Central boys to play for hockey bronze tonight (Portage Daily Graphic)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:36:42 GMT
Central's boys' hockey team will play for a bronze medal at the Power Smart Manitoba Winter Games after a 6-1 loss to Winnipeg Blue in Friday morning's semifinal at Centennial Arena.[...]
Dog killed in Winnipeg house fire (CBC Manitoba)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:04:39 GMT
A house fire killed a family dog and caused about $200,000 in damage in Winnipeg's Elmwood neighbourhood.
Shots fired at apartment window (CBC Manitoba)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:04:29 GMT
Shots were fired through the window of an apartment building in Winnipeg where three people were home, including a baby.
‘Hate crime’ ad prompts police, human rights investigation (Indian Country Today)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:13:57 GMT
WINNIPEG, Manitoba – An ad on a buy-and-sell Web site that characterized Native boys as animals and offered to ethnically cleanse them from the city has sparked a blaze of outrage and prompted a First Nations leader to initiate an investigation by city police and Canada’s Human Rights Commission on a hate crime allegation.
Central hockey boys edged by Winnipeg Gold (Central Plains Herald-Leader)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:44:14 GMT
It's guaranteed a place in a medal game, but the road to gold got a little bit tougher for Central's boys' hockey team at the Power Smart Manitoba Games.
Severe sentence urged (Portage Daily Graphic)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:35:15 GMT
WINNIPEG — The grandmother of a disabled Winnipeg Beach man suffering serious assault injuries in Australia wants the two thugs who allegedly beat him to be punished to the full extent of the law.[...]
Central hockey boys edged by Winnipeg Gold (Portage Daily Graphic)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:34:54 GMT
Central's boys' hockey team fell 4-3 to Winnipeg Gold at the PCU Centre on Thursday, finishing the round-robin with a 2-1 record. Winnipeg broke a 1-1 tie with three-straight third-period goals. Central scored twice in the final three minutes to make it close.[...]
K'Naan rewrites Wavin' Flag as Canada's anthem for Haiti (National Post)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:38:40 GMT
It’s fitting that K’Naan’s hit, Wavin’ Flag, has become the theme song for Young Artists for Haiti. “My song Wavin’ Flag seemed like the right feeling for what was going on in Haiti,” said a soft-spoken K’Naan, while currently on tour in Europe
Debit fraud suspects rearrested (CBC Manitoba)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:16:46 GMT
Winnipeg police have rearrested two Winnipeg men in connection with a sophisticated fraud scheme where debit card information was stolen from people who used automated banking machines.
Winnipeg on verge of biker war, police say (National Post)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:23:26 GMT
Winnipeg police say the recent collapse of the Hells Angels has created a toxic environment that has the city on the verge of a dangerous biker war
