A recent police crackdown on a puppet club of the Manitoba Hells Angels has created a street-level power vacuum that another rival outlaw motorcycle gang is trying to fill - prompting police to warn of "imminent" violence between the two groups.
The girlfriend of a machete-wielding man who watched from metres away as he was shot and killed by Winnipeg police says he didn't lunge at officers before they opened fire.
A Manitoba sex offender that RCMP say is a high-risk to violently re-offend has walked away from his halfway house and is currently unlawfully at large, police said on Tuesday.
The province has deployed its arsenal of ice-cutting equipment to the Red River north of Selkirk to tackle potential ice jams from forming as Manitoba's flood season quickly approaches.
Terry Ryan, who managed the Cape Dorset artists' co-op in Nunavut and is now director of Dorset Fine Arts in Toronto, has been honoured for his 50 years of work in promoting Inuit art.
A Winnipeg man who has struggled with alcoholism for decades says he has filed a complaint with the Manitoba Human Rights Commission over the lack of a treatment program that's free of religious or spiritual elements.
The Portage Skating Club's Nicole Rutbeek won a silver medal for Team Central on Tuesday at Centennial Arena in STARSkate female competition. The 12 year old sat seventh after Monday's first skate, but she had the second-best score on Tuesday to move up into the silver medal position.[...]
Team Central completed their undefeated run to the finals today with a 5-1 win over Team Eastman in the semi-final game this afternoon at the PCU Centre. Kayleigh Wiens had the hat trick and added an assist, while team captain Kristine Grenier had a goal and three assists in the winning effort.[...]
Team Central will play for a bronze medal in boys' volleyball on Wednesday morning at Crescentview School, having compiled a 2-3 round-robin record that was good enough for a third-place tie.[...]
Councillors from Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie are putting their heads together with the local RCMP to put an end to some dangerous mischief reported in the RM. At council on March 9, Coun.[...]
Portage la Prairie RCMP are asking for assistance from the public regarding a break and enter and theft that occurred in January. On Jan. 31 at about 3:30 a.m., Portage RCMP responded to a break and enter to the Oakville Hotel in Oakville.[...]
Fred Preston, a former Ontario township council leader who was struggling with marital problems, has been identified as the suspect in a shootout on a rural road that killed Const. Vu Pham.
The Conservative government was focused on communications as it tried to deal with the growing questions about the treatment of Afghan detainees back in 2007, a document obtained by CBC News indicates.
Drunk driving and drug possession charges are dropped against former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer as he pleads guilty to the lesser offence of careless driving.
Toyota Motor Corp. Tuesday denied reports by the Wall Street Journal that the automaker plans to recall the Prius model involved in Monday's high-profile case of unintended acceleration in San Diego.
B.C. Health Minister Kevin Falcon says he has a plan to market health-care services to rich, offshore patients similar to the way the province sells higher education to foreign students.
A decision to allow Amazon.com Inc. to open a distribution centre in Canada would set a precedent for changes to Canadian foreign ownership rules, the Canadian Booksellers' Association says.
Pittsburgh Penguins GM Ray Shero says it's unfair to criticize superstar Sidney Crosby for declining an invitation to read the Top 10 list on The Late Show With David Letterman.
WINNIPEG — Dozens of First Nations elders were punted out of court this morning as lawyers haggled over flood documents Canada wants to keep secret.
As part of a claim case that has dragged on for nearly 20 years, three First Nations are trying to convince a federal judge to release more...
WINNIPEG — City council's public works committee has approved Winnipeg's $817.6-million blueprint for program spending this year.
Couns. Bill Clement (Charleswood), Harry Lazarenko (Mynarski) and Gord Steeves (St. Vital) approved the city's operating budget without making any
WINNIPEG â A joint RCMP and Winnipeg police sex offender unit is warning all women that a man with a history of serious sexual assaults didn't return to the community correctional centre he was ordered to live.
WINNIPEG - Mayor Sam Katz’s office will cover almost a quarter of the annual operating cost of an aboriginal business development centre, the mayor announced today.
The mayor’s office has given $50,000 to the Virtual Business Innovation Centre, an organization that provides
Canadian R&B singer Deborah Cox will headline this year's gay-pride festivities on June 6 at The Forks, organizers have announced.
"This is a big year for us — the Pride Festival is moving to The Forks and we are putting together a lineup of top-notch entertainment to mark the
WINNIPEG - The countdown is on today as the Manitoba Moose get one last chance to get better ahead of tomorrow’s American Hockey League trading deadline.
