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‘The cycle has been broken:’ Manitoba First Nation signs child welfare agreement
Peguis Chief Glenn Hudson speaks at an event where Peguis First Nation and Child and Family Services (CFS) along with the federal and Manitoba governments announce and sign the Peguis First Nation Honouring our Children, Families and Nation Act Coordination Agreement in Winnipeg, Tuesday, January 31, 2023. The governments of Canada and Manitoba joined Peguis Chief Glenn Hudson and Peguis CFS for this historic event. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Lawes, Scheidegger and Walter get wild-card spots for Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Canada's Kaitlyn Lawes yells to her teammates during a women's curling match against the United States at the Beijing Winter Olympics Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. Teams skipped by Manitoba's Lawes, Alberta's Casey Scheidegger and Manitoba's Meghan Walter appear set to fill the three wild-card positions at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Brynn Anderson
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Matthew Manuel wins Nova Scotia men’s curling final to advance to Brier
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Manitoba Premier promotes four backbenchers in pre-election cabinet shuffle
Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson has made changes to her cabinet, demoting three ministers who recently announced they will not be running in the next election. Stefanson speaks to media at the convention centre in Winnipeg, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Nathan Young qualifies for Brier with 8-6 win over Greg Smith in Newfoundland and Labrador final
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Jennifer Jones returns to Canadian women’s curling championship in Manitoba colours
Skip Jennifer Jones competes at the Autumn Gold bonspiel in Calgary, Alta., Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Manitoba to spend $150-million more than budgeted to help with inflation, health care
Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson speaks to media at the convention centre in Winnipeg, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. The Manitoba government is spending an additional $150 million more than forecasted in the previous budget to ease costs in the health-care system, municipal projects and offset inflation.THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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New addiction treatment clinic in Winnipeg will be Indigenous-led, province says
The flag of Manitoba flies on a pole in Ottawa, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. The Manitoba government is moving to ensure birth certificates can better represent the names of Indigenous people and those of other cultures. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Manitoba premier hints at financial aid, budget consultations float more tax cuts
Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson is hinting at more financial aid in the coming days to help people deal with inflation. Stefanson delivers her annual state of the province speech at the convention centre in Winnipeg, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Sexual assault trial of Manitoba doctor delayed due to missing evidence
A sexual assault trial involving a rural doctor has been delayed to address an issue of lost or destroyed evidence. Dr. Arcel Bissonnette is facing 22 charges of sexual assault stemming from his time working in Ste. Anne, Man., a town southeast of Winnipeg. People enter the Law Courts in Winnipeg on Feb. 5, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Police in India charge two men in deaths of family who froze crossing from Manitoba into U.S.
Police in India say two men are facing charges in the deaths of a family who froze a year ago while trying to cross from Manitoba into the United States. Jagdish Baldevbhai Patel (left to right), son Dharmik Jagdishkumar Patel, wife and mother Vaishaliben Jagdishkumar Patel and daughter Vihangi Jagdishkumar Patel are shown in a handout photo.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Amritbhai Vakil **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Jacques Gauthier, Felix Asselin, Thomas Scoffin qualify for Brier
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Fingerprint match credited with helping identify suspect in Manitoba kidnapping case
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Man charged in string of five bank robberies across southern Manitoba
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. Mounties say a Manitoba man is in custody after he allegedly ingested a balloon filled with methamphetamine with the purpose of smuggling the drugs into prison. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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First Nations, Manitoba and Ottawa team up on rental project for Cree Nation students
Ahmed Hussen, minister of housing and diversity and inclusion, holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. An apartment complex slated to open next summer in Winnipeg will provide First Nations students who have moved off reserve an affordable place to live while they pursue a post-secondary education. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Manitoba reveals new tourism slogan to pitch to visitors
Travel Manitoba is trying to lure more visitors to the province with its new slogan and marketing campaign, shown in this undated mockup.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Travel Manitoba *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Coronavirus Update: Flights from China get COVID-19 restrictions in countries around the world
A sign reading "wearing a mask is recommended," is shown on a door in Montreal's Old Port, Sunday, January 1, 2023. The Quebec government has recommended wearing masks in public spaces and according to new data from the INSPQ, Quebec's public health institute, more people caught COVID-19 in 2022 than in years previous. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Fundraiser for legal challenge of Manitoba Tory leadership didn’t violate rules, watchdog says
Shelly Glover launches her campaign for leader of the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives in Winnipeg on Friday, Sept.10, 2021. The province's commissioner of elections has rejected a complaint about Glover's fundraising. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Steve Lambert
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Lawyer who hired PI to spy on Manitoba judge shocked to be arrested
Lawyer John Carpay is shown in Calgary in a 2012 file photo. The Alberta government has reversed its refusal of an evangelical Christian couple to adopt a child because of their religious views on homosexuality. Carpay with the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms says the Edmonton couple is thrilled with the decision and still plan to adopt. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Graveland
