Browsing: Manitoba

Mike Vogiatzakis, running for Winnipeg mayor, says living outside the city “doesn’t matter.” His main home is in the RM of St. Andrews.

Manitoba commits $8M to the Thompson Safe Space — a 24/7 northern lodge for Indigenous women and children at risk of violence, announced Oct. 2.

Obby Khan Resigns as Manitoba PC leader and quits the caucus to sit as an Independent, citing internal party fighting just as the legislature resumes.

Competition Bureau Empire Grocery Deal: Sobeys owner Empire stops enforcing restrictive grocery property controls, drops exclusivity in 19 markets.

Winnipeg Truth and Reconciliation Treaty One Run: survivors, youth and families opened Orange Shirt Day early Sept. 27 with a 5 km run, sacred fire, speeches.

17 new Manitoba Psychiatrists hired this year — 14 in Winnipeg, 3 in Selkirk — in a push to expand mental health care and take pressure off emergency rooms.

Scott Gillingham pledged a Rivière-Seine Historic Municipal Riverway if re-elected — a paddle-friendly, city-run Seine River attraction for Winnipeg.

Argos Beat Bombers 30-28 at Princess Auto Stadium — Lirim Hajrullahu’s 36-yard field goal with 27 seconds left, leaving Winnipeg at 7-7.

Winnipeg council unanimously approved the Fourth 911 Option — a community crisis response model sending trained teams, not police, to mental-health 911 calls.

Grifols Winnipeg Plasma centre licence suspended by Health Canada over quality-management failures after two donor deaths at 693 Taylor Ave.