News/Canada/Manitoba (Page 24)

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

Manitoba Researchers at the University of Manitoba are working with a northern First Nation to develop vegetables with increased nutritional characteristics that may help combat health conditions like diabetes. But they also have to convince local folks to eat them. U of M scientists team with remote First Nation toContinue Reading

Manitoba Broadcaster Charles Adler says he’s asked for a face-to-face meeting with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and its grand chief after the assembly called for Adler’s recent Senate appointment to be rescinded over what it called “grossly offensive” comments he made about Indigenous communities 25 years ago. Adler criticizedContinue Reading

Manitoba About 800 Canadian employees are being laid off by Skip the Dishes and its parent company. Skip CEO says decision necessary to ensure ‘right resources and organizational structure’ for sustainabilityTara Deschamps · The Canadian Press · Posted: Aug 20, 2024 3:25 PM EDT | Last Updated: August 21 SkipContinue Reading

Manitoba The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs wants Canada’s governor general and prime minister to rescind the senate appointment of Charles Adler over what the assembly calls “grossly offensive” comments about Indigenous communities made by the broadcaster in 1999. Liberal cabinet minister Dan Vandal also criticizes appointment Bartley Kives · CBCContinue Reading

Manitoba Residents of a western Manitoba community are shocked, devastated and awaiting answers in a triple homicide Friday that has left people in the area shaken. Community members shocked, saddened after 4 people found dead Friday morning Gavin Axelrod · CBC News · Posted: Aug 18, 2024 10:46 AM EDTContinue Reading

Manitoba Winnipeg’s past milestone years marking the 50th, 75th, and 100th anniversaries of incorporation were filled with fanfare and festivity. So why is the 150th so quiet? There’s a different perception of the value in marking these sorts of anniversaries, says historian Darren Bernhardt · CBC News · Posted: AugContinue Reading

Manitoba Police are investigating a triple homicide after four people were found dead in the rural municipality of McCreary Friday morning. 4 bodies found around RM of McCreary, 1 with self-inflicted woundCBC News · Posted: Aug 16, 2024 4:28 PM EDT | Last Updated: August 17 RCMP members are seenContinue Reading