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Woman shot, residents held hostage during home invasion
winnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm
A woman was shot early Wednesday morning and two men are in custody following a home invasion and hostage taking in a Point Douglas rooming …
Councillor wants Winnipeg to explore bicycle registration
winnipegsun.com - Joyanne Pursaga
Coun. Ross Eadie (Mynarski) wants to find out if bicycles can be registered at the time they’re purchased, to help police reconnect any stolen ones …
Winnipeg makes 2019 transit fare freeze official
winnipegsun.com - Joyanne Pursaga
The Winnipeg Transit 2019 fare freeze is now official.City council voted unanimously Thursday to freeze bus fares next year, following this year’s …
System failed Manitoba girl returned to parent without support, checks: advocate
winnipegsun.com - Canadian Press
Manitoba’s advocate for children and youth says a girl who suffered repeated sexual abuse and died of a drug overdose was failed over and over again …
EMPTY STOCKING FUND: Raising money like hotcakes
winnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm
The guy sure knows how to feed the hungry.The 26th annual Maxim Truck and Trailer’s Pancake Breakfast not only fed about 450 people recently, but it …
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FRIESEN: Reckoning coming for Jets
winnipegsun.com - Paul Friesen
A couple questions came to mind as the Jets were wiping the ice surface with the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday.One: how in the name of Eric …
GAME DAY: Winnipeg Jets vs Edmonton Oilers
winnipegsun.com - Paul Friesen
7 p.m., BellMTS Place. TV: TSN-3. Radio: TSN 1290THE BIG MATCHUPThe ConnorsEdmonton’s Connor McDavid is the biggest name here, of course, and in 17 …
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First-degree murder charges laid in nearly two-year-old Manitoba homicide
winnipegsun.com - Canadian Press
POWERVIEW, Man. — Police have laid first-degree murder charges in the deaths last year of two men in southern Manitoba.Jody Brown and Steven …
GUNTER: Meddling by leaders ruins equalization
winnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm
Quebec’s new premier, Francois Legault, doesn’t want what he calls Alberta’s “dirty energy” running in a pipeline through his province. Yet he is …
Letters: December 13, 2018
winnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm
Instant lifeAfter reading everyone’s opinion on battling the meth problem, I noticed most concluded that more treatment for addicts is the key. I was …
Via Rail workers protest across the country
winnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm
Over 100 Via Rail workers protested outside Union Station in Winnipeg as part of a national Unifor protest on Wednesday.The protests happened at …
$5M donation set to help fund new cancer treatment equipment at HSC
winnipegsun.com - Joyanne Pursaga
It’s equipment that can save limbs, enhance cancer treatments and help some patients heal faster.The Health Sciences Centre Foundation says a …
Jets Hockey Academy offers a hand up, opens new rink at Camp Manitou
winnipegsun.com - Scott Billeck
Five years ago, Quentin Linklater couldn’t skate and had never stepped onto a sheet of ice.Friends were hard to come by as he had just moved into the …
Cops take kids on shopping spree
winnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm
Wednesday would have been a bad day to try and shoplift from St. Vital Centre.The mall hosted the 12th annual Winnipeg Cop Shop event where 60 cops …
Manitoba aims to reduce risk with new tax-increment financing regulations
winnipegsun.com - Joyanne Pursaga
The province’s new tax-increment financing (TIF) framework will ensure that government no longer pays out funding for such deals upfront.But a …
BRODBECK: Time to turf TIFs
winnipegsun.com - Tom Brodbeck
Instead of creating a new “framework” for the province’s tax increment financing scheme, the Pallister government should get rid of it altogether. It …
Five impaired charges in first week of Festive Checkstop program
winnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm
Five impaired charges (one drug impaired) came during the first week of the Festive Season Checkstop program.In total the Winnipeg Police Service …
Winnipeg woman guilty of hiding infant remains may have wanted to visit: defence
winnipegsun.com - Canadian Press
A Crown attorney says a Winnipeg woman who was convicted of concealing the remains of six babies made “extensive efforts” to hide them and cover up …
Norway House RCMP seize large amount of drugs and cash
winnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm
Police seized a significant amount of cocaine, a large sum of cash, cellphones and drug paraphernalia during a raid in Norway House, Man. on Dec. …
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JETS SETTING: Ken Wiebe and Scott Billeck discuss the Jets homestand
winnipegsun.com - Ken Wiebe
Winnipeg Sun hockey writer Ken Wiebe is joined by Scott Billeck to discuss the Jets resurgence on the power play and their recent performances during …
WIEBE’S GAME REPORT: Jets score early, hang on to beat Blackhawks
winnipegsun.com - Ken Wiebe
Nobody said it was going to come easy for the Winnipeg Jets, not even when the team in the basement of the NHL comes to town.After building a 4-0 …
EDITORIAL: Manitoba needs an economic plan
winnipegsun.com - Tom Brodbeck
The Pallister government is on the right track in its stated plan to improve economic development in the province, but it needs a far more detailed …
Letters: December 12, 2018
winnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm
Killing CanadaCanada is in deep trouble with the show J.T. and his horde are putting on, another four years of this and it will break Canada’s back. …
Police looking for suspects in carjacking
winnipegsun.com - Glen Dawkins
Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man and a woman believed to have been involved in a carjacking last month.On Nov. 13, at around …
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British striker Hoyle joins Valour FC
winnipegsun.com - Paul Friesen
The first major player to sign with Valour FC, Winnipeg’s new pro soccer team, had a little trouble getting through for his own conference call, …
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Bombers re-sign special-teams ace
winnipegsun.com - Paul Friesen
It’s not the top item on their off-season to-do list, but as running back Andrew Harris tweeted, Tuesday: “There’s one!”The Winnipeg Blue Bombers …
BRODBECK: Meth crisis deserves a more focused response
winnipegsun.com - Tom Brodbeck
There’s no way to sugar coat the growing meth crisis that’s gripped Winnipeg. And a recent briefing note by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority on …
Hollow Water Chief defends silica sand project near Manitoba reserve
winnipegsun.com - Glen Dawkins
The Chief of Hollow Water First Nation is defending a planned silica frack sand operation immediately adjacent to the Manitoba reserve on the eastern …
Meth use causing hepatitis B outbreak in Winnipeg
winnipegsun.com - Joyanne Pursaga
Winnipeg’s meth crisis is fuelling a disease outbreak, according to documents obtained by the Manitoba NDP.“Population and Public Health has declared …