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• Trustee suspended over posts targeting LGBTQ2S+ community, division says

  A Manitoba school trustee has been suspended over social media posts the division says targeted the LGBTQ2S+ community.

  

• 'Armed and dangerous' man wanted in shooting death: RCMP

  A warrant has been issued for a 26-year-old man RCMP say is armed and dangerous following a homicide in Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation on Tuesday.

  

• Rossbrook House workers receive Order of Canada

  Two women who spent four decades helping youth in Winnipeg have received Canada’s highest civilian honour.

  

• Downtown Winnipeg building could become new hotel

  Big changes could be coming to a large, empty building on Broadway in Winnipeg.

  

• Manitoba introducing vote-counting machines for provincial election

  Manitoba is introducing some technological changes for the upcoming provincial election, which will help reduce lineups and get faster results.

  

• North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum jumps into crowded Republican race for president

  North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a former software entrepreneur who enacted a slate of laws this year advancing conservative policies on culture war issues, highlighted his small-town roots and business experience as he announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday.

  

• Missing woman last seen in May: WPS

  The Winnipeg Police Service is concerned about the well-being of a missing 18-year-old woman who hasn’t been seen in several weeks.

• Wildfire smoke from Canada disrupts New York, Philadelphia flights

  Some flights into the New York City area on Wednesday were delayed and some briefly halted because of reduced visibility from wildfire smoke from Canada.

• How to help your kids avoid summertime injuries

  With the weather heating up, kids will be getting outside for summer activities and enjoying the season.

• Winnipeg organizations concerned over naloxone kit supply issues

  Community organizations in Winnipeg are feeling the strain amid naloxone shortages.

• Manitoba Crown corporation explains departures of senior executives

  Manitoba's Crown-owned vehicle insurance corporation offered more details Tuesday on recent turmoil that has seen the departure of senior executives and a big jump in the cost of technology upgrades.

• Bank of Canada ends pause on hikes, raises policy rate by 25 basis points

  The Bank of Canada raised its overnight rate by 25 basis points to 4.75 per cent on Wednesday, its first increase since pausing hikes in January.

• Religious teachings at St. James school to be allowed following vote by board of trustees

  Some students at an elementary school in the St. James-Assiniboia School Division will be receiving 30 minutes of religious teaching this year after the board of trustees passed a bylaw Tuesday evening.

• Calgary mass killer Matthew de Grood seeks 'absolute discharge'

  The man who was found not criminally responsible in the stabbing deaths of five people at a house party in Brentwood more than nine years ago is seeking more freedoms.

• RCMP investigating abandoned home in connection with disappearance of woman in 2020

  The search for a Manitoba woman reported missing three years ago has lead RCMP to an abandoned home in western Manitoba for an investigation.

• Indigo founder Heather Reisman retires, almost half of board steps down

  Indigo founder Heather Reisman announced she is retiring as almost half of the book retailer's board of directors steps down.

• Wrestling icon The Iron Sheik dead at 81

  World Wrestling Entertainment legend The Iron Sheik has died. He was 81.

• Travellers from 13 more countries now eligible to visit Canada without a visa

  Canada is expanding the list of countries whose residents are eligible to visit this country without a travel visa.