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Fire ruled accidental

Firefighters battle blaze at an older home in St. Andrews on Thursday. The house was empty and no injuries were reported.

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Firefighters battle blaze at an older home in St. Andrews on Thursday. The house was empty and no injuries were reported.

Wilfred Asham is seen in an undated family photo.

Inquest called into man's death in police custody

WINNIPEG - An inquest has been called by Manitoba’s chief medical examiner into the Sept. 2, 2007 death of 19-year-old man in a city police holding room at the downtown Public Safety Building. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 20/11/2009 2:26 PM | 2

  1. Police investigating death at Roseau River

    RCMP are investigating a homicide on Roseau River First Nation. The Dakota Ojibway Police Service was called to the home shortly before 5 a.m. this morning and found a man dead. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 20/11/2009 1:43 PM | 0

  2. Charges laid after woman stabbed in Flin Flon

    A Flin Flon man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a woman Wednesday. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 20/11/2009 1:38 PM | No comments accepted on this article

  3. Jarda Harreveld with a photo of her murdered son Mark Albert Harreveld.

    Woman charged in year-old homicide case

    WINNIPEG - A 30-year-old woman has been jailed after she was charged on Thursday in connection with the slaying 11 months ago of a man who was beaten to death in Manitoba Housing complex. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 20/11/2009 1:34 PM | No comments accepted on this article

  4. Police need better laws to protect at-risk teens

    WINNIPEG — Two detectives who pursue the city's most at-risk kids said they want to see federal lawmakers step up legislation about adults harbouring those youths. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 20/11/2009 1:30 PM | 3


Today’s Local News

  1. Katrina Pottinger

    Police looking for missing girls

    WINNIPEG — Police are asking the public to help them locate two teen girls who are missing and at risk. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 20/11/2009 10:22 AM | 6

  2. Brandon Sun / SUBMITTED
 An artillery shell found in Robert Parr�s field near Rapid City.

    Manitoba farmer lucky to escape blast from past

    It was the last thing Robert Parr expected to find sticking out of the ground of his farm near Rapid City. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  3. Jury finds man guilty in execution-style slaying

    A Winnipeg man was found guilty of first-degree murder late Thursday - - only to accuse jurors of making him the latest victim of a wrongful conviction. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 15

  4. Marc Kielburger: planting seed of giving

    Children helping children is charity's goal

    THE leader of an international charity that builds schools in underdeveloped nations was in the city Thursday to speak to its most generous donors -- students. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  5. Manitoba man killed in crash in Nebraska

    A Manitoba trucker was killed in a crash in southern Nebraska early Thursday morning, the state's highway patrol reported. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 1

  6. Torch of Life in city today

    The torch is coming to Winnipeg today -- not the Olympic torch, the Torch of Life. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  7. Get Santa all to yourself

    DO you want Santa Claus and a professional photographer to visit your very own home and take festive heart-tugging photos of you and your beloved pets? Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  8. Ignatieff, McFadyen do the shuffle dance

    The contractor has arrived, the dumpster is out front and the renovations have begun in earnest at Michael Ignatieff's Parliament Hill office. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 16

  9. I'm still me... just better-looking

    I'm looking at the world a little differently now. Check out the picture of me in today's column and you'll see why. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  10. Seniors have nothing to fear at mall: tenant

    PEOPLE fighting the possibility of selling the West End Senior Centre and moving it to Portage Place are afraid of change, says one of the downtown mall's tenants considering trading places. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 3

  11. Submitted
Wong: family concerned about vaccine

    Nothing to link deaths to vaccination: doctor

    The provincial medical examiner's office is continuing to investigate two recent deaths of people who died within seven days of getting the H1N1 flu vaccine, Manitoba's chief public health officer said Thursday. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 2

  12. Photographers Jim Todd, left, and Ian McCausland are bringing a program to Winnipeg that will see photographers donate an afternoon to photograph needy families.

    Photographers donate time, skill for holidays

    Winnipeg photographers are themselves the picture of compassion. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  13. Couple charged with harbouring runaway

    POLICE charged a city couple with the unusual offence of harbouring a runaway after they allegedly let a 17-year-old girl stay with them. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 1

  14. Firefighters battle blaze at an older home in St. Andrews on Thursday. The house was empty and no injuries were reported.

    St. Andrews fire ruled accidental

    THE cause of a fire that destroyed the interior of a home in St. Andrews early Thursday morning was accidental, the Manitoba Office of the Fire Commissioner says. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  15. Allegations of abuse and mysterious deaths

    NELSON HOUSE -- Madeline Spence was Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  16. Dr. Joel Kettner and Theresa Oswald offer both grim and hopeful news on Thursday.

    Clinics running low on one vaccine type

    Winnipeg flu clinics are expected to run out of vaccine containing an adjuvant to boost its effect early today. However, vaccine without adjuvant will still be available for pregnant women and anyone aged 10 to 64 without a compromised immune system. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 4

  17. Alyx­andra

    Girl's leukemia puts strain on family

    Like so many parents, Jennifer Lyght recently helped her young daughter write a letter to Santa. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 2

  18. Education department releases financial data

    How can the province and education property taxpayers pump $93 million of new money into the public school system this year, yet have spending go up by $72.5 million? Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  19. Horror at the movies? That's the snack booth

    When was the last time you scarfed down three quarter-pounder cheeseburgers slathered in 12 pats of butter? Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 15

  20. Sod turned at IKEA site today

    WINNIPEG - The newest IKEA project begins this morning with a shovel, not an Allen wrench. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 28

  21. That’s what the Right to Housing Coalition says taxpayers have spent maintaining more than 100 vacant homes on the former Kapyong Barracks site over the past five years.

    Activists protest delay over Kapyong housing

    The vacant houses at Kapyong barracks sparked a war of words Thursday, and today they'll prompt a protest in front of Treasury Board president Vic Toews' office. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 17

  22. Properties adjacent to the Red River north of Winnipeg were deluged with water and chunks of ice last spring.

    Selinger pleads for flood cash

    Premier Greg Selinger appealed to the federal government to split the cost of flood-protection projects north of Winnipeg. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 2

  23. Holiday closing of drug-treatment centres is just one impact underfunding is  having on clients of the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba, some staff say.

    Addicts out in cold: workers

    It's bad enough a funding shortfall is forcing provincial drug-treatment centres to close over Christmas, but staff say that's just one grim symptom of chronic underfunding at the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 14

  24. Local dealer donates cars for paramedics

    FORGET the Ford Focus. A new crew of community paramedics could soon cruise the city in Chevy's newfangled station wagon. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 2

  25. Province takes aim at stubble fires

    THE Selinger government clamped down on stubble burning late Thursday following several days of thick smoke blanketing pockets of southern Manitoba. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 13

  26. In Brief

    No alcohol in victims Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  27. DEATHS

    ALLEN, Robert (Bob) Warren. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  28. LOTTERIES

    In the event of a discrepancy Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

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