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Police were sent to to a St. Vital school Thursday afternoon after a stranger entered the building.
Police to announce details of Darwin school arrest
Police were sent to to a St. Vital school Thursday afternoon after a stranger entered the building.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Police were sent to to a St. Vital school Thursday afternoon after a stranger entered the building.
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RALEIGH — You know the saying “misery loves company”? That could describe every #NHLJets forward right now excluding the terrific top trio.
I spoke to several slumping players Thursday about the secondary scoring woes and what needs to change.
My story: www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/2025/...
I spoke to several slumping players Thursday about the secondary scoring woes and what needs to change.
My story: www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/2025/...
Jets frustrated, but remain hopeful club can turn around losing skid
RALEIGH — The Winnipeg Jets celebrated American Thanksgiving here on Thursday, sitting down together as a team to enjoy turkey, stuffing and all the trimmings. What they really need is a different typ...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
RALEIGH — You know the saying “misery loves company”? That could describe every #NHLJets forward right now excluding the terrific top trio.
I spoke to several slumping players Thursday about the secondary scoring woes and what needs to change.
My story: www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/2025/...
I spoke to several slumping players Thursday about the secondary scoring woes and what needs to change.
My story: www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/2025/...
Manitoba Hydro is removing 262 trees along a one-kilometre stretch of road in a Winnipeg neighbourhood to prevent power outages.
Hydro to cut down more than 260 trees on stretch of Selkirk Avenue
Manitoba Hydro is removing 262 trees along a one-kilometre stretch of road in a Winnipeg neighbourhood to prevent power outages.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Manitoba Hydro is removing 262 trees along a one-kilometre stretch of road in a Winnipeg neighbourhood to prevent power outages.
There’s perhaps no crime Winnipeggers are more likely to complain about.
Pernicious cycle
Is there any strategy that can shift bike-theft crisis out of high gear?
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November 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
There’s perhaps no crime Winnipeggers are more likely to complain about.
By his own admission, Jason Poturica was a bit of a handful as a youngster.
Brick buffs bond
Lego-lovers work to build creative community, block by block
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November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
By his own admission, Jason Poturica was a bit of a handful as a youngster.
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency arrests 8 people connected to the renovation of apartment towers engulfed by fire.
Hong Kong's anti-corruption agency arrests 8 people connected to the renovation of apartment towers engulfed by fire
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency arrests 8 people connected to the renovation of apartment towers engulfed by fire.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency arrests 8 people connected to the renovation of apartment towers engulfed by fire.
PARIS (AP) — A man arrested by French police earlier this week is thought to be the fourth member of the team that stole France’s crown jewels in a brazen heist from the Louvre Museum, the Paris prosecutor said Friday, meaning that the entire gang is now believed to be in custody.
Paris prosecutor says arrested man is thought to be 4th member of Louvre heist gang
PARIS (AP) — A man arrested by French police earlier this week is thought to be the fourth member of the team that stole France’s crown jewels in a brazen heist from the Louvre Museum, the Paris prosecutor said Friday, meaning that the entire gang is now believed to be in custody.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
PARIS (AP) — A man arrested by French police earlier this week is thought to be the fourth member of the team that stole France’s crown jewels in a brazen heist from the Louvre Museum, the Paris prosecutor said Friday, meaning that the entire gang is now believed to be in custody.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, announced Friday that charges against a man who authorities say shot two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder.
Suspect in shooting of National Guard members now facing a first-degree murder charge
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, announced Friday that charges against a man who authorities say shot two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, announced Friday that charges against a man who authorities say shot two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder.
City fire crews battled three blazes between Thursday night and into early Friday, including a fire that prompted the evacuation of a downtown high-rise.
High-rise evacuated, house a complete loss in trio of overnight fires
City fire crews battled three blazes between Thursday night and into early Friday, including a fire that prompted the evacuation of a downtown high-rise.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
City fire crews battled three blazes between Thursday night and into early Friday, including a fire that prompted the evacuation of a downtown high-rise.
The Osborne Village Business Improvement Zone reviewed what it accomplished in the last year, including the formation of a safety team, at its annual general meeting on Wednesday.
Osborne Village BIZ touts community ambassador program success
The Osborne Village Business Improvement Zone reviewed what it accomplished in the last year, including the formation of a safety team, at its annual general meeting on Wednesday.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The Osborne Village Business Improvement Zone reviewed what it accomplished in the last year, including the formation of a safety team, at its annual general meeting on Wednesday.
A Winnipeg lawyer is warning travellers to have their court documents handy if they plan to enter the U.S., after border agents turned away two former clients due to historical charges that were later dropped.
Border barriers
Canadians with criminal charges — but not convictions — face added scrutiny entering U.S.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A Winnipeg lawyer is warning travellers to have their court documents handy if they plan to enter the U.S., after border agents turned away two former clients due to historical charges that were later dropped.
HALIFAX — Twenty-four hours earlier a dejected Matt Dunstone thought he blew it.
Dunstone makes most of second chance
Winnipeg team advances to Olympic-qualifier final by prevailing in rematch with McEwen
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November 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
HALIFAX — Twenty-four hours earlier a dejected Matt Dunstone thought he blew it.
Taxi and ride-hailing services drivers could soon be facing fines if they believe they’ve had victims of human trafficking or sexual exploitation as passengers and failed to alert police.
