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Canada has had a pandemic plan of some kind since the late 1980s. After SARS killed 44 Canadians in 2003, more action followed: A federal chief public health officer was appointed, the Public Health Agency of Canada was created, and federal and provincial governments agreed on an up-to-date pandemic influenza plan.

A combined federal and provincial investment of $17.5 million could help open new markets for Manitoba beef, according to an announcement Monday.

Brock Golden, seen in 2004, began serving his reduced sentence Thursday. A ruling by Manitoba's highest court Thursday to reduce the sentence of a Winnipeg man convicted of sexual crimes against minors is being met with extreme criticism by child-safety and victims' rights agencies.

Those living near the shores of Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba are being advised by Manitoba Water Stewardship to prepare for possible flood conditions.

If there was something illegal found in a Winnipeg Beach cottage cordoned by police Oct.

A 37-year-old Winnipeg man has been sentenced to four years in jail and three years of probation after he stabbed a man who insulted AC/DC . According to the Winnipeg Sun , James Ivison invited a 22-year-old man to his room at a Furby Street rooming house in October 2008.

Patients experiencing septic shock who receive inappropriate therapy may have a fivefold reduction in survival, shows a new study.

CARE HURRICANE... Kaleena Hudon, the 25-year-old Winnipeg mother and stage-4 cancer patient whose only hope of prolonging her life lies south of the border, flew to Pittsburgh for treatment of her metastasized melanoma Wednesday.Thanks to a local guardian angel, she went a month ahead of schedule and her closest loved ones were with her.

Two men have been charged after a crime spree that included a series of armed robberies, a police pursuit, and a foot chase that ended at Winnipeg's Health Science Centre.

The Winnipeg police homicide unit is now leading the investigation into an arson fire that killed two men in a city bathhouse.

ESSENTIAL staff at CancerCare Manitoba were sent home early Monday afternoon while police searched the McDermot Avenue facility for a suspect in a downtown carjacking believed to be armed.

Wendy Dirisio holds her two-year-old daughter Zoe as she receives the H1N1 flu vaccination from RN Diane Nannarone at Metro Hall in downtown Toronto, Oct.

They lived in Canada's small towns and big cities, from coast to coast. They were children, parents, friends and neighbours.

In a struggling field, one Winnipeg family physician has taken on the "heavy lifting" in order to help those less fortunate and effect change.

As the Olympic torch winged its way to Victoria Friday, a former Manitoban was sitting in the pilot's seat.

Dozens of women have gone missing along the so-called Highway of Tears. Photograph by: Mikael Kjellstrom, Calgary Herald Canada's aboriginal affairs and justice ministers, attending separate federal-provincial meetings in Toronto and Fredericton on Friday, highlighted the tragedy of this country's 1,559 missing women and vowed action on several ...

The bloody internal cleansing of the Canadian Bandidos chapter saw 44 first-degree murder convictions returned against six men Thursday, including the outlaw biker that the jury heard masterminded the massacre - Wayne Kellestine.

A body sits in the back of a car in the area where eight men were found dead inside four vehicles near Shedden, Ont.

During Rick Hillier's tenure as the country's top soldier, journalists were forever writing about him being at odds with his political masters.

Unicity Taxi and Duffy's Taxi are seeking a 30-cent increase in meter tariffs. The cab companies have applied to the Manitoba Taxicab Board for the increase to cover the cost of replacing in-cab cameras.