Seniors, income support recipients to get low-cost Rogers service in 3 provinces

Firefighter admits to conditional sentence breach

A Winnipeg firefighter previously jailed for criminally harassing two different women has been released from custody after admitting to breaching a conditional sentence order.

Christopher Goethals, 59, was arrested July 21 after an alert from his ankle monitor six days earlier showed he had driven within 400 metres of the workplace of a former girlfriend he had been ordered to have no contact with.

Goethals pleaded guilty Wednesday to not being in possession of a copy of his conditional sentence order, a requirement of his sentence.

Crown attorney Amanda Heslop withdrew a breach charge related to Goethals’ electronic monitoring conditions and stayed a third charge of disobeying a court order.

Failure to exploit NDP weaknesses leaves PCs in tailspin

Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative party is getting slaughtered.

Concrete doc befits brutalist Winnipeg

Moviegoers across North America are pounding the pavement and lining up around the block to see The History of Concrete, small-screen documentarian John Wilson’s feature-length debut.

‘Extremely disappointed’: hunters being turned away near Bloodvein First Nation, Manitoba Wildlife Federation says

The Manitoba Wildlife Federation says hunters are again being refused access to land near Bloodvein River First Nation, a year after leadership told court it would let them through.

Well-known Brandon-born rock drummer Sutherland dies at age 58

Chris (Suds) Sutherland, a Brandon-born drummer who was the driving force behind many top artists in the Canadian music industry, has died at 58.

Sutherland is widely praised throughout North America as a talented percussionist with an extensive discography.

He performed with such Canadian music legends as Kim Mitchell, Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Streetheart and others.

Sutherland brought presence and “plow” when he played, Tina Faye said about her husband.

Rogers expands low-cost internet in 3 provinces

TORONTO - Rogers Communications Inc. says it is expanding eligibility for its low-cost internet service to include more seniors and those receiving income support or disability support in Ontario, Newfoundland and New Brunswick.

Roger’s low-cost internet program previously offered discounted internet service for tenants in at least 300 rent-geared-to-income and subsidized properties, as well as families who received the maximum Canada Child Benefit.

Now, the company says it will offer the service to recipients of the Guaranteed Income Supplement in the three provinces, as well as New Brunswick recipients of the Social Assistance Program or Disability Support Program, Newfoundland recipients of Income Support, and Ontario recipients of Ontario Works or the Ontario Disability Support Program.

Rogers is also adding several more high-speed tiers to the program.