Too busy to vote on October 24th? Advance voting for the 2018 City of Winnipeg Municipal and School Boards Election has begun and eligible voters will have the opportunity to cast their ballot for the offices of Mayor, Councillor and School Trustee, and answer the following question: “Do you support the opening of Portage and…
Child Welfare ‘Eats Up’ Indigenous Kids
WINNIPEG — A Manitoba First Nations children’s advocate says the child−welfare system is designed to keep Indigenous families at a disadvantage. Cora Morgan with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs told the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women that the system is set up to apprehend children, not to support families. The inquiry is…
16-Year-Old Victim of an Armed Robbery was Taken to Hospital
WINNIPEG – Two teenagers were arrested and charged for an armed robbery on Monday in Winnipeg Monday afternoon just after 2:00PM police responded to an armed robbery call on Portage Avenue and Vaughn Street. Officers spotted two men fleeing in the area of Ellice Avenue and Vaughn Street. The two teenaged men were taken into…
Lundar RCMP Stop Speeder and Seize Cash and Drugs
Lundar RCMP clocked a vehicle going 132 km/h in a 100 km/h zone and came up with a bonus. On September 20, 2018 RCMP were conducting routine speed enforcement and when they stopped a speeding vehicle they could smell marihuana inside the car. When they asked the driver about the smell he showed them a…
Manitoba Premier Issues Statement on Tentative Trade Deal
Premier Brain Pallister issues statement on the new trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada. “We congratulate the federal government on achieving a tentative new trade deal with the United States and Mexico. Manitoba deeply values its trading relationships. We have been a leader in encouraging and engaging with other jurisdictions on free…
Four Teenagers Arrested for String of Violent Robberies in Winnipeg Sunday
WINNIPEG – Police have arrested a gang of our youths responsible for a number of robberies in Winnipeg on Sunday. Police said they received several reports of robberies committed by four young people on Sunday between 3:20PM and 3:45PM. The first victim, a 35-year-old woman, was walking in the area of Furby Street and Ellice…
Halifax Artist’s Cartoon Grips Internet
HALIFAX — A political cartoon depicting the assault of Lady Justice has gone viral in the wake of recent allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The graphic image by Halifax−based Bruce MacKinnon shows Justice blindfolded and pinned down, her scales cast aside as a man’s hand covers her mouth — an explicit reference to…
Positive Changes for Indigenous Underemployment
WINNIPEG — When Kevin Chief finished his university degree, he wasn’t sure how to land his first real job. The vice−president of the Business Council of Manitoba and former NDP cabinet minister, who grew up in Winnipeg’s North End neighbourhood, saw the barriers many of his Indigenous friends faced. Chief’s basketball skills got him through…
Winnipeg Man Charged in Death of a 22-Month-Old Child
WINNIPEG – A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged with manslaughter in the death of a 21-month-old child. On August 30th of this year around10:45PM police responded to a report of an unresponsive 21-month-old male child at a home in the first 100 block of Idlewild Bay. The child was taken to hospital in…
13-Year-Old Charged With Second Degree Murder
WINNIPEG – A 13-year-old Winnipeg male was charged in the death of a 17-year-old found in the railway underpass. Police said they found a the 17-year-old male in the railway underpass on McPhillips Street near Logan Avenue. The male had been assaulted and was taken to hospital where he died from his injuries. The Homicide…