Hot coffee and a steely resolve helped a 60-year-old woman fight off an armed attacker who tried to force her from her van as she was parked at a red light.

Some safety groups are sounding the alarm on new boating safety tests - which they say won't do much to keep Canadian waters safe.

Traffic will soon be back normal on the Fort Garry Bridge. Work on the westbound lanes is all but done, and those annoying detours will be closed this weekend.

Students in the Winnipeg School Division won't be seeing hand sanitizer dispensers when they return to the classroom next week. The division has banned the dispensers at all of its 77 schools.

Officials in the Prime Minister's office say that Stephen Harper will likely call an election next week and send voters to the polls on Oct. 14.

As a ninth death was linked Friday to the ongoing listeriosis outbreak, Canada's agriculture minister said the government is standing by it's food inspection system.

Two women are dead after a pickup truck slammed into a sushi bar packed with evening diners Thursday in Maple Ridge.

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The Canadian strong dollar has contributed to a more than sixfold increase in Canada's travel deficit and there's no relief in sight, a report prepared for the Canadian Tourism Commission suggests.

Airplanes operated by Zoom Airlines have been grounded in Calgary and Glasgow after the airline failed to pay several bills to government, airport, suppliers and the plane's owners.

If you haven't made any plans for the long weekend, don't plan on a last-minute camping trip in a Manitoba provincial park.

Most Manitoba children return to their classrooms on Tuesday, but Labour Day may not mark the end of summer vacation for some children on two Manitoba First Nations.

Winnipeg police believe they've caught a teen allegedly responsible for a string of attempted car thefts earlier this month.

Thousands of travellers were trying to book other flights Friday after the sudden collapse of Ottawa-based Zoom Airlines left them with useless tickets.

Winnipeg MP Pat Martin is angry that one of Manitoba's largest construction projects is employing temporary foreign workers.

Student research at the U of M Faculty of Dentistry has increased 200% in the past year, and tripled over the past two years, thanks to a one-of-a-kind program in Canada.

Keystone Agricultural Producers is expressing concerns with the recently announced expansion of Workers' Compensation Board coverage for farms and other agri-businesses.

The City says reconstruction of the westbound span of the Fort Garry Twin Bridges over the Red River on Bishop Grandin Boulevard is complete. Over this weekend, westbound traffic on Bishop Grandin Boulevard will be re-routed back onto the westbound structure and the detours closed.

Manitoba's high court has upheld the provincial smoking ban. The provincial court of appeal has overturned a lower court decision that quashed part of the law because it did not apply to First Nations. The Doer Government and a number of aboriginal communities appealed that decision.

The beach at Camp Arnes on Lake Winnipeg has been re-opened this morning. Inspectors have deemed it safe, after a recent emergency sewage discharge there. They say e-coli levels are within recreational water quality guidelines.

TORONTO -- Meat being sold in Manitoba is included on an an expanded recall list issued this morning. Almost 50 additional products have been added to an expanding list of items being recalled because they may contain some contaminated meat products from a Maple Leaf Foods (TSX:MSI) plant in Toronto.

A federal inmate who escaped from the O-chi-chak-ko-sipi Healing Lodge near Crane River First Nation is back in custody.

Police have arrested a 32-year-old man after a series of break-ins at home garages in the North End. The break-ins happened between June and August 2008, police say, with bikes, lawn equipment and tools stolen.

A 24-year-old man was taken to hospital after apparently trying to come to the aid of robbery victims in the Inkster Garden area Tuesday. Police said it appears after witnessing a robbery in progress near Meadows West School on Inkster Park Drive, the man and another person approached a group of four bandits and tried to intervene at about 5 p.m. Tuesday.

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According to its MySpace site, Christian rock act A New Honour lists Alter Bridge, Lifehouse and Switchfoot as influences. The band might as well have included boredom and blandness in that list, as The Untitled Truce is so mind-numbly safe it makes Collective Soul sound like the spawn of Satan.

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Big Dave McLean's been busting out the blues for close to 40 years, but the veteran Winnipeg musician is just now getting around to recording his softer side. Acoustic Blues: Got 'em From the Bottom is the bluesman's third release on Stony Plain Records and the first unplugged McLean album.

During this time, Blue Hills RCMP members have responded to approximately 54 calls for service or incidents in the Town of Carberry, RM of North Cypress, Village of Glenboro and RM of South Cypress areas.

Terry Brock and Alex Christison, at left, of the Carberry Ag Society, graciously accept a cheque for $1,200 from Justin Walsh, production manager at McCain Foods in Carberry. The donation was put towards the recent upgrade of the ‘Round House’ at the fairgrounds.

GOING, GOING, GONE. – Brookdale’s curling rink is now history and the new one is well on its way to becoming a reality. The foundation is ready and the pony walls are done and some of the walls are semi constructed. However, harvest is calling and some of the more serious work will have to wait.

The Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health advises that two additional human cases of West Nile virus from the 2008 season have been identified in Manitoba. To date, a total of four positive test results of the virus have been reported in Manitoba.

Since 1966, the YMCA has been a trademark facility in the Wheat City for it’s countless efforts in helping the community get active and stay relatively healthy. It was made public recently th

Wheat City Journal: Where did you go to school? Paul Madryga: I went to grade school in rural Newfoundland. After that I got an arts degree at the University of Prince Edward Island and since then, I

Dear Editor    It wasn’t that long ago that the Conservative government, while in opposition, were declaring the necessity for an open and inclusive government. The citizens of this country should de

It happens every year at this time. As I drive home during the waining hours of the day, there is a farmer who is burning off the stubble in his field. You can see it coming, a haze in the distance

Sometimes reading the fine print on contracts and other documents can lead to interesting discoveries. In some cases, it can prevent a lot of headaches. Actually, it was having a few minutes to kill

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OTTAWA — If Prime Minister Stephen Harper forces a federal election in the coming days, a law professor at the University of Ottawa may go to court to challenge the legality of the election call.

Almost 50 additional products added to meat recall list early Friday THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Almost 50 additional products have been added to an expanding list of items being recalled because they may contain some contaminated meat products from a Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto.

TORONTO — Tim Robbins loves the New York Rangers, but has recently been given one less thing to love about the team — they weren’t able to re-sign pest Sean Avery this summer.

With the arrival of the Labour Day Classic comes the inevitable annual derision from Blue Bomber fans toward their Roughrider-loving rivals in Saskatchewan.

As the big date on the calendar looms, kids are feverishly making the most of what’s left of their summer vacation. Whether they like it or not, classes begin next week.

Installing culverts in the RM of Rhineland just got more costly after council received a letter from their supplier outlining a 22 per cent increase. CAO Mike Rempel said they had heard of increasing steel prices and were not shocked by the news.

Local retailers responded swiftly last week after Health Canada recalled about 200 Maple Leaf products suspected to be contaminated with the listeria bacteria.

It was a scene worthy of a Hollywood set according to Henry Suderman, as he witnessed a giant fireball ascend into the sky on Aug. 21. After an intense thunderstorm Suderman spotted a column of smoke rising north west of Altona and decided to investigate.

The Town of Gretna welcomes everyone to their annual Hot Spot Festival Sept. 5, 6 and 7. Starting with karaoke on Friday night, the fun continues with a free pancake breakfast and parade on Saturday morning.