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Grocer Joe Cantor dies at 88
Legendary Winnipeg grocery store owner Joe Cantor has died. Cantor died on Saturday of a heart attack. He was 88. Cantor, along with his mother and his brother Oscar, took a small Magnus Avenue grocery operated by their father Edward, moved it to Logan Av...
Man dies after being pulled from vehicle submerged in Winnipeg retention pond
An 18-year-old man who drove into a Fort Richmond retention pond early this morning has died from his injuries. Rescue divers pulled a man from a vehicle partially submerged in a retention pond near Pembina Highway and Dalhousie Drive just after 6:30 a.m. ...
New main event confirmed at Winnipeg's UFC 161 due to Barao injury
UFC Canada has confirmed via its Twitter account that Winnipeg’s UFC 161 card will feature a new main event – Rashad Evans vs. Dan Henderson in a battle of light heavyweights. It was first reported on the weekend by Brazilian MMA website Tatame that interi...
Doc Walker headlines free entertainment series
Multiple Juno Award-winning, Manitoba country act Doc Walker will play a free outdoor concert in Winnipeg in July. The Portage la Prairie trio performs at the Lyric Theatre in Assiniboine Park on Friday, July 12, as part of the Red River Co-op Summer Enter...
Terry Fox Run's future in doubt without volunteer organizer
The 33rd annual Terry Fox Run in Winnipeg may not happen if a volunteer organizer doesn’t step forward soon. “We're looking for somebody who can pull it together in Winnipeg,” said Tammy Ferrante, provincial director of the Terry Fox Foundation. The annua...
Peeping Tom portrayed as sexual deviant in court
A Winnipeg man who pleaded guilty to repeatedly beating and raping three girlfriends over several years was portrayed in court today as a brutal, sexual deviant. Bruce Cassels, 32, had pleaded guilty to four counts of voyeurism, two counts of sexual assaul...
U of M researchers awarded $9.5M in grants, U of W $2.2M
Researchers at the University of Manitoba will receive $9.5 million in new funding for grants and scholarships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) over the next five years. The money will support research in a varie...
Trial starts for woman charged with 2010 murder
A trial began today for a 34-year-old woman charged with the May 2010 stabbing death of Solomon Turner in a Point Douglas rooming house. Wanda Bruce, 34, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder for her alleged involvement in Turner’s dea...
Clear week, but rain in the long-range forecast
Try to console yourself --- imagine how welcome this past weekend would have been in, say, November. OK, so that’s no consolation. Naturally, it’s pretty nearly stopped raining now that we’re all back to work. Environment Canada says that we’ll get to 17 ...
Gentle, humble native leader who made history lies in state
It wasn't until she saw hundreds lining up at the Manitoba legislature on Monday afternoon to pay their respects to her grandfather that the magnitude of Elijah Harper's life hit 17-year-old Anna Harper. "I knew he was important," said the Ottawa teen, tak...
