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 Man charged after Weston-area raid
A 29-year-old Winnipeg man is facing numerous weapons and drug charges after Winnipeg police raided a home in the 2200 block of Gallagher Avenue Tuesday afternoon.
Sheldon Lee West was arrested after police seized two modified shotguns, a modified rifle, numerous rounds of ammunition and
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 Super Sonic soars to win Canada Sings choir slot
As it turns out, Super Sonic has some super singers. And dancers, too.
The 13 members of the locally based Royal Canadian Air Force Band who appeared in Tuesday’s instalment of Canada Sings were victorious in the Global TV reality series’ show-choir competition.
Performing as Super
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 Tempers flare on CP picket line on McPhillips Street
Tempers flared on the Canadian Pacific Railway picket line on McPhillips Street this morning after two vehicles allegedly pushed their way through a throng of strikers.
There are 286 union members on strike in Winnipeg. The CP diesel shop is located on McPhillips Street and Jarvis Avenue,
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 Police release image of suspect in March sexual assault
A 22-year-old Winnipeg woman sexually assaulted on March 20, police said today.
The woman was approached by a stranger around Main Street and Bannatyne Avenue area shortly after midnight. The pair chatted, and got on a bus headed to Fort Rouge. When they got off the bus near Osborne Street and
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 Man handed one-year sentence after fatal hit-and-run
A Winnipeg man is heading to jail for a deadly hit-and-run that occurred while he was out on bail and banned from driving.
Roop Singh Dhaliwal, 36, was sentenced Wednesday to one year behind bars after his bid for a conditional sentence was rejected. Dhaliwal pleaded guilty earlier this year to
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 Cyclist dead after crash on Higgins
A female cyclist has been struck and killed by a vehicle on Higgins Avenue just west of Main Street.
The collision occurred about 11:10 a.m. A witness said the woman was cycling westbound through the intersection at Main Street when she found herself trapped between a van and a semi-trailer,...
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 Pierce steps up to the plate
Buck Pierce is hoping Winnipeg Blue Bombers fans don't take his shiny new licence plate literally.
The Bombers starting quarterback, along with Manitoba Justice Minister Andrew Swan and Bombers CEO Garth Buchko, posed at a news conference Tuesday with a new series of Bombers licence plates the
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 Report delayed again on sale of city-owned links
THE future of seven city-owned golf courses remains up in the air as a rare meeting of the committee in charge of their potential sale came and went without a promised report about their fate.
Since 2011, the City of Winnipeg has been mulling the idea of selling or leasing seven financially
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 From one Jet boss to another... 100,000 thank yous
Winnipeg Jets co-owner Mark Chipman made it clear Tuesday he won't be bullied into apologizing for the organization's use of a military symbol for the team's look and logo.
And to show his True North Foundation's commitment to the relationship with the Royal Canadian Air Force, the NHL team's
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 More Sunday shopping due
Not only is Sunday-morning shopping coming to a store near you, but cash registers will soon be ringing up sales on the mornings of Louis Riel Day, Victoria Day and Thanksgiving Day, too.
The province is expected to introduce legislation today that will enable municipalities to allow retailers
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 Chemicals not par for the course
Manitoba's golf courses, often criticized for their heavy-handed use of pesticides, accounted for roughly six per cent of the weed and fungus killer used provincewide by permit-holders last summer.
The 65 golf courses that filed year-end pesticide reports sprayed about 11,200 litres of chemicals
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 No arrests in Main Street beating
A person was assaulted Wednesday afternoon in the 700 block of Main Street.
The victim was attacked by two people using a weapon. Winnipeg police say the victim was taken to hospital. No arrests have been
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 Winnipeg man recovering after campground bear attack
A Winnipeg man is recovering from his injuries after a black bear dragged him from an outhouse and slashed and bit him repeatedly before a friend intervened and shot and killed the bear.
Gordon Shurvell, 65, was back home late Tuesday night after being treated and released from a hospital in...
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 Football star's fatal punch probed at manslaughter trail
Jeremy Botelho doesn’t deny throwing a punch during a Winnipeg bar fight that ultimately led to the death of a man.
But Botelho, 25, has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, claiming his actions in the April 2010 incident were justified.
Jurors began hearing evidence Tuesday about the
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 Drunk driver gets year in jail
A Winnipeg man has been sentenced to one year in jail for a drunk driving crash which seriously injured two young brothers who had just moved to Canada from Nepal.
Hubert Butt, 32, pleaded guilty to the March 2011 incident which saw him get behind the wheel after a day, and evening, of drinking.
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 Crown seeks 30 months for sex assault taping
The Crown is seeking a 30-month jail term for a Winnipeg man who videotaped the group sexual assault of an unconscious woman.
Jeffrey Tongol, 32, was convicted of sexual assault earlier this year for the July 2004 incident. He returned to court Tuesday for sentencing.
The 22-year-old victim had
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 Hillier, Skydiggers and Chan all dropping into News Cafe tomorrow
The Winnipeg Free Press News Café is going to be hopping on Wednesday.
Andy Maize and Josh Finlayson, the lead singer and lead guitarist respectively of roots rockers The Skydiggers, will kick things off with an interview and a couple of tunes at 10:30 a.m.
Rick Hillier, formerly
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 Manitoba eyes revisions to let stores open Sunday mornings
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has all but confirmed it is about to expand Sunday shopping hours.
A report from a government-appointed committee released Tuesday recommends the current law, which allows most retailers to open only between noon and 6 p.m., be loosened to allow stores to open
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 City appoints new top lawyer
The City of Winnipeg has filled a vacancy in a senior-management position by appointing Michael Jack as city solicitor and director of legal services.
A lawyer with the city for 12 years, Jack replaces the departed Len Strijack as the City of Winnipeg’s top lawyer.
Jack has acted as a
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 High-profile Quebec corruption inquiry gets underway
MONTREAL - A public inquiry with possibly devastating political ramifications has begun in Quebec with the presiding judge outlining the ambitious task before her: to uncover a network of corruption in the province.
France Charbonneau, a Quebec Superior Court justice, marked the official launch
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 Bear pulls camper from outhouse, before being shot
A Winnipeg man is recovering from his injuries after a black bear dragged him from an outhouse and attacked him, near Sioux Lookout, Ontario.
The attack happened this past Saturday at 6 a.m. at a camping site on Crown land about 60 kilometers north of Sioux Lookout, in Dunbar Lake.
Sgt. David
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 Tories launch talks on official languages, shield programs from cuts
OTTAWA - The federal government has launched country-wide consultations on how it can best support Canada's official languages -- one area of spending that the Conservatives have shielded from cuts.
Other potentially sensitive files such as Old Age Security, veterans affairs, and environmental...
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 Eight people wounded in shooting following Oklahoma City Thunder game
OKLAHOMA CITY - A late night fight that escalated into gunfire and left at least eight people wounded in Oklahoma City as thousands of spectators left an NBA playoff game just a few blocks away was likely not related to the game, police said Tuesday.
Capt. Dexter Nelson said there have been no
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