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Inmate suicide at Manitoba prison 'tragic but unpreventable,' inquest finds
A judge has found a man's death by suicide "tragic but not preventable," says an inquest report into the 2019 death of the inmate at a federal prison in Manitoba.
Fatal 2022 stabbing at Winnipeg beer vendor was 'gratuitous violence,' judge says at sentencing
A man who fatally stabbed another man during an altercation outside a Winnipeg beer vendor has been given a 12-year sentence for manslaughter.
Dispute between neighbours in small Manitoba community ends with 'regrettable' court fight: judge
A judge has ruled a man in a small Manitoba community must give up a portion of his property, after a once accepted survey line led to a "regrettable" legal fight between two next-door neighbours.
Man pleads guilty after driving excavator into vehicles, buildings at Winnipeg water treatment plant
Aaron Michael Yarema says he "got carried away" when he caused over a million dollars in damage to the Winnipeg Deacon Reservoir water treatment plant, driving an excavator into vehicles, equipment and buildings in the early morning hours of Sept. 3, 2023.
School, nursing station close in northern Manitoba First Nation due to lack of running water
A First Nation in northern Manitoba that has been under a boil water advisory for more than six years has had little running water at all for the past several days.
PowerSchool paid hackers a fee to delete stolen data: Manitoba school board memo
A cyberattack that has exposed student information uploaded to a web-based management system impacted dozens of Manitoba school divisions across the province. According to a cabinet spokesperson 80 per cent of school divisions in the province have been impacted by the data breach.
Victim's mother's 'heart aches all the time,' court hears during sentencing for 2022 stabbing
The Crown is seeking a 13-year sentence for Cecil Vance Roulette, who was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Enrique George Courchene in 2022. The defence argued for a sentence of five years.
Judicial review involving contentious 'massive' garage dismissed by Manitoba judge
A more than year-long neighbourhood battle over what a man called a “bright red” and “massive garage” has come to a close, after a judge dismissed the man’s bid for judicial review of a City of Winnipeg appeal committee decision to allow the garage to stand.
3 northern Manitoba sex crime cases tossed due to delays in 2024
Three northern Manitoban men accused of sex crimes are no longer facing charges after provincial court threw out each of their cases for unreasonable time delays in 2024.
Flin Flon man's child pornography charges stayed because of trial delays
A northern Manitoba man is no longer facing child pornography charges after a provincial court judge found he waited an unreasonably long time for a trial.