News/Canada/Manitoba (Page 27)

Manitoba Elle Harris never thought she’d graduate from high school, but says she’ll be honouring her late mother — one of four women killed by an admitted Winnipeg serial killer — as she walks across the stage to get her diploma next week. Elle Harris, whose mother was slain by WinnipegContinue Reading

Manitoba Caydin Cleland was thinking of his family before he crossed the finish line at the Manitoba Marathon on Sunday — the second of two goals he achieved in the event. Thousands hit the ground running despite Sunday’s rainy start Ozten Shebahkeget · CBC News · Posted: Jun 16, 2024Continue Reading

Manitoba Manitoba’s chief psyciatrist is the person who signs the final order of committeeship when someone is place under the care of the public guardian and trustee. It’s a system that’s needed to “protect people that are vulnerable and unable to care for themselves,” says Dr. Jim Simm. Need toContinue Reading

Manitoba People gathered on Saturday afternoon for the unveiling of a monument to remember those involved in a western Manitoba bus crash that killed 17 people a year ago. Crash near Carberry on June 15, 2023, left 17 dead, 8 others injuredCBC News · Posted: Jun 15, 2024 5:03 PMContinue Reading

Manitoba It’s been one year since Garry Kufley lost his mom, Helen. The 88-year-old was among the 25 people on a day trip to a casino near Carberry, when the bus they were on was hit by a semi at a Trans-Canada Highway intersection. Families, community members to gather in DauphinContinue Reading

Manitoba Brandon city councillors recently raised concerns about what was termed a “gopher infestation” in the city. The city has identified 15 ground squirrel hot spots, but the executive director of the Brandon Riverbank Discovery Centre says their numbers are on par with last year. Pests create safety issue in someContinue Reading

Manitoba When Donna Bartlett returned this week to the landfill where her granddaughter’s remains are believed to be buried, she was again overcome with emotion. But this time it was different — because she knew a search to bring those remains home will soon begin. Donna Bartlett says she hopesContinue Reading

Manitoba The driver of the bus in a crash that killed 17 seniors in Manitoba last year has been unable to speak to RCMP due to a medical condition caused by the accident — and investigators may never hear his perspective on the province’s deadliest bus crash. RCMP have submitted evidence to Crown prosecutors,Continue Reading

Manitoba A new study says child welfare has had “an increasingly widespread presence” in the lives of First Nations newborns in Manitoba over the last couple decades, and its lead author says urgent change is needed. ‘Child welfare will and is changing as we speak,’ says Manitoba families minister OztenContinue Reading