The floundering Moose, clinging to the fourth and final playoff spot in the AHL’s North Division, are in the market for an
A New York consultant wants to appear at Friday's Manitoba Hydro rate application hearing to defend her work.
Public Utilities Board documents show that it could cost $300,000-$800,000 to cover all the bills associated with an appearance by the New York consultant who blew the whistle on
A story last week would have had a few people scratching their heads as we said two townhalls scheduled for the Beach will take place on Thurs., March 10 and Thurs., March 17. In fact, the meetings are WEDNESDAY March 10 and March 17.[...]
GIMLI — It may have seemed a long time to get there but the final deal between Gimli RONA owner Marc Palsson and the municipality was approved Feb. 17.[...]
ARBORG — Arborg Ice Dawgs shook off a 4-3 loss in Game 2 of their best-of-five quarter-final series against the Sanford Titans with a convincing 6-1 win in Arborg Wednesday night. The win gives the Ice Dawgs a 2-1 series edge heading into Game 4.[...]
The Highway 8 restaurant and gas bar is back in business. The Island Lake Tribal Council of Winnipeg is the new owner of the seven days-a-week operation on the west side of the highway just south of the Whytewold turn-off.[...]
Friends of Liz Hibbert, a Winnipeg Beach entrepreneur, have been anxiously waiting to see the results of her appearance on the CBC television show "The Dragons Den" that was recorded last May and is scheduled to be aired on Wednesday night, Mar.[...]
A Fisher Branch resident is worried about snow buildup around two local fire hydrants. Albert Ferris said, as of last Wednesday, access to a fire hydrant in front of the Fisher Branch Early Years playground and a hydrant one block northeast on the post office road was obstructed by snowbanks.[...]
The struggling Gimli Wolves hope to forget the immediate past and start anew when they begin the playoffs tonight at the Gimli Rec Centre. Wolves meet Fisher River Terriers at 8 p.m. in the opening game of a best-of-five quarter-final series in the Manitoba East Senior Hockey League (MEHL).[...]
Cliff Graydon is all ears. The MLA for Emerson since 2007, Graydon was recently appointed agriculture critic for the Tory opposition. He'll be at the Ashern Auction Mart Monday at 10 a.m. to meet with anyone who wants to bend his ear.[...]
The Eriksdale Curling Club will receive more than $14,000 from the federal Recreational Infrastructure Canada program for a new artificial ice plant, according to a Tuesday announcement by Selkirk-Interlake MP James Bezan and Dale Lloyd, Eriksdale Community Club president.[...]
GIMLI — It appears council has completed all the planning matters required to pave the way for a 42-lot residential subdivision on PR 222, north of Distillery Rd. At its regular meeting Feb.[...]
The troubled relationship between a Manitoba RCMP officer and Crown attorney was the subject of proceedings this week at Selkirk District Court. Cpl.[...]
What was supposed to be a week-long anniversary celebration dissolved into a vacation from hell when a Manitoba couple and other tourists were robbed at gunpoint in Mexico.[...]
A quarter of a century later, it's still the No.1 source for community news in Selkirk. The Selkirk Journal will celebrate it's 25th anniversary on March 10. The first edition of the Journal was published just 10 days later.[...]
Organizers of the Walleye Warrior Marathon fishing derby nabbed a big one over the weekend. The 24-hour annual ice fishing competition proved to be a success yet again this year, raising more than $20,000 for Cancer Care Manitoba.[...]
Residents of the Beausejour area might be surprised to know that a local resident and an outfitter recently trapped three timber wolves in three days – all within about two miles of town. Tom Turner and Ron Alexander also trapped more than 30 coyotes during the three-month season that ended Feb.[...]
When Ingrid Bjornson found out there was a dog park in Selkirk, she was eager to take her new, eight-month-old schnauzer Bowie down to the park to let him off the leash to socialize with other dogs.[...]
In the MJHL playoffs, teams usually have to play a complete 60-minute game to earn a victory. In the case of the Selkirk Steelers, 30 seconds were good enough.[...]
Manitoba's senior MP says Wednesday's Speech from the Throne shows the Tory government's commitment to the economy and keeping Canada a safe country for its citizens.[...]
They were hoping to meet people in their new home town and they've done that and more. Lynn and Ernie Chalus joined the Canadian Power Toboggan Championship board as a way to make new friends after they retired and moved from Thompson to Beausejour.[...]
If you thought being a race flagman was just standing around, waving a couple pieces of material on sticks, think again. Local flagger Bruce Modrzejewski reveals that it's a combination of skill, precision and attitude, not to mention a generous helping of commitment and guts.[...]
