Winnipeg Free Press

Ex-cop barred from Taman inquiry

A former East St. Paul police officer was booted out of the Taman inquiry this morning in connection to a verbal confrontation outside the hearing room. Updated 1:29 PM

1. Ont. Catholic group returns Order of Canada

   OTTAWA — A group of anti-abortionists have returned an Order of Canada medal to protest the appointment of the country’s most notable abortion-rights crusader to the exclusive fraternity. Updated 1:24 PM

2. Goldeyes' Metheny is heading to Taiwan

   Winnipeg Goldeyes slugger Brent Metheny is heading to Taiwan.
   
   More Sports Breaking News Updated 3:59 PM

3. Trucker faced terrifying ordeal

   As emergency crews raced to a collision near Highway 59 and the North Perimeter Highway, trucker Raymond Nolette faced a terrifying ordeal on-scene - one young woman engulfed in flames, and another screaming inside a burning van.
   
   VIDEO: Five injured in crash Updated 7:17 AM

4. City to seek input on Winnipeg Square parkade

   The City of Winnipeg plans to formally ask for expressions of interest about the Winnipeg Square parkade as a prelude to a possible sale of the lucrative underground facility. Updated 11:10 AM

5. Bridge repairs expected to take until end of year

   Traffic will be cut to a single lane from now until the end of the year as construction crews repair the south Perimeter Highway bridge. Updated 3:47 PM

6. Seeking Canada's best gamer: The Forks

   Crack your thumb knuckles, limber up your wrists, and boot up that video game console in the basement. Your chance to become the next Canadian video game superstar may be just around the corner. Updated 4:17 PM

7. City's resale housing market on fire in June

   Winnipeg's resale housing market was on fire in June, ringing up the second best monthly sales totals in more than a century, according to new figures released today. Updated 10:11 AM

8. Blink isn't bitter about not getting ball enough

   BLINK isn’t bitter about not getting the ball enough for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
   
   More Sports Breaking News Updated 3:58 PM

9. Spence Street by U of W closing for good

   Almost one block of Spence Street alongside the University of Winnipeg will be closed to vehicle traffic for good, city council’s downtown development committee decided today. Updated 3:42 PM

10. Protester invades MP office in North Kildonan

    He had an office chair and a shady spot from which to observe the passing afternoon traffic, but Michael Welch wasn’t interested in getting comfortable. Updated 2:41 PM

11. Rain ends today, warm weather ahead

    Rain is expected to end later this morning in Winnipeg, according to Environment Canada, giving way to a cloudy day with a high of only 19 C. Updated 6:52 AM

12. Santa Claus coming to town - today

    Perhaps the man expected to appear at The Forks today could explain the chilly weather in Winnipeg. Updated 7:26 AM

13. City slogan suggestions continue

    Here's something that could only happen in Winnipeg: A right-leaning mayor who used to promote rock concerts and a left-leaning rock singer with political inclinations are on the same page. Updated 7:15 AM

14. Kids' home was brothel, drug den

    A Winnipeg woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for running an inner-city brothel in which her six young children were repeatedly exposed to sex, drugs and violence. Updated 10:18 AM

15. Road rage behind fatal crash in Ontario: police

    TORONTO — Ontario Provincial Police say a fatal early-morning crash on a stretch of Canada’s busiest highway was caused by a deliberate act of road rage. Updated 3:07 PM

16. Body of soldier killed in Afghanistan returns home Wednesday

    FB TRENTON, Ont. -- The body of an Edmonton-based army medic who was killed in Afghanistan on the weekend is expected to return to Canada on Wednesday. Updated 2:55 PM

17. WestJet signs agreement with Southwest

    CALGARY — WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX:WJA) has taken a first step in inking a partnership that would allow passengers to book connecting flights with Southwest Airlines, the Dallas-based low-cost carrier on which its business was modelled. Updated 4:05 PM

18. Funeral Friday for giant of legal community

    A funeral will be held Friday for a dean emeritus at the University of Manitoba's law faculty who was also the former president of the Manitoba Law Reform Commission. Updated 7:20 AM

