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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.
WINNIPEG — The family of a Roblin man has donated 418 acres of land near Riding Mountain National Park in his honour.
Bob Mickelson liked to spend his days on his property riding horses and enjoying the great outdoors. The lands have been used for grazing cattle for more than 30 years and will continue to be grazed as part of the donation to the Nature Conservancy of Canada.
A Portage la Prairie man has been charged with attempted murder and other offences after he allegedly tried to keep a woman from leaving a burning apartment.
Emergency crews were called to 5th Street in Portage la Prairie on February 15 when they noticed thick black smoke coming from a basement apartment.
By The Canadian Press
ST-LAZARE, Man. — Canadian National Railway says it doesn’t yet know how much oil leaked from a derailment in western Manitoba, but it says trains are now running on the line again.
The railway said Saturday there was “a partial leak” of crude south of St. Lazare, Man., but it was contained and none had reached a nearby river.
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press
MONTREAL — Dozens of Quebec tourists who had been trapped in Haiti amid violent street protests were greeted with hugs and tears from relieved loved ones as they landed at Montreal’s airport on Saturday.
An Air Transat flight carrying 150 passengers, including the 113 Quebec tourists who had booked the same vacation package through the airline, landed at Pierre Elliott Trudeau airport just after 9 p.m.
WINNIPEG — No injuries were reported Sunday morning when a fire broke out in a two-storey home in the 100 block of Jarvis Avenue.
Firefighters arrived on scene shortly after 2 a.m. and began tackling the blaze in the multi-family residence. The fire was well involved when they arrived, with smoke and flames coming from the windows.
Get a taste of Festival du Voyageur, Western Canada’s largest winter festival, as it marks 50 years.
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The fun runs until February 24. For ticket information and a complete schedule, visit HeHo.ca or download the Festival du Voyageur app for iOS and Android.
