay at about 9:30 p.m. and confronted three occupants. One of the intruders discharged a can of pepper spray in the direction

SCHAUMBURG, ILL. -- The Winnipeg Goldeyes ended a disappointing 2010 Northern League season on a rare winning note here Sunday afternoon, dropping the Schaumburg Flyers 4-3 in what was the final game of the regular season for both clubs. With the victory, the Goldeyes finish the season with a