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WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is set to announce a second, bigger round of financial aid to help people deal with the rising cost of living.

WINNIPEG — A sexual assault trial for a doctor in rural Manitoba ended before it could begin Wednesday when the Crown stayed six charges more than a week after it was scheduled to start.

SELKIRK, Man. — For the second time this month, RCMP say a suspect was caught allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into prison by ingesting them.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is putting up close to $900,000 to set up the province's first Indigenous-led Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine clinic.

WINNIPEG — An Indigenous-led committee tasked with determining whether it's possible to recover the remains of two First Nations women from a landfill says there hasn't been waste deposited at an area of interest there since last summer.

LORETTE, Man.

WINNIPEG — Zach Ostapchuk had a goal and assist, Zach Benson had two assists and Mason Beaupit stopped all 20 shots he faced as the Winnipeg ICE crushed the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors 6-0 in Western Hockey League action on Sunday.

THOMPSON, Man. — An RCMP officer who punched a man while leaving a bar, causing a severe cut to his head, has been acquitted of assault causing bodily harm.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers agreed to terms Thursday with Canadian fullback Mike Miller on a one-year contract extension. The six-foot, 221-pound Miller, a native of Riverview, N.B.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson has made more changes to her inner circle. Stefanson has promoted Brad Salyn from policy director to chief of staff, filling a vacancy created earlier this month by the departure of Philip Houde.