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WINNIPEG — Veteran receiver Drew Wolitarsky is confident his Winnipeg Blue Bombers won’t be shut out by the visiting СÀ¶ÊÓƵ Lions on Thursday.

DAUPHIN, Man. — Doug Westhouse sits straight behind the wheel of a 12-passenger bus driving along a rural Manitoba highway waiting for the next call for a ride. The co-ordinator and driver for Grand Plains Handivan in Grandview, Man.

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg peace officer has been injured after an attempt to arrest a woman suspected of driving a stolen vehicle. Police say in a release the accused pulled a woman out of her vehicle Tuesday near the city's downtown before driving away.

DAUPHIN, Man. — A woman injured in last week's crash between a minibus and a transport truck in Manitoba has died in hospital, bringing the death toll to 16. RCMP said the woman, who had been in hospital since the crash, died Tuesday.

WINNIPEG — A new opinion poll suggests Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives have closed a bit of the gap in public support ahead of the election slated for Oct. 3.

DAUPHIN, Man. — Joe Coffey is preparing for something that doesn't normally happen in his small community. He owns Sneath-Strilchuk Funeral Services, one of two funeral homes in Dauphin, Man.

WINNIPEG — Three children died in separate drownings in Manitoba over a five-day period, RCMP said Tuesday. A 23-month-old boy was found last Thursday in Island Lake outside his family's home in Garden Hill First Nation.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Court of Appeal has quashed an appeal request from seven churches to have some of the province's former COVID-19 restrictions declared invalid.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson says the province will bring in experts if necessary as part of a review to ensure safety at an intersection where 15 seniors were killed in a crash.

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