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Judge sentences former Winnipeg teacher to 5 years for 'inherently wrongful' relationship with student
A formerteacher at a Winnipeg high school has been sentenced to five years in prison, after she wasconvicted of sexual assault following whata judge called an "inherently wrongful" months-long relationship with a teenage student.
Canada -Manitoba |
Southern Chiefs ask courts to give Lake Winnipeg Charter rights to life, liberty, security
The Southern Chiefs' Organization says it's taking Manitoba Hydro and the provincial government to court in a Charter challenge to have Lake Winnipeg given all the rights and protections of a living entity.
Canada -Manitoba |
First Nation's child welfare agency sues former executive director, alleging fraud of nearly $11M
A south-central Manitoba First Nations child welfare agency is suing its former executive director, alleging he fraudulently enriched himself at the expense of the agency and left it out more than $10 million.
Canada -Manitoba |
NDP's Leila Dance hangs on to party's stronghold seat in Elmwood-Transcona byelection
Leila Dance has heldon to the NDP's seat in the eastern Winnipeg riding of Elmwood-Transcona, defeating Conservative Colin Reynolds in a federal byelectionthat was called following the resignation of the area's longtime representative earlier this year.
Canada -Manitoba |
4-year sentence for guardian's 'reprehensible' failure to get help for abused toddler before 2018 death
A Manitoba woman convicted in the death of her toddler cousin has been sentenced to four years in prison. The three-year-old died in 2018 after being rushed to a nursing station with evidence of severe abuse while he was in the womans care.
Canada -Manitoba |
Inquest recommends more mental health services after inmate's death in Manitoba jail
An inquest into the death of a 26-year-old man who died while incarcerated in segregation in 2020 is recommending more mental health services for inmates at the Manitoba jail where he died.
Canada -Manitoba |
Former Winnipeg teacher, counsellor sentenced to 33 months for 'extremely disturbing' child porn collection
A former teacher and counsellor who worked with vulnerable youth in Winnipeg has been sentenced to 33 months after police discovered an enormous collection of what a judge called "horrific" child pornography during a search of his home last year.
Canada -Manitoba |
Former Winnipeg bagel shop owner pleads guilty to possessing proceeds of crime linked to drug trafficking ring
Lawyers are asking for a man who co-owned a Winnipeg bagel shop to be sentenced to more than four years in prison after he pleaded guilty this week to possessing proceeds of crime over $5,000 almost two years after allegations thathe was a high-ranking member of a drug trafficking network came to light.
Canada -Manitoba |
Manitoba corrections officer acquitted in 2021 death of Headingley inmate William Ahmo
A corrections officer charged in the 2021 death of an inmate who was shown on video repeating the words "I can't breathe" while officers swarmed and restrained him in a Manitoba jail has been acquitted in the man's death.
Canada -Manitoba |
Should serial killers serve multiple sentences consecutively? Winnipeg case ignites debate
The brutal acts of a Winnipeg serial killer that left even the judge who handed him a life sentence calling that punishment inadequate have illuminated a debate over how long people convicted of murdering multiple victims should have to wait before getting a chance to apply for parole.
Canada -Manitoba |