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Several Liquor Mart locations will close at 5 p.m. on Friday and not reopen until Monday. Workers have been taking strike actions since July 19 over demands for better wages.

The city of Winnipeg has come out with dates on the upcoming closure of a number of spray pads and outdoor pools, as the summer season draws to a close

Manitoba Liquor Mart workers have begun a full province-wide strike.

Soon after taking office last November, Mayor Scott Gillingham formed the statutory performance management committee, tasked with reviewing the performance of the four civil servants appointed directly by council — the chief administrative officer, chief financial officer, the head clerk and the city auditor.

Flags at Winnipeg’s city hall will be lowered to half-mast starting Tuesday in the wake of the death of a former Transcona councillor. Rick Boychuk, who served two terms from 1989 to 1995, died early Monday. 

Wayne Pringle knew building a giant turtle monument in the southern Manitoba town of Boissevain. But that's what he and a committee did nearly 50 years ago — and Tommy Turtle is now one of Manitoba's best-known roadside attractions.

Seven more Liquor Marts in the province will close Saturday until further notice, due to the ongoing labour dispute, Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries says.

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Being a cook might be Olha Mashyna’s destiny. After she and her family fled the war in Ukraine and moved to Winnipeg earlier this year, a chance encounter with a Manitoba restaurant owner brought her back to doing the thing she loves — serving Ukrainian cuisine.