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Saskatchewan man stabbed after vehicle veers off road in northern Manitoba: RCMP
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. Police in northern Manitoba say a Saskatchewan man was sent to hospital after he was stabbed multiple times at the side of the road. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Manitoba deputy premier Cliff Cullen says he won’t seek re-election
Manitoba Justice Minister Cliff Cullen speaks during a press conference in Winnipeg on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. Manitoba is taking a hard look at the youth justice system and its connection to the child-welfare system. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Steve Lambert
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Consistently behind in opinion polls, Manitoba Tories are to face voters in 2023
Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson delivers her annual state of the province speech, at the convention centre in Winnipeg, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Despite a change in the premier's chair, an economic rebound and new spending announcements, opinion polls suggest Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives continue to lag well behind the Opposition New Democrats.THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Canadians fined at least $15-million for breaking COVID-19 quarantine rules in 2022, data shows
A sign reminds arriving passengers to quarantine against COVID-19 at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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To have fun the Manitoba way, all you need is a rink, milk jugs and pals who can handle the cold
Friends gather in the backyard of Glenn and Nicole Buchanan’s Winnipeg home on December 16, 2022. The couple has built an extremely detailed miniature curling risk where they throw jugs instead of rocks. SHANNON VANRAES / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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Federal equalization payments to Manitoba jump, NDP say use it for health
Manitoba opposition NDP leader Wab Kinew speaks during question period at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. The Manitoba government is forecast to see its equalization payments from the federal government jump by $577 million in the fiscal year that will start in April, new federal figures say.THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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How Inuit dialysis patients and a Winnipeg doctor made a breakthrough for renal care in Nunavut
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Manitoba to help with feasibility study to possibly search landfill for slain women
Chief Kyra Wilson of the Long Plain First Nation speaks during a press conference at the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. First Nations leaders in Manitoba are calling for the resignation of Winnipeg's police chief after the force decided to not search a landfill for the remains of two Indigenous women. Police chief Danny Smyth said this week that it's believed the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran are in a landfill outside the city, but too much time has passed and too much garbage has been disposed of to make the search feasible. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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First Nations, governments working to establish Indigenous protected area in Manitoba
An aerial view of the boreal forest and Shethanei Lake in Manitoba is shown in a handout photo. Four First Nations in Manitoba are working with the provincial and federal governments to establish a new Indigenous protected area. The groups are working together to assess the feasibility of a protected area in the Seal River Watershed in northern Manitoba. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Parks Canada-Jordan Melograna **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Manitoba’s governing Tories hold seat in tight byelection contest Tuesday
The throne speech is delivered at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, on November 23, 2019. Voters in part of western Winnipeg go to the polls Tuesday in a byelection for the Kirkfield Park constituency, which has been vacant since former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Scott Fielding resigned last spring. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Indigenous leaders in Manitoba call for Winnipeg police chief’s resignation
Kera Harris, right, and Cambria Harris speak during a press conference at the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. First Nations leaders in Manitoba are calling for the resignation of Winnipeg's police chief after the force decided to not search a landfill for the remains of two Indigenous women. Police chief Danny Smyth said this week that it's believed the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran are in a landfill outside the city, but too much time has passed and too much garbage has been disposed of to make the search feasible. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Annual state of the province speech in Manitoba takes on election campaign tone
Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson delivers her annual state of the province speech to the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce at the convention centre in Winnipeg on Dec. 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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New laws to protect animals, raise minimum wage passed by Manitoba legislature
Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson speaks at a news conference prior to the throne speech at the Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Manitoba suspends new cryptocurrency operations, citing high energy demand
Manitoba Finance Minister Cameron Friesen is sworn in at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg on Jan. 18, 2022. The Manitoba government is temporarily halting any new connections of cryptocurrency operations to the hydroelectric grid. Finance Minister Cameron Friesen, the minister responsible for Crown-owned Manitoba Hydro, says there will be a 18-month pause pending a review of the industry's energy demands. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
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Manitoba RCMP say woman and child safe after alleged random kidnapping
FILE PHOTO: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) crest is seen on a member's uniform, at the RCMP "D" Division Headquarters in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon VanRaes/File Photo
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Manitoba Mountie facing assault charges after investigation by police watchdog
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. An RCMP officer in Manitoba is facing assault charges after the province's police watchdog completed its investigation into a woman who was injured while in custody. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck