Caitlyn Gowriluk
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Compassion at the door, an ally in your fight
For nearly 40 years, Gwen Crawley was something of an institution to those who walked through Klinic’s doors. People at the Wolseley community health-care centre got to know her as a generous spirit for those who needed someone to listen, and a determined ally for those who needed someone to fight for them. → Read More
Police investigating North End death Thursday as homicide
Winnipeg police are investigating a North End death Thursday morning as the city's 27th homicide of the year. Officers responded to a report of an injured man in the 800 block of Pritchard Avenue at about 9:30 a.m. Thursday, a Winnipeg Police Service news release issued Friday said. → Read More
Local Pack-man eager to show fellow Cheeseheads, Raider Nation a Prairie-style pigskin party
Jesse Martin identifies himself as something of a Winnipeg Blue Bombers superfan. The love affair dates back to 1998, when his dad took him to his first game. → Read More
Pollster erred in showing Tories, NDP neck-and-neck
A rookie polling firm that released an uncommissioned provincial election poll on Friday, showing the Manitoba NDP and PC parties almost deadlocked, has since backtracked on that claim.Converso, a Toronto-based firm which conducted its first poll in Manitoba, said on Sunday it realized there was a weighting issue with its initial results, and released new results on Monday. → Read More
RCMP raid Beausejour home of army reservist identified as neo-Nazi recruiter
RCMP officers raided the Beausejour home of a Canadian Army Reserves leader identified as a recruiter for a violent neo-Nazi paramilitary organization on Monday night, neighbours say. Earlier Monday, the Free Press reported Master Cpl. → Read More
Safe-ride program geared to city restaurant patrons
A new partnership will soon give people a fresh option for a safe ride home after a night out on the town.The Manitoba Restaurant and Foodservices Association and ride-hailing company ReRyde have teamed up to create a safe-ride program they’re calling a first for the food services industry. → Read More
Walmart's same-day delivery goes countrywide
After a successful pilot program in Winnipeg and Toronto, Walmart Canada is expanding its partnership with Instacart nationally, offering same-day delivery from nearly 200 stores across the country.The pilot program, which launched in September 2018, allowed shoppers to access the on-demand home delivery grocery service at 17 locations in Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area. → Read More
Layin' Down Tracks mural reaches last stop
A mural that wrapped around 14,000 square feet of a South Point Douglas business was painted over Wednesday as the building’s owner looks to sell the space. It comes with the territory, says the artist behind what had been one of Manitoba’s largest wall paintings. → Read More
Accessories store survives 50 years in business by changing with the times, adapting to the internet
If there’s one thing Ken Keats has learned from running a successful local business, it’s that nothing stays the same for long.“You’ve just got to be nimble,” said the 58-year-old owner of Boes Ltd. → Read More
Family appeals to public to find missing woman
The family of Cynthia Parisian, who has been missing for nearly six months, has issued an appeal to the public to help find the 38-year-old.”We just want to ask anybody with any sort of information to come forward,” said Parisian’s youngest sister, Colleen. → Read More
Untrained drivers assigned to 'bendy buses': union
A day after the city implemented new rules for how transit drivers’ schedules are decided, the... → Read More
Bus drivers' union wants city bosses probed
As tensions flare between city hall and the transit workers’ union over stalled contract negot... → Read More
City's new actions seen as 'bullying' bus drivers
City hall has upped the ante in ongoing contract negotiations with the transit workers' union, with moves the union’s president describes as intimidation tactics. Beginning Saturday, Winnipeg Transit drivers will no longer be allowed to switch shifts, have their seniority considered when choosing their work schedules, or "request new vacation changes", states a leaked internal memo circulated on… → Read More
West Broadway housing co-op gets federal help
As construction vehicles clattered and squealed in the background, a small group of people gathered behind the All Saints’ Anglican Church on Wednesday afternoon to celebrate the affordable housing co-operative that will soon rise up where there is now just a hole in the ground.The West Broadway Commons will feature 110 new homes in the community, 56 of which will be affordable housing units. → Read More
McClung's teenaged signature discovered on 1893 petition
A newly unearthed petition sheds light on how early in her life activist Nellie McClung started raising her voice for women’s rights. The 1893 scroll, which collected signatures in support of the women’s suffrage movement in Manitou, Man. → Read More
Bank of Montreal moving out of historic Portage and Main landmark
A local architect says he’s disappointed to see the Bank of Montreal announce it will move fro... → Read More
'Severe need' for Indigenous representation in fight for Lake Winnipeg water quality: advocate
Lake Winnipeg’s verdant shores, once awash with people, have of late become overgrown with a new defining feature: blue-green algae.But the problem doesn't just impact affluent cottagers who have to travel a bit further to find a beach to lay out on — although that’s often where attention for the issue seems to be directed, said Rebecca Sinclair, a program co-ordinator for the Lake Winnipeg… → Read More
Gallery: Summer slime: algae blooms haunt Lake Winnipeg shores
VICTORIA BEACH — A striking, smelly scourge continues to haunt Lake Winnipeg hot spots, and might be enough to scare off people seeking a relaxing long weekend getaway. Victoria Beach frequenter Jennifer Engbrecht said the first time she saw a bloom of green algae, she was about 13 years old. → Read More
Police charge youth with first-degree murder in fatal assault of Southdale woman
A 51-year-old woman assaulted in her home in March and the youth now charged with killing her “were not strangers” to each other, Winnipeg police say.On March 26, officers responded to the Southdale home of Lise Danais. → Read More
Mounties scale down northern Manitoba manhunt
As Manitoba RCMP scale back the search for two murder suspects in one of the province’s northernmost regions, the Mounties are “keeping all possibilities in mind” — including the chance fugitives Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky are already dead. “Everything is possible at this stage. → Read More