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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. PRINT | 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. PRINT | 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. ONLINE | 3/11/2009 9:01 AM | 75

   • The Forgotten Disease revealed

4. 

   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. ONLINE | 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. PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

6. His turn to confront mortality

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

7. 

   Your weekend weather

   ATTENTION MARRIED WOMEN: We interrupt today's regularly scheduled weekend weather forecast for the fol­lowing urgent and completely true medical announcement... ONLINE | 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. PRINT | 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. PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

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

    Do you hear that sound? PRINT | 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. PRINT | 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. PRINT | 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. PRINT | 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. PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 1

15. Random acts of kindness

    Forever grateful to two strangers PRINT | 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. PRINT | 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: PRINT | 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. PRINT | 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. PRINT | 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." PRINT | 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. PRINT | 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. PRINT | 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. PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 3

    • H1N1 Roundup

24. 

    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. PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

    • Locked out in Pine Falls

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. PRINT | 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. PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 1

27. DEATHS

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

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