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Manitoba government employee survey shows fewer people satisfied with work
WINNIPEG – A new survey says less than 40 per cent of Manitoba civil servants feel as though they are valued employees. The 2018 employment engagement survey shows a significant decline in the number of people feeling satisfied with their…
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B.C. trucker pleads guilty to lesser charges in fatal Manitoba crash
WINNIPEG – A semi-trailer truck driver from British Columbia who was involved in a Manitoba collision that killed two people has pleaded guilty to a pair of careless driving charges. Gurjant Singh, who is in his mid-20s, was initially charged…
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Crew of runaway grain train in Manitoba improperly trained: report
MINNEDOSA, Man. – A Winnipeg newspaper says it’s learned that a train with more than 100 loaded grain cars careened down a hill through the southwestern Manitoba town of Minnedosa last year. The Free Press also says federal investigators have…
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Chief hopes Senate committee sees link between resource development, violence
WINNIPEG – The chief of a Manitoba First Nation says he hopes a Senate committee will seriously listen to how resource development is linked to allegations of physical and sexual violence in his community. York Factory Chief Leroy Constant said…
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Manitoba awareness campaign aims to stop sexual harassment of civil servants
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is undertaking a governmentwide awareness campaign to ensure employees aren’t facing sexual harassment at work. The campaign includes six posters that explain to employees and supervisors what sexual harassment is and how to report it.…
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Manitoba Mountie who survived shot to head faces shooter at sentencing hearing
MINNEDOSA, Man. – Two Manitoba RCMP officers spoke of anger and loss at the sentencing hearing of a man who tried to kill them. Cpl. Graeme Kingdon told a provincial court sentencing hearing that he is angry at the selfishness…
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Security review, new powers for officers at Manitoba hospitals
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is reviewing security at health-care facilities and considering new powers for security officers at hospitals. Health Minister Cameron Friesen says the move is partly in response to a rise in methamphetamine-related violence. He adds that a…
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Winnipeg care home employee charged with sexual assault of senior
Winnipeg police have charged a man who worked at a care home with sexual assaulting a senior. Police have not identified the suspect but say he has been released from custody on a promise to appear in court. The senior…
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Small plane crash lands on frozen lake in eastern Manitoba, minor injuries
LITTLE GRAND RAPIDS, Man. – People were treated for minor injuries after a small plane crash-landed on ice short of the runway near a fly-in community northeast of Winnipeg. The Amik Aviation Cessna Caravan 208-B went down Monday afternoon on…
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CN still tallying amount of oil spilled in Manitoba train derailment
ST. LAZARE, Man. – CN is still tallying up the amount of oil spilled in a train derailment on a ranch in western Manitoba. “We are still determining volume estimates at this time,” company spokesman Jonathan Abecassis said in an…
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Manitoba ‘pausing’ relationship with former B.C. premier after allegations
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government says it is “pausing” its relationship with Gordon Campbell following an allegation in a British newspaper that the former B.C. premier groped a woman in the United Kingdom. Campbell was hired by Manitoba last fall…
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TSB says improved tankers involved in Manitoba derailment that spilled crude
ST. LAZARE, Man. – Federal investigators say CN railcars that spilled crude after derailing on farm land in western Manitoba were upgraded tankers. The Transportation Safety Board says 37 of 110 cars went off the tracks early Saturday near St.…
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Officials still working out how much oil leaked from derailment in Manitoba
ST-LAZARE, Man. – Canadian National Railway says it doesn’t yet know how much oil leaked from a derailment in western Manitoba, but it says trains are now running on the line again. The railway said Saturday there was “a partial…
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Winnipeg transit rejects signage in memory of bus driver killed on job
Winnipeg Transit drivers were told Thursday not to display messages on their buses in memory of a colleague murdered on the job exactly two years ago. Transit officials issued a memo to drivers to not display “RIP #521” or similar…
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Manitoba elementary school chartered bus ticketed for speeding in bad weather
CARMAN, Man. – Manitoba’s Prairie Rose School Division is reviewing its transportation policy after the driver of a chartered bus carrying 45 students was ticketed for speeding in bad weather. Superintendent Terry Osiowy says the Grade 5 and 6 students…
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‘Murderous rage:’ Crown argues bus driver’s actions didn’t deserve being stabbed
WINNIPEG – A transit bus driver who was killed at the end of a late-night shift could have responded differently to a passenger refusing to get off the bus but that didn’t justify getting stabbed, the prosecution said Wednesday. Crown…
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Sexual assault investigations at hydroelectric project alarming: chief
WINNIPEG – The grand chief who represents First Nations in northern Manitoba says it’s alarming that RCMP have investigated nine sexual assault allegations at one power station construction site. Garrison Settee expects the number could be higher, but says many…
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Senior executives fired at Manitoba based pot producer after Health Canada recalls
WINNIPEG – An internal investigation shows that bullying by senior management at a Winnipeg-based cannabis producer contributed to unauthorized weed being shipped to stores. Health Canada issued a recall of two strains of Bonify cannabis products that were being sold…
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Manitoba RCMP arrest 3 students for threatening three schools, charges pending
WINNIPEG – RCMP say they have arrested three youths suspected of making threats against students at three schools in Manitoba. Police say the threats were made Tuesday against students at R.D. Parker Collegiate in Thompson, Carman Collegiate in Carman and…
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UFCW: Restaurant workers vote for union amid harassment controversy
WINNIPEG – Employees at a location of a Winnipeg restaurant chain that’s come under fire over harassment allegations have voted to unionize. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union says in a news release that workers from the Stella’s on…