WARNING: This story contains details of suicide.Vaibhav Varma points to the Roman numerals tattooed on his bicep that read, "Oct. 26, 2006," with the signature of his younger brother, Yash, layered on top of his birthday. The ink is a reminder of and way to feel connected to Yash, who was 16 when he died by suicide in 2023. "The fact that my brother was struggling this much, it was completely unexpected to everyone," said Varma. Statistics Canada data released in 2022 says suicide rates were app...

When John Scott heard on the radio Friday that four people were found dead near the community of McCreary, Man., and three of those deaths were being investigated as homicides, he couldn't believe what he was hearing. Scott, a lifelong resident of the western Manitoba municipality located on the east side of Riding Mountain National Park, said the incident is something he never thought would happen there. Now he said people are trying to understand why it happened and Scott hopes investigators c...

A Manitoba couple say they're being discriminated against and are left fighting for maternity benefits because they had their daughter through surrogacy.Jaclyn and Tim Blazanovic welcomed Amelia to the world last October through surrogacy, after trying to have a child for 15 years, including five failed IVF attempts.But the wording of the collective agreement covering Jaclyn's job as an operating room assistant at Pan Am Clinic means since her daughter was born through surrogacy, Jaclyn isn't el...

The sounds of a drum and the national anthem of Chad echoed through the sanctuary at Knox United Church Thursday — a tune familiar to Raymond Ngarboui, for whom the north-central African country was once home.He came to Canada by way of Cameroon at the end of 2005 as part of a federal government-sponsored refugee program, but he's aware not everyone has that kind of opportunity.At the end of January, seven men from Chad were allegedly smuggled across the U.S. border and into Manitoba, RCMP said...

WARNING: This story contains distressing details.Witnesses say they are upset, scared and don't trust police anymore after they say officers used unnecessary force in an effort to restrain an intoxicated man over the weekend. The Independent Investigation Unit (IIU) of Manitoba — which investigates all serious matters involving police in the province — is looking into the incident after the 35-year-old man died following the incident in the early hours of Saturday morning.Multiple videos of the...

Longtime Winnipeg Jets forward Bryan Little was back in town Sunday as the only franchise he ever suited up for honoured him to mark the end of his hockey career.Little played 843 games with the Thrashers/Jets franchise, which is the second-most in club history. In September, the Jets announced the 36-year-old would sign a one-day contract with the team, allowing him to retire as a member of the team. "In my heart I never left, I was always a Jet,"  Little said during a news conference before pu...