Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press

A new Manitoba law restricting protests near clinics and hospitals where abortions are performed is to take effect Saturday. 

The NDP government introduced a bill last year that creates buffer zones of between 50 and 150 metres around such health facilities, as well as the homes of abortion providers. 

Inside those zones, people are not allowed to block access, attempt to dissuade people from getting an abortion or harass or intimidate individuals. 

A new Manitoba law restricting protests near clinics and hospitals where abortions are performed is to take effect Saturday. 

The NDP government introduced a bill last year that creates buffer zones of between 50 and 150 metres around such health facilities, as well as the homes of abortion providers. 

Inside those zones, people are not allowed to block access, attempt to dissuade people from getting an abortion or harass or intimidate individuals. 

Newly elected Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Kyra Wilson has vowed to offer the same support to First Nations leaders in the province that her predecessor once gave her in 2022.

Wilson, who was then chief of the Long Plain First Nation in southern Manitoba, had called former grand chief Cathy Merrick asking for help advocating for the search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two slain women from the community after police refused to conduct a search citing safety concerns. 

Newly elected Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Kyra Wilson has vowed to offer the same support to First Nations leaders in the province that her predecessor once gave her in 2022.

Wilson, who was then chief of the Long Plain First Nation in southern Manitoba, had called former grand chief Cathy Merrick asking for help advocating for the search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two slain women from the community after police refused to conduct a search citing safety concerns. 

Leaders from First Nations communities in Manitoba have voted in a new head of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs.

Former Long Plain First Nation chief Kyra Wilson took the majority of the votes during the election, which was held following the sudden death of former grand chief Cathy Merrick last fall.

Wilson took the majority of the votes, securing 37.

Leroy Constant and Bava Dhillon, the two northern candidates, tied for second place with 10 votes each.

Former Peguis First Nation chief Glenn Hudson received four votes.

First Nations leaders are to choose a new head for the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs after the sudden death of Cathy Merrick last year. 

The advocacy group representing 63 communities is hosting a byelection in Winnipeg to fill the role of grand chief. 

The four candidates in the running are Kyra Wilson, Glenn Hudson, Leroy Constant and Bava Dhillon. 

Wilson, the former chief of Long Plain First Nation in southern Manitoba, played a central role in calls to search a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two slain First Nations women.

A Manitoba police chief believed to have died in a house fire is being remembered as a dedicated leader and an advocate for the safety and well-being of First Nations communities.

The Manitoba First Nations Police Service said in a statement Wednesday evening it is believed Chief Doug Palson died in a fire at his home earlier that day.

Police have charged a man with sexually assaulting two children at an unlicensed daycare in Winnipeg.

They say the man was charged in September with three counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual interference. 

The man was an adult at the time of his arrest, but police are not releasing his name because they say some of the charges date back to when he was under 18. 

Police say the accused was not an employee at the daycare but had access to the home where it was operating. 

Excavation and sifting started Monday of a section of a landfill believed to hold the remains of two slain First Nations women.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said he was at the site when the first truck moved a load of refuse from the area to a Quonset hut, where searchers are manually sifting through it in the hope of finding the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran. 

Police believe the remains of the women were sent to the Prairie Green landfill north of Winnipeg in May 2022.

A new report from the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth paints a picture of the state of addictions services for young people in the province and what needs to change. 

It draws on feedback from dozens of young people and more than 120 service providers that work with youth.