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Type: Province

Name: Manitoba

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 9 reports

Adults charged with assaulting kids with cattle prods

Adults at an orthodox Mennonite community in Canada were charged with assaulting children with cattle prods and leather straps.WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Children have been removed from an orthodox Mennonite community in Canada where adults have been charged ... [Published MSN News - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Mennonites, Assault, Cattle

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 6 reports

Group who stole back historic Métis bell vilified after holding ‘trophy’ ransom for more than two decades

In the summer of 1991, Métis members hailed as patriots a group of crowbar-wielding thieves who smashed their way into an Ontario Legion Hall and seized the Bell of Batoche, a war trophy stolen by federal troops in the wake of Louis Riel’s last stand. ... [Published National Post - Top Stories - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Louis Riel, Guy Savoie, Repatriate, David Chartrand, John O Reilly

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 reports

New Manitoba program aims to speed cancer treatment access

A new program from CancerCare Manitoba hopes to speed access for cancer patients to be diagnosed and treated.Called the First Nations, Metis and Inuit Cancer Control program, it will help increase access for “all Manitobans facing barriers to cancer services, ... [Published Metronews - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Cancer, Theresa Oswald, Patient

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 reports

Manitoba announces more funding for smaller classes

Kids crave attention and lucky for them, they’ll be getting more of it.The Manitoba government aims to trim kindergarten to Grade 3 class sizes, with the goal of more one-on-one teacher and student interaction.Wednesday at John de Graff Elementary School, ... [Published Metronews - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Greg Selinger, Winnipeg, Economic Growth, Interaction

First reported Jun 19 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 4 reports

Elections Canada

Committee to decide fate of two MPs

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.Conservative MP Shelly Glover arrives at a committee meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 6, 2013. Manitoba Conservative MP Shelly Glover has changed her mind and decided to file a new expense claim ... [Published Castanet.net - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Shelly Glover, Elections Canada, Ottawa

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 2 reports

Manitoba Hydro

First Nation’s group hands Hydro a ‘friendly reminder’

A file image shows Manitoba Hydro's head office in downtown Winnpeg.Share:Text:CTV WinnipegA group of Manitoba First Nations residents are responding to Manitoba Hydro warnings about late payments with a notice of their own.A group of Cross Lake First ... [Published CTV News - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Manitoba Hydro, Winnipeg, Unemployment

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 2 reports

Saskatchewan Party

Guest Columnist -- Strong Saskatchewan attracts Manitobans in record numbers

In late May a man called into a Brandon radio station and described how he regularly saw lots of Manitoba licence plates in parking lots in Yorkton, Sask.The gentleman shared his observation on the talk show as he was agreeing with the suggestion that ... [Published Brandon Sun - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Taxes, Yorkton (Canada), Saskatchewan Party

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 5 reports

Bell of Batoche back in Métis hands and will be unveiled in mid-July

After 22 years of secrecy surrounding its whereabouts, an important piece of Metis history is ready to go public again.The Winnipeg Free Press is reporting the Union Nationale Métisse Saint-Joseph du Manitoba will announce this week its plan to unveil ... [Published Globe and Mail - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Royal Canadian Legion, Saskatoon, Official Statement, Winnipeg

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 19 2013 - 2 reports

Talk of sheep-shearing marks the start of opposition filibuster in Manitoba

WINNIPEG - Progressive Conservative house leader Kelvin Goertzen talked of sheep-shearing and canoe races Tuesday, as he started a filibuster â albeit an office-hours one â of the Manitoba government's planned sales tax increase.Goertzen has won unlimited ... [Published Brandon Sun - Jun 19 2013]

Entities: Kelvin Goertzen, Conservative Party of Canada (Canada), Jennifer Howard, Brian Pallister, Winnipeg

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 3 reports

Bison Transport driver wins Manitoba Driver of the Year award

WINNIPEG, Man. -- The Manitoba Trucking Association and Volvo Trucks Canada have named Bison Transport’s Mark Tricco as this year’s Manitoba Driver of the Year. Tricco was selected from a group of 12 Industry Excellence Award winners, an award which honours ... [Published TruckNews.Com - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Bison Transport Inc., Volvo Trucks, Canada, Winnipeg

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 3 reports

Manitoba Strengthens Quality of Math Education With Revisions to Kindergarten to Grade 8 Curriculum

Education Minister Nancy Allan today announced the release of a newly revised kindergarten to Grade 8 math curriculum."By working with our education partners to strengthen the math curriculum and increase supports for students, teachers and parents, students ... [Published Noodls - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Education, Nancy Allan, Arithmetic

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 3 reports

Brothers died in rural Manitoba fire

A fire at a home just east of Elie, Man., on Saturday killed two elderly brothers, Headlingley RCMP say.Emergency services were sent to the rural property at about 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.They found two deceased men in the home.The men have been identified ... [Published Global News Canada - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Deceased, emergency, Property

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Adults charged with assaulting kids with cattle prods [Published MSN News - 2 hours ago]

...His next tune, as he mentioned, was very definitely not a love song and its title was "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead. As a total contrast he followed with a beautiful ballad, Love Comes with a verse in French and a delicate intro and outro on the keys. He later did a reggae tune on a squeeze box button accordion which he claimed was one hundred and thirty years old. He described the outside as being of Swiss origin but the inner part was Hohner (German)."

Multi-talented Gerber wows his audience [Published Brantford Expositor - 4 hours ago]

...The Toronto Star points out in an editorial from Leilani Farha and Rita Morbia that "While Canada ranks 6th in the world on the United Nations Human Development Index (which lists countries in terms of life expectancy, education and a decent standard of living), when the measure is applied to First Nations, our ranking plummets to about 68th." The study warns that failure to act will leave First Nations children to shorter and less productive lives...

In Canada, half of First Nations children are living in poverty [Published Digital Journal - 5 hours ago]

...In Bruce Batt's chronicle of the history of DU Canada, he wrote: "There are literally a million stories within the story of DUC. I most sincerely hope that a few of the accounts in this manuscript touch meaningfully on some aspects of each reader's past, present, and future experience, and their relationship with the organization."

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Blogs

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Terence Corcoran: Fixing the ‘tyrannies’ of Canada [Published Financial Post \| Opinion » FP Comment - 7 hours ago] What Canada needs, apparently, is an national industrial strategy The question looms: What will save Canadians from this tyrannical hell-hole we call Canada? In a new think-tank paper from the Institute for Research on Public Policy, two former federal ...
Canadian Bar Association launches Futures Initi... [Published Financial Post \| Business » Legal Post - Jun 18 2013] The Canadian Bar Association is looking for everyone’s input in the future of the legal profession — and I emphasize the word everyone. A CBA program called the Legal Futures Initiative has entered the “consultation” phase, in which teams of CBA members ...
NEWS: Western premiers plan work on anti-bullyi... [Published Nunatsiaq News - Online - Jun 17 2013] When the western premiers met today in Winnipeg, they talked about jobs, infrastructure and affordable housing — but they also honed in on a social issue: bullying.Speaking on behalf of the premiers, host premier Greg Selinger of Manitoba said the premiers ...
The Arctic This Week: 8 June 2013 – 14 June 2013 [Published The Arctic Institute - Center for Circumpolar S ... - Jun 17 2013] !--[if gte mso 9]>0false18 pt18 pt00falsefalsefalse<![endif]--> By Tom Fries , Kevin Casey & Maura Farrell The Arctic This Week 2013:22Thanks for joining us this week! If you find TATW useful and fun to read, please share us with others. ...
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