
Ozten Shebahkeget
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Özten Shebahkeget is an Anishinaabe/Turkish Cypriot member of Northwest Angle 33 First Nation who grew up in Winnipeg’s North End. She has been writing for CBC Manitoba since 2022. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature and a master’s in writing.
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Canada's rush for new resource projects can't happen without First Nations' support: grand chief
Some First Nations leaders and citizens in Manitoba say they're concerned about the province's recent push to create new energy, trade and resource extraction projects in the north.
Canada -Manitoba |

Manitoba will face higher wildfire risk as hot weather looms, officials say
Manitoba's Natural Resources Minister Ian Bushie says recent rains have left some "cautiously optimistic" that out-of-control wildfires will be snuffed out soon, but warns the height of this year's wildfire season may still be yet to come.
Canada -Manitoba |

Lemay Forest protester fined $15K for breaching court injunction
A protester with a group that fought to prevent trees from being cut down at a privately owned parcel of land in south Winnipeg has been ordered to pay a $15,000 fine after a judge found her to be in civil contempt of court for breaching an injunction.
Canada -Manitoba |

Manitoba agencies working to protect wildfire evacuees who may be vulnerable to drug dealers, exploitation
Felix Robinson says he felt called to step up and provide a familiar face for Manitoba wildfire evacuees in the midst of chaos and fears of the unknown, as local officials scramble to protect vulnerable people far from home.
Canada -Manitoba |

Regulator criticizes relaxed labour mobility rules, says some Manitoba nurses can't perform 'very basic' tasks
Manitoba’s nursing regulator says some of the province’s newest nurses struggle with basic tasks like taking blood pressure or administering medication, as the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba speaks out against a recent order to remove what it calls a guardrail for patient safety.
Canada -Manitoba |

Red Dress Alert program must be in place by May 2026, says report from organization leading project
All levels of government must act quickly to establish a notification system within the next year that would help find missing Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people in Manitoba, the organization spearheading the project says.
Canada -Manitoba |

Allegations of caribou wastage after hunt meant to vilify First Nations hunters, former lodge owner says
The former owner of a remote lodge in northern Manitoba where recent caribou hunts led to allegations of vandalism and animal wastage says he believes images of dead fetuses at the site were circulated with the intent of making First Nations hunters "look bad."
Canada -Manitoba |

Lodge owner decries killing of caribou on property, but others caution against rush to judgment
The owner of a remote hunting lodge in northern Manitoba says he wants answers after he found a “mass slaughter” of caribou and severe property damage there last month, but police warn that images circulating of the dead animals might not tell the entire story.
Canada -Manitoba |

NDP nearly wiped out in Manitoba after losing 1 northern, 1 Winnipeg seat
Manitobans voted to send just one of three New Democrats back to the House of Commons, with Elmwood-Transcona in Winnipeg going to the Conservatives and MP Niki Ashton losing Churchill-Keewatinook Aski to the Liberals.
Canada -Manitoba |

Intruders broke into remote lodge near Manitoba-Nunavut border, hunted caribou over winter months: RCMP
Police and Manitoba’s conservation service are investigating after RCMP say intruders broke into cabins on a remote lodge in northern Manitoba and hunted caribou there during the winter months.
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