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AGRICULTURAL buildings, including hog barns, will now be covered under their own building code in a push to increase safety standards for an industry mired by convoluted building requirements that may have contributed to several hog barn fires in the province. Large agricultural buildings of

WINNIPEG - For as long as there has been human interaction, power and who has it have been part of our world. From schoolyards to boardrooms, high school cliques to political party caucuses, we are drawn to individuals who, for one reason or another, influence us. We hear what they have to say,

They’re eight adorable additions to the Winnipeg Police Service. Members of the city police welcomed eight new six-week-old Belgian Melanois’ Friday as part of the service’s expanding canine unit. Officers bred the police service dogs (PSDs) — named Jeya, Rubee, Hope,

Firefighting crews fought a blaze at 410 Park Blvd. late this afternoon. Just before 6 p.m., the homeowner called in a garage fire to the fire department. The fire did not spread to the house, and there no injuries in the blaze. Platoon Chief Stephen Sumka said the garage had fireguard

A doctor who fled Canada after being charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy in a Winnipeg hospital has been arrested in Greece. Winnipeg Police Service said Dr. Walid Abdelhamid was arrested and detained in Greece by airport security. WPS spokesman Const. Jason Michalyshen said

WINNIPEG - A seven-year-old boy was in critical condition in a Winnipeg hospital on Friday after he was hit by a pickup truck that fled the scene near Portage la Prairie. The boy and family members from the rural municipality of Macdonald were walking on a gravel road north of Portage la Prairie

NUTIMIK LAKE, Man. - A new pedestrian bridge over the Whiteshell River in Whiteshell Provincial Park officially opened this afternoon, connecting the Nutimik Lake Campground with Sturgeon Falls on the Winnipeg River. The 86-metre, cable-stayed bridge, completed earlier this year at a cost of

The province announced a push to strengthen the building code for agricultural complexes and to introduce a new Farm Building Code to provide enhanced fire protection to the buildings and livestock living in them. The changes come after consultations by Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural

WINNIPEG--Michelle Wie is in the clubhouse with a three-shot lead halfway through Friday's action at the CN Canadian Women's Open. The 20-year-old Wie followed up her opening round 65 with a tidy 69 and is now 10 under for the championship. Jiyai Shin sits in second at minus seven while Morgan

A painting worth $2.75 million has been donated to The Winnipeg Art Gallery by a prominent Winnipeg family, the largest such gift of its kind in gallery history. The 1889 oil on canvas, by 19th-century Englishman John Everett Millais, will be unveiled Sept. 22, WAG director Stephen Borys

A stretch of Richmond Avenue between 18th Street and 13th Street remains closed this afternoon after police ordered the evacuation of nearby homes and businesses due to a gas leak. The stench of rotten eggs flooded the area as natural gas poured out of the leak, which was apparently caused by

Ice Edge Holdings Inc. will hold a press conference in Thunder Bay on Monday to announce their plans to bring an East Coast Hockey League team to the city on the shores of Lake Superior. ECHL commissioner Brian McKenna is expected to be in Thunder Bay to show the league's interest in the city of

The Winnipeg Goldeyes had a disastrous night at Canwest Park Thursday night, losing both ends of a doubleheader to the Fargo RedHawks to fall even further behind in their pursuit of a playoff spot. The two losses -- 14-9 in extra innings in the first game and 8-3 in the second game -- coupled

WINNIPEG - Home and business owners in high flood-risk areas of the province — especially those living along the Red River north of Winnipeg — will soon get provincial help to flood-proof their properties. At the same time, the federal and provincial governments formally announced

WINNIPEG – Two Canada Post employees were hospitalized this morning after an unknown substance was released from a damaged envelope at post office’s downtown processing plant. The discovery of the substance led to an evacuation of the building and the closure of Smith Street between

WINNIPEG -- Cue the Calypso music! A warm, breezy day will make it feel almost tropical in southern Manitoba. According to Environment Canada, the mercury could reach 32 C with winds gusting 40 km/h to 60 km/h later this morning. This evening, clouds roll in and there's a 30 per cent chance of

WINNIPEG -- Homicide detectives and members of the Winnipeg Police Service identification unit were on the scene of a fatal stabbing this morning in the back lane of the 500 block of Manitoba Avenue. A 24-year-old man was stabbed just before 2 a.m., a police spokesman confirmed. He was rushed to

Dancing was about the only thing Michelle Wie didn't do Thursday at St. Charles. The 20-year-old phenom had a perfect checklist otherwise. She wowed the crowd on the first tee and kept them wowed most of the day. She authored one of golf's most exciting shots, a hole-in-one, at St. Charles' 11th

Before police accused him of being a homegrown terrorist, Hiva Mohammad Alizadeh was known only as a quiet student studying electronics at Red River College and working at a traditional Muslim meat shop on Maryland Street. Neighbours at a St. Vital apartment building say he married a Winnipeg

No Manitoban should be denied medical care because of one missed appointment, says the regulator of the province's physicians. Manitoba's College of Physicians and Surgeons deputy registrar Dr. Terry Babick said doctors can charge patients a fee for missing appointments, but are expected to