Frustratingly poor cellphone service is leaving many residents of the rural municipalityof St.Laurentconcerned for their safety, as hopes for a new cellphone tower in the southern Manitoba municipality still haven't come through.

The predominately Mtis fishing community in St. Laurent, Man., still uses Bombardier snow coaches as transportation and shelter to handle the harsh winter conditions on Lake Manitoba.

Student athletes from the English and French schools in the town of St. Laurent have forged friendships after joining forces on the basketball court.

Organizers of a long-running Afro-Caribbean Association of Manitobajob and career fair that returns this weekend say the event has been helping Winnipeg workplaces become more diverse for decades, while helping job-seekers connect with a wide variety of opportunities.

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is urging patrons to buy tickets directly from its website or box office after it lost $10,000 to online ticket scammers during its recent production of The Nutcracker.

Burnell Place manager Gwen Flett says she was inspired to start a business offering lodging to First Nations people visiting Winnipeg for health care after she felt overwhelmed by the city as a young patient from St. Theresa Point, Man.

The Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth said the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old girl, allegedly by another teen, highlights a mental health crisis facing youth in this province.