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Manitoba needs to make changes to address overrepresentation of Indigenous people in jails, experts say
A legal principle intended to ensure systemic factors that impact the background of Indigenous people are considered when they're involved in the justice system is not helping to address their over-representation in Manitoba's jails, legal scholars say.
19-year-old driver who killed cyclist in Wellington Crescent hit and run sentenced to 3 years
A 19-year-old driver who lost control of a speeding car and killed cyclist Rob Jenner on Wellington Crescent last year has been sentenced to three years behind bars.
Winnipeg importer says food prices will rise as U.S. tariffs cause trouble for farmers, consumers
A Winnipeg food importer and distributor says the cost of food brought in from every part of the world will go up for Canadian consumers and businesses in the wake of U.S. Donald Trump's 25 per cent tariffs.
'It's a miracle that he's alive,' says brother of Steinbach highway crash victim
Michael Bueckert, a 26-year-old single father from Steinbach, Man., was airlifted to Heath Sciences Centre in Winnipeg after being struck by a vehicle while helping a man whose car was stopped on Highway 52.
Frustration, confusion over focus for City of Winnipeg committee focused on reconciliation initiative: report
A report commissioned by the mayor's office on a Winnipeg reconciliation initiative has revealed uncertainty around the initiative's core purpose.
Manitoba man sober for 2 years receives 3 month sentence reduction in drug trafficking offence
A Métis man who has made "rehabilitative progress" through a sobriety program has received a reduced sentenced of four years and three months in prison after he pleaded guilty to possession of drugs for the purposes of trafficking in The Pas.
Looming U.S. tariffs, falling loonie worry Manitoba manufacturers as production costs rise
CEO and co-owner of Peerless Garments in Winnipeg, Albert El Tassi, says customers will have to absorb the climbing costs from tariffs on materials from products sent back and forth across the border with the United States.
Manitoba man sentenced in 'egregious' intimate image betrayal case involving his ex-girlfriend
A 36-year-old Brandon, Man., man has been sentenced to nine months in an "egregious" intimate image betrayal case after he uploaded sexually explicit videos of his then pregnant ex-girlfriend to a popular porn website without her consent.
'Buy Canadian' campaign resonates with Manitobans as U.S. tariffs loom: online survey
Manitobans are changing their buying habits and travel plans as the threat of a trade war with the United States looms, an online survey suggests.
Feds' argument over $5 treaty payments 'disgraceful' tactic to delay lawsuit: plaintiffs
A debate over how to adjudicate Treaty 4 rights was at the core of a federal court hearing in Manitoba this week. Lawyers for two First Nations argued Canada violated the treaty by refusing to raise the $5 annuity since 1875 and want to proceed with a class action. The government says it's only bound by the treaty as written and opposes class action.