WINNIPEG, Manitoba, July 14 (UPI) -- A Canadian woman and two of her adult children have been sentenced to prison terms for the torture of a mentally handicapped woman in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, July 9 (UPI) -- Convenience store chain 7-Eleven has named Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the Slurpee Capital of the World for the 10th consecutive year.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, June 2 (UPI) -- Canadian health officials in Manitoba Tuesday were investigating whether an outbreak of respiratory illnesses on an isolated Indian reservation is H1N1 flu.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, May 17 (UPI) -- An audition in Winnipeg, Canada, for the TV reality competition "The Next Star" has drawn hundreds of musicians, organizers say.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 15 (UPI) -- Winnipeg, Canada, appealed for sandbag volunteers Wednesday as the Red River rose toward the second-highest level Manitoba has seen in 100 years.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 13 (UPI) -- Flooding on the Red River north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, led to 44 people being rescued from rooftops and huge ice floes, emergency officials said.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 11 (UPI) -- The Red River, free of ice from the U.S. border to Winnipeg, dropped Saturday in the city thanks to its flood gates.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 9 (UPI) -- Canadian emergency management officials in Manitoba say the Red River has reached a critical flooding stage for the capital city of Winnipeg.