
Darren Bernhardt
Reporter
Darren Bernhardt has been with CBC Manitoba since 2009 and specializes in offbeat and local history stories. He is the author of two bestselling books: The Lesser Known: A History of Oddities from the Heart of the Continent, and Prairie Oddities: Punkinhead, Peculiar Gravity and More Lesser Known Histories.
Latest from Darren Bernhardt

Winnipeg's Wolseley School to be renamed within the year, ending connection to colonial general
Five years after a petition circulated calling for the renaming of Wolseley School in Winnipeg, the province's largest school division is taking new name suggestions from the public.
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Kinew commits $1.5M to tariff-impacted industries, orders Manitoba to buy only Canadian-made steel
The Manitoba government is giving a grant of $1.5 million to the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters to develop a program to support industries impacted by the Trump tariffs.
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Manitoba potato industry fears big losses as companies cut orders
The Manitoba potato industry — from seed producers to those who grow the main crops — is scrambling to adjust to news that the companies they supply are slashing orders, leaving them facing potentially huge losses.
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University of Winnipeg enters new era with its first-ever PhD program
The University of Winnipeg has graduated into a new class of education with its first-ever doctorate program — the PhD in bioscience and policy.
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Winnipeg's newly sworn in police chief vows to 'heal past wounds' with Indigenous community
Gene Bowers was sworn in Monday as the 19th chief of police in Winnipeg's history, vowing to put reconciliation, community relations and the city's mental health crises at the forefront.
Canada -Manitoba |

$30M development eyed for lot where Sutherland Hotel once stood
The Sutherland Hotel is gone but the ambitious plans that were in place to renovate the 142-year-old structure prior to January's destructive fire are now rising from the ashes and rubble in Winnipeg's North End.
Canada -Manitoba |

Chosen for Frozen: Roles filled for highly anticipated summer musical at Rainbow Stage
After more than a month of waiting and frozen with anticipation, the cast for what could turn out to be one of Rainbow Stage's most popular shows has been set.
Canada -Manitoba |

Family of Manitoba woman who died waiting for heart surgery demands answers, proposes legislation
Debbie Fewster died last October while waiting for heart surgery. Her family is blaming what they say is a flawed health-care system that left her waiting too long for the urgently needed operation.
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Mark Carney 'has what it takes' to deal with Trump, say Manitoba politicians
The choice of Mark Carney as newly-minted Liberal Party Leader is being met with applause from many in Manitoba, including a Liberal MP who didn't vote for him.
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Border traffic from Manitoba to North Dakota reduced to trickle as tariffs come into effect
It's like a ghost town — that's how the owner of the Emerson Duty Free shop at the Manitoba-United States border describes the highway leading to the crossing once new tariffs kicked in.
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