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'It's a miracle that he's alive,' says brother of Steinbach highway crash victim
Michael Bueckert, a 26-year-old single father from Steinbach, Man., was airlifted to Heath Sciences Centre in Winnipeg after being struck by a vehicle while helping a man whose car was stopped on Highway 52.
Frustration, confusion over focus for City of Winnipeg committee focused on reconciliation initiative: report
A report commissioned by the mayor's office on a Winnipeg reconciliation initiative has revealed uncertainty around the initiative's core purpose.
Manitoba man sober for 2 years receives 3 month sentence reduction in drug trafficking offence
A Métis man who has made "rehabilitative progress" through a sobriety program has received a reduced sentenced of four years and three months in prison after he pleaded guilty to possession of drugs for the purposes of trafficking in The Pas.
Looming U.S. tariffs, falling loonie worry Manitoba manufacturers as production costs rise
CEO and co-owner of Peerless Garments in Winnipeg, Albert El Tassi, says customers will have to absorb the climbing costs from tariffs on materials from products sent back and forth across the border with the United States.
Manitoba man sentenced in 'egregious' intimate image betrayal case involving his ex-girlfriend
A 36-year-old Brandon, Man., man has been sentenced to nine months in an "egregious" intimate image betrayal case after he uploaded sexually explicit videos of his then pregnant ex-girlfriend to a popular porn website without her consent.
'Buy Canadian' campaign resonates with Manitobans as U.S. tariffs loom: online survey
Manitobans are changing their buying habits and travel plans as the threat of a trade war with the United States looms, an online survey suggests.
Feds' argument over $5 treaty payments 'disgraceful' tactic to delay lawsuit: plaintiffs
A debate over how to adjudicate Treaty 4 rights was at the core of a federal court hearing in Manitoba this week. Lawyers for two First Nations argued Canada violated the treaty by refusing to raise the $5 annuity since 1875 and want to proceed with a class action. The government says it's only bound by the treaty as written and opposes class action.
'Legal loophole' leaves Manitoba renters vulnerable to astronomical rent hikes, says new study
The Residential Tenancies Branch "emboldens landlords" to hike rents above annual provincial guidelines through repairs and upgrades that are often only cosmetic, according to a new study.
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.