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Military will get to Manitoba First Nation dealing with water issues on Monday: chief

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Military will get to Manitoba First Nation dealing with water issues on Monday: chief

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 4:23 PM CST

PIMICIKAMAK - The chief of a Manitoba First Nation in the throes of severe water issues, including flooding and backed-up sewage, says seven members of the Canadian Armed Forces are to arrive in his northern community on Monday.

Pimicikamak Cree Nation Chief David Monias says in a social media post that members are to provide technical assistance, assessments and support related to critical infrastructure and recovery operations.

He says plumbers and other workers are also arriving to help with the water and electrical issues, but the community is having a tough time finding them adequate washrooms and shower facilities.

He says some workers already in the community about 500 kilometres north of Winnipeg are also getting sick due to the lack of clean water.

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Updated: Yesterday at 4:23 PM CST

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Pimicikamak Cree Nation Chief David Monias, left, and Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. (MKO) Grand Chief Grand Chief Garrison Settee speak to the media during a tour at Pimicikamak Cree Nation, Wednesday.
John Woods / THE CANADIAN PRESS Pimicikamak Cree Nation Chief David Monias, left, and Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. (MKO) Grand Chief Grand Chief Garrison Settee speak to the media during a tour at Pimicikamak Cree Nation, Wednesday.

George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

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George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

David Bauder, The Associated Press 7 minute read Updated: 12:20 AM CST

Five years ago, video images from a Minneapolis street showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as his life slipped away ignited a social movement.

Now, videos from another Minneapolis street showing the last moments of Renee Good's life are central to another debate about law enforcement in America. They've slipped out day by day since ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot Good last Wednesday in her maroon SUV. Yet compared to 2020, the story these pictures tell is murkier, subject to manipulation both within the image itself and the way it is interpreted.

This time, too, the Trump administration and its supporters went to work establishing their own public view of the event before the inevitable imagery appeared.

But half a decade later, so many things are not the same — from cultural attitudes to rapidly evolving technology around all kinds of imagery.

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Bystanders film a federal immigration officer in their car Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Bystanders film a federal immigration officer in their car Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Better confidence, greater returns?

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Better confidence, greater returns?

Joel Schlesinger 6 minute read Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026

It may be 2026, but a new survey suggests a gender gap when it comes to investing.

“Women are a little more than half the population and they’ve made a lot of economic progress over past decades, but there still is a persistent wealth gap,” says Dorothy Sanford, chair of the investor advisor panel for the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization.

The national regulator for investment advisers and brokerages released the findings of an inaugural report on gender differences, finding women are less likely to invest than men and, most revealing, in Sanford’s view, are less confident about investing.

“One of the key messages coming out of all this is women’s lack of confidence,” she says about the survey of 3,000 Canadians, including 2,000 women.

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Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026

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Freepik Happy woman holding coins and banknotes in hands. Cartoon female person on pink background flat vector illustration. Money, wealth, finance for banner, website design or landing web page.

Africa’s megacity of Lagos reshapes its coast by dredging and puts environment at risk

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Africa’s megacity of Lagos reshapes its coast by dredging and puts environment at risk

Grace Ekpu, The Associated Press 7 minute read 2:08 AM CST

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Beneath an eight-lane expressway, Nigerian men stand waist-deep in the Lagos Lagoon, lowering buckets into murky water. Each load brings up sand, reshaping the coastline of Africa’s largest city and driving away fish and livelihoods for some of its poorest people.

Not far from the bridge, wooden boats are loaded with sand. One of thousands of local dredgers, Akeem Sossu, 34, has been diving for sand for at least three years. He slips beneath the surface for about 15 seconds at a time, hauling up bucketloads bound for construction sites.

Akeem said he and his partner earn about 12,000 naira ($8) each per boatload, selling to a middleman who supplies larger buyers. Filling a boat takes about three hours. Formerly a tailor, he said dredging now supports his household.

“I come out early, sometimes 5 a.m. or 6 a.m., depending on the tide,” he said.

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Worker shovels up freshly extracted sharp sand from a dredging transporter in Ibeshe, Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)
Worker shovels up freshly extracted sharp sand from a dredging transporter in Ibeshe, Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)

Preclearance operations in Canada are a ‘critical component’ of border strategy: U.S.

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Preclearance operations in Canada are a ‘critical component’ of border strategy: U.S.

Jim Bronskill and Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Yesterday at 5:00 AM CST

OTTAWA - Canada and the United States say two preclearance projects that would allow more travellers to be screened well in advance of crossing the border are set to proceed this year after many months of planning.

The assurances follow U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra's comments that cast doubt on the future of arrangements currently allowing many passengers flying to American cities to be pre-cleared at Canadian airports by U.S. border officers.

