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SUPPLIED Julie Regner loves to see Canadians tackle the slopes or après-ski at North Dakota’s Frost Fire Park.

Manitobans continue to draw line in sand, choose not to cross once-neighbourly line on land

Chris Kitching 7 minute read Monday, Feb. 23, 2026

Julie Regner loves to see Canadians tackle the slopes or après-ski at North Dakota’s Frost Fire Park, which has drawn skiers and snowboarders across the border for decades.

While there hasn’t been an official tally of visitors this season, the park’s general manager doesn’t think she’s seeing as many Manitobans amid the steep decline in Canadians venturing south.

“I would say it’s maybe decreased some from last year. They’re definitely still coming down to ski,” Regner said from the park, which is close to Walhalla, just 10 kilometres south of the border.

“We just love having them come down. They’re super nice people.”

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A city committee heard a report Tuesday on the planned development of Winnipeg Airports Authority land. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)

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MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES Manitoba’s chief public health officer, Dr. Brent Roussin, says the last few years have seen a downward trend in the number of people getting vaccinated for flu and COVID-19.

Manitoba pharmacists push for increased role in administration of vaccines

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Manitoba pharmacists push for increased role in administration of vaccines

Chris Kitching 6 minute read Yesterday at 6:39 PM CDT

Manitoba’s public health officials are preparing for influenza season to peak earlier than usual amid concerns about declining uptake for flu and COVID-19 vaccinations.

While the season started early in some provinces, including Ontario and B.C., Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief public health officer, said it’s too soon to conclusively say if the same will happen here.

“But certainly seeing what’s around us and seeing an uptick (in cases) here, it’s making a concern it might be an early year,” he told the Free Press on Thursday.

Manitoba’s flu season usually peaks in late December, with the vaccination campaign continuing into the new year.

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MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES Two nurses working at the Grace Hospital have been fined $2,500 each and reprimanded for an IV infusion gone bad and an attempted coverup.

Nurses disciplined for botched IV infusion

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Nurses disciplined for botched IV infusion

Nicole Buffie 4 minute read Yesterday at 4:32 PM CDT

Two nurses working at the Grace Hospital have been reprimanded and fined $2,500 each for an IV infusion gone bad and an attempted coverup.

The incident happened on November 23, 2023 when a nurse asked a colleague to set up an IV infusion on him in an unused operating room.

During the attempted IV start, the nurse lost consciousness. The nurse who attempted the IV drip and another who was in the room called for help and several staff responded.

The nurse regained consciousness and vomited, but recovered and continued to work his shift, a March 18 decision by the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba says.

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RUTH BONNEVILLE / FREE PRESS FILES The province is adding 103 new community-based spaces in Winnipeg for patients who no longer need to be in hospital but still need somewhere safe to go. That’s a good investment.

New beds fill gaps, won’t fix health-care woes

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New beds fill gaps, won’t fix health-care woes

Tom Brodbeck 6 minute read Yesterday at 2:45 PM CDT

The NDP government is finally putting more money into one of the most important solutions to Manitoba’s emergency-room crisis: getting patients who no longer require acute-care treatment out of hospitals and into more appropriate care.

The province is adding 103 new community-based spaces in Winnipeg for patients who no longer need to be in hospital but still need somewhere safe to go.

That’s a good investment. It’s also an acknowledgement of a problem that has been clogging Manitoba’s hospitals for years.

About 600 patients are occupying hospital beds on an average day even though they no longer require acute care treatment. They are waiting for personal-care-home beds, housing, home supports, mental-health services or other community-based options.

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Manitoba worker dead after fall from roof

Matthew Frank 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 5:18 PM CDT

The province is investigating after a worker died on the job after falling off a roof last month.

The worker, who was employed by Winnipeg-based Pristine Roofing & Siding, was critically injured on Sept. 22 after falling from a roof during a residential re-roofing project in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, a provincial spokesperson said in an email.

The man later died.

The investigation is ongoing, and no other information will be provided, the spokesperson said Thursday.

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Dozens of Uber, Lyft drivers switched to cheaper insurance coverage: MPI probe

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Dozens of Uber, Lyft drivers switched to cheaper insurance coverage: MPI probe

Erik Pindera 5 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 6:09 PM CDT

Ride-service drivers have been defrauding Manitoba Public Insurance by improperly insuring their vehicles as for personal use.

The public insurer and the City of Winnipeg, which regulates ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft, discovered the widespread fraud after MPI conducted a review in December last year.

“When a driver changes their coverage from ride-share insurance to a personal vehicle coverage and continues to operate as a ride-share driver, that is fraud, plain and simple,” said MPI chief executive officer Satvir Jatana at a news conference Thursday.

MPI’s review looked at a random sample of 408 ride-hailing vehicles and found 108 were operating without the proper vehicle-for-hire insurance coverage. In order to register with the city as a ride-service driver, a vehicle must have such insurance and proof must be provided to the ride-booking company.

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JESSICA LEE / FREE PRESS FILES Canadian Mennonite University was hit by a cyberattack in September, compromising some of the school’s information on current and former students and employees. JESSICA LEE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Canadian Mennonite University is photographed May 5, 2023. Reporter: Maggie Macintosh

Canadian Mennonite University students, staff victims of cyberattack

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Canadian Mennonite University students, staff victims of cyberattack

Free Press staff 4 minute read Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026

Canadian Mennonite University fell victim to a cyberattack that compromised the data of current and former students and employees last month.

School officials became aware of the cybersecurity incident, in which an “unknown third party” accessed its information technology systems without authorization, on Sept. 18, university president Cheryl Pauls said in a recent statement.

The university has since confirmed the third party used that access to steal information from its systems.

“We immediately initiated our incident response plan, retained expert assistance, and informed the university community whose workflows were affected as soon as we became aware of the incident,” Pauls said. “We also reported this incident to law enforcement and will be filing a report with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.”

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Uber bans city driver facing sexual assault charge

Matthew Frank 2 minute read Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026

A Winnipeg Uber driver has been permanently banned from the platform after police charged the man for allegedly sexually assaulting a passenger last month.

A woman reported that she used the ride service on Sept. 27 and the 27-year-old driver sexually assaulted her once the vehicle reached its destination in the Weston neighbourhood, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release.

Police said the woman was able to escape and get to safe place. The driver was arrested on Sept. 28 at an apartment complex on Kennedy Street. He was later released with conditions.

An Uber spokesperson said the driver is permanently banned, and the company is assisting police with the investigation.

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Governor General Louise Arbour (Adrian Wyld / The Canadian Press files)

Indigenous leaders meet with Governor General during first official visit to Manitoba

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Indigenous leaders meet with Governor General during first official visit to Manitoba

Chris Kitching 5 minute read Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026

Three Indigenous leaders were encouraged after discussing reconciliation and the need to confront residential school denialism with Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour, while she began her first official visit to Manitoba Wednesday.

Arbour had a private meeting with Grand Chief Garrison Settee of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, which represents northern First Nations, Manitoba Inuit Association CEO Gayle Gruben and Manitoba Métis Federation cabinet minister Will Goodon at the legislature.

“The message is clear that truth and reconciliation is part of something that we, as all of Canada and the world, need to understand. It is not something that just ends,” Gruben said after the meeting.

“I am a residential school survivor, so I did inform (Arbour) that there are a lot of deniers, but there’s also a lot of people who support us.”

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