Films from Ron Murphy, Marie Clements programmed at TIFF

Police resuming drug-enforcement crackdown, working with outreach community

Winnipeg police are relaunching a drug enforcement campaign in some neighbourhoods Friday after they say a 10-day sweep led to more than 100 arrests and a drop in reported crime earlier this summer.

Police said the renewed initiative, targeting open drug use and trafficking, will continue into November with an outreach-first approach and a partnership with a coalition of community groups in response to criticism of the initial campaign.

“While there was a great deal of support for the enforcement actions we undertook to address public safety issues, there was also criticism about the lack of collaboration,” Winnipeg Police Service Chief Gene Bowers told reporters.

“At that time, I acknowledged that community organizations should have been part of our efforts. Hence, we’re here today.”

Bell sheds 19 more Manitoba employees

At least 19 Manitoba jobs were lost recently during Bell Canada’s ongoing restructuring.

Parent company BCE Inc. confirmed in June it’d axe nearly 700 jobs through organizational changes. Those changes began last year.

A dozen Manitoba staff were laid off on July 30, according to Team-IFPTE Local 161, the union representing the workers.

Another seven union members left voluntarily though a departure program, the union reported Tuesday.

Films from Ron Murphy, Marie Clements programmed at TIFF

TORONTO - The Toronto International Film Festival is adding a handful of Canadian movies to its main program, including "Back in Black" starring Christopher Walken.

The film from Canadian TV mainstay Ron Murphy is about a struggling mortician in a wellness-obsessed town where death has become obsolete.

The Centrepiece program, which includes projects from about 50 countries, also features "How We Stand," a film about two sisters separated by tragedy, directed by Métis playwright and filmmaker Marie Clements, who made "Bones of Crows."

Latvian-Canadian author and director David Bezmozgis is also premiering the adaptation of his 2014 novel "The Betrayers," about a disgraced Israeli politician and the man who denounced him to the KGB.

U of M researchers studying ‘digital legacy planning’ before death

A team of researchers at the University of Manitoba wants adults to take the cloud they leave behind into special consideration when they envision heaven and their afterlife.

Canad Inns puts Portage Avenue hotel, MET, office building ‘connected campus’ up for sale

Downtown entrepreneurs are watching with wary eyes as a prominent hotel and event centre hits the market.