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Manitoba Finance has seized 45,117 contraband cigarettes plus 3,600 stolen cigarettes from three Winnipeg retailers.
The province says its investigators also seized $10,506 in cash and that all three locations are owned and operated by the same people.
By The Canadian Press
OTTAWA — Opposition parties are demanding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau call a public inquiry and waive solicitor-client privilege to get to the bottom of allegations that his office pressured the former attorney general not to prosecute a Canadian corporation.
MPs returned to the House of Commons Tuesday morning after a break week that saw the resignation of cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Trudeau’s principal secretary Gerald Butts.
Rockers Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie — the Twins of Evil — will descend on Bell MTS Place this summer for the Hell Never Dies Tour 2019.
The duo will play a Winnipeg show on Wednesday, August 7.
The Manitoba government is providing $95,000 in funding to the Portage la Prairie RCMP detachment for a program that supports young people and families at risk.
The Portage Hub began in 2018 and helps connect public and not-for-profit agencies that work with high-risk individuals or families.
By Michelle Bailey (@MichelleBailey1)
Winnipegger Marc Rémillard remembers attending his very first Festival du Voyageur.
“I was 16-years-old and it was the inaugural event 50 years ago,” he said. “Since then, I have only missed two years of it. Otherwise, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else this time of the year.”
By The Canadian Press
ST-LAZARE, Man. — A top CN executive telephoned a Manitoba rancher on Monday to apologize after one of the company’s trains derailed and spilled oil on his land.
“CN executive vice-president Sean Finn spoke directly with Mr. Jayme Corr … to discuss how best to remedy any damages stemming from the derailment and to reassure him that we will be working closely with him and his family in the coming days,” said company spokesman Jonathan Abecassis.
By Michelle Bailey (@MichelleBailey1)
WINNIPEG — It’s a little strange when you swing open the door to “The Dome” tent at Festival du Voyageur to take in a nighttime dance party where the crowd is moving in response to music… yet there is no music blasting in the room.
That’s because they’re all dancing to what they hear streaming through brightly lit wireless headphones.
By The Canadian Press
OTTAWA — Gerald Butts, Justin Trudeau’s principal secretary and long-time friend, has resigned amid allegations that the Prime Minister’s Office interfered to prevent a criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin.
In a statement, Butts unequivocally denies the accusation that he or anyone else in the office improperly pressured former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to help the Montreal engineering giant avoid a criminal case on corruption and bribery charges related to government contracts in Libya.
