Search crews recover backpack of Norwegian trekker missing in northern Manitoba | Manitoba 'nowhere near' reaching goal of 23,000 new affordable child-care spaces: report | Hockey Manitoba fires longtime executive director
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Search crews recover backpack of Norwegian trekker missing in northern Manitoba; Steffen Skjottelvik, seen here in an undated photo provided by family, was last heard from Aug\. 14\. Search crews have focused on an area of the Hayes River in recent days\.

Search crews recover backpack of Norwegian trekker missing in northern Manitoba

August 21 , 2025 at 02:06:11 p.m. CST • :

A spokesperson for the family of Steffen Skjottelvik says Canadian police have notified them that the 29-year-old's backpack was recovered near the fast-moving Hayes River, where crews have focused search efforts in recent days.

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Manitoba 'nowhere near' reaching goal of 23,000 new affordable child-care spaces: report; The Manitoba government promised to create 23,000 new affordable child-care spaces by the end of the 2025-26 fiscal year\. It has created just over 3,400, according to a report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives\.

Manitoba 'nowhere near' reaching goal of 23,000 new affordable child-care spaces: report

August 21 , 2025 at 06:29:37 p.m. CST • :

Manitoba is nowhere near hitting its affordable child-care goals, as the province works to bridge the largest gap in the country between the number of child-care spaces it promised and those it created, a new report says.

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Hockey Manitoba fires longtime executive director; The provincial governing body said in an email statement Thursday executive director Peter Woods was terminated effective Aug\. 15, giving no reason for the dismissal\.

Hockey Manitoba fires longtime executive director

August 21 , 2025 at 05:30:37 p.m. CST • :

Hockey Manitoba said in an email statement Thursday executive director Peter Woods was terminated from his role with the provincial governing body effective Aug. 15, giving no reason for the dismissal.

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'Heartbroken' over stolen religious items, reverend at Winnipeg church reflects on desperation behind theft; Robert Schoeck, reverend of All Saints Anglican Church, says the theft of silver religious items used in chapel service is troubling, as are the social conditions that would drive such a theft\.

'Heartbroken' over stolen religious items, reverend at Winnipeg church reflects on desperation behind theft

August 21 , 2025 at 10:23:29 a.m. CST • :

A church kitty-corner to the Manitoba Legislative building was robbed of unique silver religious items late last month after a thief or thieves broke in by smashing through a stained-glass window with a rock.

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Manitoba hosts Canadian pickleball championship for 1st time; Pickleball Canada's national championship

Manitoba hosts Canadian pickleball championship for 1st time

August 21 , 2025 at 04:47:58 p.m. CST • :

Pickleball Canada's national championship, being held in Manitoba for the first time this year, comes as the sport is seeing growth around the world. The Canadian championship, running Aug. 19 to 24, will welcome 710 participants from six provinces, including more than 350 from Manitoba.

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Storms clobber southern Manitoba with piles of hail, brilliant lightning display; These large hailstones fell in Notre Dame de Lourdes, southwest of Portage la Prairie, on Wednesday night\.  

August 21 , 2025 at 10:55:19 a.m. CST • :

Storms clobber southern Manitoba with piles of hail, brilliant lightning display

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Man, 77, found dead after boat capsized in Lake Winnipeg on Wednesday; RCMP received a report about the capsized boat in the lake, about two kilometres away from the Balsam Harbour Marina on the lake's southeastern shore, shortly after 3:30 p\.m\. Wednesday, police said\.  

August 21 , 2025 at 01:05:56 p.m. CST • :

Man, 77, found dead after boat capsized in Lake Winnipeg on Wednesday

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Convicted child sex offender Darrell Ackman, a.k.a MrJetzTV, returning to community under new conditions; Darrell Erwin Ackman, 55, who posted videos of young women and teenage girls to YouTube under the name MrJetzTV, was released from Stony Mountain Institution last September\. He was taken back into custody in March after he violated release conditions\.  

August 21 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. CST • :

Convicted child sex offender Darrell Ackman, a.k.a MrJetzTV, returning to community under new conditions

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String of distraction thefts across Canada prompts police warning; Police say there is an alarming trend of recent distraction thefts being reported across the country\.  

August 21 , 2025 at 10:53:47 a.m. CST • :

String of distraction thefts across Canada prompts police warning

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Billionaire David Thomson wants to buy Hudson's Bay charter, donate it to Manitoba Archives; David Thomson, seen in a 2024 file photo with Winnipeg Jets owner Mark Chipman,  says he wants to buy the Hudson's Bay Company's charter and donate it to Manitoba's provincial archives\.  

August 21 , 2025 at 12:35:52 p.m. CST • :

Billionaire David Thomson wants to buy Hudson's Bay charter, donate it to Manitoba Archives

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August 20 , 2025 at 01:00:56 p.m. CST • :

'What Were You Wearing?' exhibit aims to destigmatize sexual assault

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August 20 , 2025 at 05:00:37 p.m. CST • :

Passengers say they want more help from Air Canada as flights resume

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August 21 , 2025 at 02:38:17 p.m. CST • :

Woman charged nearly a year after 2-month-old drowned in northern Manitoba

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August 21 , 2025 at 01:10:04 p.m. CST • :

Landfill search for remains of 2 First Nations women cost $18M, fraction of original estimate: Kinew

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August 20 , 2025 at 09:31:54 p.m. CST • :

University of Manitoba denies responsibility in dorm room assault

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