CBC News Online - Manitoba Digest - 2015-03-13

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Winnipeg businesses hopeful return of AHL good for downtown Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:51:38 EDT Winnipeg businesses hopeful return of AHL good for downtown Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:51:38 EDT Is Winnipeg a big enough market to support both teams, and if it is, what impact will the team have on the local economy? Read More NDP MP Pat Martin calls for investigation into Vic Toews' lobbying Fri, 13 Mar 2015 19:13:26 EDT NDP MP Pat Martin has asked the federal conflict of interest and ethics commissioner to investigate Vic Toews, a former Tory cabinet minister and current Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench judge. Read More FN leader asked to step down for accepting money from nuclear waste organization Fri, 13 Mar 2015 19:28:23 EDT Chiefs from a tribal council aligned with the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) say Grand Chief David Harper should step down after accepting $312,689 from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO). Harper maintains the money is simply for education, not to store waste. Read More School ski trip safety probed after death of girl, 13, in Manitoba Fri, 13 Mar 2015 14:00:45 EDT The Manitoba School Boards Association is looking for ways to make ski trips safer in the wake of Kelsey Brewster's death. Read More Rookie Adam Lowry talks on ice growth with Jets Fri, 13 Mar 2015 19:58:29 EDT Rookie Adam Lowry has been counted on most of the season to centre the team's third line, and he's loving the experience. Read More More Headlines Drugs, guns and cash seized in Manitoba trafficking probe Baloney Meter: Is niqab ban needed to prove citizenship applicant's ID? Still waiting for refunds from Winnipeg stem cell researcher, patients say Basketball brothers have eye on big weekend games in Winnipeg Power restored in northeast Winnipeg following crash with pole Waste reduction centre getting dumped by city: councillor Wet morning turns sunny, warm in southern Manitoba Manitoba Tories want review of NDP leadership vote Top 5 things to do in Winnipeg this weekend (March 13-15) Missing man Robert Wark has been found, say Winnipeg police