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The province is setting up a new family medicine residency program in the Interlake to enable medical residents to learn more about rural medicine and treat patients in the region.
The program will see residents in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba Max Rady College of Medicine work in the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority. The goal is to retain a number of the physicians in the region once they graduate and become doctors.
Manitoba RCMP have arrested six people after two search warrants in the community of Norway House turned up drugs and cash.
Police searched a home December 7 on Rowdens Bay, where they located 85 grams of cocaine, a large sum of Canadian currency, numerous cell phones, and drug paraphernalia.
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – Like many millennials, Sarah Rogalsky doesn’t go out of her way to buy lottery tickets.
The 32-year-old is part of an office pool and chips in $2 a week at her Winnipeg workplace, primarily for the social aspect of playing with others.
Manitoba RCMP have arrested and charged a woman after a 45-year-old Oxford House man was stabbed early Monday.
Police responded to a home in the community at around 2:45 a.m. and the man was transported to the local nursing station in stable condition. His condition deteriorated and he was pronounced deceased at 9:45 a.m.
A house fire in the RM of Riding Mountain West has claimed the life of a 29-year-old man.
The fire broke out Sunday approximately 10 kilometres north of Inglis, Manitoba at around 12:45 a.m.
Brandon police have recovered a stolen ATV and other equipment after a truck and trailer went into the ditch Monday morning.
Police spotted the truck at around 4:45 a.m. with a Polaris 700 ATV side-by-side, an outboard motor and Norbert utility trailer. The vehicle headed eastbound on Highway 110 near 17th Street when police began following it to the Trans-Canada Highway.
The Independent Investigation Unit is looking into an incident where a woman’s fibula was fractured during her arrest in Dauphin on November 27.
The IIU says the 25-year-old woman was arrested after police responded to a call at a local residence. During her arrest for breach of peace, the IIU says the woman was uncooperative and officers had to use force to control her.
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – Emad Mishko Tamo looks excitedly at his bright-green mountain bike and talks about how he’s looking forward to summer cycling adventures with other Yazidi refugee children in his community.
For the 14-year-old boy, the bicycle stands for freedom, something that only a few years ago was snatched away from him and his family when they were taken by Iraqi militants and held captive for three years.
