Investigation Concludes Insufficient Evidence to Lay Charges Against Officer
Manitoba's police watchdog says there's not enough evidence to lay charges against an RCMP officer accused of abusing a child.
The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba launched a review after Spruce Woods RCMP received a complaint last June.
It was alleged an officer physically abused a child between 2010 and 2015.
The investigation unit says in a news release that the matter is closed.
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MVSD Making Student Voice Committee
Mountain View School Division has come up with a pilot project to let students have a voice.
The Student Voice Committee will be comprised of two students from DRCSS, two student representatives from five different schools in the Parkland area, and one staff rep from divisional administration. They will meet seven times per school year to talk about the important issues and priorities that students want with their education and report it back to the board.
Superintendent, Donna Davidson, says it's important to keep in mind that education is something we do together, and not something that is done to students.
"What's important is to give students an opportunity to share their thoughts, and research tells us that if students have a voice and feel that they're heard, they become more engaged in their school and their student achievement improves."
The project is hoping to kick off next fall. Right now they are in the stages of figuring out how to recruit members.
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Sask NDP Need New Leader
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Cam Broten has stepped down after a crushing provincial election result that included losing his own seat.
Broten says the decision was for the good of the party and his family.
He says the party didn't get everything right in the recent election and he takes responsibility for that.
Saskatchewan NDP president Theresa Sabourin paid tribute to Broten, saying he put forward a vision of Saskatchewan where everyone would benefit from the province's prosperity.
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UFO Sightings Up in Manitoba and Canada
The 2015 Canadian UFO Survey says Quebec leads the country when it comes to sightings of unidentified flying objects.
The annual survey by Winnipeg-based Ufology Research was released yesterday and says last year had the second-largest number of sightings in the last three decades, with 1,267.
The year with the most UFO reports -- a whopping 1,981 -- was 2012, which was also supposed to be the year the world ended, according to the Mayan calendar.
Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland reported more sightings last year than the year before, but Quebec alone is responsible for about 35 per cent of all reports in 2015.
