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2 hrs ago | Peace Arch News

Western premiers key on cyber-bullying at Winnipeg meeting

By Kolby Solinsky - BC Local News Published: June 18, 2013 11:00 AM Updated: June 18, 2013 11:52 AM Manitoba premier Greg Selinger identified an anti-bullying measure adopted in British Columbia - an online, anonymous reporting tool - that he thinks could help bullied students and children in his province.

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4 hrs ago | The Western Producer

Continentally integrated: aina t we all

Every year when I travel down to the World Pork Expo I tarry in North Dakota, Minnesota and rural Iowa.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Canada, North America, World News

8 hrs ago | Brandon Sun

Manitoba electricity may flow westward

KEN GIGLIOTTI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak , Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski, Alberta Premier Alison Redford, Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger, B.C. Premier Christy Clark, Sask.

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10 hrs ago | CBC News

Van crashes into Winnipeg business

Police block the intersection of Sherbrook Street and Ellice Avenue after a van crashed into a grocery store on Tuesday morning.

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12 hrs ago | The Winnipeg Free Press

Refugees ask feds to restore benefits

Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press Kasim Kawo with his daughter, Milki, 14 months, and wife Balkisa join a rally at Central Park to protest federal cuts to refugee health benefits.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

The Winnipeg Free Press

Manitoba Movers

The R.D. Defries Award is the highest award of the Canadian Public Health Association, presented annually in the form of a medal and citation for outstanding contributions in the broad field of public health and carries with it an honorary life membership.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Health Care Policy, Health,

Lake Cowichan Gazette

Musical Sensation

Inside a pair of ring binders, the Langley senior has compiled dozens of old newspaper articles and reviews, interspersed with advertisements and playbills.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Wedding, Pop/Rock, The Beatles, North America Travel, Canada Travel, Travel,

The Winnipeg Free Press

Enjoy interviews, jazz performances this week at News Caf

The Winnipeg International Jazz Festival comes to the Free Press News Caf this week with daily live interviews and nightly performances.

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CBC News

St. Mary's Road construction stymies traffic, business

City crews have begun work on a section of St. Mary's Road in Winnipeg's Glenwood area - a project anticipated to take six weeks and delay thousands of drivers.

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The Guardian

Task Force 2-13

About 50 troops from CFB Edmonton left the international airport Monday morning as part of the last deployment of Canadian soldiers to Afghanistan.

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The Winnipeg Free Press

Rally for newcomers' health care

Hundreds of health-care workers, newcomers and their friends are set to rally at noon today in Central Park to celebrate Manitoba's "compassion" and to call for help for refugees in other provinces suffering without health benefits.

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The Winnipeg Free Press

Nepinak's leadership gathering steam

Some time before lunch today, a small caravan of motorcycles will make its way through the city towards Thunderbird House.

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The Winnipeg Free Press

The most efficient of the mall

WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Carleen McDowell, an administrative assistant with 20 Vic Management Inc., stands under the new skylights and LED lighting in St. Vital Centre that helped the mall win a BOMA BESt Award of Excellence for energy-efficiency improvement.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

Globe and Mail

Western premiers to focus talks on eastward pipeline

Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter, New Brunswick Premier David Alward, Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger, Alberta Premier Alison Redford, Prince Edward Island Premier Robert Ghiz and British Columbia Premier Christy Clark, left to right, listen to a choir at Province House during the annual Council of the Federation meeting in Halifax on Thursday, ... (more)

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The Winnipeg Free Press

Men robbed of phones

Police were looking for four suspects after the 1:30 a.m. robbery Saturday in the 200 block of Provencher Boulevard.

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The Winnipeg Free Press

Discovering your wife's kinky behaviour isn't an invitation to join the party

DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I thought my beautiful wife was a lonely woman. I am away a lot and we only see each other on weekends when I am home.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Winnipeg Free Press

New stadium can, must work

$75 million to be covered by the city and province through property-tax revenues flowing from new developments at the former Canad Inns Stadium site.

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The Winnipeg Free Press

Sip, sup and stroll on new Exchange tour

You've done the art walk. You've taken the architecture, the ghost, the Winnipeg General Strike, and the death and debauchery guided walking tours.

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The Winnipeg Free Press

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MARLIN Travel is offering a wine tour to the Okanagan from July 28 to and will hold an information session on Thursday, June 20 at 1 p.m at our Polo Park office.

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Watertown Daily Times

New York State Zoo at Thompson Park publicly displays Canada lynx kittens for first time

Patrons of the New York State Zoo at Thompson Park got their first look Friday at a set of four Canada lynx kittens born in early May. The three male and one female kittens, born about six weeks ago, could be seen scampering around a small enclosure inside of the lynx exhibit area.

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