PM to rename Red River to Blue River
Photo: Heather (flickr). WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Winnipeg yesterday to announce the renaming of the Red River to the Blue River. The change is expected…
‘Lawless’ resort opening in remote corners of Canada
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts has announced the construction of a brand-new hospitality and outdoor-activity resort which will encompass southern property in the territories of Nunavut and Northwest Territories, as well…
Winnipeg couple slain, Police suspect possible homicide
WINNIPEG—An 18-year-old man has been detained with charges pending following the stabbing death of a married couple. Geoffrey Alouette was arrested yesterday.
Battery charges dropped for man struck by lightning
THOMPSON, Manitoba—It all began with a relaxing day of golf, Warren Bertrand explains. The next thing he knew, he was waking up in the hospital.
Lingerie shipment hijacked, thieves give police the slip
BRANDON, Manitoba—Talk about an indecent act: thieves have stolen a semi-trailer full of intimate undergarments from a roadside diner in southwestern Manitoba.
Clueless parent pledges to defend neurotic child ‘at any cost’
WINNIPEG—The father of a 20-year-old Winnipeg woman arrested for hitting a man and his small child with her car, then biting a police officer who sought to intervene, says the…