Malak Abas

Winnipeg

General Assignment Reporter at Winnipeg Free Press

Daily newsperson covering a little bit of everything @WinnipegNews. My name is pronounced Mah-lack 🇱🇧. Get in touch: [email protected].

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Ottawa, Man. will match donations to Red Cross

3 days ago | brandonsun.com | Malak Abas

WINNIPEG — The federal government has promised to match donations to the Canadian Red Cross for wildfire efforts in Manitoba. Donations to the Red Cross wildfire relief efforts in Manitoba and Saskatchewan will be matched by both the federal and provincial governments, Eleanor Olszewski, the minister of emergency management and community resilience, told reporters Tuesday. Those efforts include providing accommodation and support services for people displaced by wildfires.
Ottawa, Manitoba to match wildfire donations to Red Cross

3 days ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Malak Abas

The federal government has promised to match donations to the Canadian Red Cross for wildfire efforts in Manitoba. Donations to the Red Cross wildfire relief efforts in Manitoba and Saskatchewan will be matched by both the federal and provincial governments, Eleanor Olszewski, the minister of emergency management and community resilience, told reporters Tuesday. Those efforts include providing accommodation and support services for people displaced by wildfires.
Mass stabbing on Mountain Avenue called isolated incident

5 days ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Malak Abas

By: Malak Abas Posted: 4:31 PM CDT Monday, Jun. 2, 2025 Five people were taken to hospital, including three who were in critical condition, after they were stabbed on Mountain Avenue early Monday.
Renters group wants Kinew to make good on rent-control promise made during 2023 campaign

1 week ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Malak Abas

By: Malak Abas Posted: 5:27 PM CDT Friday, May. 30, 2025 A Manitoba housing advocacy group is putting the provincial NDP on notice after they say campaign promises to better protect renters have been left unanswered.
At Winnipeg's Portage Place mall, signs emerge of ambitious $650-M transformation

1 week ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Malak Abas

A group of people gather near a hair salon and a cellphone kiosk in Portage Place, nearly six months to the day that True North formally acquired the downtown mall that’s been struggling for years. They are at the centre of the ambitious development plan. They don’t work downtown or drive here occasionally, they call it home.
‘Heavy heart’: Women’s centre fundraising for fence to combat vandalism

1 week ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Malak Abas

WINNIPEG’S longest-running inner-city women’s resource centre is fundraising to put up a fence after spending tens of thousands on vandalism repairs. Over the weekend, the North End Women’s Centre had a window smashed, stairs broken and air conditioners damaged, leaving people who seek support through its programming to do so in the heat Monday, its executive director said.
BIZ says removal of parking meters another hit to downtown

2 weeks ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Malak Abas

Efforts to get people downtown are about to get tougher. The organization that represents downtown merchants says the city’s decision to remove parking meters will deal another blow to the struggling area. “This change doesn’t make it easier for people to come downtown,” Kate Fenske, the CEO of Downtown Winnipeg BIZ, said Thursday.
Manitoba funds vet program for Indigenous communities

3 weeks ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Malak Abas

Two Indigenous communities will receive funding for four years from the Manitoba government to help with problematic dog populations that pose a risk to people’s safety. “(The pilot project will) support the vision, the action plan to control dog populations, increase the health and the welfare of dogs, and decrease the risk of harm to community members from diseases or interactions with dogs,” Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced at the Winnipeg Humane Society Friday.
No valedictory speech at University of Manitoba medical school convocation after 2024 controversy

3 weeks ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Malak Abas

The 101 students who officially became doctors Thursday morning at the University of Manitoba’s medical school convocation celebrated their accomplishment by tossing their graduation caps in the air and posed for photos with friends and family in much the same way as classes have done forever. But the Class of 2025 left the Bannatyne campus ceremony without having heard from their elected valedictorian.
Measles vaccine eligibility expanded in high-risk areas of Manitoba

3 weeks ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Malak Abas

As the number of measles cases in Manitoba doubled over the last week, the province is lowering the age of vaccine eligibility for infants in high-risk areas, it announced Wednesday. In its weekly update, the province announced 44 confirmed and four probable cases of measles in Manitoba, which includes data up to May 10. Last Wednesday’s case count, which included data up to May 3, listed 20 confirmed and four possible cases.