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39 min ago | The Winnipeg Free Press

'Nightmare' for Winnipeg kids

Photo courtesy of FIND Foundation Police rescued Abby and Dominic Maryk from this house, where their father allegedly kept them.

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Related Topix: Canada, Family, Kids, Mexico, World News,

39 min ago | The Winnipeg Free Press

Province imposes its will

The City of Winnipeg is the only public body in Manitoba to finance infrastructure projects -- four in total -- through private-public partnerships, and it was the first municipality in Canada to secure funding from the P3 Canada fund, which was created to improve the delivery of public infrastructure and "provide better value, timeliness and ... (more)

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Related Topix: Canada, Opinion

Sun May 27, 2012

The Winnipeg Free Press

New home for a healthy boy

Julien Ferrer may be nine, but because of his rare illness, he is about the size of his four-year-old brother.

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KVEW-TV Kennewick

Shinnimin, Hiller Win Top CHL Honors

The Canadian Hockey League today announced the ten national award winners for the 2011-12 season including Brendan Shinnimin of the Tri-City Americans who earned both the Chrysler Top Scorer and CCM Player of the Year Award.

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Sat May 26, 2012

The Winnipeg Free Press

Cooking up better food products

Two of the nine Manitoba nominees in the recently announced group of finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards got their start at the Food Development Centre in Portage la Prairie.

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Related Topix: Canada, Home Gardening, Home,

The Winnipeg Free Press

Faces of our Jewish community

According to historians, he was likely not only the first Jew in Canada, but he also lived in the area that became Manitoba, working for the Hudson's Bay Company starting in 1732.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Physics, Chemistry, Science, Chicago, IL, North End (Chicago, IL)

The Winnipeg Free Press

Confessions of a Winnipeg sidewalk cyclist

I am a criminal, and the offence of cycling on the sidewalk in Winnipeg could land me a fine of $110. But the alternative of cycling along the very busy and far-too-narrow thoroughfare of St.

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The Winnipeg Free Press

Supplied Photo Hamed is focusing on improving his English and acquiring his driver s licence.

BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Horst Backe , Hamed and Mark Rabnett. The Winnipeggers sponsored Hamed after communicating with him on Skype.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Iran, World News, Middle East, Transgender, Canada

The Winnipeg Free Press

Final season of Less Than Kind starts shooting

The much-lauded TV series Less Than Kind will shoot its fourth and final season in Winnipeg commencing Monday, May 28.

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Related Topix: Canada, Maury Chaykin

Fri May 25, 2012

Employment News

Territory Manager - 512430

Job Description: Description: Our client, an international manufacturer and distributor of sophisticated medical and surgical products has an immediate opening for a surgical Territory Manager to cover South Western Ontario and Winnipeg MB.

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Related Topix: Canada, Nursing, Medicine

Electric Energy Online

Manitoba Hydro Place Receives LEED Platinum Certification

Winnipeg, MB, May 24, 2012 - At a ceremony held May 24, Manitoba Hydro's head office at 360 Portage Avenue in downtown Winnipeg was awarded a Platinum certification for its adherence to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards by the Green Building Council of Canada.

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Related Topix: Energy, Canada

Canada.com

RCMP to close Regina forensic lab

The Vancouver Sun has turned 100 years old, and reporter John Mackie has been scouring the files to find some of the best writing to grace its pages.

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The Winnipeg Free Press

Katz ponders sanity of new rules

Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz is questioning the sanity of proposed new rules for public-private partnerships, claiming the province is trying to deprive the city of one of the few means it has to repair its aging infrastructure.

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CBC News

Route 90 revamp proposed by Winnipeg chamber

The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce has put forward a plan to upgrade part of Route 90, one of the city's busiest streets.

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SFGate

'Keyhole' Gangster goes home again

Guy Maddin has directed a horror noir, complete with 1930s gangsters, ghosts and a haunted house.

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Related Topix: Keyhole, The Saddest Music in the World, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Horror Movies, Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary, Cowards Bend the Knee, Canada, Entertainment

Thu May 24, 2012

Carman Valley Leader

CAA defends their worst roads campaign over mayor's criticism

A spokesperson for CAA Manitoba acknowledged the organization didn't contact the Town of Carman regarding which is the worst street in town.

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Brandon Sun

Agassiz fest lines up appealing guests

It's hard to believe it's been a year since the International Cello Festival of Canada made its indelible mark on Winnipeg.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Cello, Classical, Italy, Debussy, Brahms

WHP-TV Harrisburg

Man survives bear attack in outhouse

From UPI.com: WINNIPEG, Manitoba, May 24 -- A Canadian man who survived an attack by a black bear while he was sitting in an outhouse says he'll close the door from now on.

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CBC News

Manslaughter trial gets emotional in Winnipeg

Jeremy Botelho, a former University of Manitoba football star, is accused of killing Kelly Clay during a bar fight in April 2010.

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Related Topix: Canada, Violent Crime

WECT-TV Wilmington

Man vs. bear, in an outhouse?

Gord Shurvell's trip to a friend's cabin was cut short after he was attacked by a black bear.

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