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‘Mommy, I need you. Please come and get me’: lone survivor of Gilbert Plains crash recovering in city hospital

Kevin Rollason 5 minute read Updated: 10:34 AM CDT

Trapped in the wreckage of a car pinned underneath a transport truck — and surrounded by four friends who died in the collision — a Dauphin teen repeatedly phoned her mother for help.

Hanna Yurkiw, 15, is in Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg, recovering from serious injuries suffered Wednesday night in a collision in Gilbert Plains. Her parents, Tanya and Darcy, stay almost constantly at her bedside.

“She was saying, ‘Mommy, I need you. Please come and get me,’” Tanya said Friday, sitting in Hanna’s hospital room as monitors beeped in the background.

“She called again when we were on our way (to the scene of the collision, some 30 kilometres west of Dauphin). We knew she was okay because she phoned me multiple times.”

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Two seniors found dead in Dauphin: RCMP

Saturday, 4:51 PM CDT

Dauphin RCMP are investigating after a 68-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman were found dead at a residence in Dauphin just after 7:30 a.m. Saturday.

Investigators don't believe there is any ongoing risk to public safety, said RCMP in a press release.

RCMP Major Crimes Services, Dauphin RCMP and Forensic Identification officers are on scene.

The investigation continues.

 

Patient pulled by snowmobile sled

Friday, 1:46 PM CDT

RCMP used a snowmobile sled to rescue a senior who was in medical distress at a remote cabin near Suwannee Lake.

Leaf Rapids RCMP were contacted at about 6:15 p.m. Tuesday. They were told a friend of the 85-year-old man had driven away from the cabin on snowmobile and was waiting to take officers to the remote location.

RCMP officers and a medical crew met the friend about 40 km south of Leaf Rapids and then travelled by snowmobile to the cabin, about approximately 6.5 km away.

The man was transported back to the road and then taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

 

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More money for city roads

Friday, 12:14 PM CDT

The provincial government has announced an additional $7.5 million for Winnipeg road reconstruction, rehabilitation and preservation projects.

Municipal Relations Minister Andrew Smith said the funding is in addition to previously increased operating and capital funding provided through the Strategic Municipal Investment Fund.

Manitoba Liberals hold AGM

Friday, 10:53 AM CDT

The Manitoba Liberal Party hosts its annual general meeting Saturday in Winnipeg.

The day-long event at the Best Western Airport Hotel runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. includes association meetings, a speech by Liberal leader and St. Boniface MLA Dougald Lamont, and a panel discussions on  health, policy, and Indigenous rights.

Panelists include Dr. Barry Lavallee, chief executive officer of Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin and Karen Velthuys, executive director of the Learning Disabilities Association of Manitoba.

Fire in commercial building on Sutherland Avenue

Friday, 8:41 AM CDT

Firefighters extinguished a blaze in a commercial building on Sutherland Avenue on Thursday night.

Crews were sent to the building in the first 100 block of Sutherland at 7:42 p.m.

Firefighters attacked the fire from outside because the structural instability of the building made it unsafe to enter. The fire was declared under control at 8:27 p.m., the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said in a news release Thursday night.

The cause of the fire is under investigation. No damage estimates are available.

Israelis still protest legal overhaul despite suspension

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Israelis still protest legal overhaul despite suspension

The Associated Press 2 minute read Updated: 2:33 PM CDT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday against a controversial plan to revamp the country’s legal system, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s suspension of the changes earlier in the week.

The protesters gathered in Tel Aviv, Israel’s commercial hub on the Mediterranean, for the 13th weekly demonstration, raising Israeli flags and banners against what they said were plans to weaken the Supreme Court. Several smaller rallies took place in other towns and cities.

The protests have been going on since Netanyahu’s government, the most right-wing in the country’s history, introduced the changes.

But on Monday, Netanyahu delayed the overhaul plan that deeply divided the Israelis, saying he wanted “to avoid civil war” by making time to seek a compromise with political opponents. Protest organizers, however, vowed to keep up the pressure, calling for the plans to be scrapped.

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Updated: 2:33 PM CDT

Israelis march to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Manitoba classrooms not spared in school board budget

Maggie Macintosh 6 minute read Preview

Manitoba classrooms not spared in school board budget

Maggie Macintosh 6 minute read 4:00 AM CDT

THE fine print in approved school board budgets reveals Manitoba classrooms will not be spared of cutbacks in 2023-24, despite a sizable increase in overall operational funding.