Hoekstra suggested at a conference in Alberta last September that Washington might have to rethink preclearance because of the decline in Canadian travel to the United States prompted by frosty bilateral relations.

The idea of preclearance is to push the border out so officials can intercept threats before people or goods cross the border, Public Safety Canada says. It allows travellers to the United States to enter the country or catch a connecting flight more quickly because they've already cleared U.S. inspections and screenings in Canada.

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People are seen at Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto on Friday, July 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
People are seen at Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto on Friday, July 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Winnipeg home sales ‘soldiered on’ in 2025

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Winnipeg home sales ‘soldiered on’ in 2025

Malak Abas 5 minute read Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026

While Winnipeg continues to be a seller’s market for homeowners, it’s now a renter’s market, too, as supply went up and demand decreased in the past year, a new report says.

More than $6 billion in house sales were made in the Manitoba capital in 2025 — a 10 per cent jump from 2024, which was a 20 per cent increase from 2023 — and 15,180 total sales (a four per cent increase over 2024), according to Winnipeg Regional Real Estate Board data released Thursday.

“What we saw in 2025, really, was a story of demand, of strong demand, the entire year,” said Michael Froese, 2025-26 WRREB president.

As a result, the price of local homes went up. The average price of a residential detached home was $451,852 in 2025, seven per cent more than 2024. The average price for a condo was $281,927, a three per cent jump.

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Re/Max Canada named Daniel McIntyre one of Canada’s most liveable neighbourhoods in its 2024 Liveability Report. Winnipeg logged more than $6 billion in residential sales in 2025.
NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS files Re/Max Canada named Daniel McIntyre one of Canada’s most liveable neighbourhoods in its 2024 Liveability Report. Winnipeg logged more than $6 billion in residential sales in 2025.

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Trump ‘inclined’ to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after CEO response at White House meeting

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Trump ‘inclined’ to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after CEO response at White House meeting

Seung Min Kim And Julia Nikhinson, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 7:48 PM CST

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he is “inclined” to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after its top executive was skeptical about oil investment efforts in the country after the toppling of former President Nicolás Maduro.

“I didn’t like Exxon’s response,” Trump said to reporters on Air Force One as he departed West Palm Beach, Florida. “They’re playing too cute.”

During a meeting Friday with oil executives, Trump tried to assuage the concerns of the companies and said they would be dealing directly with the U.S., rather than the Venezuelan government.

Some, however, weren’t convinced.

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Updated: Yesterday at 7:48 PM CST

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ tops box office for fourth straight week with newcomer ‘Primate’ second

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‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ tops box office for fourth straight week with newcomer ‘Primate’ second

Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press 4 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 2:44 PM CST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Avatar: Fire and Ash” kept on smoldering at the box office, taking the top spot for a fourth straight week on a relatively quiet weekend as the January doldrums began setting in for the industry.

The third chapter in James Cameron’s Pandora epic brought in $21.3 million in North American theaters for The Walt Disney Co., according to studio estimates Sunday.

In total after four weeks, “Fire and Ash” has grossed $342.6 million in North America and $888 million in the rest of the world. Last week it joined its two predecessors as a billion-dollar earner.

The week's top-grossing new release was Paramount Pictures rampaging-chimp horror film “Primate,” which earned $11.3 million domestically and $13.4 worldwide.

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Updated: Yesterday at 2:44 PM CST

This image released by Disney shows Lo'ak, performed by Britain Dalton, left, and Tsireya, performed by Bailey Bass in a scene from "Avatar: Fire and Ash." (20th Century Studios/Disney via AP)
This image released by Disney shows Lo'ak, performed by Britain Dalton, left, and Tsireya, performed by Bailey Bass in a scene from

A $400,000 payout after Maduro’s capture is putting prediction markets in the spotlight

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A $400,000 payout after Maduro’s capture is putting prediction markets in the spotlight

Wyatte Grantham-philips, The Associated Press 8 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 4:10 PM CST

Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election — and recently, the downfall of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

The latter is drawing renewed scrutiny into this murky world of speculative, 24/7 transactions. Last week, an anonymous trader pocketed more than $400,000 after betting that Maduro would soon be out of office.

The bulk of the trader’s bids on the platform Polymarket were made mere hours before President Donald Trump announced the surprise nighttime raid that led to Maduro’s capture, fueling online suspicions of potential insider trading because of the timing of the wagers and the trader’s narrow activity on the platform. Others argued that the risk of getting caught was too big, and that previous speculation about Maduro’s future could have led to such transactions.

Polymarket did not respond to requests for comment.

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Updated: Yesterday at 4:10 PM CST

FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

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