Caitlyn Gowriluk
Reporter
Caitlyn Gowriluk has been writing for CBC Manitoba since 2019. Her work has also appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, and in 2021 she was part of an award-winning team recognized by the Radio Television Digital News Association for its breaking news coverage of COVID-19 vaccines. Get in touch with her at caitlyn.gowriluk@cbc.ca.
Latest from Caitlyn Gowriluk

Winnipeg father convicted of manslaughter in infant son's death gets 7 years in prison
A Winnipeg man convicted of manslaughter in his infant son’s 2020 death has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
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'Pray for rain,' Manitoba premier says as thousands more flee out-of-control wildfires across province
Premier Wab Kinew says he expects thousands more people from northern parts of Manitoba under threat from wildfires to be evacuated from their communities and sent to other parts of the province — predominantly to Winnipeg.
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Human smugglers get 10 years, 6½ years for roles in 'unimaginable' deaths of family at Manitoba-U.S. border
Two convicted human smugglers have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their roles in carrying out a scheme to bring Indian migrants into the U.S. from Canada, which led to the deaths of a family of four in the winter of 2022.
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Man sentenced to life in prison for 2021 killing of rural Manitoba neighbour
Clifford Joseph’s family didn’t express their grief through words at the sentencing of the man convicted of killing him almost four years ago — but they still showed up to court to watch Monday as Eric Wildman was handed a life sentence for Joseph’s murder.
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Increasing school enrolment across Manitoba creates strain for some divisions, opportunity for others
While enrolment increased in most of Manitoba's school divisions this year, the stories behind those numbers varied — from immigration and new developments pushing up population size, to special programming potentially enticing students to switch schools.
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Emergency response to deadly Lac du Bonnet wildfire to be reviewed, reeve says
When Glennda Gould fled her home in Manitoba’s wildfire-stricken Lac du Bonnet area this week, it wasn’t because she’d gotten a notification telling her to evacuate — it was because the smoke had finally gotten so bad she felt like she couldn’t stay any longer.
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'Worst fears' confirmed as 2 people trapped by wildfire die in southeastern Manitoba: RCMP
The bodies of a man and a woman who got trapped as a wildfire burned near the community of Lac du Bonnet in southeastern Manitoba were recovered by police Wednesday morning, RCMP say.
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Truck driver who had licence suspended over alleged breathalyzer refusal argues Manitoba law unconstitutional
A Manitoba truck driver whose licence was suspended after police said he refused to give a breathalyzer sample is challenging the provincial law that saw him temporarily barred from driving, arguing the review process set up by that law makes it unconstitutional.
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Man charged in 3 Winnipeg killings pleads guilty to 2nd-degree murder
A man charged with killing three people in a span of roughly six months in Winnipeg has pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree murder.
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Raquel Dancho holds on to Kildonan-St. Paul seat for Conservatives after tight race with Liberals
Manitoba's Kildonan-St. Paul riding will be held by incumbent Conservative candidate Raquel Dancho, in a race that stretched out into the day after the election, as final votes were counted in the Winnipeg-area riding.
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