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5 hrs ago | Winnipeg Sun

Visitor faces charges in drunken, violent rampage

A 22-year-old man from Ireland is in custody in Winnipeg after he allegedly assaulted restaurant staff and a cop after crashing a rental car while impaired early yesterday, police said.

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14 hrs ago | The Winnipeg Free Press

14 years for HIV-positive 'predator'

Clato Mabior recklessly put the lives of six young Manitoba women at risk by hiding his illness and then engaging in unprotected sex.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Drugs,

Fri Oct 10, 2008

CBC

Last of Manitoba-based soldiers return from Afghanistan

Sylvia Kolopenuk is elated to receive her first hug in nearly eight months from her son Pete, a bombadier with the First Royal Canadian Horse Artillery.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Health Scout

Tamoxifen Cuts Fracture Risk: Study

Tamoxifen, the drug used for more than 30 years to treat breast cancer , reduces the risk of osteoporosis -related fractures, a new study shows.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Oncology, Canada, World News,

Edmonton Sun

Mother of beheading victim wants return of executions

The mother of a young man beheaded on a Greyhound bus in July says Canada's most dangerous criminals should either be locked up forever or executed.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

Winnipeg Sun

Woman charged with "revenge fire"

A 20-year-old woman is accused of deliberately setting a fire inside a townhouse suite in an alleged act of revenge, Winnipeg police said.

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Related Topix: Fire, Canada

Thu Oct 09, 2008

CBC

'A change has to be made': mother of bus-killing victim

The mother of a Manitoba man who was brutally killed on a Greyhound bus this summer says it is "not acceptable" that the man charged in her son's death could be found not criminally responsible, and be put in ...

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Slam Sports

Shooting suspect took gun from owner: cops

The handgun used in the non-fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy in the North End last week was taken from the owner by the alleged shooter, Winnipeg police said.

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Related Topix: Canada, Winter Sports, Curling

Canada.com

Tories have steady hand on economic tiller: Finance minister

With just five days left in the election campaign and the Canadian economy rocked by the global financial crisis, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty moved Thursday to shore up public confidence in the Harper ...

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Stephen Harper,

Wed Oct 08, 2008

CFRA

Manitoba Students Suspended for Hazing

Six Grade 12 students in Manitoba have been suspended until at least February over a hazing incident.

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Related Topix: Canada,

CBC

Manitoba police search for escaped prisoner

Police are searching the Headingley area, west of Winnipeg, for a prisoner who escaped Sunday from a local jail.

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Related Topix: Prison, Canada,

Winnipeg Sun

Calling for votes

The Obama buzz sounded in Winnipeg yesterday with supporters showing their encouragement for the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate near The Forks.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Canada, Barack Obama

Tue Oct 07, 2008

Winnipeg Sun

Armed robbery suspects charged

Winnipeg police have charged two men in connection with several gas station robberies in St.

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CBC

East St. Paul to fight disbanding of police force

Officials in East St. Paul, Man., are not going to fold their tiny local police force into the RCMP without a fight, CBC News has learned.

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The Winnipeg Free Press

Escape prompts security review at jail

MANITOBA Corrections has launched a review of key security protocols at the Headingley Correctional Centre following Sunday night's brazen escape by a dangerous inmate.

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Related Topix: Prison, Canada,

National Post

Man. to create police oversight agency in wake of Taman inquiry

Derek Harvey-Zenk with lawyer Jay Prober makes his way into the Taman Inquiry in Winnipeg, Aug.

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Related Topix: Canada

Mon Oct 06, 2008

The Toronto Star

Manitoba town loses senior police officers

STE. ANNE, Man. A municipal police department in southern Manitoba has been left with only two junior officers after its interim chief and two constables quit over alleged interference by the town's volunteer ...

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Portage la Prairie Daily Graphic

Portage Daily Graphic

Which street gang do police believe is currently the most ruthless and violent in Manitoba? One whose reach and influence extends across the Prairies - in communities and prisons - and to pre-teen kids who are ...

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Drugs, Prison, Canada

Winnipeg Sun

Headingley escapee swims across Assiniboine

RCMP and Winnipeg police are searching the Headingley area with dogs after a man charged with second-degree murder escaped from the Headingley Correctional Centre last evening.

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Related Topix: Canada

102.9 CKDS-FM

Man Accused In The B...

The man accused of a gruesome killing onboard a Greyhound bus in Manitoba is expected back in court Monday.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News

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