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RCMP in Manitoba have charged a man with multiple sexual assaults on young children between 2010 and 2015.
Ivan Valintine Cesnik, 57, was arrested in Calgary on February 27 and returned to Winnipeg to face the charges.
A new player has emerged on Winnipeg’s so far non-existent ride-sharing scene.
TappCar, an Edmonton-based company, plans to launch service in Winnipeg on March 2.
By David Paddon, The Canadian Press
TORONTO – Shaw Communications says 3,300 of its employees have decided to take a voluntary buyout package — far above the company’s original estimate of about 650.
The Calgary-based company says about one-quarter of its workforce will be departing over an 18-month period as part of a previously announced multi-year transformation of its business.
WINNIPEG — The playoff drought for the Manitoba Bisons is officially over as the women’s basketball squad suits up for the post-season this weekend for the first time in eight years.
It’s the first time the Herd will have played in the playoffs since head coach Michele Sung (Hynes) took over from Pam Danis in 2014. Before then, Sung would have been a player on the team herself when Manitoba qualified for a playoff spot.
By The Canadian Press
BANFF, Alta. – An RCMP officer on a routine traffic stop in Banff, Alta., caught more than he expected on his car’s dash camera.
The video, which shows the constable talking to a motorist, captured a cougar sneaking by a couple of metres away — in front of a grocery store. It shows the officer briefly turning his head to look at the big cat.
By Peggy Revell, Medicine Hat News, The Canadian Press
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – A former Winnipeg television news director accused of robbing banks in Alberta has been granted bail.
But Stephen Vogelsang remains in custody in Medicine Hat, Alta., because he faces the same charges in Saskatchewan.
RCMP canines from Manitoba are part of a group training with others in central Alberta to sniff out human remains.
Four provincial police agencies are taking part this week, including officers from the Brandon detachment.
A mobile app to request on-demand snow removal has expanded to the Winnipeg market.
Calgary-based MowSnowPros launched the app in the city this week, along with Red Deer and Saskatoon.
By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – A former Winnipeg television news director is facing more bank robbery charges.
Regina police charged Stephen Vogelsang on Friday with three separate bank robberies in that city.
The Canadian Press
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – RCMP in the northern Alberta detachment of Wood Buffalo say a WestJet flight made an unscheduled landing in Fort McMurray earlier this week due to an unruly drunk.
Cpl. Teri-Ann Deobald says in a news release that flight 3177 on Monday was supposed to fly from Calgary to Yellowknife.
