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Two airports reopen in Mazatlan area

Manitobans stranded in a popular Mexico tourist destination after violence swept through the region this week should soon be heading home.

Two airports have reopened in Mazatlan, a travel hotspot in the northwestern Sinaloa state, after days of instability following the arrest of alleged drug trafficker Ovidio (The Mouse) Guzman, son of former cartel boss Joaquin (El Chapo) Guzman, on Thursday.

Flights were cancelled and travellers were advised to shelter in place. Gunshots rang out and vehicles burned on area roads.

Apartment evacuated, man arrested after uttering threats

Winnipeg police arrested a man and evacuated his Cumberland Avenue apartment Friday after he allegedly made threats against police.

City urged to boost street safety

The high number of pedestrians killed by vehicles in Winnipeg last year highlights the need for a greater commitment to safe streets, including better sidewalk and bike lane snow clearing, advocates say.

Amid a toxic drug crisis, Winnipeg and Hamilton go in starkly different directions

In Hamilton, there's a pair of supervised consumption sites in operation, with a third on its way. In Winnipeg, there's a patchwork approach to harm reduction as advocates try, at the very least, to make it safer for users on the streets.

Portage la Prairie woman kidnapped, suspect on the loose

A Portage la Prairie area woman and her child are safe but shaken after a stranger pretended to be in distress on the side of the road, then kidnapped them and demanded they drive him to Winnipeg, Manitoba RCMP say.

Furby Street shooting marks Winnipeg’s 47th homicide

A man is dead after an early Saturday morning shooting at an apartment building in the 500 block of Furby Street.

Top marks for Manitoba’s new approach to probing teacher misconduct

Child protection advocates have praised the Manitoba government’s commitment to creating a teacher registry and an independent body that handles teacher misconduct, calling it a “big win” for child safety and a “precedent-setting” decision.

Doctor discipline hearing highlights new public stance

A former doctor’s unfounded claims Manitoba physician watchdog investigators “tortured” him and were “racist” have landed him in front of a discipline panel.

Committee speakers give voice to those locked in NDAs

A Manitoba teacher, former nurse and government IT worker spoke out publicly — some for the first time — about their experiences with non-disclosure agreements, during a five-hour legislative standing committee meeting Wednesday evening.

Hundreds of teachers preyed on students across Canada, study finds

An extensive, Canada-wide study of child sexual abuse in schools has found at least 252 current or former K-12 personnel committed, or were accused of committing, offences against children between 2017 and 2021.

Dobson returns to council with St. James win

It was anyone’s game in St. James, but Shawn Dobson won out in the end.

Dobson, who previously represented the former St. Charles ward on city council from 2014-18 (which was then dissolved and merged into St. James and Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood), was in competition with four other candidates in the 2022 municipal election. The ward had no incumbent, with two-term councillor Scott Gillingham making the jump into the Winnipeg mayoral race.

“I’m good. Actually, I’m ecstatic,” Dobson said, as reporters arrived at his election party Wednesday night — held at his mother’s house, where he grew up — moments after he learned he’d won.

Wearing a suit and surrounded by a small group of supporters, who passed around mimosas, Dobson said he was ready to hit the ground running as a second-time Winnipeg councillor.

Manitoba doctor discipline process takes ‘good baby step’

After repeated criticism of its secretive handling of physician misconduct, Manitoba’s doctor watchdog now posts information about upcoming discipline hearings on its website.

Political experts say there’s no clear frontrunner for mayor just days before election

With election day quickly approaching, mayoral candidates are making their final push for support, but political observers say there is no clear frontrunner in the race — warning anything could happen.

Winnipeg doctor loses licence for professional misconduct

Manitoba’s physician watchdog has stripped a Winnipeg doctor of his licence, after finding him guilty of “serious” professional misconduct.

Alarm sounded over school divisions’ silence

A near-blanket refusal by Manitoba school divisions to provide information about teacher misconduct is “insulting” and “nonsensical,” privacy experts say.