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A brother and sister are dead and several others, including a Mountie, injured after a mass stabbing Thursday on a Manitoba First Nation.

Police say the woman, 18, was among those stabbed by her brother, 26-year-old Tyrone Simard, in the early morning attack on the Hollow Water First Nation northeast of Winnipeg.

The Conservative Party is calling for an end to the Temporary Foreign Workers program; in its place, they are calling for a single program for the agriculture sector.

Leader Pierre Poilievre quoting the latest employment stats from July, points out we now have 14.6  per cent unemployment rate and 1.6 million Canadians unemployed.

He says the principle behind ending the program is very simple. "Canadian jobs for Canadian Workers"

Residents in Rainbow Lake and Chateh are facing a major phone service disruption. Telus says customers in the affected areas are unable to use mobile phones, landlines, or the internet. The company is aware of the outage and is investigating, but there’s no estimated time for repairs.

Officials are reminding people that 911 is still accessible by mobile device. In some cases, calls may drop, so residents are urged to use the Emergency SOS via satellite function on compatible devices if needed.

Grande Prairie RCMP requests the public’s assistance in locating 15-year-old Savanna Clement. RCMP is concerned for her wellbeing and would like to speak with her. Savanna was last seen in Grande Prairie on Sept. 2, 2025.

Savanna is described as:

RCMP say two people, including a suspect, are dead after a mass stabbing at Hollow Water First Nation in Manitoba.

They say at least six people are in hospital after the attack this morning in the community 200 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.

Health officials say two victims were airlifted to Winnipeg, while others were taken by ground ambulance.

RCMP describe the attack as a "senseless act of violence."

The City of Grande Prairie is hosting the return of Drop & Swap, a free clothing exchange that helps reduce waste, with support from Aquatera Utilities Inc. and Goodwill Industries of Alberta.

At the Drop & Swap, residents can donate clean, good-condition clothing to give it a second life or simply come on event day to shop the community collection for free.

The Fort St John RCMP is investigating a severe assault causing bodily harm and is asking the public for their assistance.

On September 1, 2025 at 2:40pm, the Fort St John RCMP received a report of a man who had been assaulted near the intersection of 99th Avenue and 98th Street in Fort St John.

Frontline police attended and located the single male victim, laying on the sidewalk, with obvious facial injuries. The individual was transported to the Fort St John Hospital with serious injuries.

Technology can be a great thing. For example, it’s helping Christians in Southeast Asia translate the Bible into minority languages in three key ways.

First, technology enables believers to complete work they would otherwise struggle to do.

It looks like India is thinking about implementing an import duty on yellow peas. 

India Pulses and Grains Association is concerned that an increase in yellow pea production in Canada and Russia could result in more imports.

They say ongoing imports have brought down prices, which could discourage Indian farmers from expanding their own pulse production.

The IPGA says in order to raise the price of yellow peas in the domestic market, they are calling on the Indian government to impose a 30 to 40 per cent import duty.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program, arguing it has caused an employment crisis among young Canadians.

"The Liberals have to answer why is it that they're shutting our own youth out of jobs and replacing them with low-wage, temporary foreign workers from poor countries who are ultimately being exploited," Poilievre told a news conference Wednesday morning in Mississauga, Ont.

"We want Canadian workers to have Canadian jobs. We want to bring back high wages."