Provincial News

WINNIPEG — A Cree man has filed a lawsuit against two Manitoba health authorities alleging he did not receive timely medical care and was accused of nursing a hangover.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is buying apartment buildings and plans to start clearing encampments next month as part of its long-term strategy to reduce homelessness.

GOD'S LAKE NARROWS, MAN. — A 12-year-old girl has died after a snowmobile crash in northern Manitoba. RCMP say three children were on a toboggan being pulled by a snowmobile last Friday near the community of God's Lake Narrows.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is sending 16 provincial law enforcement officers to the Canada-U. S. border to shore up security, Premier Scott Moe announced Tuesday.

One in 10 Canadians live in communities susceptible to workforce disruption from the transition to a greener economy, a new report suggests while underlining solutions that could help those regions adapt.

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba man ran down and executed a neighbour he had caught stealing from his property, a Crown prosecutor told jurors in a murder trial Monday.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's new provincial police force has begun interviewing Mounties as it prepares to launch this year, a move critics say highlights concerns of job poaching.

WINNIPEG — Defensive end Willie Jefferson is remaining with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The six-foot-seven, 248-pound Jefferson agreed to terms on a one-year contract extension Sunday with the CFL club.

WINNIPEG — The battle for the leadership of the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives is three months from being decided, and the two men vying for the role are laying out different paths to try to reignite the party voted out of office in the last elec

WINNIPEG — Connor Hellebuyck stepped into the limelight again on Saturday, but the Winnipeg Jets' goaltender had a strong supporting cast in a 3-0 blanking of the Colorado Avalanche.