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Winnipeg city council votes 11-3 to reopen landmark Portage and Main to pedestrians

Winnipeg city council votes 11-3 to reopen landmark Portage and Main to pedestrians

Winnipeg's landmark intersection at Portage Avenue and Main Street will be reopening to pedestrian traffic after more than 40 years. Councillors voted 11-3 Thursday to reopen the intersection to pedestrians by the summer of 2025.
B.C. inmates with addiction issues at high risk of reincarceration: study

B.C. inmates with addiction issues at high risk of reincarceration: study

A new study led by a B.C. criminology professor says people jailed in the province who have addiction and mental health issues are at high risk of being reincarcerated within a few years of being released.
'We are sorry': Manitoba premier apologizes to two men switched at birth decades ago

'We are sorry': Manitoba premier apologizes to two men switched at birth decades ago

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew formally apologized at the provincial legislature Thursday to two men who were switched at birth in a hospital almost 70 years ago and only late in life discovered their true identities.
Three homicides, residential shootings in Peel Region believed to be related: police

Three homicides, residential shootings in Peel Region believed to be related: police

Police say they believe a series of shootings and three homicides in the Greater Toronto Area last November are connected and they're asking for the public's help to identify the suspects.
Alberta set to fully reinstate gas tax of 13 cents a litre after drop in oil prices

Alberta set to fully reinstate gas tax of 13 cents a litre after drop in oil prices

EDMONTON — Gas prices are set to rise in Alberta next month, with the provincial government fully reinstating its fuel tax following a drop in oil prices.
Charges laid after break-in at Whitehorse victim services office

Charges laid after break-in at Whitehorse victim services office

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says an electronic database of records was not compromised in a break-in at the victim services office in Whitehorse, but staff are still completing an inventory of paper records.
Canadian Auger-Aliassime advances to second round of men's singles at Miami Open.

Canadian Auger-Aliassime advances to second round of men's singles at Miami Open.

MIAMI — Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime is through to the second round of men's singles at the Miami Open. Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, dispatched Australian qualifier Adam Walton 7-5, 6-4 in a first-round match Thursday.

Edmonton Oilers sign forward Stefan to entry-level contract

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers signed forward James Stefan to a three-year entry level contract Thursday.
Man who chased people with a knife was just out of jail: Vancouver police chief

Man who chased people with a knife was just out of jail: Vancouver police chief

Vancouver police say a suspect who was armed with a knife and chased people on a city street had only been released from jail five days before his arrest.
Non-profit taken off support agency roster after Alberta stroke patient sent to motel

Non-profit taken off support agency roster after Alberta stroke patient sent to motel

Alberta's health minister says a non-profit agency that shipped a stroke patient to a motel for his long-term recovery will be taken off a roster of agencies offered to provide such support.