News/Canada/Manitoba (Page 25)

Manitoba For the next few days, unless her coach of a father has something to say about it, Olympic bronze medallist Skylar Park won’t have to think about preparing for her next taekwondo match. Taekwondo bronze medallist honours her extended family — and hopes for a day offBartley Kives ·Continue Reading

Manitoba ‘They forget the train is our lifeline’: Pukatawagan family walked 100 km home to protest train cancellationsA family from a First Nation community in northern Manitoba walked roughly 100 kilometres in 35 C heat for two and a half days after their train home was cancelled last week, inContinue Reading

Manitoba Members of Tina Fontaine’s family and community members gathered to honour her memory Saturday night, a week before the 10-year mark since the body of the 15-year-old girl was found in Winnipeg’s Red River. “Even if the whole world forgets her, I’m never going to forget her,” younger brotherContinue Reading

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. A recent search that recovered a missing woman’s remains from a Saskatchewan landfill years after she was last seen could help guide a similar effort about to begin one province over. The people tasked with finding the remains of Morgan Harris, 39, and MarcedesContinue Reading

Manitoba The world premiere of an Ojibwe-language version of Star Wars: A New Hope was screened in Winnipeg on Thursday evening, bringing rave reviews and also a galaxy of optimism for First Nations languages. ‘This shows that these languages deserve to exist in these digital spaces … and should beContinue Reading

Manitoba A YouTuber from New Zealand made a surprise Manitoba pit stop on his cross-Canada canoe trip last week when he rescued a dog he found trapped in the water near The Pas. ‘She’s a pretty, pretty lucky old dog that he came by when he did,’ owner says ofContinue Reading

Manitoba·Absolutely Canadian The new documentary The Death Tour follows wrestlers as they struggle on the demanding northern Manitoba wrestling circuit. Visiting remote Indigenous communities, the wrestlers also discover their power and influence off the mat. Wrestler Sage Morin says she discovered purpose amidst pain on the northern Manitoba wrestling circuitContinue Reading

Manitoba A family has been forced to find a new home after the house they rented in Winnipeg was completely gutted in a fire that they say was caused by an electronic bike. ‘I came down; the bike was engulfed and shooting out battery acid,’ woman says Arturo Chang · CBCContinue Reading

Manitoba The team behind a new magazine based in Winnipeg hope to give readers a piece of Africa. ‘We want the whole of Manitoba to embrace this … and [we] want to take it all over the world’CBC News · Posted: Aug 04, 2024 4:03 PM EDT | Last Updated:Continue Reading