Two 16-year-old students from the Lord Selkirk Regional Comprehensive Secondary School in Selkirk are facing drug charges after being arrested Friday morning at the school.

Officials in Winnipeg report unusually low numbers of people are attending clinics to be vaccinated against the swine flu.

A man is recovering in hospital following a brawl outside a bar in Winnipeg.

A 25-year-old man is in stable condition in a Winnipeg hospital after being rescued from a burning home in Norway House, a community just north of Lake Winnipeg.

An incident in Winnipeg's Transcona neighbourhood early Saturday has left one man dead and several people in police custody.

The Winnipeg police's forensic unit is investigating whether an assault led to a man sustaining serious injuries. He was found in a bus shelter in St. Boniface at 8 a.m. Saturday.

Police seized 20 grams of marijuana and $200 in cash in a drug bust Friday at around noon. Two highschool students have been arrested and released on a promise to appear.

A man was taken to hospital after being involved in a fight outside a nightclub early Saturday morning. He has been taken to hospital and is now in stable condition.

Holiday celebrations are no longer reserved for people, pets can also get into the festive mood with an exclusive photo shoot at the Humane Society. Bring in your furry friends for a photo with Santa Paws or get a special Hanukkah photo taken.

A 25-year-old man is recovering after being trapped in a blazing fire at a home in Norway House. An elderly woman and a teenage boy also escaped the fire. Police say the cause is still not known.

Winnipeg Police say an injured male found in a bus shack near Marion Street and St. Mary's Road Saturday morning likely suffered from some sort of medical emergency.

Two high school students from Selkirk have been arrested and chargeds with possessing controlled substances for trafficking. Selkirk RCMP arrested the two students at the Lork Selkirk Secondary School Friday morning at 11:20 a.m.

Double-digit temperatures continued in Winnipeg and most of southern Manitoba today... indeed, setting a record-high for this date.

One man is listed in stable condition in hospital with serious head injuries after a brawl broke out in an Osborne Street nightclub early Saturday morning.

Two men are in custody facing charges after repeatedly assaulting a couple in Osborne Village Friday night... Around 9:30 pm Friday, two males approached a male and a female - both 48 years old - near the 100 block of Osborne Street, requesting money.

Friday at the Portage la Prairie Regional Library there was somethin' happenin', believe it when I tell you local kids were rappin'. Youth co-ordinator La Denna Stanley was teaching Rappin' Poets to kids who could write great rhymes but just didn't know it.[...]

The next H1N1 vaccine clinics in the Central Plains Region are in Gladstone on Nov. 27 at the Gladstone District Community Centre (79 - Fifth Street) from 12 noon to 7 p.m. and in Portage la Prairie Nov.[...]

A woman who said she fell asleep crashed her vehicle at the Portage la Prairie spillway on the Assiniboine River just southwest of the city Saturday.[...]

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On Wednesday at about 2:30 p.m., Portage la Prairie RCMP responded to a two- vehicle collision near Oakville.[...]

Bullying is not simply a “normal” part of growing up. It’s a serious issue, made more complex by technology that allows bullies to pursue their victims at school, around town, and into their homes.

WINNERS OF THE DRYDEN TOURNAMENT — the Wildcats posed for a team portrait. Back row, from left: Trent Thornborough, coach; Mike Fedak, Trevor Dickson, Dylan Thornbobough, Dorian Black, Daylon Creasy, Brett Vrooman, Travis Cullen, Mitch Thornborough, Corey Forbes, coach.

Each fall Carberry potato growers advertise for harvest help. Rick and Jackie Davison "hit the jackpot" when a young Japanese lady, Masako Yamazoe, applied. Masako (26), a nurse from Veda (pop 120,000) near Yokahama, was on a world adventure and had never been on a farm.

End of an Era? Each year, as part of our annual cattle operation, we have held a cattle drive. Although it is a lot of work, there is something to be said for “doing things the traditional way.” It looks as if that tradition may no longer be viable for us or other Manitoba cattle producers.

Friday at the Portage la Prairie Regional Library there was somethin' happenin', believe it when I tell you local kids were rappin'. Youth co-ordinator La Denna Stanley was teaching Rappin' Poets to kids who could write great rhymes but just didn't know it.

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Staff photo by Rob Swystun -- Kyle MacNair, a pharmacist with Regional Health Authority --- Central Manitoba Inc., fills syringes with the H1N1 flu vaccination at Portage Alliance Church Saturday. The syringes are filled with the vaccine prior to shots being given to help the process run smoother.

A woman who said she fell asleep crashed her vehicle at the Portage la Prairie spillway on the Assiniboine River just southwest of the city Saturday.

On Wednesday in the Central Plains, first responders were called to the scene of two major vehicular collisions — one fatal and the other that very easily could have been.

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Provincial opposition and PC leader Hugh McFadyen was in Altona for an early morning meeting on Nov. 16, launching a series of similar visits to locations in several southern Manitoba constituencies.

It's a Saturday morning, and while many may herald in the weekend by sleeping in, Brad Braun and Carey Kehler have their work gloves on and are gutting the inside of a century old barn in Neubergthal.

Nothing is as easy as it looks in the movies, including the sport of fencing. This is what the students of West Park School learned on Nov. 12 when they had a professional fencing coach give them a few pointers.