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Short 20,000 hogs per month, Maple Leaf has reduced the number of employees who work in Brandon from a potential peak capacity of 2,300 to 1,900, according to plant manager Morgan Curran-Blaney.

Steve Ashton, minister of emergency measures and flood fighting, was perfectly resolute in his warning to the protesters trying to halt the opening of the emergency outlet from Lake St. Martin.

Katie Powell is surrounded by donations of pet food and water to help feed animals left behind because of flooding.

A Winnipeg man says an apology from Seven Oaks General Hospital officials doesn't ease the pain of missing his father's final lucid moments.

Corb Lund, shown here at a 2012 concert in Brandon, Man., is one of Canada's best songwriters.

Martin Freeman as Lester Nygaard is shown in a scene from the new television show "Fargo."

Harlequin's lineup is fronted by original singer-songwriter George Belanger , who is joined by original keyboardist Gary harmony vocals, Derrick Gottfried on guitar and AJ Chabidon on drums.

Statistics Canada says itinerant flights to and from Hamilton airport fell in 2013 for the seventh consecutive year.

Edward Henrickson was rushed to the Seven Oaks hospital's emergency ward, where he waited for three hours before being transferred to the Health Sciences Centre.

The Shoal Lake First Nation wants the Canadian Museum of Human Rights to acknowledge human rights abuses it says it has suffered because of a water diversion that provides water to Winnipeg.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has taken a chopper tour of flood-stricken southern Manitoba but apparently his government doesn't see any need for NDP Leader Tom Mulcair to see the disaster zone for himself.

Heavy rains in western Manitoba and Saskatchewan recently have raised the level of the Assiniboine River, causing it to overflow its banks, flooding roads and farmers' fields.

Lloyd Axworthy recently retired as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Winnipeg; he is a former minister of foreign affairs An Alberta court ruling on Tuesday in the case of convicted terrorist Omar Khadr is a reminder of a basic trust that Canadians should expect from their government: To have their rights protected when abroad.

Nick Dasko bought his first car when he was 22 - a seven-year-old Mazda Protege that cost him $10,000.

The Work Permit is valid for a one year period for exploration work such as line cutting, exploration and geotechnical drilling.

Winnipeg crews deal with a tree that fell onto a house in the 300 block of Pritchard Avenue on Tuesday afternoon.

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I hate waking up beside my girlfriend in the bed. When we are amorous at night I love to be in bed with her, but then I want her to go home.

Ontario Provincial Police say Christopher Silman, 29, was last seen swimming near a cottage on Bigelow Island at about 9 p.m. on Saturday.

The province, for the 15th year running, was declared the Slurpee capital of Canada in a promotion by Slurpee purveyors 7-Eleven.

Blake Duchek's farm in Saskatchewan was pummeled with as much as 11 inches of rain in the span of three days last month, killing crops that were sitting in several inches to a foot of water.