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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
Categories: Winnipeg News
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
Categories: Winnipeg News
Little Phoenix's killer appealing to high court
One of Phoenix Sinclair's killers will appeal his conviction to the Supreme Court, but Karl McKay's lawyer says the case shouldn't delay a long-planned inquiry.
Along with Phoenix's mother, Samantha Kematch, McKay was convicted of first-degree murder in the child's gruesome 2005 death, a killing
Categories: Winnipeg News
As long as nobody croaks, I could win it all this year
There comes a time in every man's life, a time when he must do something manly, a time when he must step up to the plate, then crouch down on all fours and try to conquer his greatest fear without wetting his pants.
For me, that terrifying time will come this Sunday at 2 p.m. in St-Pierre-Jolys,
Categories: Winnipeg News
Man, 48, accused of abusing teenaged stepdaughter
Winnipeg police have seized videotapes and explicit emails they say show a 48-year-old man sexually abusing his teenaged stepdaughter and secretly recording her on camera.
The accused -- who can't be named to protect the identity of the 16-year-old girl -- was recently arrested on charges of...
Categories: Winnipeg News
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
Categories: Winnipeg News
LOTTERIES
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Winning number Thursday was 744.
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Winning number Thursday for the main prize of $250,000 was 6357990.
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OUR MISTAKE
OUR MISTAKE
A recipe published in Wednesday's paper for blueberry smoothies did not specify the required amount of blueberries. It takes about two cups of blueberries for four
Categories: Winnipeg News
DEATHS
BOUCHARD, Patricia.
BOURGEOIS, Conrad.
COVERDALE (ETHIER), Nora Marie Louise.
COYLE, Wesley Bruce.
DOMENCO, Roger.
EVANS (née KICZAK), Christine Marie.
FRECHETTE (née SYLVESTRE), Angela.
GENAILLE, William.
HEIN, Hartwig.
KAPROWY, Dr. Eugene Anthony.
KROEMER, Gertraude.
MACLELLAN, Fr.
Categories: Winnipeg News
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
Categories: Winnipeg News
Flying aboard iconic bomber an 'adventure'
Jack Brown climbed into the Mynarski Memorial Avro Lancaster Mk10 Bomber more than 60 years after he flew in one as a young bombardier.
"It was a great adventure," said the Second World War veteran, who's been a volunteer at the Western Canada Aviation Museum for 18 years.
A Lancaster
Categories: Winnipeg News
In Brief
Third crash victim dies
A third victim is dead after a horrific crash in Ontario last week involving a Winnipeg family.
Jewan Kim, 18, died after the July 22 crash that also claimed the lives of his mother Chae Nyeo Hyeon, 46 and brother Jeseon (Jeff) Kim, 19.
Jewan Kim was in hospital
Categories: Winnipeg News
Swimmer's itch found in Manitoba lakes
GOT an itch to swim? If you take a dip in several of the province's lakes, you might end up with an itch, all right.
Several of the province's beaches have now been posted with signs saying water samples have tested positive for swimmer's itch.
The most recent sign went up Tuesday at Pioneer
Categories: Winnipeg News
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
Categories: Winnipeg News
$425,000 to go for work on historic building
RED River College received close to half a million dollars Thursday toward its ongoing restoration of the Union Bank Tower, slated to open in 2011.
The college will receive up to $425,000 from Parks Canada's national historic sites cost-sharing program.
The college will use the money to restore
Categories: Winnipeg News
Ticks test positive for Lyme disease
Black-legged ticks -- the kind that carry Lyme disease -- have been found in the south central part of the province, Manitoba Health warns.
The ticks infected with the disease were found around Stanley Trail, the department said in a release Thursday.
The ticks were found and collected in the
Categories: Winnipeg News
WWII Lancaster Bomber flies into Winnipeg today
WINNIPEG - A special bit of wartime history flies into Winnipeg about 11:15 a.m. today for the long weekend.
Our video team was not placed in position in time for the landing so we're pulling the chute on the live broadcast. We will post recorded video later today.
The Mynarski Memorial Avro...
Categories: Winnipeg News
Manitobans to begin 10-digit dialing in 2012
OTTAWA -- Move over 204. Make some room for 431.
On Nov. 3, 2012, the province's new area code -- 431 -- will debut.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced the new area code's timeline Wednesday, paving the way for thousands of new telephone numbers in
Categories: Winnipeg News
New Hydro whistleblower report, rebuttal
Manitoba Hydro is selling power to American customers too cheaply, exporting more than it can produce and at risk of losing hundreds of millions of dollars, the Manitoba Hydro whistleblower alleges in a new report.
But another newly released rival report by global consulting firm KPMG found no
Categories: Winnipeg News
Foul water for waterfowl
Ducks with scummy green bills waded across what looked like a pond of pea soup in St. Vital Park Wednesday as onlookers marvelled.
"It doesn't bother me, but it might bother the ducks," said Jodie Jephcote, watching the birds trudge through the scum covering the surface of the city
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