Ex-DC police officer is sentenced to 5 years in prison for fatally shooting...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former police officer in the nation’s capital was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for fatally shooting a 27-year-old man who had been sleeping in […]
View ArticleBuilders stampede to participate in federally funded affordable-housing program
If you help fund affordable housing in Winnipeg, apparently the builders will come. A City of Winnipeg program was designed to attract new, primarily affordable and downtown housing units this […]
View ArticleYukon First Nation fears exclusion from mine disaster review, seeks public...
Yukon’s Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nation says an independent review of a disaster at the Eagle Gold mine on its territory is urgently needed but it has serious concerns the […]
View Article2 men plead not guilty to killing former ‘General Hospital’ actor Johnny Wactor
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two men charged with murder in the killing of former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor pleaded not guilty Thursday in a Los Angeles court. Robert Barceleau […]
View Article‘Fast-healer’ Bighill ready for action
Some tweaks are just that: minor injuries that simply need a little TLC to be ironed out. No one knows that better than Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ linebacker Adam Bighill, whose […]
View ArticleScottie Scheffler takes giant leap toward $25 million FedEx Cup prize
ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler started the Tour Championship with a two-shot lead based on his dominant season. And then he looked dominant as ever Thursday, posting the best round […]
View ArticleEcuador starts dismantling Yasuni National Park oil block two days before...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Ecuador’s government says it has started dismantling infrastructure on a controversial oil drilling block in Yasuni National Park, just as Friday’s court-imposed deadline for...
View ArticleBelief & barbecue
If things had gone differently this spring, Danny Kleinsasser would be dead. The founder of Stony Mountain-based barbecue catering company Danny’s Whole Hog was driving his truck the morning of […]
View ArticlePedestrian killed by RCMP vehicle heading to call for service in Saskatchewan
BUFFALO NARROWS, Sask. – A man is dead after being hit by a police vehicle in rural northern Saskatchewan. RCMP say officers had been in the community of Turnor Lake when they received a call for...
View ArticleMoore says he made an ‘honest mistake’ failing to correct application...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Thursday he made “an honest mistake” in failing to correct a White House fellowship application 18 years ago when he wrote […]
View ArticleWomen’s college in Virginia bars transgender students based on founder’s will...
Sweet Briar College in Virginia has instituted an admissions policy that bars transgender women next school year, making the school an outlier among the nation’s diminishing number of women’s colleges....
View ArticleHard to keep up with Keplin
Trainer Steve Keplin Jr. might just have himself a Gold Cup horse, and at this stage in his career, he’s ready for one. The 31-year-old conditioner from the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reserve in...
View ArticleJewish students at Columbia faced hostile environment during pro-Palestinian...
Jews and Israelis at Columbia University were ostracized from student groups, humiliated in classrooms and subjected to verbal abuse as pro-Palestinian demonstrations shook the campus last year, and...
View ArticleCritical incidents spike in health care
The number of critical incidents in Manitoba’s health-care system in late 2023 soared to the highest level since early in the COVID-19 pandemic, with delays or missed opportunities cited in many cases....
View ArticleFrances Tiafoe tops Ben Shelton in an all-American US Open rematch and now...
NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe solved Ben Shelton’s big serve and played brilliantly at the net to win their all-American rematch at the U.S. Open 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (5), […]
View ArticleKosovo shuts down 5 Serbian governing structures in the north and US reacts...
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo authorities on Friday closed five parallel institutions working with the ethnic Serb minority, a move that was immediately criticized by the United States and could […]
View ArticleNorthwest derby sure to be a Dutch treat
If Sunday’s Northwest Derby were to be played as a game of Dutch Blitz, the advantage would have to lie with Liverpool. Speed is key to winning the contest of […]
View ArticleNavajo Nation adopts changes to tribal law regulating the transportation of...
The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in the...
View ArticleFour-year sentence for B.C. woman who posed as a care aide to defraud seniors
SURREY, B.C. – Police say a British Columbia woman who posed as a care aide and defrauded seniors has been sentenced to four years in jail, less time served, as […]
View ArticleWho you gonna call when there’s a phantom in your phone?
Pat and Marlene Guy were at home relaxing on July 28 when they received a knock on the door of their condo in Garden City. It was Winnipeg police officers, […]
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