Manitoba reveals second proposed site for supervised drug-consumption facility

Businesses located close to what could be Manitoba’s first supervised drug consumption site downtown say they’re worried it will add to “trouble” and safety concerns in the area.

Thirty-six years after Polytechnique attack killing 14 women, a duty to do more

MONTREAL - Montrealers and others across the country paused to pay tribute Saturday to the 14 women who were murdered at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago simply because they were women.

The prime minister acknowledged there was much left to do.

Mark Carney made the comment as he attended a commemoration in Montreal Saturday night honouring the 14 women. Earlier, he'd paid tribute to the victims, calling the massacre a "solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence."

"Yes, we've made progress, we've made progress on gun control, we've made progress in other respects, but we haven't made enough," Carney said.

City’s district police stations will reopen to public next year, chief says

Winnipeggers will soon be able to connect with officers face-to-face at four district police stations, and the city’s police chief believes a fifth site should be added in the future.

Parents miffed by lack of communication about sex offender involved in school incident

Parents are concerned they weren’t warned a convicted sex offender, who is accused of grabbing a child in an elementary school last week, had been removed from a nearby high school that morning and in March, when he was arrested for breaching a court order.

Scott William George, 28, is charged with assault for allegedly grabbing a girl at Darwin School in St. Vital on Nov. 27. Police said he hid in a bathroom and grabbed the student when she came out of a stall. The child escaped and wasn’t hurt.

Louis Riel School Division superintendent Christian Michalik wrote a letter to parents on Thursday that said “we have uncovered that the individual arrested in connection with the Darwin School incident was escorted out of Dakota Collegiate earlier that same morning.

“At the time, we had no reason to believe this individual presented an imminent danger.”

Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican collection return to Canada

MONTREAL - First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders welcomed back dozens of Indigenous artifacts released from the Vatican collection at Montreal's airport Saturday.

The 62 items will ultimately be returned to their communities of origin as an act of furthering reconciliation.

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said it was an important and emotional moment for all First Nations, and she hoped it would be important for all Canadians.

"We've come a long way, and we have a long way to go," she said at the airport.

Hundreds of federal public servants warned this week of job cuts

OTTAWA - Hundreds of workers have been warned they may lose their jobs as the government moves to shrink the size of the public service.

The Public Service Alliance of Canada said Friday that 219 of its members at Natural Resources Canada received notices this week saying their jobs might be cut.

In addition to those, the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada said Friday about 200 of its own members at Natural Resources Canada received notices.

Another 109 people at the Public Service Commission of Canada, 92 people at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada and 74 staffers at the Department of Finance received similar notices, the union said.