WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s children and youth advocate says an Indigenous teenager who died after struggling with addiction did not get the help he needed. Daphne Penrose says the 17−year−old, who she does not identify, died in a single−vehicle accident in June 2016 after he had been drinking. Penrose’s 100−page report says Child and Family Services…
National Teen Driver Safety Week October 22-28
As a leader in road safety, Manitoba Public Insurance is committed to educating teen drivers and helping them stay safe. National Teen Driver Safety Week ─ organized by Parachute Canada ─ is a good time for all teen drivers in the province to evaluate their driving behaviours and work on reducing teen driver involvement in…
It’s Small Business Saturday
WINNIPEG – Today you are are invited to visit a local business to celebrate the many ways small businesses contribute to their communities. For the sixth year in a row, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is partnering with Interac to promote Small Business Saturday, a day that honours the contribution of the men…
Shooting in Thompson Sends One to Hospital
THOMPSON – A shooting in Thompson sent one man to hospital. RCMP said Friday at approximately 2:30 am they responded to a report of an injured man in the parking lot of a hotel on Thompson Drive in the community. When Mounties arrived they located a man that had been shot. The man, 30-years-old from…
Portage la Prairie Woman’s Family Looking for Answers 10 Years Later
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE – RCMP in Portage continue to investigate the disappearance of a woman as a homicide as her family holds a vigil in the city. It was on October 17, 2008, Amber McFarland of Portage la Prairie, a 24-year-old woman, went out with some friends for the night. She had dreams of becoming…
Liberals Say Pallister Cuts 50% of Staff from Youth Addictions Program
WINNIPEG – The MLA for St. Boniface and Manitoba Liberal Party Leader, Dougald Lamont, says the Pallister government’s decision to cut staff from a youth addictions treatment program is a sign of dysfunction and disconnect on the part of the province in the midst of a meth epidemic. The Liberal party says, in the last…
RCMP Checkstop Nabs One Driver Impaired by Cannabis
THOMPSON – RCMP in Thompson have arrested a driver impaired by cannabis. Thursday just before 1:00AM Thompson RCMP had set up a checkstop at the intersection of Cree Road and Deerwood Drive in the city. Officers noticed a SUV signalling to turn onto the road where the checkstop was and then make a sudden turn…
Missing 25 Year-Old Selkirk Woman
The Selkirk RCMP are asking for the public’s help to locate a missing woman. 25 year-old Malaya Akpalialuk of Selkirk has been missing since October 11, 2018. She was last seen on Manitoba Avenue in Selkirk. Malaya is Indigenous, 5 feet tall with a heavy build. She has dark brown short hair and brown eyes.…
CurlManitoba to Host 550+ Students in Floor Curling Event
Over 550 Grade 3 students from 12 schools in five School Divisions will be taking part when CurlManitoba hosts one of Canada’s largest youth floor curling tournaments at the Sport for Life Centre, Thursday, October 18. About half of the students will participate in the morning session (10-11:30AM) and the other half will be at…
Ensure and Pediasure Products Recalled Due to Possible Bacterial Contamination
Abbott Brand liquid nutrition including some Ensure and PediaSure products has been recalled due to possible bacterial contamination. There has been one report of illness so far. Consumers should not consume and distributors, retailers and food service establishments such as hospitals and nursing homes should not sell or use the recalled products described below. If…