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Eby says Ottawa is rewarding Alberta's "bad behaviour' with pipeline agreement
3+ hour, 22+ min ago (663+ words) Winnipeg 14" C, Windy VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the federal government is rewarding Alberta for "bad behaviour" by agreeing to push for a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast. VICTORIA " British Columbia Premier David Eby says the…...
Belarus authoritarian leader welcomes US evangelist Franklin Graham to hold massive gathering
10+ hour, 49+ min ago (474+ words) Winnipeg 14" C, Windy Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko asked Graham to convey warm greetings to President Donald Trump and tell him that he has "reliable friends and supporters in Belarus." Since Trump returned to the White House, Lukashenko has released hundreds…...
Colorado's Democratic governor commutes ex-election clerk Tina Peters' sentence after Trump pressure
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (917+ words) Winnipeg 14" C, Windy Trump has championed the case of Peters, a 70-year-old former county clerk who was sentenced to nine years behind bars after being convicted in a scheme to make a copy of her county's election computer system. She…...
Gaza airstrike targeted Hamas military wing leader, Israel says
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (313+ words) Winnipeg 15" C, Windy Hamas did not immediately acknowledge or comment on the strike. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said an airstrike carried out by the military Friday evening targeted al-Haddad, the leader of Hamas" Qassam…...
Fort Richmond elementary school shedding racist lord's name " Winnipeg Free Press
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (671+ words) Winnipeg 16" C, Windy Dalhousie School is undergoing a rebrand so it's no longer affiliated with a Scottish soldier, lord and colonial leader who supported slavery. The Pembina Trails School Division put a out a call this week for suggestions to…...
Reaction to the Alberta-Ottawa agreement on carbon pricing, pipeline plans
4+ hour, 25+ min ago (769+ words) Winnipeg 17" C, Windy CALGARY " Shovels could hit the ground on a new West Coast oilsands pipeline as early as September 2027, the federal and Alberta governments said Friday, after they announced a plan to gradually increase the province's effective industrial carbon…...
Democrat Rep. Steve Cohen ending campaign after redraw of his Memphis district
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (815+ words) Winnipeg 17" C, Windy Republicans in Tennessee this month enacted a new U. S. House map that carves up a Cohen's majority-Black district, reshaping it to the GOP's advantage as part of President Donald Trump's strategy to hold on to a slim majority…...
Supreme Court rejects Virginia's bid to restore congressional map favoring Democrats
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (475+ words) Winnipeg 17" C, Windy The court's order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation's mid-decade redistricting competition. It was kicked off last year by President Donald Trump urging Republican-controlled states to redraw their lines and was…...
Opinion: Moose Hide Campaign against gender-based violence starts national conversations
3+ hour, 25+ min ago (841+ words) Winnipeg 17" C, Windy This week marked the 15th annual Indigenous-led Moose Hide Campaign aimed at stopping gender-based violence. While the campaign is recognized by official observances in British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, this was the first time the movement went national,…...
Is simply serving as premier enough to earn Order of Manitoba honour? – Winnipeg Free Press
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (410+ words) Former premier Brian Pallister will be among the prominent Manitobans who this year will be inducted into the Order of Manitoba. Not to be overly provocative, but does Pallister deserve the honour?...