Shamattawa Declares State of Emergency Due to Destructive Fire
A northern Manitoba community has declared a state of emergency after fire destroyed its only grocery store, band office, post office and radio station.
There were no injuries, but chief Jeffrey Napaokesik of Shamattawa First Nation says his community of 1,500 has been devastated by Thursday's blaze.
He says the fire started in the band office as staff were attending a funeral.
---
Fall Clothes Donation Blitz Cancelled
There will be no Canadian Diabetes Association clothesline blitz here in Dauphin at the end of september.
Normally, there is an intake twice a year: once in the spring and once in the fall.
But this year's fall date has been cancelled.
The blitz will be back in May 2017.
---
Justice System Not an Easy Fix, Says Minister
Manitoba's justice minister says fixing the province's justice system will pose a significant challenge.
Heather Stefanson was reacting to the release this week of a report by Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a public-policy think-tank in Ottawa.
The report gave Manitoba's criminal justice system the worst provincial ranking and the second worst overall.
It said Manitoba has the second highest per-capita violent crime rate and fourth highest per-capita property crime rate among the provinces.
---
Yahoo Says User Data Stolen in Massive Hack
Yahoo says the personal information in 500-million user accounts was stolen in a massive security breakdown.
The breach disclosed yesterday actually dates back to late 2014.
The stolen data includes users' names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, scrambled passwords and security questions for verifying their ID.
Yahoo is blaming the hack on a "state-sponsored actor'' and is recommending users change their passwords.