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservatives have their work cut out for them. Parliament resumed this week – finally – after Harper asked for prorogation Dec.[...]
Is it any wonder that a recent poll shows that 84 per cent of Canadians worry that health care spending will be on the chopping block as the Harper Conservative government tries to reduce the 56 billion dollar deficit? Dr.[...]
Eastman Selects-We Told You They Had A Good Team!! The Eastman Selects Midget Hockey Team have provided fast paced entertaining hockey action all winter long and are continuing their march to the league title.[...]
We made our January goal! Our goal for January was to add 500 materials into our collection. We have added a total of 539 books, talking books, CD's and DVD's! Please check out our February New Books resource list on our library catalogue to see what we have added.[...]
Three Beausejour-area men who are in Chile on vacation are alive and well, unharmed in the massive earthquake that hit the region Feb. 27. Marge Thomas of R.W. Thomas Inc., said Kevin Schewe, Alvin Luszek and Ron Sachvie, along with all the others on the ag-venture, are doing well.[...]
Abby Gray has a heart of gold. The seven-year-old girl had an early birthday celebration recently – she turns eight March 10 – and she had a strict rule, no gifts for her, just a monetary donation she could pass on to the Winnipeg Humane Society.[...]
The RCMP and partner agencies wish to remind the public that March is once again Fraud Awareness Month. The purpose of this annual event is to highlight ways for individuals to safeguard themselves from fraud.[...]
Lac du Bonnet's Caroline Brennan was in disbelief when she checked her lottery ticket last week at the community's Petro Canada gas bar and found out she was $500,000 richer. "We were coming back home from my son's hockey game in Beausejour.[...]
A controversial plan to build a Tim Horton youth camp in the Whiteshell Provincial Park near Pinawa was the basis for a ski tour held near Sylvia Lake last weekend.[...]
A new vocational program at Lac du Bonnet Senior School is not only the first of its kind in Canada, but is proving to be a hit with the 15 students taking it.[...]
Lac du Bonnet town council has scrapped its building incentive program, which could impact a major condominium development, the Leader has learned. At its regular meeting last week, council decided to stop offering the incentive program effective July 30.[...]
Manitoba's senior MP says Wednesday's Speech from the Throne shows the Tory government's commitment to the economy and to keeping Canada a safe country for its citizens.[...]
A head-on collision near Powerview Feb. 28 resulted in three people being sent to hospital, RCMP said. At about 9:15 p.m., RCMP Powerview Detachment and EMS were dispatched to the crash on Hwy. 304 about 12 kilometers south of Powerview-Pine Falls in the RM of Alexander.[...]
It's not often that something dramatic happens in Elma. The quiet village nestled in the RM of Whitemouth is usually just that — quiet. But next week's Municipal Board hearing will be downright dramatic.[...]
Manitoba has great potential to develop electrical power from the water flowing northward into Hudsons Bay. It is a huge catchment area for water that extends from the Rocky Mountains in Alberta to the Cambrian Shield in Ontario.[...]
News coverage of this matter has not been clear about who is wanting to buy the paper mill in Powerview-Pine Falls. There is undue focus on the union's involvement which gives the impression that a buyout proposal is coming from the unions.[...]
The same company that angered local residents with a temporary asphalt plant set up in the Stonewall Quarries two years ago has again applied for a conditional use permit that could see another temporary plant set up at the same location this year.[...]
Warren Collegiate's Student Council is busy preparing for a fundraiser that will see members of WCI's student body and one town councillor go bald for the cause. The proceeds of this year's fundraiser, which will take place March 16, will go to CancerCare.[...]
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservatives have their work cut out for them. Parliament resumed this week – finally – after Harper asked for prorogation Dec.[...]
Road closure causes headaches for farmer Editor, After reading the story in the last Argus about funding for the new industrial park at Warren, I must reveal a side effect of the opening of the new access road through the park.[...]
Sunday afternoon, February 28, 2010. 5 p.m, Ozirney home, Stonewall, Manitoba. Father, mother, son, daughter-in-law. Watching Olympic gold medal game between Canada and U.S. That is, father, son, daughter.[...]
The West Interlake Trading Company (WITC) is looking for donations for their Time, Talent and Treasure Auction scheduled later this month to raise money to build a new roof at the Warren Elevator.[...]
Sun Media is pleased to announce the appointment, of Kevin Klein to the role of Senior Group Publisher Manitoba. This appointment is effective March 1. Kevin will assume this role in addition to his current role as Publisher and CEO of the Winnipeg Sun.[...]
