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Officer stabbed in throat, one dead after police shooting in Winnipeg's west end

Officer stabbed in throat, one dead after police shooting in Winnipeg's west end

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's police watchdog has been called in after a police shooting in Winnipeg left one man dead and an officer recovering from a stab wound to the throat. Police say officers were around the 3600 block of Portage Ave. at about 5 p.m.
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WHL roundup: Tri-City Americans continue rolling with fourth straight win

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Carter MacAdams scored twice for the Tri-City Americans in a 7-5 win over the Moose Jaw Warriors in the Western Hockey League on Saturday.
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First Canadian case of more severe mpox strain confirmed in Manitoba

First Canadian case of more severe mpox strain confirmed in Manitoba

OTTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed the country's first case of a more severe type of mpox in a person in Manitoba, though it says the risk to the general population remains low.
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Officer shoots, kills armed teen on northern Manitoba First Nation: RCMP

Officer shoots, kills armed teen on northern Manitoba First Nation: RCMP

NORWAY HOUSE, Man. — A police officer fatally shot an armed teenager on a First Nation north of Lake Winnipeg, RCMP said Friday.
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O’Shea stands by decision to keep playing Collaros after QB was hurt in Grey Cup

O’Shea stands by decision to keep playing Collaros after QB was hurt in Grey Cup

WINNIPEG — Mike O’Shea stood in front of reporters Friday and kept his cool while answering questions about the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ 41-24 Grey Cup loss to the Toronto Argonauts last weekend.
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'Immoral depravity': Two men convicted in case of frozen migrant family in Manitoba

'Immoral depravity': Two men convicted in case of frozen migrant family in Manitoba

FERGUS FALLS — A jury deliberated for less than 90 minutes Friday before convicting two men on human smuggling charges in a case where a family from India froze to death in Manitoba while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border.
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Manitoba RCMP investigate suspicious death in rural area

Manitoba RCMP investigate suspicious death in rural area

STONEWALL, MAN. — RCMP northwest of Winnipeg are investigating a suspicious death. They say officers were called Thursday morning to a report of human remains in a home in the Regional Municipality of Rockwood.
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Prosecutors say alleged smugglers at Manitoba border cared more for money than lives

Prosecutors say alleged smugglers at Manitoba border cared more for money than lives

FERGUS FALLS — A prosecutor urged a jury Thursday to find two accused human smugglers guilty, saying the men cared more about money than people's safety and their actions led to the deaths of a family of four in a prairie blizzard.
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No evidence of knife-wielding man at University of Manitoba campus: Winnipeg police

No evidence of knife-wielding man at University of Manitoba campus: Winnipeg police

WINNIPEG — Police in Winnipeg say they haven't been able to confirm reports earlier this week of a knife-wielding man at the University of Manitoba.
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Canadian basketball player Chad Posthumus dead at 33 after brain aneurysm

Canadian basketball player Chad Posthumus dead at 33 after brain aneurysm

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg and Canadian basketball communities are mourning after Chad Posthumus, a founding player of the Canadian Elite Basketball League, died Wednesday at 33.
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