6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (771+ words) Brandon 20° C, Cloudy WINNIPEG — Independent schools are preparing to welcome a record number of students as more families pay for faith-based instruction and secular alternatives. The overwhelming majority of Manitoba children — 200,000 — are starting in the public school system this fall....

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (823+ words) Brandon 21° C, Light rain with wind OTTAWA - American diplomat Baxter Hunt recalls showing up to work at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa the morning after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and finding "a mountain of flowers" outside the building. OTTAWA – American…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (170+ words) Brandon 13° C, Cloudy Data from Congo’s Ministry of Health showed the outbreak has recorded 6,186 confirmed cases, including 3,007 deaths since it was declared in mid-May. It remains the fastest-growing outbreak of Ebola ever. The disease has continued to spread rapidly for…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1751+ words) Brandon 18° C, Cloudy with wind Jurors began deliberating Monday in the trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is accused of orchestrating the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. The deliberations, which follow closing arguments earlier Monday, come after nine days…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (186+ words) Brandon 18° C, Cloudy Karina had maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour (130 kilometers per hour), the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said, making it a Category 1 hurricane. A major hurricane is Category 3 or greater. The storm was located about 820 miles (1,325 kilometers)…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (667+ words) Brandon 19° C, Light rain with wind “We’ve recognized from the start that America has changed. We recognize that sometimes its signature is written in pencil.” — Prime Minister Mark Carney It has been seven months since Mark Carney rose to the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (847+ words) Brandon 22° C, Sunny WASHINGTON - U.S. Vice-President JD Vance weighed in on the latest trade deal with Canada at a fundraising event Wednesday, saying Prime Minister Mark Carney tried to "out-tough" President Donald Trump while crediting his longtime friend Conservative…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (796+ words) Brandon 9° C, Clear Moving beyond traditional roles as communicators of established knowledge, science museums are engaging more and more with difficult societal issues. Despite the pressing importance of responding to mental health globally and locally, science museums have rarely been…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (183+ words) Brandon 17° C, Cloudy with wind MONTREAL – A Quebec law firm says a provincial Superior Court judge has approved a historic $31.5-million settlement for sexual assault claimants in a class-action lawsuit against the Quebec City archdiocese. The greenlit agreement ends a…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (703+ words) Brandon 16° C, Cloudy with wind WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority has directed three long-term care centres to make space for hospital patients, citing “exceptionally high demand for care across the health-care system.” “Riverview Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre and…...