Emerson Border

• Manitoba RCMP seek to fill in timeline of migrant family that died during January border crossing

  Manitoba RCMP continue to investigate the circumstances that led to Patel family being found frozen to death near the Canada/U.S. border at Emerson, Man., in January.

  Crime

  Oct 21, 2022
  
• Vehicles blocking Emerson border gone, RCMP says highway is clear

  The RCMP said Tuesday that an open dialogue between police and protesters led to an agreement to end the blockade peacefully.

  Traffic

  Feb 16, 2022
  
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• Premier Stefanson says federal Emergencies Act shouldn’t be applied in Manitoba

  Trudeau will invoke the federal Emergencies Act to deal with protests and blockades in the nation's capital, as well as at some Canada/U.S. border crossings.

  Politics

  Feb 14, 2022
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• Emerson border blockade continues, Manitoba RCMP say no arrests so far

  All four lanes of Highway 75 at the Canada-U.S. border crossing near Emerson, Man., remain closed Monday morning.

  Traffic

  Feb 14, 2022
• Police urge peace as weekend of protests to hit Winnipeg, other parts of Manitoba

  The protesters said in a statement Friday they intend to remain at the legislature until the restrictions are removed, and some additional demands are met.

  Crime

  Feb 11, 2022
• Manitoba border guards arrest U.S. murder suspect

  Minneapolis police said the suspect, 23-year-old Kayd Mohamed Falug, was wanted in connection with the Aug. 8 stabbing death of Abdirisaq Muhudin Namhani, 19.

  Crime

  Aug 12, 2020
• Ghanian community in mourning after asylum seeker headed to Manitoba found dead

  The Ghanian community of Manitoba is in shock after a woman from Ghana was discovered dead as she was making her way from the United States to cross the border into Manitoba.

  Canada

  May 31, 2017
• Firefighters rescue 17 asylum seekers, including a baby, from shed in Emerson, Man.

  More than a dozen asylum-seekers, including children, crossed into Emerson, Man., from the United States during a treacherous winter storm Wednesday.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2017
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• Canada braces for spring surge of asylum seekers

  Officials worry there will there be a sharp rise in asylum seekers walking across the border from the U.S. as spring approaches and the weather warms.

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2017
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• By ignoring border-hopping, Trudeau is asking for trouble

  The election of Donald Trump, his nativist campaign rhetoric, his pledge to wall off the country’s southern border, his travel ban on seven majority Muslim countries and his deportation “surge” have dimmed America’s lustre.

  Commentary

  Feb 28, 2017