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By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s Opposition New Democrats say if they were in power, they would set up a new government department — along with a separate minister — for drug addiction and mental health.
NDP Leader Wab Kinew also says he would set up a safe-consumption site in Winnipeg, a detox centre in Brandon and 50 new treatment beds to help battle the growing use of meth and other drugs.
Two RCMP vehicles were stuck while conducting a traffic stop west of Winnipeg on Wednesday night.
Officers were responding to a report of an impaired driver on Highway 1 just east of Elie, Manitoba at around 6:25 p.m.
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – A Manitoba government backbencher is once again holding a fundraising event at a squash club that doesn’t allow women to become members.
The constituency association for Scott Johnston, a Progressive Conservative, is planning an evening of “whiskey, wine and ale-tasting” next week at the Winnipeg Squash Racquet Club.
By The Canadian Press
MONTREAL – A judge has authorized a lawsuit to proceed against McDonald’s Canada over the marketing of Happy Meals to Quebec children.
Montreal lawyer Joey Zukran sought authorization for a class action lawsuit, arguing promotion of the popular meals constitutes illegal advertising to children.
A Winnipeg police officer suffered a broken hand during a struggle with a suspect Wednesday night accused of stealing a vehicle.
Police spotted the vehicle in the area of Provencher Boulevard and Tache Avenue at around 10:20 p.m. and called in Air1 to track it.
Six people are in custody facing several drug-related charges and other offences after RCMP in Thompson, Manitoba executed two search warrants on Monday.
Police in the community searched two separate homes throughout the day, seizing drugs and weapons.
Two Manitoba companies have been ordered to pay more than $100,000 in combined fines due to workplace injuries.
Winkler-based Prinsco Canada Inc. was ordered to pay $54,252 in fines and surcharges after a worker had several fingers amputated. The accident happened on April 12, 2016 when the worker was installing a rubber trim on the sharp edges of a resin mixer.
By Terry Pedwell, The Canadian Press
OTTAWA – Canada Post has issued what it calls a “time-limited” contract offer to its employees in hopes of ending rotating strikes that have created a historic backlog of undelivered parcels.
The offer Wednesday to members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers came just hours after online sales and auctioning giant eBay called on the federal government to legislate an end to the contract dispute.
