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Dr. Michael Goytan gives instruction to Jada Esau, a Green Valley School student from Grunthal, and Na Rae Kim (right), a Kelvin High School student, on inserting spine implants into a lumbar spine model. This was one of the 33 workshops offered to more than 250 Manitoba high school students attending the ninth annual TD Discovery Day in Health Sciences put on by the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame and the University of Manitoba’s faculty of medicine.

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Dr. Michael Goytan gives instruction to Jada Esau, a Green Valley School student from Grunthal, and Na Rae Kim (right), a Kelvin High School student, on inserting spine implants into a lumbar spine model. This was one of the 33 workshops offered to more than 250 Manitoba high school students attending the ninth annual TD Discovery Day in Health Sciences put on by the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame and the University of Manitoba’s faculty of medicine.

Winnipeg to issue call for methane burn proposals

WINNIPEG — Winnipeg is about to issue a call for proposals to capture and burn off methane from the Brady Road Landfill, seven years after the project was first announced. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 6/11/2009 7:33 PM | 2

  1. Woman missing after house fire

    One woman is unaccounted for after human remains were found at a house fire in God’s Lake First Nations. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 6/11/2009 5:01 PM | 0

  2. Teen assaulted in North End home invasion

    WINNIPEG - A 17-year-old youth was assaulted in his residence during a home invasion on Thursday afternoon. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 6/11/2009 12:18 PM | 2

  3. Clerks injured in West End robbery

    WINNIPEG - Two store clerks were injured during a convenience store robbery in Winnipeg Thursday night. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 6/11/2009 12:16 PM | 3

  4. City water rates to rise next year

    WINNIPEG - Water a sewer rates are going up in Winnipeg again next year, as the city continues to absorb the cost of a $1.8 billion waste-water upgrade that won’t be completed until 2030. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 6/11/2009 4:07 PM | 9


Today’s Local News

  1. Martin sorry for Tory torch accusations

    OTTAWA -- Manitoba MP Pat Martin has now apologized for accusing the Conservatives of turning the Olympic torch relay into a partisan romp through their own ridings after he learned the Olympic flame will hit his downtown riding. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  2. H1N1 Roundup

    EDMONTON -- Alberta government employees will be asked to swear oaths declaring they were sick if they miss work for an extended period due to the H1N1 flu. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  3. The killer never left

    The Free Press began an investigation into TB on Manitoba reserves in spring 2008, but the story stalled when provincial officials refused to disclose the number of cases. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 3/11/2009 9:01 AM | 75

  4. Gary Doer leaves his Washington, D.C. home to walk to the Canadian Embassy.

    Doer the diplomat

    WASHINGTON — It’s just after sun-up in Washington’s tony Rock Creek Park area. The air is crisp and scented by the wet leaves and lush foliage of a nearby ravine. Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 6/11/2009 4:53 PM | 1

  5. Wanted: firm to capture, burn methane

    WINNIPEG is about to issue a call for proposals to capture and burn off methane from the Brady Road Landfill, seven years after the project was first announced. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  6. His turn to confront mortality

    You'd think Neil Bardal would be prepared for death. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  7. Doug Speirs' dogs Cooper (left) and Zoe with a plate to be auctioned off for charity.

    Your weekend weather

    ATTENTION MARRIED WOMEN: We interrupt today's regularly scheduled weekend weather forecast for the fol­lowing urgent and completely true medical announcement... Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 7/11/2009 8:03 AM | 1

  8. Human remains found after fire on First Nation

    ONE woman is unaccounted for after human remains were found at a house fire in Gods Lake First Nation. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  9. Police probe home invasion in North End

    A 17-year-old Winnipeg youth was assaulted in his residence during a home invasion on Thursday afternoon. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  10. East Coast artist orchestrating kick-start to Pennies campaign

    Do you hear that sound? Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  11. Feds give millions to upgrade Hwy. 1

    The Harper government's money train stopped briefly in Headingley on Friday to fork out half of the $11.3 million cost of upgrading a dangerous stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  12. Manitoba's Olympic pavilion set to 'showcase province'

