WINNIPEG – Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger says he’s willing to consider the demands of protesters from a northern First Nation occupying the grounds of a key power-generating station. Protesters from Cross Lake First Nation want a revenue-sharing agreement with Manitoba…
WINNIPEG – Security was high at government and military sites, flags flew at half-mast and flowers were placed at the Memorial Boulevard cenotaph following the events in Ottawa Wednesday. The Royal Canadian Air Force’s 17 Wing Winnipeg stepped up security…
WINNIPEG — Brian Bowman’s landslide victory in the Winnipeg mayoral election Wednesday caught a lot of people off guard, including the Manitoba premier. “I think everybody was surprised,” said NDP Premier Greg Selinger. Judy Wasylycia-Leis, who was considered the front-runner…
WINNIPEG – Andrea Giesbrecht, the woman who owned a storage locker where the remains of six infants were found, is scheduled for a bail hearing Nov. 12. Giesbrecht’s lawyer, Greg Brodsky, requested at court on Thursday morning that the autopsies…
WINNIPEG – Brandon has a new mayor after voters chose Rick Chrest, whose 9,085 votes more than doubled incumbent Shari Decter Hirst’s 4,249. Chrest, a Brandon businessman, was deputy mayor for several terms. Decter Hirst was praised in some quarters…
WINNIPEG – He is now the mayor for all the people of Winnipeg. But, continuing a long-time trend, Brian Bowman was not elected by a majority of the people on Winnipeg. Bowman received 111,504 votes (47.5%), far ahead of second-place…
WATCH: A memorial of flowers, letters, and well-wishes has taken hold at the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada barracks in Hamilton, Ontario, as hundreds of Canadians stop by to pay their final respects to Cpl. Nathan Cirillo. TORONTO –…
WINNIPEG – Here are five things you should know about Wednesday’s election: 1. The big one – Brian Bowman was elected mayor. Who is Brian Bowman? The 43-year-old privacy lawyer is Metis, born and raised in Winnipeg, a father of…
Shawn Dobson beat out incumbent city councillor Grant Nordman to win St. Charles. He took 5,040 of the votes to Nordman’s 3,972. This was the third time the two had gone head-to-head in St. Charles, with Nordman coming out on…
WINNIPEG – Here is a look at what happened behind the scenes of Global Winnipeg’s coverage Wednesday night: Reporters and cameramen on site preparing for a busy night ahead at candidates’ headquarters Team @globalwinnipeg getting ready for our hit from…
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