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Winnipeg fireighters extinguish a blaze that completely gutted a car on Munroe Avenue near Raleigh Street Monday morning. The driver wasn't injured and managed to remove valuables before her vehicle was engulfed in flames.

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Winnipeg fireighters extinguish a blaze that completely gutted a car on Munroe Avenue near Raleigh Street Monday morning. The driver wasn't injured and managed to remove valuables before her vehicle was engulfed in flames.

Red light runner narrowly misses police car

A 46-year-old woman faces impaired driving charges after a near-collision with an RCMP cruiser at Deacon's corner early Saturday morning. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 23/11/2009 11:25 AM | 0

  1. Toddler chokes to death near St. Pierre

    A 10-month-old child has died in an apparently accidental choking incident near St. Pierre. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 23/11/2009 11:19 AM | 0

  2. Farmers' gross income steady but net income down

    WINNIPEG -- Manitoba farmers' gross income held steady over the first nine months of this year despite a three per cent decline in the third quarter alone, according to new Statistics Canada figures released today. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 23/11/2009 11:15 AM | 0

  3. U of W part of ET search program

    Are we alone? That’s the question the newly created Canadian Astrobiology Training Program (CATP) is looking for people to answer. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 23/11/2009 11:34 AM | 0

  4. Crown fighting Ostrowski bail

    WINNIPEG - The Crown will fight the bail release of a man who claim's he was wrongly convicted of murder in 1987. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 23/11/2009 11:00 AM | No comments accepted on this article

Susan Boyle performs on the NBC Today show in New York Monday.

Susan Boyle does Today

Susan Boyle performs on the NBC Today show in New York Monday.

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  1. Retail sales up in Manitoba: StatsCan

    WINNIPEG -- Manitoba posted its second consecutive month of stronger retail sales in September, according to new Statistics Canada figures released today. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 23/11/2009 10:58 AM | 0

  2. Two charged in Roseau River homicide

    WINNIPEG - Two members of Roseau River First Nation have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 36-year-old man last Friday. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 23/11/2009 9:11 AM | 0

  3. Friends and family attend a vigil for Nolan Norman who died in a stabbing on Victoria Avenue East.

    Mom's worst fear comes true

    As word of a stabbing spread through the neighbourhood early Saturday morning, Nolan Norman's mother feared the worst. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 23/11/2009 1:00 AM | No comments accepted on this article

  4. Homeless street poet Larry Klippenstein has been writing poetry on the street for about three years. He has been homeless for one year.

    Homelessness initiative begins today

    WINNIPEG - Winnipeg will this morning become one of five Canadian cities to participate in a four-year project on homelessness. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 23/11/2009 7:23 AM | 8

  5. A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average as it crosses 10,000 Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.

    Solid Canadian retail sales, U.S. house resale data helps boost stock markets

    TORONTO - The Toronto stock market racked up solid gains late Monday morning as a weaker U.S. dollar boosted commodity prices while investors were also encouraged by the latest U.S. housing data. The Canadian PressCP ONLINE | 23/11/2009 11:02 AM | 1

  6. Gunmen hijack election convoy in southern Philippines, killing 21

    MANILA, Philippines - Dozens of gunmen hijacked a convoy carrying journalists, and family and supporters of a candidate for provincial governor, killing at least 21 of the travellers Monday in the southern Philippines' worst political violence in years. The Canadian PressCP ONLINE | 23/11/2009 9:04 AM | 0

  7. Boot drive for needy feet begins today

    WINNIPEG - The warmer-than-normal fall has allowed people to walk around in their sneakers later than most years but when winter comes — and trust us, it’s coming — the Siloam Mission wants to be ready. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 23/11/2009 7:44 AM | 2

  8. September retail sales record seventh rise in nine months: StatsCan

    TORONTO - Canadian shoppers ramped up their spending in September, which boosted retail sales by one per cent to $34.9 billion, beating economist expectations. The Canadian PressCP ONLINE | 23/11/2009 10:36 AM | 0

  9. High of 7 today, endless autumn continues

    WINNIPEG - This city’s (seemingly) endless fall will continue for at least another couple of days. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 23/11/2009 7:00 AM | 1

  10. Matt Wiebe.

    NDP picks insider for Doer's old seat

    He's worked for most of the big politicians in the neighbourhood, including NDP elder statesman Bill Blaikie and former premier Gary Doer. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 23/11/2009 1:00 AM | 6

  11. An image provided by NASA shows the helmet visor of astronaut Michael Foreman, STS-129 mission specialist, with a relection of his crewmate astronaut Randy Bresnik capturing the image with an electronic still camera during their spacewalk Saturday.

    Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag, install huge oxygen tank at space station

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their shuttle mission Monday, helping to install an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station. The Canadian PressCP ONLINE | 23/11/2009 11:30 AM | 0

  12. Prisoner abuse off public's radar

    Political pundits and journalists are on constant lookout for THE ISSUE, the one that changes fortunes and reverses trends. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 23/11/2009 1:00 AM | 8

  13. Ironworkers from Merit Iron set into place the first steel truss at the Delta Winnipeg at St. Mary Avenue and Carlton Street Sunday morning.

    New piece of walkway underway

    IT'S taken more than 30 years, but Winnipeg's downtown skywalk is nearly done. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 23/11/2009 1:00 AM | 9

  14. Brandon Sun Brandon University Lady Bobcats basketball coach Jaime Hickson  (Colin Corneau/Brandon Sun)

    Flu sidelines Brandon basketball squad

    Most of the Brandon University women's basketball team -- including its head coach -- were sidelined in Winnipeg on Saturday by a fast but furious bout with the flu that sent one player to hospital. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 23/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

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