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  WINNIPEG -- Members of local 2034 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) took to the picket line Wednesday morning outside Manitoba Hydro headquarters in downtown Winnipeg. Job action by IBEW’s members started Tuesday afternoon as a series of rotating strikes began. A statement Hydro provided Tuesday to CTV news indicated IBEW’s current strike would last 24 hours. "Manitoba Hydro has contingency plans in place to ensure it can continue to provide its essential ...

  WINNIPEG -- The Winnipeg Police Service’s homicide unit is investigating after human remains were discovered Thursday evening on Alfred Avenue. Police received reports about possible human remains in the area of Main Street and Alfred Avenue just before 6 p.m. When police arrived, they discovered the remains of a deceased individual. (CTV News Photo Ken Gabel) The age and identity of the deceased are unknown at this time. A post-mortem examination has been scheduled. Officers remained...

  WINNIPEG -- A memorial ride was held on Friday for William Walter Ahmo, an inmate at the Headingley Correctional Institution who died following an incident with corrections officers. “We’re here today to honour William Ahmo and the family,” said Sagkeeng First Nation Chief Derrick Henderson. CTV News Winnipeg previously reported that on Feb. 7, RCMP received a report of a 45-year-old inmate at Headingley who was unresponsive as a result of an incident with corrections officer. Ahmo...

The Winnipeg Police Service seized a total of $11.5 million in assets, including drugs, Bitcoin and cars, during a months-long investigation into a multi-provincial drug network between British Columbia and Manitoba.

  WINNIPEG -- A group representing archivists in Manitoba is calling on the City of Winnipeg to find a better home for its historical documents and archives. Tom Nesmith with the Association for Manitoba Archives says the current home for the archives, located at 50 Myrtle Street, is not an adequate place to store history dating back to the founding of the city, for multiple reasons. The city’s archives were previously located at the former Carnegie Library at William Avenue until 2013 w...