Nipawin firefighters save Christmas gifts in late-night house fire
The call marked Nipawin Fire’s 249th response of the year, the highest number on record to date.
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Third straight dry year means projected loss at Crown-owned Manitoba Hydro
Manitoba Hydro is reporting a net loss of $293 million for the first six months of the 2025‑26 fiscal year, compared with a net loss of $123 million in the same period last year.
Residents of Saskatchewan town without water for days after supply compromised
A broken hatch at Outlook’s water distribution reservoir left the town without water, as officials were forced to assume the worst about what might have entered the system.
From dialysis despair to new life: the Manitoba doctor behind 1,000+ transplants
Dr. Peter Nickerson, a longtime transplant immunologist and now Dean and Vice-Provost (Health Sciences) at the University of Manitoba’s Max Rady College of Medicine, is credited with helping design the modern health-systems approach to transplant medicine that Canada relies on today.
Third straight dry year means projected loss at Crown-owned Manitoba Hydro
Manitoba Hydro is reporting a net loss of $293 million for the first six months of the 2025‑26 fiscal year, compared with a net loss of $123 million in the same period last year.
Residents of Saskatchewan town without water for days after supply compromised
A broken hatch at Outlook’s water distribution reservoir left the town without water, as officials were forced to assume the worst about what might have entered the system.
From dialysis despair to new life: the Manitoba doctor behind 1,000+ transplants
Dr. Peter Nickerson, a longtime transplant immunologist and now Dean and Vice-Provost (Health Sciences) at the University of Manitoba’s Max Rady College of Medicine, is credited with helping design the modern health-systems approach to transplant medicine that Canada relies on today.