CBC News Online - Manitoba Digest - 2015-02-27

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Vince Li, Greyhound bus killer, granted unsupervised passes to Winnipeg Fri, 27 Feb 2015 17:38:55 EST Vince Li, Greyhound bus killer, granted unsupervised passes to Winnipeg Fri, 27 Feb 2015 17:38:55 EST Vince Li, the man who beheaded a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba in 2008, has been granted more freedoms from the hospital where he is living, this time in the form of unsupervised day passes to visit Winnipeg. Read More Queen portrait that hung in old Winnipeg Jets arena coming home Thu, 26 Feb 2015 13:52:09 EST A giant portrait of Queen Elizabeth II that was a longtime fixture at the former Winnipeg Jets' home is coming out of storage in Ontario and heading back to Manitoba. Read More First Nation woman calls Air Transat's kids activity package racist Fri, 27 Feb 2015 05:00:00 EST Maria Morrison says her 12-year-old daughter gasped when she opened an activity package given to her on a recent Air Transat flight to Winnipeg. Inside the package was a cartoon image of a red creature wearing a feathered headdress. Read More Parker Lands retention pond project to cost $35M, city estimates Fri, 27 Feb 2015 20:26:29 EST The City of Winnipeg now has an estimated price tag — $35.42 million — to build a retention pond in the Parker Lands area, on land that was swapped in a controversial 2009 land deal. Read More Owner chases thief from Winnipeg convenience store with bat Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:22:13 EST A Winnipeg convenience store owner who was threatened at knife-point Thursday sent a thief sprinting out into the night after he chased the man from the premises with a baseball bat. Read More More Headlines 'The dialogue has started' on Canada's MMIW, says Selinger Service animal users face barriers in public spaces, report finds What every family must know to stay safe from fire Winnipeg lawyer David Bradley suspended by regulator Politicians, First Nations agree to another roundtable before end of 2016 Winnipeg graphic design students auction works for charity Missinippi Air adds flights from Flin Flon and The Pas to Saskatoon Selkirk student doesn't have measles after all, province says Manitoba spring flood risk low in most areas Have breakfast with Winnipeg's polar bears