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A Manitoba woman is appealing her conviction for hiding the remains of six babies she conceived over many years in a rented storage locker.
Forty-three-year-old Andrea Giesbrecht was sentenced in July to 8 1/2 years for concealing the dead body of a child.
Her trial was told she put the remains in plastic bags and containers inside a U-haul storage locker.
They were discovered by workers who opened the locker in October 2014 after Giesbrecht fell behind on her payment
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This weekend a Raku Pottery workshop is being hosted by the Dauphin Pottery and Ceramics Club at the Watson Art Centre.
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The Manitoba Tourism Awards have released their list of finalists for this year.
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The Manitoba Farm Safety Program is partnering with Saint John’s Ambulance to offer first aid courses specifically designed for different farming operations.
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A new CAO was hired for the Grandview Municipality’s administration.
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Residents in Gilbert Plains gathered at the Gilbert Plains Collegiate Institute’s gymnasium for a special screening of CBC’s Still Standing episode featuring their community last night.
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The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a point to one per cent this morning.
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Manitoba Liberal leadership candidate Cindy Lamoureux is boycotting her party's all-candidates' debates in protest over the 15-dollar admission fee to the October 21st leadership convention.
The Burrows M-L-A says also objects to the five-dollar admission fee for anyone wanting to watch today's debate in Selkirk and next week's debate in Winnipeg.
She says she believes the race should be about growing the party and bringing in new members.
Lamoureux is running against Dougald Lamont and M-L-A Jon Gerrard.
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The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history made landfall overnight in the islands of the northeast Caribbean.
In Barbuda, the storm ripped the roof off the island's police station forcing officers to seek refuge in the nearby fire station and a community centre serving as an official shelter.
The storm is roaring along a path pointing to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba before possibly heading for Florida over the weekend.
Evacuation notices are expected today in the Florida Keys
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Starting on Thursday, the RCMP Community Outreach Program is hosting presentations on how to help prevent property crime in rural communities.
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