Road warriors: Northern Manitoba's only lacrosse team eager to start season
Northern Manitoba's only high school lacrosse team travels hundreds of kilometres to play their games in Winnipeg. But after a wildfire-shortened season in 2025 Flin Flon's Hapnot Collegiate Kopper Kings can't wait to hit the road again.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/hapnot-lacrosse-flin-flon-northern-manitoba-kopper-kings-9.7149016?cmp=rss
Man, 33, wanted after hours-long assault against woman in northern Manitoba First Nation: RCMP
A 33-year-old man is wanted after a woman was violently assaulted and forcibly confined for hours at a home in a First Nation in northern Manitoba on Sunday, police say.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/chemawawin-arrest-warrant-assault-9.7147615?cmp=rss
Northern Manitoba, Sask. communities working to resolve cross-border health-care issues
People in and around Flin Flon have started a health care committee to improve regional care. Saskatchewan residents use the hospital in the northern Manitoba community, but sometimes have trouble accessing care.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/northern-manitoba-saskatchewan-health-care-regional-9.7147308?cmp=rss
Northern Manitoba, Sask. communities working to resolve cross-border health-care issues
People in and around Flin Flon have started a health care committee to improve regional care. Saskatchewan residents use the hospital in the northern Manitoba community, but sometimes have trouble accessing care.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/northern-manitoba-saskatchewan-health-care-regional-9.7147308?cmp=rss
Northern Manitoba, Sask. communities working to resolve cross-border health-care issues
People in and around Flin Flon have started a health care committee to improve regional care. Saskatchewan residents use the hospital in the northern Manitoba community, but sometimes have trouble accessing care.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/northern-manitoba-saskatchewan-health-care-regional-9.7147308?cmp=rss
Woman killed in head-on highway crash between 2 trucks in northern Manitoba
A 48-year-old woman died when the pickup truck she was driving collided head-on with another pickup on a highway north of Thompson, Man., last week.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/woman-killed-highway-crash-manitoba-9.7138719?cmp=rss
Mother details heartache, frustration at inquest into son's death in train derailment
The mother of a man who died after being pinned in a derailed freight train detailed the family's agonizing efforts to find out where his body was, even as they planned his funeral two days after the 2018 northern Manitoba crash.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/kevin-anderson-train-derailment-death-inquest-9.7130380?cmp=rss
Northern Manitoba mobile MRI unit parked in Thompson, struggling to keep staff, associations say
A mobile MRI unit intended to serve patients in two northern Manitoba communities has been parked in Thompson and is struggling to retain staff, according to two associations representing technologists.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/northern-mobile-mri-unit-staffing-9.7114955?cmp=rss
Northern Manitoba mobile MRI unit parked in Thompson, struggling to keep staff, associations say
A mobile MRI unit intended to serve patients in two northern Manitoba communities has been parked in Thompson and is struggling to retain staff, according to two associations representing technologists.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/northern-mobile-mri-unit-staffing-9.7114955?cmp=rss
2,000 people still can't return to their homes, Pimicikamak chief says
The leader of a First Nation in northern Manitoba that has been dealing with severe water damage, forcing many to leave, says 2,000 people remain displaced due to unhabitable homes.
#displacement #housing #northernManitoba
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/monias-pimicikamak-feb27-9.7109592?cmp=rss