Steel tariffs drive up ice rink construction costs for American customers of Winnipeg metal plant | Legislation will ban incarceration under Health Act after Manitoba woman with TB jailed | Family of Manitoba woman who died waiting for heart surgery demands answers, proposes legislation
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Steel tariffs drive up ice rink construction costs for American customers of Winnipeg metal plant; Rick Koss, the former owner of Hunter Wire, says U\.S\. tariffs on steel and aluminum will hurt American customers building artificial ice rinks, casting uncertainty over the future of contracts at a time when the business is expanding\. 

Steel tariffs drive up ice rink construction costs for American customers of Winnipeg metal plant

March 12 , 2025 at 07:15:01 p.m. CST • :

A Winnipeg-based metal plant says U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum will hurt American customers building artificial ice rinks — casting uncertainty over the future of their contracts at a time when the business is expanding. 

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Legislation will ban incarceration under Health Act after Manitoba woman with TB jailed; Geraldine Mason, 36, is from God's Lake First Nation and was sent to jail for three month by health officials so they could make sure she was taking her tuberculosis medication\.

Legislation will ban incarceration under Health Act after Manitoba woman with TB jailed

March 12 , 2025 at 05:32:53 p.m. CST • :

The Manitoba government has introduced legislation that would further ensure a person with a communicable disease like tuberculosis can't be detained in a jail for public health reasons.

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Family of Manitoba woman who died waiting for heart surgery demands answers, proposes legislation; Debbie Fewster died at age 69 on Oct\. 13, 2024, according to her online obituary\. At a news conference on March 12, 2025, her family said she waited almost two months for triple-bypass surgery she was told she needed urgently\.

Family of Manitoba woman who died waiting for heart surgery demands answers, proposes legislation

March 12 , 2025 at 03:24:20 p.m. CST • :

Debbie Fewster died last October while waiting for heart surgery. Her family is blaming what they say is a flawed health-care system that left her waiting too long for the urgently needed operation.

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9 arrested, more than $700K in drugs seized after interprovincial trafficking investigation: Winnipeg police; Winnipeg police seized cocaine, methamphetamine, hydromorphone pills, drug packaging materials, vehicles and loaded firearms over a nine-month drug trafficking investigation which began last year, said Insp\. Josh Ewatski of the Winnipeg Police Service's organized crime division at a news conference on Wednesday, March, 12\. 2025\.

9 arrested, more than $700K in drugs seized after interprovincial trafficking investigation: Winnipeg police

March 12 , 2025 at 11:24:17 a.m. CST • :

An interprovincial network of drug traffickers transported a large quantity of illicit drugs and firearms to Manitoba from Toronto, Winnipeg police say after making several arrests in a months-long investigation that started last spring.

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Via Rail suing The Forks over nearly 40-year-old agreement on land use rights; A series of mixed-use buildings is planned for the Railside land at The Forks\.

Via Rail suing The Forks over nearly 40-year-old agreement on land use rights

March 12 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. CST • :

Via Rail has filed a lawsuit against The Forks over land the rail company says it's had rights to use since a sale agreement reached nearly 40 years ago.

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Manitobans still recovering from deep divisions, anger caused during pandemic; COVID-19 changed life as we knew it for years, and in some cases that normal never returned\. It changed people, families, relationships and caused years of deep divide within our communities\.  

March 12 , 2025 at 06:38:00 p.m. CST • :

Manitobans still recovering from deep divisions, anger caused during pandemic

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Winnipeg artist with synesthesia paints the colour of music; Lady with black hair wearing black blouse stand in front of brightly coloured art at gallery\.  

March 12 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. CST • :

Winnipeg artist with synesthesia paints the colour of music

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Winnipeg non-profit that works with people with disabilities gets $8M federal grant for expansion; Karen Fonseth, CEO of Direct Action in Support of Community Homes Incorporated \(DASCH\), announced \$8 million in funding from the federal government to expand the organization's building on Wednesday in Winnipeg on Wednesday, March 12, 2025\.  

March 12 , 2025 at 05:04:17 p.m. CST • :

Winnipeg non-profit that works with people with disabilities gets $8M federal grant for expansion

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Former Manitoba PC leadership candidate Shelly Glover working to form new right-of-centre party; Shelly Glover speaks with reporters at the Victoria Inn in Winnipeg on Saturday, Oct\. 30, 2021, shortly after the results of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba's leadership race were announced\. Glover lost out to her rival, Heather Stefanson\.  

March 12 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. CST • :

Former Manitoba PC leadership candidate Shelly Glover working to form new right-of-centre party

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No police actions could have prevented fatal shooting of Winnipeg man: inquest judge; Jason Collins, middle, pictured with his two children before he died in a police shooting\.  

March 12 , 2025 at 03:51:43 p.m. CST • :

No police actions could have prevented fatal shooting of Winnipeg man: inquest judge

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March 12 , 2025 at 05:54:05 p.m. CST • :

Latest proposed Winnipeg zoning rules 'a step forward,' says councillor who has criticized changes

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March 12 , 2025 at 07:09:27 a.m. CST • :

Canada hits U.S. with tariffs on $29.8B worth of goods after Trump slaps levy on metals

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March 12 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. CST • :

North America will have a blood worm moon this week. Here's how you can see it

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March 12 , 2025 at 04:00:00 p.m. CST • :

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March 11 , 2025 at 08:53:33 p.m. CST • :

Selkirk residents weigh impacts on Manitoba steel city on the eve of U.S. tariffs

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