A dispute between councillors from the RM of Rockwood over a bylaw passed that will see changes to the municipality's election ward boundaries is now in the hands of Manitoba's Municipal Board.[...]
Stonewall's Katimavik program is looking for some families to put up one of its members for a couple of weeks this month to show them another side to the community they've been working in.[...]
The Warren Mercs have not lost a game in their last 14 matches, and the team continued their winning ways this week, picking up their sixth straight playoff victory to take a two game to none lead in their semifinal SEMHL series against the Plum Coulee Xpress.[...]
Proud athletes competed in a dozen events at the recent Winter Olympics. Not those in Vancouver, but a one-day event at Carman Elementary School on Feb. 26.[...]
The Dufferin Agricultural Society and the Carman and Community Chamber of Commerce have joined forces. The chamber and DAS have formed a partnership for a pair of major annual community events, the Carman Country Fair and the Potato & Blossom Festival.[...]
Portage-Lisgar MP Candice Hoeppner met with area business leaders recently to learn more about how the commercial sector is faring across her riding. Hoeppner, in Morden on Feb.[...]
The Rural Municipality of Dufferin Council wants an electric generator installed at the Stephenfield Lake water plant. Since it's the major source of treated water for the RM, council expressed its concerns to the Pembina Valley Water Cooperative.[...]
A mechanical failure was responsible for a hydro outage in the Starbuck area on Feb. 25. A Manitoba Hydro spokesperson said the outage began about 10:30 a.m. and ended around 2 p.m. Jim Peters said about 100 customers were without hydro for the three-and-a-half-hours.[...]
Two more people have been charged in the Feb. 17 break and enter of Carman Sports & Empower Fitness. Carman Area RCMP Staff Sgt. Joanne Prejet said Sabrina Ducharme and Mitchell Mikolajczyk both of Winnipeg, have been charged.[...]
Farmers in the Canadian Wheat Board's District 10 will have to opportunity to query their representative, Bill Toews. A Kane-area producer, Toews said the March 11 meeting at the Oak Bluff Hall is a chance for farmers to make recommendations regarding the CWB.[...]
The Winter Olympics came to an exciting finish last Sunday with Team Canada winning gold with a thrilling overtime victory that rivaled other legendary wins by our finest hockey players such as Paul Henderson in 1972 and Mario Lemieux's heroics in 1988 with their goals.[...]
Just before 4:30pm on March 7, 2010, police, fire and ambulance personnel were called to the scene of a snowmobile collision approximately 30 kilometres southwest of the City of Dauphin.
A traffic stop on Friday evening, March 5, 2010, resulted in the arrest of a 24-year-old Dauphin man for failing to comply with conditions of his undertaking.
The RCMP regularly receive inquiries for members of the public who advise that they have been received an e-mail or telephone call from someone who promises to consolidate their debt or restructure their finances.
East St. Paul RCMP are interested in speaking to anyone who may have witnessed a motor vehicle collision on February 26, 2010 at the intersection of Lagimodiere Blvd. (Highway 59) and the North Perimeter.
On March 3rd, 2010, at about 10:30pm, Steinbach RCMP were informed by Steinbach Security that they just interrupted a large equipment theft and observed two suspects fleeing on foot across a field.
By Ashleigh Viveiros Winkler is a city of entrepreneurial dreamers, Mayor Martin Harder told the Winkler and District Chamber of Commerce at its annual general meeting last week. "One of the things we do in this city is we dream," he said.[...]
By Ashleigh Viveiros One former Winkler resident may be paying a bit more attention than the average viewer to the 82nd Academy Awards this weekend.[...]
By Ashleigh Viveiros The Winkler Harvest Festival and Exhibition celebrates 25 years of family entertainment this summer. The organizing committee kicked off work on the annual community celebration last week with its first planning meeting of the year.[...]
There may be five whole months to go until the 2010 edition of the Winkler Harvest Festival and Exhibition, but organizers already have some of the major acts lined up for the stage shows.[...]
By Ashleigh Viveiros Ruth Tyler wants you to get an early start on your spring cleaning this year. Horrified by the idea of poverty-stricken, barefoot Haitians navigating the debris left behind by the Jan.[...]
By Ashleigh Viveiros A local musical duo are off to Washington, D.C. next week. Tom and Lori Neufeld of Roland have been invited to perform at the Canadian Embassy in the American capital on March 8.[...]
Two of the newest programs of Eden Health Care Services have grown so rapidly in the last three years that additional space is being built to accommodate the increased activity.[...]
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