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Epic performance
37+ min ago (616+ words) Winnipeg 16" C, Light rain War is hell. But it's also, as playwrights Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare pointedly remind us in their stage adaptation of Homer's The Iliad (translated by Robert Fagles), all too sadly predictable; bloodlust has run in…...
Trump now says either Republican candidate would be a good pick in South Carolina's governor runoff
1+ hour, 36+ min ago (491+ words) Winnipeg 17" C, Light rain with wind On his Truth Social platform, Trump praised both Evette and state Attorney General Alan Wilson, writing: "Both have had amazing careers, and have been with me from the beginning. They are MAGA and America…...
Boston, Scotland World Cup fans brought together in soccer kinship, celebration and love of beer
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (884+ words) Winnipeg 17" C, Light rain with wind "I knew there was going to be a tsunami of Tartan Army (Scotland fans)," said Jason Waddleton, a Scotland native and owner of The Haven, a Scottish restaurant and bar in Boston's Jamaica Plain…...
Manitoba appoints Canada's first judge of reconciliation
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (723+ words) Winnipeg 18" C, Cloudy with wind The Manitoba government has appointed provincial court Judge Jerilee Ryle as associate chief judge of reconciliation, the first appointment of its kind in Canada. "I am deeply humbled by this appointment," Ryle said at a…...
Manitoba police watchdog investigates fatal shooting after domestic call
2+ hour, 47+ min ago (199+ words) Winnipeg 18" C, Cloudy with wind WINNIPEG " Manitoba's police watchdog is investigating after an officer fatally shot a man while responding to a domestic problem at a Winnipeg home. The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba says a woman had requested help…...
Statistics Canada reports retail sales up 0. 5 per cent at $73 billion in April
10+ hour, 13+ min ago (504+ words) Winnipeg 17" C, Cloudy OTTAWA " Retail sales rose 0. 5 per cent to $73 billion in April, pushed higher by sales at gas stations and auto dealers, Statistics Canada said on Friday. Sales at gasoline stations and fuel vendors were up 5. 1 per cent for…...
Environment Canada issues thunderstorm watches over parts of B. C.
2+ hour, 51+ min ago (166+ words) Winnipeg 17" C, Cloudy Environment Canada says parts of central and northern B. C. could see damaging winds from a possibly severe thunderstorm." The weather agency has issued several yellow storm watches covering Prince George, Quesnel, Williams Lake and elsewhere, as a system…...
Africa CDC chief says the continent needs to invest its own funds in Ebola response, vaccine
2+ hour, 51+ min ago (627+ words) Winnipeg 17" C, Light rain A 26-year-old man is dead after he was shot by Winnipeg police while officers responded to a domestic call at a home in St. Vital early Friday morning. The incident happened on Morrow Avenue, near St....
Province to backstop Siloam Mission operations amid cash crunch " Winnipeg Free Press
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (280+ words) Winnipeg 17" C, Light rain The Manitoba government said Friday it will provide funding to cash-strapped Siloam Mission to keep its overnight shelter and drop-in centre open until March 2027. The move is expected to avert service reductions that were set to…...
Alberta separatists launch campaign, says province has resources to go it alone
5+ hour, 52+ min ago (576+ words) Winnipeg 17" C, Light rain CALGARY " Four months to the day from an upcoming referendum on whether Alberta should stay in Canada, about 35 people rallied Friday at a Calgary hotel ballroom to formally launch a campaign to convince voters it's time…...