Manitoba eyes more private liquor sales, possible booze in grocery stores
The Manitoba government is planning to allow more private alcohol sales, including a pilot project that could involve grocery and convenience stores.

The Manitoba government is planning to allow more private alcohol sales, including a pilot project that could involve grocery and convenience stores.
Winnipeg police say a man driving an SUV tried to grab a child off the street, and are now searching for information to identify him.
A man told court Thursday he was ready to accept punishment after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his three-year-old daughter.
The outdated and crowded pediatric cardiac unit has officially been replaced at HSC Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg.
A new report out of the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) has found that most Manitobans have positive experiences with the health-care system in hospitals.
A village of tiny homes for veterans experiencing homelessness is coming to Winnipeg.
A rise in input prices has left this year’s crop costs abnormally high for Manitoba farmers.
Advocates say thousands of children remain missing in Canada.
The City of Winnipeg wants your input on where to build new active transportation routes linking Downtown to St. Boniface.
Provincial Road 307 – a road connecting Seven Sisters Falls through Whiteshell Provincial Park – has been given the infamous title of Manitoba’s worst road.
One Manitoba university is operating a near-net-zero energy greenhouse on one of its campuses that could one day help address food insecurity in northern Manitoba.
As the weather warms up, Winnipeggers have another place they can enjoy a cold drink and a bite to eat.
Canada Soccer has cancelled a planned friendly with Iran in the face of growing criticism.
The Edmonton Oil Kings earned a 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg ICE in Game 4 of the WHL’s Eastern Conference Championship Series.
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr refused to talk about basketball at a pre-game news conference on Tuesday and instead called for stricter gun control after the killing of at least 18 children and an adult in a Texas school shooting.
Manitoba Turkey’s Amanda Bibeau demonstrates how to create a mojo turkey marinade.
Climate change’s impact on your sleep time leads MedicalWatch on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.
An unprecedented drought has brought the water levels at Lake Mead down low that dozens of sunken boats are now visible.
The 18-year-old gunman who killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school walked in unimpeded through an apparently unlocked door, a law enforcement official said Thursday. The gunman was apparently inside the building for at least three-quarters of an hour before U.S. Border Patrol agents stormed a classroom and killed him.
Multiple Toronto schools were in lockdown after a male was shot near an elementary school in Scarborough’s Port Union area on Thursday afternoon, first responders and an eyewitness said.
In the wake of a horrific mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has signalled that the Canadian government will be moving ahead on new gun-control measures 'in the coming weeks.' In previous Parliaments, the Liberals have made changes to Canada's gun laws, but in the 2021 federal election, Trudeau promised to go further.
Quebec says it is ready to vaccinate people who have come into close contact with monkeypox as soon as Friday.
Ray Liotta, the actor known for his roles in 'Field of Dreams' and the Martin Scorcese mob classic 'Goodfellas,' has died.
A massive Russian plane that was grounded at Toronto Pearson International Airport back in February is racking up a substantial parking bill.
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The number of job vacancies across Canada reached an all-time high in March, ending a five-month decline, Statistics Canada said Thursday.
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