News/Canada/Manitoba (Page 44)

Manitoba Charity Fleury cried out between sobs in a Manitoba courtroom last month as she described the “unimaginable horror” of her 10-month-old daughter’s murder by a man Fleury trusted to care for the infant. Robert Alexander Bear had offered to watch infant while mother returned to work after mat leave, court heardContinue Reading

Manitoba Heather Stefanson has announced she will step down as leader of the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives on Monday. PCs ‘are now going to go through a very healthy leadership race,’ says Stefanson, who will stay on as MLA Ian Froese · CBC News · Posted: Jan 13, 2024 12:17 PMContinue Reading

Manitoba Kevin Cheveldayoff’s pride in how well the Winnipeg Jets are playing comes from different perspectives — as the team’s general manager, as a hockey fan and as a Canadian who knows all about small markets. Despite great 1st half, Kevin Cheveldayoff warns Jets have ‘accomplished nothing yet’ Judy OwenContinue Reading

Manitoba One of highest honours Manitoba bestows upon individuals has been posthumously stripped from the disgraced former director of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. ‘He has no place being honoured in the public sphere here in Manitoba,’ premier says Darren Bernhardt · CBC News · Posted: Jan 10, 2024 2:04 PMContinue Reading

Manitoba The Winnipeg Art Gallery is dropping Ferdinand Eckhardt’s name from its main entrance hall, website and all other gallery materials. ‘Part of a continued journey towards equity, decolonization and reconciliation,’ WAG says Darren Bernhardt · CBC News · Posted: Jan 09, 2024 6:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 11 hours agoContinue Reading

Manitoba Three daughters of one of the 17 seniors who died in a crash in southwestern Manitoba this past summer say they want to see changes to the highway intersection where it happened to ensure such a tragedy never happens again.  Province unveils range of options for improving safety at highway intersection Sarah PetzContinue Reading

Manitoba The parents of an international student from Nigeria say Winnipeg police failed to “protect and serve” their son who was experiencing a “mental breakdown” when officers responded to a well-being call and fatally shot the 19-year-old on New Year’s Eve. Police shooting son in mental distress a failure ofContinue Reading

Manitoba The Royal Canadian Mint’s newest offering features Manitoba’s most famous UFO encounter, which happened in 1967 when Stefan Michalak went looking for precious metals near Falcon Lake. Ovoid coin depicts Stefan Michalak’s close encounter, glows in the dark Elisha Dacey · CBC News · Posted: Apr 03, 2018 12:20Continue Reading