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Opposition leaders are accusing the Houston government of sending mixed messages to civil servants worried about a bill that would give senior officials the power to fire non-union employees without cause.

A family from the Buffalo Point First Nation is shaken, and looking for answers, after a recent hit-and-run in Winnipeg sent their loved one to hospital with serious injuries that required surgery. 

Calling for people to look out for one another after the horrifying incident, Margaret Cobiness Jr. is still in hospital, recovering from the hit-and-run that took place on Saturday around 12:30 a.m. in the area of Osborne Street and Mulvey Avenue. 

“He waited for me, so I knew it was okay to go,” she said from her hospital bed Wednesday. 

“When I got to his passenger’s side he pressed on the gas and he knocked me over. And then when I tried getting up, he just ran over me again.” 

She says the incident happened quickly, and the driver would have been aware she had been hit, but she says they never returned to the scene, leaving her in peril. 

“He was going forward then he went back, then he went forward over me again and took off,” she said, describing the vehicle that hit her as a white cargo van. 

“I just don’t understand why he did that. I didn’t know what his intentions were. I mean, my last and only thought was that I was gonna get abducted or something.” 

A bystander who found Cobiness on the ground called 911 to get her help, and on Wednesday, the Winnipeg Police Service confirmed an investigation by its Traffic Division into the incident is ongoing.

With injuries like a broken pelvis, fractured ribs and a broken collar bone, Cobiness says she doesn’t want to be angry, but says the violent encounter has left her fearful, frustrated and in pain. 

“I just keep reliving the moment and how much it hurt,” she said. “I thought I was gonna die and my last memories that I had were my children and my parents.”

Her father Ernest Cobiness has been left shaken up by the incident, as Margaret is his youngest of three daughters. 

He says the Southern Chiefs Organization has been helping the family through the hardship, offering them support and accommodation in Winnipeg while Margaret recovers, a journey that could take weeks. 

“I was shocked when I saw the X-rays,” he said. 

He says far too often are Indigenous women victimized and says it’s important people look out for one another, saying what happened to his daughter is unacceptable. 

“She wanted to voice herself and send a message out — we need to support each other, so nothing like this ever happens again. But unfortunately it probably will,” he said. 

“It can take a lot out of you, and it does. The pain, to see your little baby go through this. We’re just so grateful she’s still with us.” 

City police say anyone with information about this incident, including dash cam or CCTV footage, is asked to contact the WPS traffic division or by reporting it to Crime Stoppers.

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The Alberta government says it will propose amendments to the Critical Infrastructure Defence Act that it says would act as a repellent against “unconstitutional federal overreach,” but it remains unclear how enforcement of those measures would play out in practice.

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The cost of a planned redevelopment at the former Hudson’s Bay store in downtown Winnipeg has now doubled according to the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO).

On Wednesday morning, the SCO held a news conference at the site of the Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn redevelopment.

The cost of the redevelopment is now $310 million – up from $130 million when the deal was announced in 2022.

“This is attributed to a combination of increasing accurate budgeting, evolution of design and pricing since a general contractor has been confirmed,” said SCO Grand Chief Jerry Daniels in his first media appearance since December 2024, when he was involved in an altercation in Ottawa.

Daniels added that supply chain pressures, inflation and tariff threats on construction materials also impacted the increase.

Additional housing added, assisted living cut

The SCO said the redevelopment will now include 373 housing units, with 200 earmarked as affordable units for First Nations citizens.

Previous plans for assisted living units are among the items put on pause.

“We had to take the assisted living piece out because we didn’t have a costed plan for that,” Daniels said. “You need government funding to support that and so we weren’t able to ensure that that was going to be the case, so we put that aside for now.”

The building will also provide office and retail space for First Nations entrepreneurs.

The renovation of the six-storey, 655,000-square-foot building is the culmination of months of labour by a workforce that is 77 per cent Indigenous.

“We are reclaiming the space and transforming it into something that reflects First Nations values, our strengths and our aspirations for a better future for our young people and those who are here now,” Daniels said.

Reporter removed from news conference

During speeches, Trevor Greyeyes, a journalist with First Nations Voice, said he was asked to leave by security personnel.

In a phone call with APTN News following the incident, Greyeyes said a security guard asked him for his name and stated he was not on the guest list–which he said they did not produce.

Greyeyes said he explained he was a journalist and showed the SCO media notice he received in his inbox. He eventually left the news conference.

“This is the first time I’ve ever gotten kicked out,” he said over the phone. “I didn’t want to make too much of a scene there, so I said ‘okay, I’ll leave’. But this just raises a whole host of other questions.”

APTN reached out to the SCO asking why Greyeyes was removed but has not received a response.

Completion date set for 2028

The SCO said construction on the building’s atrium will begin shortly and continue through 2025.

While there were plans to complete the project in 2026 to mark the 100th anniversary of the building, that date has now been pushed to the second quarter of 2028.

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Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie has hired an ex-journalist and former Alberta cabinet minister as her new chief of staff in a renewed effort to take on Premier Doug Ford when the legislature returns this spring.

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