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1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Sam Thompson

A Manitoba First Nation is taking the reins at an organization that provides youth and family services — a move that’s being lauded as an important step on the path to reconciliation. The Link: Youth and Family Supports (formerly Macdonald Youth Services) is being taken over by Brokenhead Ojibway First Nation in a repatriation process, part of the First Nation’s efforts to reclaim jurisdiction and oversight of child and family services.

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Sam Thompson

A number of suspects have been arrested and charged in connection with a homicide late last month on Wellington Avenue, Winnipeg police say. Officers were initially called about a suspicious death on the morning of March 28 and found the victim, 30-year-old Bronson Emery Dale Kequahtooway. Homicide investigators took over, and with the help of the tactical support team, raided a home on Simcoe Street the next day and arrested three people.

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Sam Thompson

Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Ontario man is in custody facing charges — including luring a person under 16 — after he allegedly travelled to Winnipeg to meet a teenage girl, police said.

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Sam Thompson

Manitoba’s provincial government was focused on international trade Tuesday morning, as Premier Wab Kinew met with representatives from the European Union. Kinew met with ambassador Geneviève Tuts and 18 heads of mission of European member states at the Manitoba legislature, where he discussed increasing trade. It was all part of meeting the premier called an opportunity to show European nations that Manitoba is open for business, as the trade war between Canada and the United States continues.