Boy, 15, charged with assault after RCMP officer attacked at Leaf Rapids Health Centre
A 15-year-old boy is charged with assault after an RCMP officer was stabbed at the health centre in Leaf Rapids, Man.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/rcmp-leaf-rapids-health-centre-stabbing-9.7066567?cmp=rss

Power out in northwestern Manitoba town due to wildfire that also destroyed one home
Manitoba Hydro says power is out in the northern town of Leaf Rapids after a wildfire entered the community earlier this week and destroyed some infrastructure.
#wildfire #power #infrastructure #community #Manitoba #LeafRapids
https://globalnews.ca/news/11304396/leaf-rapids-manitoba-wildfires-hydro/

Leaf Rapids evacuees come together amid wildfire fears
Evacuees from Leaf Rapids banding together in Winnipeg and wondering what's going to be left of their tight-knit community when wildfires recede.
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https://globalnews.ca/news/11303148/leaf-rapids-evacuees-come-together-amid-wildfire-fears/

Thompson RCMP looking for missing Leaf Rapids man last seen in May
A 23-year-old man who was last seen at a home in Thompson last month is still missing, Manitoba RCMP say.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/missing-leaf-rapids-man-thompson-rcmp-1.7565255?cmp=rss

Leaf Rapids resident living in Thompson missing: RCMP
RCMP are asking for the public's help in finding a woman who has been missing for almost a week in northern Manitoba. 
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/missing-woman-leaf-rapids-thompson-1.7542255?cmp=rss

Residents in Leaf Rapids, Man., miss out on health care when they can't pay travel costs
Leaf Rapids, a town of about 350 people, 750km north of Winnipeg has a small clinic, usually with one nurse and no doctors, which leaves most patients requiring medical care to travel to Thompson or Lynn Lake. Some people don’t have the money to bear the upfront c...
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/leaf-rapids-health-care-travel-1.7458762?cmp=rss

Residents of declining northern Manitoba town under provincial administration want bigger say in their future
It's been more than two decades since Leaf Rapids, Man. — once touted as a model for mining towns elsewhere in Canada — lost its main economic engine with the closure of a mine in 2002. Problems in the community have piled up since then, residents say.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/leaf-rapids-residents-problems-1.74032...