A $47-million project that’ll create 165 rental units in Brandon broke ground last week. Keller Developments says the seven-acre apartment complex on the North Hill will include 13 buildings, along with commercial space. 25 of those units will be affordable housing.
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$51-million in new provincial funding has been announced to help upgrade the Hudson Bay Rail line bringing Manitoba’s total to $87.5-million. The project to expand the Port of Churchill already as $175-million in federal funding. The cash will also pay for new storage and loading systems, as well as additional ships and equipment.
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Two of Canada’s wealthiest families, the Westons and Thomsons, have teamed up to make an $18-million bid for the Hudson’s Bay Company Royal Charter. The goal is to donate the historic document to four public institutions including the Manitoba Museum. The auction could take place later this week.
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There’s controversy surrounding this past weekend’s election in Sioux Valley Dakota Nation. Jennifer Bone was declared the winner, but electoral officer Burke Ratté and candidate for chief Vince Tacan reject the results. Ratte says the vote count took place without his authority, and may have excluded online and mail-in ballots.
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The Manitoba Nurses Union is warning the home care system is close to collapsing amid skyrocketing demand. They say the number of clients has jumped 40% in the past decade while the total number of nursing hours grew by only 2%. The province says its currently training more health-care aides and hiring additional nurses.
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MP’s will vote on Prime Minister Marky Carney’s budget today. If it gets voted down it’ll send the country back to the polls less than a year after the last federal election. The Liberals had presented the budget as a plan to spend less and invest more in the face of U.S tariffs.
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Assiniboine College has produced a pair of ‘hot chefs’. Culinary Arts students Alicia Decosse and Presley Kuharski won gold at the ‘2025 Cooks the Books’ national cooking competition. It was held in Toronto last week. Their winning dish was a Birch Wasabi flat iron steak served with a Kimora rice cake and butter-braised carrots.
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning about a baby formula recall after it’s been linked to cases of botulism in the U-S. ByHeart’s ‘Whole Nutrition Infant Formula’, in 238 and 680 gram packages, have been
pulled from shelves. There have been no cases of illness in Canada, while in the U.S. at least 15 babies have been sickened.
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How Canadians are shopping this holiday season is being impacted by the high cost of living and a tough job market. A Bank of Montreal survey has found 41% of us are cutting back on spending this year – and a quarter have started shopping early to avoid price increases. The good news is many of us plan to buy local.
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‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ debuted at number one at theatres this past weekend. ‘The Running Man’ came in second in its debut weekend followed by ‘Predator: Badlands’, ‘Regretting You’, and ‘Black Phone 2’.
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The popular Labubu dolls, that have ignited a global frenzy, may light up movie screens in the future. Sony Pictures closed a deal last week to develop a movie based on the toothy monsters – but haven’t yet decided on whether it’ll be live action or animated. Sony is behind the latest hit movie ‘KPop Demon Hunters’.