Councillors to consider fining taxi, ride-hailing company drivers who don’t report suspected exploitation crimes
Taxi and ride-hailing services drivers could soon be facing fines if they believe they’ve had victims of human trafficking or sexual exploitation as passengers and failed to alert police.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Taxi and ride-hailing services drivers could soon be facing fines if they believe they’ve had victims of human trafficking or sexual exploitation as passengers and failed to alert police.
Progressive Conservative Leader Obby Khan asked Premier Wab Kinew about his past run-ins with the law during a “disgraceful” question period Thursday.
Tories dredge up premier’s past run-ins with law
Progressive Conservative Leader Obby Khan asked Premier Wab Kinew about his past run-ins with the law during a “disgraceful” question period Thursday.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Progressive Conservative Leader Obby Khan asked Premier Wab Kinew about his past run-ins with the law during a “disgraceful” question period Thursday.
Winnipeg Transit is plotting a route to providing better protection for its drivers, amid persistent threats and violent incidents on city buses.
Transit plans to install better shields to protect bus drivers on city’s mean streets
Winnipeg Transit is plotting a route to providing better protection for its drivers, amid persistent threats and violent incidents on city buses.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Winnipeg Transit is plotting a route to providing better protection for its drivers, amid persistent threats and violent incidents on city buses.
Every Manitoba RCMP detachment is now using body-worn cameras — with 98 per cent of all front-line officers equipped with them — a year after provincial Mounties launched the program.
Nearly all Manitoba Mounties now equipped with body cams
Have made policing easier, commanding officer says
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November 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Every Manitoba RCMP detachment is now using body-worn cameras — with 98 per cent of all front-line officers equipped with them — a year after provincial Mounties launched the program.
A judge has ordered a woman to delete social media comments that insinuated the principal of a southern Manitoba high school had promoted the distribution of child pornography.
Woman ordered to remove social media posts about principal
A judge has ordered a woman to delete social media comments that insinuated the principal of a southern Manitoba high school had promoted the distribution of child pornography.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
A judge has ordered a woman to delete social media comments that insinuated the principal of a southern Manitoba high school had promoted the distribution of child pornography.
HALIFAX — Kerri Einarson has always taken care of business against Christina Black.
An Olympic trip continues to elude Einarson
Gimli team toppled by Halifax’s Black in curling trial semis
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November 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
HALIFAX — Kerri Einarson has always taken care of business against Christina Black.
Structural problems forced the city to suddenly close an east Winnipeg arena Wednesday, leaving hockey teams and other users scrambling to find vacant ice just weeks into their seasons.
Safety concerns force city to close East Kildonan arena for extensive repairs
Alternative ice in short supply for area teams, programs
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November 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Structural problems forced the city to suddenly close an east Winnipeg arena Wednesday, leaving hockey teams and other users scrambling to find vacant ice just weeks into their seasons.
Often in creative work, the titles of things come later, once one has seen the finished project and the shape it has taken.
The beauty of fear
Métis beadwork artist captures feeling evoked by increasingly imbalanced world
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November 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Often in creative work, the titles of things come later, once one has seen the finished project and the shape it has taken.
Before her health took a rapid, fatal turn, Genevieve Price was an independent grandmother guided by her faith in God and love for family.
Besieged health-care system, not ER staff, to blame for mom’s death, heartbroken nurse says
Before her health took a rapid, fatal turn, Genevieve Price was an independent grandmother guided by her faith in God and love for family.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Before her health took a rapid, fatal turn, Genevieve Price was an independent grandmother guided by her faith in God and love for family.
OTTAWA – Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault is resigning from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet after Ottawa signed a memorandum of understanding with Alberta on a proposed new pipeline.
Steven Guilbeault quitting cabinet following pipeline deal
OTTAWA – Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault is resigning from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet after Ottawa signed a memorandum of understanding with Alberta on a proposed new pipeline.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
OTTAWA – Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault is resigning from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet after Ottawa signed a memorandum of understanding with Alberta on a proposed new pipeline.
A Court of King’s Bench judge has ruled a blockade set up outside Bloodvein First Nation to keep drugs and alcohol out will be allowed to remain despite inconveniencing licensed hunters.
Judge rules Bloodvein’s contraband checkstop can remain despite inconvenience to hunters
A Court of King’s Bench judge has ruled a blockade set up outside Bloodvein First Nation to keep drugs and alcohol out will be allowed to remain despite inconveniencing licensed hunters.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A Court of King’s Bench judge has ruled a blockade set up outside Bloodvein First Nation to keep drugs and alcohol out will be allowed to remain despite inconveniencing licensed hunters.
An inquest has been called into the death of a man who was hospitalized for an overdose after city police used two Tasers on him.
Inquest called into man’s death
An inquest has been called into the death of a man who was hospitalized for an overdose after city police used two Tasers on him.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
An inquest has been called into the death of a man who was hospitalized for an overdose after city police used two Tasers on him.
Environment Canada has made a change to its national weather alert program: it’s now using a colour-coded system of yellow, orange and red alerts to indicate risk level.
Environment Canada adds colour coding to weather alerts
Environment Canada has made a change to its national weather alert program: it’s now using a colour-coded system of yellow, orange and red alerts to indicate risk level.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Environment Canada has made a change to its national weather alert program: it’s now using a colour-coded system of yellow, orange and red alerts to indicate risk level.