Social housing needs ignored, coalition claims: The door is being slammed in the faces of many Winnipeggers in need of social housing, according to a group of local activists. And with the federal election less than a week away, the Right to Housing Coalition wants voters to look at every party's position on housing before casting their ballots. "Our disregard for thousands of people suffering from the housing crisis is a national embarrassment," said Clark Brownlee, the coalition's co-ordinator, yesterday. "It's been shown that social ...

Winnipeg agency sued over Beijing ticket trouble: A Winnipeg travel agency flogging tickets to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics is being sued in Texas because it failed to provide customers with tickets to the Beijing 2008 opening ceremony. Lawyer Jim Moriarty filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday against