Inuit art promoter Ryan honoured


Terry Ryan, who managed the Cape Dorset artists’ co-op in Nunavut and is now director of Dorset Fine Arts in Toronto, has been honoured for his 50 years of work in promoting Inuit art.

Southern chiefs group wants Hydro audit
An Aboriginal group is calling for an environmental audit of Manitoba Hydro.

Ice-cutting effort moves north of Selkirk
The province has deployed its arsenal of ice-cutting equipment to the Red River north of Selkirk to tackle potential ice jams from forming as Manitoba’s flood season quickly approaches.

Sask. puppies tested for service work
A B.C. trainer’s search for service dogs led to Regina Tuesday, where a litter of black labrador pups went through a series of suitability tests.

Religious rehab sparks alcoholic’s complaint
A Winnipeg man who has struggled with alcoholism for decades says he has filed a complaint with the Manitoba Human Rights Commission over the lack of a treatment program that’s free of religious or spiritual elements.

Wave of gang violence ‘imminent,’ police say
A recent police crackdown on a puppet club of the Manitoba Hells Angels has created a street-level power vacuum that another rival outlaw motorcycle gang is trying to fill – prompting police to warn of “imminent” violence between the two groups.