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Winnipeg man sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing woman in U.S.

Winnipeg man sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing woman in U.S.

SOMERVILLE — A Winnipeg man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after he admitted to strangling a woman in New Jersey nearly three decades ago.
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Manitoba government poll suggests concerns over health care, crime and immigration

Manitoba government poll suggests concerns over health care, crime and immigration

WINNIPEG — The number of Manitobans concerned about crime and public safety has risen steadily, an opinion poll done for the Manitoba government suggests.
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Weston family wants to buy Hudson's Bay charter for $12.5 million and donate it: docs

Weston family wants to buy Hudson's Bay charter for $12.5 million and donate it: docs

TORONTO — The royal charter that formed Hudson's Bay about 355 years ago could soon be getting a new home. The Canadian Museum of History announced Wednesday that Wittington Investments Ltd.
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Manitoba monument to Chief Peguis, planned for 2024, still a year away

Manitoba monument to Chief Peguis, planned for 2024, still a year away

WINNIPEG — A planned monument to commemorate Chief Peguis and the first treaty signed in Manitoba has been delayed again.
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Two wildfire evacuations set to end, another begins in ongoing dry Prairie simmer

Two wildfire evacuations set to end, another begins in ongoing dry Prairie simmer

WINNIPEG — Residents of two communities were preparing to head home Tuesday, while another community was being evacuated, as crews continued to battle wildfires across a large swath of the Prairies.
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Advocates question fairness as federal government backs away from pharmacare program

Advocates question fairness as federal government backs away from pharmacare program

OTTAWA — Reproductive health advocates say the federal government's failure to commit to funding pharmacare in all provinces and territories is leaving people with a lot of uncertainty, and could create inequality across the country.
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Searchers find body of sole occupant of abandoned boat on Lake Winnipeg

Searchers find body of sole occupant of abandoned boat on Lake Winnipeg

GIMLI — A search that began when an empty boat was found on Lake Winnipeg has ended tragically. RCMP say they were contacted Sunday morning that an abandoned boat was found in open water near Willow Island, south of Gimli.
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Transportation Safety Board investigating crash of small plane in Dugald, Man.

Transportation Safety Board investigating crash of small plane in Dugald, Man.

DUGALD — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating the crash of a small plane east of Winnipeg that killed one person.
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Arbuckle throws two TD passes as Argos down Bombers 31-17 for first home win of '25

Arbuckle throws two TD passes as Argos down Bombers 31-17 for first home win of '25

TORONTO — This time, Nick Arbuckle and the Toronto Argonauts made a solid lead stand to earn their first home win of the season.
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Manitoba byelection called in traditional Progressive Conservative stronghold

Manitoba byelection called in traditional Progressive Conservative stronghold

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called a byelection Friday that will test whether his NDP government’s popularity can spread to a longtime Progressive Conservative stronghold. Voters in the Spruce Woods constituency will go to the polls Aug.
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