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Police Called After Nova Scotia Cleaners Mop, Vacuum Wrong House

October 18, 2018 02:35 PM in The Canadian Press • 0 Comments

By The Canadian Press

HALIFAX – Homeowners who thought they had been robbed got a happy surprise instead: Their house was cleaned for free by cleaners who went to the wrong address.

Police say the two women went to the home Tuesday afternoon in Upper Tantallon, N.S., outside Halifax.

Cannabis-Impaired Driver Arrested Trying to Avoid Checkstop

October 18, 2018 02:06 PM in News • 0 Comments

A day after recreational marijuana was legalized in Canada, RCMP in Manitoba have arrested a man for driving while impaired.

Police were conducting a checkstop at the intersection of Cree Road and Deerwood Drive in Thompson early Thursday when officers noticed an SUV signalling to turn down the road they were stationed on. He suddenly turned in the opposite direction of the checkstop and began driving away.

Former B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell Will Probe Costly Manitoba Hydro Projects

October 18, 2018 12:41 PM in The Canadian Press • 0 Comments

By The Canadian Press

WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government has hired former British Columbia premier Gordon Campbell to review two major hydro projects that have added billions of dollars to the provincial debt.

Campbell will look at whether the Keeyask Generating Station and Bipole Three transmission line — projects built under the former NDP government — were based on sound economics.

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Teen Charged with Inciting Bomb Scare at Winnipeg High School

October 18, 2018 10:41 AM in News • 0 Comments

A 14-year-old Winnipeg boy was arrested Wednesday for making a bomb threat at Churchill High School.

Police were called to the Hay Street school at around 10 a.m. after staff reported a threatening note. The school of approximately 500 students was evacuated.

Two More Addictions-Focused Clinics Open in Manitoba

October 18, 2018 10:25 AM in News • 0 Comments

Manitoba Justice Minister Cliff Cullen speaks during a press conference in Winnipeg on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Steve Lambert)

The province has opened two more Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine clinics in Manitoba to help people suffering from addictions.

The RAAM clinics are located in Brandon on 7th Street and Thompson at the Addiction Foundation of Manitoba’s Eaglewood site.

Manitoba NDP Calls for Inquest into Indigenous Man’s Death on a Bus

October 18, 2018 08:05 AM in The Canadian Press • 0 Comments

By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press

Leader of the Opposition in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly, Wab Kinew scrums at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg on March 12, 2018. The leader of the Manitoba’s Opposition is calling for an inquest into the death of an Indigenous man who died on a bus travelling to Winnipeg for a medical appointment. Abraham Donkey, who was 58, was travelling from Thompson for a follow-up appointment after a recent heart surgery. He died on October 3rd during a 10-hour bus trip. NDP Leader Wab Kinew says both Manitoba Health and the federal government’s First Nations and Inuit Health Branch didn’t offer to pay for a flight and refused to cover expenses for a family member to go with Donkey. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski)

WINNIPEG – The leader of Manitoba’s Opposition has called for an inquest into the death of an Indigenous man who died during a 10-hour bus trip for a medical appointment.

Abraham Donkey of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation was travelling from Thompson to Winnipeg for a followup appointment after a recent heart surgery.

Biggest Canadian Lottery Jackpot in History on Friday

October 18, 2018 07:00 AM in News • 0 Comments

The biggest lottery jackpot in Canadian history is being drawn on Friday, setting a new high for the number of big prizes up for grabs.

The Lotto Max draw includes $113 million in total jackpots. The main jackpot of $60 million is the big draw, with an estimated 53 Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each.