Latest from Joanne Levasseur
Manitoba auditor general looking into whether daycares are meeting accessibility goals after $1.2B in funding
Manitoba’s auditor general announced an audit last week to review whether $1.2 billion in federal funding flowing to the Department of Education is actually making child care more accessible.
CBC Investigates
A website claims wildfire destroyed a single mom's clothing warehouse. But the store doesn't exist
The city of Flin Flon in northwestern Manitoba has faced wildfires and a massive evacuation — and now a fake online site has popped up claiming a clothing warehouse in the city burned down, and the single-mom owner has to sell off what's left.
Peguis First Nation uses its disaster expertise to help northern Manitoba fire evacuees
When news broke that a massive evacuation was needed to protect people from wildfire, Peguis First Nation stepped up.
Right name, wrong house: Liens slapped on 14 properties registered to men with same name
Jaswinder Singh Brar owns one of 14 Manitoba properties that had liens placed on them. However, he wasn’t the one who owed money and says the onus shouldn’t have been placed on him to prove it.
Former PC government paid JohnQ Public $18M days before election announced
One week before the last provincial election was called, the Progressive Conservative government quietly gave JohnQ Public an $18-million grant.
CBC Investigates
'We need it here,' elder says after Peguis First Nation trust built daycare in Winnipeg suburb
A daycare owned by an organization created to benefit Peguis First Nation promises dozens of new daycare spots for families when it opens its doors – but not for the First Nation in Manitoba's Interlake region, which is in dire need of child care.
CBC Investigates
Manitoba government asks auditor general to review daycare project connected to PC campaign director's company
The province has asked Manitoba’s auditor general to review a $100-million daycare construction project initiated by the previous Progressive Conservative government in partnership with a company that paid millions of dollars to a separate company co-owned by the director of the PCs' 2023 re-election campaign.
SkyCity developers intentionally misled investors about value of Winnipeg land, Crown argues at fraud trial
Lawyers wrapped up closing arguments Wednesday in a criminal fraud case against the developers of the never-built SkyCity condo project, whose developers are accused of misleading investors.
Crystal Saunders, killed 18 years ago, was a 'beautiful little girl' who 'just got lost': mother
It's been nearly 18 years since Crystal Saunders was found dead, but her mother has never stopped crying for her 24-year-old daughter.
Undercover officers in 'Mr. Big' sting spent months befriending accused in 2007 Manitoba killing: court docs
At least 18 RCMP officers spent more than seven months on an elaborate "Mr. Big" sting operation that involved getting close to the suspect in an MMIWG cold case murder through going to Canucks games and skydiving, and staging a fake crime scene.