19. Woman's death in ATV accident stuns family

    The death of a 19-year-old Pine Creek First Nation woman in an ATV accident has stunned friends and family, who initially reported her missing when she didn't return home from a party Sunday. Updated 7:59 AM

20. Facebook could see standoff over Scrabble

    NEW YORK — Developers of a highly popular but unauthorized version of Scrabble for the online hangout Facebook vowed Tuesday to do just that, now that a video game maker has weighed in with an official version of the word game. Updated 12:24 PM

21. Canadian sentenced to 20 years in Chinese prison

    TORONTO — A Canadian detained in China has been sentenced to 20 years in a Chinese prison, his lawyer says. Updated 2:57 PM

22. Police say road rage behind fatal crash in Ontario

    TORONTO -- Ontario Provincial Police say an early-morning crash on a stretch of Canada's busiest highway was caused by a deliberate act of road rage. Updated 2:21 PM

23. Salter reopens after crash

    The intersection of Redwood Avenue and Salter Street has reopened after it was closed by a crash between a school bus and a pick-up truck at about 7:45 a.m. Updated 8:23 AM

24. Human rights groups call on Iran to end the execution of juveniles

    CAIRO, Egypt — Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on Iran to fulfil its promise to outlaw the execution of minors, charging it has been sending children as young as 16 to the gallows. Updated 4:23 PM

25. Help sought in locating missing man

    The Winnipeg Police Service is seeking the public's help in locating a 77- year-old man. Updated 2:01 PM

26. Wind storm slows construction

    A wind storm that sent scaffolding crashing to the ground Saturday night has slowed construction on a new hotel north of Winnipeg. Updated 11:54 AM

27. 12 to receive Order of Manitoba

    A former provincial cabinet minister and one of Winnipeg's foremost businessmen and philanthropists are among 12 people to be invested in the Order of Manitoba Thursday. Updated 11:35 AM

28. G8 threatens 'measures' against Zimbabwe

    RUSUTSU, Japan -- The world's leading industrial powers have threatened to deploy "financial and other measures" against those responsible for violence in the runup to last month's presidential election in Zimbabwe.
    G8 wavers on Africa aid
    PM calls G8 statement breakthrough on climate change
    More International Breaking News Updated 8:44 AM

29. Commodity stocks send TSX lower

    TORONTO -- Falling commodity stocks punished the Toronto stock market for a third session mid-afternoon Tuesday amid worries about slowing economies and rising inflation. Updated 3:01 PM

30. Searchers press on in hunt for teen

    Rainy skies over the Dakota Tipi First Nation didn't hold up Monday's ongoing search for missing Portage la Prairie teen Jennifer Leigh Catcheway, who hasn't been seen in close to three weeks. Updated 6:47 AM

31. Louvre exhibit brings French flavour to Quebec

    QUEBEC — Quebec City’s 400th birthday celebrations are attracting flocks of tourists for massive fireworks spectacles, street performers in garments of yore and a lineup of aging A- and B-list rock stars. Updated 2:01 PM

32. Former NFL star Vick files for bankruptcy protection

    RICHMOND, Va. -- Imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick filed for bankruptcy protection while serving time for federal dogfighting charges, saying he owes between US$10 million and $50 million to creditors.
    
    More Sports Breaking News Updated 11:46 AM

33. Price of oil swings below US$140 a barrel

    NEW YORK -- Oil prices swung below US$140 a barrel Tuesday after a plunge of nearly $4 in the previous session, as the dollar strengthened and fears of a supply disruption faded. Updated 8:03 AM

34. German conglomerate Siemens to cut 16,750 jobs

    FRANKFURT, Germany -- Industrial conglomerate Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) said Tuesday it will cut 16,750 jobs, or 4.2 per cent of its global work force, to streamline operations and slice nearly US$2 billion in costs in the face of a slowing economy. Updated 1:02 PM

35. B.C. model found dead near Shanghai

    VANCOUVER -- The body of a young British Columbia model has been found near Shanghai in what Chinese police are reportedly a treating as a homicide.
    
    More National Breaking News Updated 11:37 AM

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