Indigenous, Black patients wait longer for care in Winnipeg ERs: report | First Nation sues Manitoba Hydro, governments over 'devastating' effects of Lake Winnipeg regulation | Family of missing Brandon teen expands search effort, appeals for security footage
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Indigenous, Black patients wait longer for care in Winnipeg ERs: report; Manitoba's health-care system began asking patients to self-declare their racial or ethnic background as part of the hospital admission process in 2023\.

Indigenous, Black patients wait longer for care in Winnipeg ERs: report

June 17 , 2025 at 12:35:11 p.m. CST • :

Patients who identify as Indigenous, African or Black are generally spending longer in Winnipeg emergency department waiting rooms than white people, according to a new report examining how different racial groups experience patient care. 

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First Nation sues Manitoba Hydro, governments over 'devastating' effects of Lake Winnipeg regulation; Berens River Chief Hartley Everett says Manitoba Hydro's Lake Winnipeg regulation project has infringed on the First Nation's treaty rights\.

First Nation sues Manitoba Hydro, governments over 'devastating' effects of Lake Winnipeg regulation

June 17 , 2025 at 04:14:20 p.m. CST • :

A First Nation on the shore of Lake Winnipeg has filed a lawsuit seeking damages from Manitoba Hydro, and the provincial and federal governments, over a decades-old hydroelectric project it alleges has had negative effects on the lake and the community's way of life.

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Family of missing Brandon teen expands search effort, appeals for security footage; Owen Bedford, 18, is about five feet seven inches tall, with blond hair and blue eyes\. He was last seen wearing a grey hoodie with the words 'Las Vegas' on it, light-coloured blue jeans, a white baseball cap and white shoes\.

Family of missing Brandon teen expands search effort, appeals for security footage

June 17 , 2025 at 05:46:12 p.m. CST • :

The family of Owen Bedford, a missing 18-year-old from Brandon, is continuing ground search efforts across the southwestern Manitoba city, and urging anyone with doorbell or security camera footage that may help locate him to come forward.  

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Pedestrian hit and killed on Manitoba highway Tuesday morning; RCMP say a pedestrian was killed early Tuesday morning when he was hit by a truck on the Trans-Canada Highway in Headingley\.

Pedestrian hit and killed on Manitoba highway Tuesday morning

June 17 , 2025 at 11:44:05 a.m. CST • :

A pedestrian was killed early Tuesday morning when he was struck by a truck on the Trans-Canada Highway in Headingley.

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Employers should ditch sick notes to free up physicians, save taxpayers millions: Doctors Manitoba; Doctors Manitoba wants the provincial government to end workplace requirements for sick notes from employees who miss shifts due to illness\.

Employers should ditch sick notes to free up physicians, save taxpayers millions: Doctors Manitoba

June 17 , 2025 at 12:51:36 p.m. CST • :

Physician advocacy group Doctors Manitoba is calling on employers to get rid of sick note requirements in the workplace as a way of freeing up physicians to do less paperwork and more patient care.

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See how a master gardener makes her garden grow; Woman standing in her garden flowers in the foreground  

June 17 , 2025 at 10:03:52 a.m. CST • :

See how a master gardener makes her garden grow

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Provincial bureaucrat recommended to become Winnipeg's new top civil servant; Joseph Dunford has been nominated to serve as the City of Winnipeg's new chief administrative officer\.  

June 17 , 2025 at 02:05:23 p.m. CST • :

Provincial bureaucrat recommended to become Winnipeg's new top civil servant

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Métis, Michif CFS agencies call for review of 'unreasonable' arbitration decision; Workers with two child and family services agencies at the picket line on March 25\. Métis Child, Family and Community Services, and Michif Child and Family Services have filed for a judicial review two months after they agreed to arbitration that ended their strike\.  

June 17 , 2025 at 03:17:39 p.m. CST • :

Métis, Michif CFS agencies call for review of 'unreasonable' arbitration decision

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Local businessman nominated to, mayor stepping down from Winnipeg Police Board; McDonald's franchise owner Amit Kapoor, shown in a file photo, has been nominated to serve on the Winnipeg Police Board\.  

June 17 , 2025 at 02:21:39 p.m. CST • :

Local businessman nominated to, mayor stepping down from Winnipeg Police Board

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Cancelling God Save the King anthem for schools violated the law, Manitoba trustee says in court action; Trustees at Mountain View School Division are in a battle over including the anthem God Save the King in classrooms\.  

June 17 , 2025 at 01:55:50 p.m. CST • :

Cancelling God Save the King anthem for schools violated the law, Manitoba trustee says in court action

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June 17 , 2025 at 12:32:35 p.m. CST • :

Wildfire evacuees in Niagara Falls, Ont., hotels support one another as many face culture shock

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June 17 , 2025 at 06:07:04 a.m. CST • :

Winnipeg student wins $120K scholarship to pursue tech dreams at U of Waterloo

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June 17 , 2025 at 01:06:10 p.m. CST • :

Manitoba warns of measles exposure at sites in Steinbach, Winkler, Manitou

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June 17 , 2025 at 04:59:57 p.m. CST • :

Residents hope smudge walk helps north Winnipeg neighbourhood heal

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June 16 , 2025 at 03:21:47 p.m. CST • :

Winnipeg Transit workers injured during assault on bus

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