Morning News - June 3

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Teen Dead After Winnipeg High School Stabbing

Media reports say a teenager is dead after a stabbing outside a Winnipeg high school.

Police haven't confirmed the death but CTV News says the homicide unit has taken over the investigation.

Another teenager has been taken into custody.

The stabbing took place over the noon hour yesterday on the grounds of Kelvin High School.

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Manitoba Grand Chief Reacts To Truth Report

The grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs hopes there will be further exploration of the parallels between the residential school system and the disproportionate number of indigenous children in foster care today.

Derek Nepinak says both are built on systemic racism and the belief that someone else's ideas are better when it comes to caring for aboriginal children.

His comments came in reaction to the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report into the church-run, government-funded schools which operated in Canada for more than 120 years.

Manitoba has about 10,000 children in care, and most are aboriginal.

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Thousands Of Acres Need Reseeding In Manitoba

It's been a grim start to the year for many crop producers in Manitoba.

Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn says an update from Crop Insurance estimates 230,000 acres may have to go reseeded in Manitoba in 2015.

The Minister indicates frost is largely to blame for this years insurance claims, while others were victims of things you just can't plan for.

"150,000 probably is due to frost and the rest remaining acres are the unknown factors - basically cold soil, seed's been in the ground too long - so, it's a number of factors and those are pretty rough estimates."

Kostyshyn says right now about 875 reseeded claims are in position.

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Dauphin Man Running For Diabetes Support

A Dauphin business owner is raising money to run a marathon under the banner of Team Diabetes.

Cory Chetyrbok of the Metro Town Cafe plans to run in the October 2016 Dublin Marathon.

He says he's looking to raise six-thousand dollars, which is the equivalent of sending three kids with diabetes to camp.

A giant tip jar at the Metro Town Cafe is for marathon pledges.

The regular tip jar is right beside it. You can also pledge online.

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Mr. Ritz Goes To Washington

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is leading a mission to Washington, D.C.

He says he will reassert Canada's position that the United States must repeal its protectionist Country of Origin Labelling measure for beef and pork or face retaliatory measures.

This latest mission comes in the wake of a fourth and final ruling from the World Trade Organization, which reaffirmed Canada's stance that the U.S. measure is discriminating against Canadian cattle and hogs.

Members of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association, the Canadian Pork Council, and the Canadian Meat Council will be part of the delegation travelling with the Minister.

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CFIA Issues Baby Formula Warning

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is advising people who use baby formula to check the packaging for signs of any tampering or product substitution.

The agency says there have been reports of product substitution or tampering in infant formula products, though there have been no illnesses linked with the complaints.

Anyone using infant formulas should make sure the security seal is intact.