News/Canada/Manitoba (Page 29)

Manitoba·Photos The number of the flamboyant birds living in Souris, Man., has fluctuated over the past 40 years. Currently, there are about 15, with at least two full grown white peacocks in a barn by the local campground. ‘There are people who come far and wide to see these birds,’Continue Reading

WARNING: This story contains details about violence against Indigenous women. The brutal acts of a Winnipeg serial killer that left even the judge who handed him a life sentence calling that punishment inadequate have illuminated a debate over how long people convicted of multiple murders should wait before getting a chanceContinue Reading

Manitoba Guy Maddin has built a career helming bewildering, dreamlike, avant-garde films, but the Winnipeg auteur’s new dark political comedy Rumours may be his most accessible work yet. ‘The idea is to get 12 or 13 Oscars,’ quips director of famously oddball films Alex Nino Gheciu · The Canadian PressContinue Reading

Manitoba Marlies Soltys is trying not to lose her own head over it, but the constant decapitation of her sculpture is starting to cut deep. ‘I was a little bit disheartened and in disbelief,’ Marlies Soltys says about latest beheading of Art Darren Bernhardt · CBC News · Posted: AugContinue Reading

Manitoba Former family doctor Arcel Bissonnette has been sentenced to 12 years for sexually assaulting seven women during medical appointments and examinations in Ste. Anne, Man. Arcel Bissonnette convicted in November of assaulting 5 patients, pleaded guilty in February 2024 to 2 more Cameron MacLean · CBC News · Posted: Aug 29, 2024Continue Reading

Manitoba During a speech in Winnipeg Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended his government’s move to call for binding arbitration and force an end to a work stoppage at the country’s two major railways. Prime minister visits city as federal byelection looms in Elmwood-Transcona Steve Lambert · The Canadian PressContinue Reading

WARNING: This story contains details about violence against Indigenous women. For some, it’s the sight of a garbage truck on the street that can suddenly bring them back to the worst day of their lives; for others, something as ordinary as a bathtub now fills them with dread. Those areContinue Reading

Paige Woodford burrows into the corner of a couch and studies the colourful pages of the kids’ picture book All That I Can Be, listening to her dad read the Mercer Mayer classic about growing up and dreaming big. The 11-year-old mouths the words but sits alone until her mom, Danika Letander, nestles in nextContinue Reading

Manitoba Birth control will become free for all Manitobans with a prescription as of Oct. 1, Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara announced on Thursday. ‘This announcement today is about reproductive justice,’ Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara says Darren Bernhardt · CBC News · Posted: Aug 22, 2024 11:26 AM EDT | Last Updated: AugustContinue Reading