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Winnipeg Free Press Critics charge any Manitoba advancements overshadowed by premiers constant squabbles, racially charged remarks By: Dylan Robertson | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Friday, Jul. 9, 2021 Save to Read Later Polls show Canadians want a reckoning for the current and past wrongs suffered by Indigenous people. The biggest barrier to reconciliation in Manitoba, however, could be Premier Brian Pallister. Polls show Canadians want a reckon...

Article content “We really don’t have a choice, it’s a matter of protecting our sovereignty and our treaty,” Long Plain First Nation Chief Dennis Meeches said on Thursday. “It has come to a head, and they have forced our hand, so we have no choice but to defend our sovereignty.” We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Long Plain chief wont back down from province over unlicensed pot shop claim Back to video Last week, the province filed a s...

Posted: Jun 05, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: June 5 Melanie Ferris says she found comfort in her home community of Long Plain First Nation. This week has been challenging, she says. I was grateful to attend ceremony.(Submitted by Melanie Ferris) This First Person article is the experience of Melanie Ferris, a parent and proud member of the  Long Plain First Nation in southern Manitoba . For more information about CBCs First Person stories, please see the FAQ. WARNING: This story contains ...

The urban reserve cannabis store whose licence was suspended two weeks has had its retailer agreemen...

OTTAWA — The federal government is offering millions of dollars to Indigenous governments to s...

Const. Travis Assiniboine, from Dakota Tipi First Nation, is the first First Nations K-9 handler in the province of Manitoba, according to the Manitoba First Nations Police Service.

This week is National Road Safety Week and Snowy Monaro Regional Council is reminding our region's road users of the importance of driving and riding...

Winnipeg Free Press Suspension linked to unlicensed store on Long Plain reserve suspected of selling black market weed MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Meta Cannabis Supply Co. store on Madison Street on Long Plain First Nation’s urban reserve is closed because its licence has been suspended. In the first action of its kind ever taken in the province, Manitoba Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority inspectors suspended the licence of a cannabis store and assumed control of the product o...

Winnipeg Free Press Nurses enlist salon to administer vaccine By: Dylan Robertson Save to Read Later Everyone needs to get vaccinated, so we can get back to our normal lives, says Denise Bear, acting medical director of Peguis First Nation. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files) Hours before two dozen shots of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine were set to expire, nurses at a First Nations-run site sprung into action. Hours before two doze...

Police dog Jolt. (RCMP) Article continues below advertisement ↴ The Portage la Prairie RCMP needed the help of its K-9 Unit after responding to an armed robbery Sunday evening.   Sunday, at approximately 9:50 p.m., RCMP say they got a call about the theft of a vehicle. Initial reports indicated a youth was in the car when it was stolen from a residence on Dufferin Ave. West in Portage. Officers say a 14-year-old girl was waiting in the vehicle when she was approached by two men. The g...