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4:00 AM CDT

Education Minister Wayne Ewasko. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press files)

‘On hold’ marriage certificate piece of Vital Statistics backlog puzzle

Danielle Da Silva 5 minute read Preview

‘On hold’ marriage certificate piece of Vital Statistics backlog puzzle

Danielle Da Silva 5 minute read Yesterday at 6:02 PM CDT

A year-long odyssey to obtain a marriage certificate from the Manitoba Vital Statistics Branch has left a Winnipeg woman questioning whether her nuptials were ever legally registered.

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Yesterday at 6:02 PM CDT

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On at least eight occasions, Brandy Kowal says she has tried to get help from Vital Statistics by phone or email.

Surge in theft leaves business owners struggling to cope

Gabrielle Piché 18 minute read Preview

Surge in theft leaves business owners struggling to cope

Gabrielle Piché 18 minute read Yesterday at 7:00 PM CDT

To reach the Easter chocolate aisle, shopper Kaylee Goerzen must pass through two rounds of sliding doors and then a security gate.

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Yesterday at 7:00 PM CDT

MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

Daniel Basanes (left) and Chris Watchorn are co-creators of Hobby•ism, a downtown menswear store that was robbed twice on its first day in business.

MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

Daniel Basanes (left) and Chris Watchorn are co-creators of Hobby•ism, a menswear store on Colony Street that now has a $5,000 security gate after experiencing three break-ins since opening on Boxing Day.

Political will for national pharmacare questioned

Laura Osman, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Preview

Political will for national pharmacare questioned

Laura Osman, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Updated: 4:52 PM CDT

OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the government's plans for pharmacare are moving forward, but experts who study government drug plans suggest the Liberals may have lost the political will to take bold steps toward a national program.

People like Marc-André Gagnon were still holding out hope that spending would be set aside in Tuesday's federal budget to create a national, single-payer drug plan.

But though the Carleton University health policy professor said he was optimistic, he also admitted he wasn't surprised when there was no mention of pharmacare in the document.

"We don't see the political willingness anymore," Gagnon said in an interview Friday.

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Updated: 4:52 PM CDT

Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos waits to appear before the Standing Committee on Health on Thursday, March 23, 2023 in Ottawa. Duclos says the government's plans for pharmacare are moving forward, but experts who study government drug plans suggest the Liberals may have lost the political will to take bold steps toward a national program. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

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Consultant delivers dozens of ideas for areas inside 11 city-owned golf properties

Joyanne Pursaga 5 minute read Preview

Consultant delivers dozens of ideas for areas inside 11 city-owned golf properties

Joyanne Pursaga 5 minute read Yesterday at 6:45 PM CDT

A long-awaited consultant’s study on repurposing up to 30 per cent of Winnipeg-owned golf lands lists dozens of “opportunities” to use the sites in new ways, including a controversial call to lease or sell John Blumberg Golf Course.

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Yesterday at 6:45 PM CDT

GABRIELLE PICHÉ / CANSTAR FILES

Among the most significant and controversial options, is a suggestion that the city could give up ownership of Blumberg, a 200-acre city-owned golf course located in the Rural Municipality of Headingley.

Canstar Community News Headingley was unsuccessful in its bid for John Blumberg Golf Course. (GABRIELLE PICHÉ/CANSTAR COMMUNITY NEWS/HEADLINER)

Einarson attacked online by angry trolls

Taylor Allen 6 minute read Preview

Einarson attacked online by angry trolls

Taylor Allen 6 minute read Updated: 9:10 AM CDT

It’s every athlete’s dream to one day represent their country on the world stage.

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Kerri Einarson represented Canada at the World Women’s Curling Championship last week in Sandviken, Sweden, with teammates Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard and Briane Harris.

Here's what 'friendshoring' means for Canada

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press 7 minute read Preview

Here's what 'friendshoring' means for Canada

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press 7 minute read Updated: 4:49 PM CDT

OTTAWA - This year's budget reveals the federal Liberals envision Canada relying more on its allies for trade in the future, economists and geopolitical experts say — even if that could result in higher prices or missed opportunities.

"It's a reframing," University of British Columbia professor Vina Nadjibulla said after the budget's release this week. "It's essentially saying what we've been doing for the last 30 years of engagement is over."

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen coined the term "friendshoring" a year ago, saying allies should rely on each other to make supply chains more resilient, and defang hostile actors from taxing or withholding goods.

The Liberals have sent mixed messages in the past year on the extent to which they agree with that approach. Last October, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Canada was "decoupling" from China, but days later Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said she wanted to "re-establish ties" with Beijing.

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Updated: 4:49 PM CDT

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, March 27, 2023. Economists and geopolitical experts say this week's federal budget is confirmation that the Trudeau government sees the future of Canadian trade as relying more on allied countries, even if it is results in more expensive goods. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

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