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I needed my doctor to apologize before I could let go of my trauma
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Mark Scheifele lifts Jets to 5-1 win over Senators
music
Winterruption Festival brings musical reprieve in dark Prairies winter
Tipis Full Park Outdoor. images from previous years' Winterruptions in Saskatoon, photo credit is Barbara Reimer.
canada
First Nations group expects landfill feasibility study to take months to finish
Equipment works at Prairie Green Landfill, just north of Winnipeg, on January 14, 2023. SHANNON VANRAES / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
football
Blue Bombers sign defensive end Jeffcoat to one-year extension
Nov 20, 2022; Regina, Saskatchewan, CAN; Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive lineman Jackson Jeffcoat (94) celebrates his fumble recovery from his sack on Toronto Argonauts quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson (not pictured) during the first half at Mosaic Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports
canada
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
hockey
Jets post 2-1 win to extend Coyotes’ misery
Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) covers up a rebound against the Arizona Coyotes during third period NHL action in Winnipeg on Sunday January 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Greenslade
olympics
Ackland, Gushue advance to Canadian Open curling playoffs
A curling rock is releasedt at the Brier in Brandon, Man. Tuesday, March, 5, 2019. The head of Curling Canada is bullish about the organization's financial position. There's enough money to tend to the sport's grassroots as well as substantially enlarge the prize purse of the season's major events. And that's with a TV contract about to expire. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
canada
Poilievre gives speech to group facing criticism for residential school, discrimination comments
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a media availability on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
canada
Tiny home village for homeless opens in Winnipeg
Melissa Stone, co-ordinator of Astum Api Niikinaahk, enters one of the accessible rooms in the tiny house village that just opened for homeless in downtown Winnipeg, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. The small village of 22 units and a community lodge has been in the works for the past two years and opened to residents this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
canada
Fingerprint match credited with helping identify suspect in Manitoba kidnapping case
RCMP police car.
canada
Winnipeg police charge second man with attempting to intimidate justice official
A Winnipeg Police Service shoulder badge is seen on Sept. 2, 2021 at the Public Information Office. Winnipeg police have charged a second person in the surveillance of a Manitoba judge. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
canada
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
sports
Coach Dinwiddie expects every CFL team to be gunning for Grey Cup champion Argonauts
hockey
Kyle Connor has hat trick as Winnipeg wins fifth straight
Winnipeg Jets' Kyle Connor (81) celebrates his third goal against the Vancouver Canucks during third period NHL action in Winnipeg on Sunday January 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Greenslade
canada
Winnipeg landfill to reopen while talks of searching for Indigenous women continue
Kirstin Witwicki, right, a cousin of Morgan Harris, joined the family and friends of three slain women at a vigil in Winnipeg, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. A landfill has reopened to the public following weeks of conversations between the City of Winnipeg and demonstrators who set up blockades calling for a search of the area for Indigenous women believed to be victims of an alleged serial killer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
hockey
Gagner’s late goal propels Jets to 3-2 win over Flames
Jan 3, 2023; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; Winnipeg Jets left wing Axel Jonsson-Fjallby (71) shoots on Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom (25) in the second period at Canada Life Centre. Mandatory Credit: James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports
canada
Winnipeg man faces second-degree murder charges after Christmas apartment fire
A Winnipeg Police Service shoulder badge is shown on an officer in Winnipeg on Nov. 5, 2019. A Winnipeg man is facing second-degree murder charges after two people died in an apartment fire on Christmas morning. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
alberta
Prairie restaurants make a spectacular return to form in 2022
The colourful causa dish at the restaurant Fortuna’s Row in Calgary, Alberta December 5, 2022. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
canada
Two dead after Winnipeg apartment fire on Christmas morning
A Winnipeg Police Service shoulder badge is seen on September 2, 2021 at the Public Information Office in Winnipeg. Winnipeg police have confirmed that two people have died after a fire in the Central Park neighbourhood early on Christmas morning. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
canada
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
hockey
Jets suffer third straight loss, lose 4-1 to Wild
Minnesota Wild's Jared Spurgeon (46) celebrates his goal on Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) with Sam Steel (13) and Ryan Hartman (38) during first period NHL action in Winnipeg on Tuesday December 27, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Greenslade
canada
Woman serving life sentence for second-degree murder escapes from Winnipeg facility
A shoulder patch on a correctional officer is shown at the Collins Bay Institution in Kingston, Ont., on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. The Correctional Service of Canada said it is working to provide timely access to addiction treatment after settling a human rights complaint launched in 2018. THE CANADIAN/Lars Hagberg
music
Burton Cummings remembers Jim Morrison, pre-legal marijuana and Winnipeg the way it was
Burton Cummings Burton Cummings at Casino Rama, Orillia, Ont. handout, credit Kevin Suter
hockey
Connor a top gun as Jets sink Senators 5-1
Winnipeg Jets’ Josh Morrissey (44) celebrates a goal by Sam Gagner (not shown) on Ottawa Senators goaltender Cam Talbot (33) during first period NHL action in Winnipeg on Tuesday December 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Greenslade
canada
Manitoba health officials warn to take precautions heading into holiday season
A COVID-19 suspected patient is brought into a resuscitation bay in the adult emergency department at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mikaela MacKenzie - POOL
canada
How Inuit dialysis patients and a Winnipeg doctor made a breakthrough for renal care in Nunavut
hockey
Connor extends streak, Winnipeg Jets hand Vancouver Canucks lopsided 5-1 loss
VANCOUVER, CANADA - NOVEMBER 17: Goalie Spencer Martin #30 of the Vancouver Canucks covers up the puck with Kyle Connor #81 of the Winnipeg Jets in close during the second period in NHL action on December, 17, 2022 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Quinn Hughes #43 of the Vancouver Canucks tries to help defend on the play. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)
canada
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
canada
No guarantees, but expert says search of landfill for women’s remains may succeed
An RCMP officer patrols the entrance to the Port Coquitlam pig farm behind a fence and a memorial to some of the fifty missing women, as the search continues for their remains on the farm Wednesday June 26, 2002. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Stoody
canada
Winnipeg police say they will work with Indigenous leaders to access landfill search
Winnipeg police chief Danny Smyth provides an update to an ongoing homicide investigation in Winnipeg, Thursday, December 1, 2022. It was announced that three additional victims were murdered by Jeremy Skibicki. In addition to Rebecca Contois, who was identified earlier, Skibicki has been charged with the first degree murders of Morgan Beatrice Harris, Marcedes Myran, and an unidentified female. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
canada
Surge in illnesses prompts some child surgery postponements at Winnipeg hospital
The medical intensive care unit at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. A surge in children sick with respiratory illnesses is prompting the children's hospital in Winnipeg to postpone some surgeries. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mikaela MacKenzie - POOL
canada
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
canada
By-election for Winnipeg seat a barometer for next October’s provincial vote, political scientist says
The Golden Boy stands on top of the dome of the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. The Manitoba government has introduced a bill in the legislature to formally enact a raise in the minimum wage. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
obituary
Jim Carr, Winnipeg MP and former Liberal cabinet minister, dies at 71 after long illness
Jim Carr, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's special representative for the Prairies, speaks to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
canada
Manitoba judge sentences man to 16 years in killing of missing Winnipeg cleaner
People enter the Law Courts in Winnipeg on February 5, 2018. Manitoba Court of Appeal judges have reserved their decision for a longer sentence in the case of a Winnipeg man who left his 89-year-old mother on the floor of their home for several weeks until she died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods