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Province, MPI want court to toss Tesla bid for review of exclusion from EV rebate program

The provincial government and Manitoba Public Insurance have filed court papers asking a judge to throw out the Canadian subsidiary of Tesla’s application for a judge to review the province’s exclusion of the automaker from a taxpayer-funded rebate program.

The company filed its application for judicial review in the Court of King’s Bench in late April, seeking to have a judge review and overturn the Manitoba government’s decision to exclude Tesla vehicles from its rebate for electric vehicle purchases and leases.

The company argues the decision was unreasonable and procedurally unfair.

The government announced Tesla’s exclusion from the program, which MPI administers, in March 2025 under the province’s “commitment to be elbows up” in retaliation for tariffs imposed by United States President Donald Trump who, at the time, had given Elon Musk, the CEO of Texas-based Tesla Inc., a job in his administration.

Autopsy confirms dog attack killed animal-rescue volunteer on First Nation

An autopsy has confirmed an animal rescue volunteer died of a dog attack on Sandy Bay Ojibway Nation earlier this month, the Manitoba First Nations Police Service says.

Amanda Nobiss, a 37-year-old woman from Winnipeg, was found dead in Sandy Bay on July 17 after police were contacted by a friend trying to locate her.

She often visited the community 180 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg to save animals.

The police service said Tuesday that an autopsy confirmed her “injuries were consistent with a dog attack.”

Drug site open house called off after media tipped off

Local business owners are miffed an open house for the upcoming supervised consumption site was cancelled after the media found out about it and interest swelled.

Living the strongman life means special training for special strength

Behind the Scenes: How is the stage lit? Who hangs the paintings? What happens in the dish pit? Behind the Scenes is a recurring series highlighting the important and often invisible work happening at arts and culture venues across Winnipeg.

Vinarterta and vikings, fashion and fris-nok, music and midway rides. There’s no shortage of entertainment at Íslendingadagurinn, Gimli’s long-running Icelandic cultural festival, but one event in particular has proved a strong draw in recent years.

Since launching in 2022, the Magnús Classic Gimli Strongman competition has become a festival highlight, attracting large crowds to the displays of superhuman strength performed under the watchful eye of the town’s lakeside viking statue.

Interest in the sport has been growing globally as well.

Hydro, governments could face class action suit over lengthy power outage

A northern First Nation that suffered extensive infrastructure damage owing to an extended power outage in the winter has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Manitoba Hydro and the federal and provincial governments.

The Cross Lake Band of Indians — also known as Pimicikamak Cree Nation — and Chief David Monias filed the statement of claim in the Court of King’s Bench on Tuesday.

The lawsuit, which is seeking certification as a class action, is over the lengthy power outage in Pimicikamak that began late on Dec. 28, 2025, amid frigid temperatures.

The power outage left more than 4,000 of the community’s roughly 8,000 residents without electricity and forced them from their homes. Power was not restored until the afternoon of Jan. 2 this year.

Lawsuit targets pontoon boat operator, Sea-Doo driver, owner in fatal Whitemud River crash

The father of a 39-year-old Portage la Prairie woman killed in a boat crash on the Whitemud River is suing the men who were operating the involved watercraft, claiming they were negligent when navigating the winding waterway.