    MANITOBA is taking centre stage at the Vancouver Winter Olympics -- literally. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  13. Council committee votes to delay sale of parkade

    City council has put the brakes on the sale of the Winnipeg Square Parkade, at least for another month. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  14. Election preparation focus of Tories' AGM

    Two years pass quickly in politics and Manitoba's Progressive Conservatives don't want to be caught napping. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 1

  15. Random acts of kindness

    Forever grateful to two strangers Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  16. McFadyen grabs his party by the ear

    And thus begin the two most important years in Hugh McFadyen's political life. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 2

  17. Tuberculosis: The Forgotten Disease / Part 6

    Aside from improving housing, experts say there are a number of things that would help reduce the number of TB cases: Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  18. One to watch...

    A bill to scrap the long-gun registry begins its journey through federal House of Commons committee and MPs of all stripes will be weighing their words, and votes, carefully. The registry is one of the country's more polarizing issues. In the West, which is to say in Tory heartland, the long-gun registry is an obscenely expensive failure. In southern Ontario, Liberal and NDP territory, it's a tool the police need if they're to fight gun crime and only a Neanderthal would take note of the billions it costs, let alone begrudge them. But if Canada is ever to break out of its minority-government mode, either the Liberals must make inroads west of Etobicoke or the Tories have to break into Fortress Toronto. When the bill, introduced by Manitoba MP Candice Hoeppner, passed first reading, it did so with the votes of some Liberal and New Democrat MPs. So the opposition has made at least some moves toward making itself less frightening in Alberta. No Conservatives broke ranks, so the governing party finds itself with a policy that won't sell in Toronto and, worse, puts it at odds with the country's police forces, which are foursquare behind the registry. Through the committee hearings, there will be numerous amendments proposed, each of which will allow either side to harden its stance or soften its image. And all parties will have the polls in their sights. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  19. No plan too grand for heroes

    Thousands of war memorials were built in Canada after the First World War -- there are hundreds in Manitoba alone -- as Canadians struggled to make sense of the slaughter. Historian Pierre Berton called Canada "a nation of Great War memorials" and, in his estimate, Canada has more monuments to the war than any other country. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  20. How I found my dad's grave: A SON'S STORY

    My name is Wayne Langton. My father died in the Battle of Ortona and is buried in the Moro River Canadian War Cemetery in Ortona, Italy. It is a small seaport on the Adriatic, roughly opposite Rome. The Battle of Ortona was Canada's bloodiest of the Second World War. The fighting and destruction were so intense, Ortona earned the nickname "Little Stalingrad." Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  21. Tire problem factor in plane's belly landing

    PUT a tire that's too wide on your car, and you'll find it won't stay on the rim -- but if you try the same thing with an airplane's wheel, you might have to make a pancake landing on a runway. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 1

  22. New police station moves a step closer

    City councillors have given a green light to a one-stop cop shop that will sprawl over three acres of downtown. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  23. Unnecessary visits discouraged

    Family doctors are extending prescriptions and encouraging Manitobans who aren't sick to stay away from clinic waiting rooms that could soon fill up with flu patients in need of antivirals. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 3

  24. Picket captain Jacques Dupont, a 31 year worker at the mill, brings pea soup to the line for fellow picketers.

    Tears and fears

    PINE FALLS -- It's been 68 days since the paper mill in this close-knit town locked its doors and shut out 270 workers. In many ways, Tembec is Pine Falls. It's the life blood of the small community, a place where generations of men and women have spent their working lives. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  25. Hike in water, sewer rates tabled to fund upgrade

    WATER and sewer rates are going up in Winnipeg again next year, as the city continues to absorb the cost of a $1.8-billion waste-water upgrade that won't be completed until 2030. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  26. No more jail time for tot's death

    It was a death that shocked the city and made national headlines as it raised even more questions about Child and Family Services in Manitoba. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 1

  27. DEATHS

    ABBOTT (née REBECK), Mary. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  28. Home sick home Overcrowded, unrepaired houses breeding grounds for disease

    Nelson HOUSE -- Lou Moodie is an optimist. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

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