
Ozten Shebahkeget
Reporter
Özten Shebahkeget is an Anishinaabe/Turkish Cypriot member of Northwest Angle 33 First Nation who grew up in Winnipeg’s North End. She has been writing for CBC Manitoba since 2022. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature and a master’s in writing.
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Intruders broke into remote lodge near Manitoba-Nunavut border, hunted caribou over winter months: RCMP
Police and Manitoba’s conservation service are investigating after RCMP say intruders broke into cabins on a remote lodge in northern Manitoba and hunted caribou there during the winter months.
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Canadian honey farmers fear sting of China's canola tariffs
The owner of a northern Manitoba honey business says Canadian producers are in a sticky situation as China's tariffs on Canadian canola could mean less food for bees this year.
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Province promises $1.5M for 'critically important' Anne Oake women's recovery centre
A new addictions recovery centre in Winnipeg that promises to help women heal, without separating them from their children, is getting new funding from the province as work continues to get shovels into the ground.
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Author, gynecologist Jen Gunter says she's moving back to Canada as reproductive rights erode in U.S.
Jen Gunter, a Winnipeg-born gynecologist and bestselling author, says she's had enough with the United States, but she’s also prescribing a stark warning for Canadian voters concerned about the future of their own reproductive health care.
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Canada must seize 'window of opportunity' to attract U.S. scientists, health-care workers: medical association
Canada has a unique chance to become a medical and scientific powerhouse — if it moves quickly to scoop up professionals leaving the United States in the wake of health cuts and layoffs, the head of the Canadian Medical Association says.
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Winnipeg police destroyed seized guns that judge ordered to auction, lawsuit alleges
A Winnipeg man suing the city and police alleges some of the guns seized from his home over three years ago were destroyed despite a judge's order to send them to auction.
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Manitoba CFS intervened with 50% of First Nations parents from 1998 to 2019: study
A 'striking level' of First Nations parents came into contact with child protective services in Manitoba over the last couple decades, which could ultimately burden the health and well-being of their communities, a new study says.
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Interlake tribal council withdraws from 2 Manitoba sports groups, cites lack of supports for young athletes
The chair of a tribal council representing seven First Nations communities in Manitoba's Interlake region says his group has received more financial support from a charity associated with the Toronto Blue Jays than it has from two major provincial sports organizations.
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Complex investigation ruled out potentially undiscovered victims of Winnipeg serial killer, police say
Police say they do not believe there are any more undiscovered victims of a Winnipeg serial killer, after investigators spent months combing through thousands of hours of surveillance footage, a spiderweb of his contacts, and conducting a review of his entire life.
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Ashlee Shingoose's father never let go of the idea his missing daughter could be Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe
Albert Shingoose's long-held suspicions that his missing daughter might have been the unidentified victim of a Winnipeg serial killer have been confirmed. On Wednesday, police confirmed Ashlee Shingoose, 30, was the first woman murdered by Jeremy Skibicki in 2022.
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