By: Mike McIntyre
Winnipeg Free Press
A Winnipeg man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for beating his friend to death during a May long weekend drinking party at a downtown hotel.
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By: Staff Writer
OTTAWA – The federal government is being willfully blind to poverty and hunger in its own back yard, the head of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs said Wednesday.
Ottawa is offering help to suicide-pained Vancouver Island First Nation
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Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press
VICTORIA - It's not uncommon for the chief of Vancouver Island's Cowichan Tribes to receive a call from a suicidal tribal resident.
Abegweit First Nation buying up more lobster
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CBC News
Abegweit First Nation is playing a bigger role than ever in P.E.I.'s lobster fishing industry, buying lobster from both native and non-native fishermen on seven wharves around the Island.
First Nations flood evacuees re-registered for benefits
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CBC News
More than 2,400 Manitoba First Nations flood evacuees have registered a second time for federal flood benefits, as officials hope to prevent more fraudulent claims from being filed.
UN envoy blasts Canada for ‘self-righteous’ attitude over hunger, poverty
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Sarah Schmidt, Postmedia News
OTTAWA — Canada needs to drop its “self-righteous” attitude about how great a country it is and start dealing with its widespread problem of food insecurity, the United Nations right-to-food envoy says.
Man, 22, missing after boat capsizes
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By: Kevin Rollason
Winnipeg Free Press
Lake Manitoba has already claimed one cousin and relatives are holding out hope it doesn't claim another.
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By Trevor Greyeyes
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