Manitoba

The province of Manitoba spent $35 million to buy reusable N95 respirators from a local company in 2020 to protect health-care workers during the pandemic, but three years later, only a small fraction of those masks were ever used.Manitoba…

Kyle Hiebert is having a year to remember. And it’s only March. The 25-year-old from La Salle, Man., has helped expansion St. Louis City SC to a record 5-0 start to life in Major League Soccer. And now the centre back can call himself…

Canada’s Kerri Einarson dropped a 6-5 decision to Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa at the women’s world curling championship on Thursday. The Manitoba-based team of Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard and Briane Harris gave up a steal of…

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 22, 2023 6:11 pm Descrease article font size…

The federal minister of mental heath and addictions says she is concerned some may misunderstand the role harm reduction plays in reducing overdose deaths after the Manitoba government said it would introduce legislation that would require…

Like other fans of award-winning author Miriam Toews, Winnipeg designer Jill Sawatzky had become engrossed in conversations surrounding Women Talking, the film adaptation of Toews's novel of the same name So when her phone lit up with a…

The provincial government spent $24 million on external shelters so nursing home residents could have family visits during the pandemic — but now 105 of these units sit virtually unused and could wind up in the scrap heap.The units, which…

A remote northern Manitoba First Nation has declared a state of emergency following the deaths of three people in the community over the past two weeks."We've seen the hurt and pain suffered by our First Nation and we can't wait any longer.…

Manitoba's Matt Dunstone defeated Nova Scotia's Matthew Manuel 8-4 on Tuesday morning at the Brier in London, Ont.Dunstone made a hit for three in the sixth end and picked up two late steals to earn his fourth straight round-robin win.In…

For one group of St. Adolphe, Man., women, Sundays are for the moms. After a week of work and parental duties, the group gets together to take part in their own hockey league known as the 'St. Adolphe Hawkey Moms.' "We're busy…