RUNNING ON FUMES: Lack of staff nearly closes Brandon maternity ward
Concerns about staffing levels at the maternity ward in Brandon were also raised by a nurse in the fall, as a post on the Manitoba Nurses Union Facebook page on Nov. 7, from a nurse who said they ...
California begins 2025 with solid start to winter snowpack, but more storms are needed
PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. (AP) — California is beginning 2025 with a solid start to the winter snowpack, officials said Thursday, but they cautioned that more storms are needed to keep the state’s ...
Two Portage women arrested after rammed police car burst into flame
Two women were arrested after a police chase led to a crash and two vehicles bursting into flame. An Christmas Eve at 2:15 ...
Turo-rented cars were involved in 2 deadly incidents this New Year's. Here's what we know
NEW YORK (AP) — Two deadly incidents on New Year’s Day — an attack being investigated as an act of terrorism in New Orleans and an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas — both involved vehicles ...
Steinbach event centre opening delayed until March
The City of Steinbach has pushed back the opening of its new event centre from New Year’s Eve to March. In January of 2023, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Southeast Event Centre in ...
Canada's professional golfers on the upswing headed into 2025
Adam Svensson of Surrey, B.C., and Ben Silverman of Thornhill, Ont., will round out the Canadian contingent on the PGA Tour, bringing the total up to seven golfers with full-time status in 2025. This ...
A small caravan of migrants sets out from southern Mexico but is unlikely to reach the US
A new caravan of migrants began walking from southern Mexico on Thursday toward the U.S. border, starting out from the city of Tapachula near the border with Guatemala. The majority of the migrants ...
Crypto mogul Do Kwon pleads not guilty in first US court appearance
Kwon did not speak during his court appearance, except to acknowledge that he understood English. His lawyer, Andrew Chesley, entered not guilty pleas to two separate versions of the indictment ...
Europol dismantles network of illegal streaming of sports and other pirated content
MADRID (AP) — A Europol operation during last summer’s European Championship and Paris Olympics dismantled a network of several hundred providers of illegal streaming of sports and other pirated ...
Rosita Missoni, matriarch of Italian fashion house that made zigzag knitwear iconic, dies aged 93
ROME (AP) — Rosita Missoni, the matriarch of the iconic Italian fashion house that made colorful zigzag-patterned knitwear high fashion and helped launch Italian ready-to-wear, died Thursday, a ...
One killed in single vehicle roll over north of Thompson
At 7 a.m. on New Year’s Eve, Thompson Rural RCMP received a report of a possible single vehicle collision on Highway 280, ...
Operation delayed to unload cargo from ship stuck in St. Lawrence River near Montreal
MONTREAL — An operation to off-load thousands of tonnes of corn from a ship that ran aground in the St. Lawrence River northeast of Montreal has been postponed to the weekend. The plan had been to ...