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A local police officer is suing the City of Winnipeg, alleging his Charter rights were violated and reputation irreparably damaged after officers searched his home and arrested him in 2017.

Initially charged with first-degree murder, Jack Flett pleaded guilty to manslaughter and can apply for parole after serving seven years.

A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a Thompson, Man., woman who disappeared in 2019 has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for seven years.

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Save to Read Later A rural Manitoba teacher has been suspended for attending an anti-mask rally in Winnipeg Sunday after parents raised concerns she might expose their children to COVID-19. A rural Manitoba teacher has been suspended for attending an anti-mask rally in Winnipeg Sunday after parents raised concerns she might expose their children to COVID-19. A photo circulating among concerned parents shows the Altona teacher at the rally, which drew hundreds of protesters of all ages who ...

The school division would not comment "as this is an internal school division matter," a spokesperson said. Barbara Bowes, president of the human resources consulting firm Legacy Bowes Group, says a failure to consider the potential repercussions of attending such rallies is "really quite foolish." "Theres a lot of talk about personal rights and [the employees] ability to speak their own private opinion, etc.," Bowes said in a Tuesday interview with CBC Radios  Up To Speed. "But as soon as y...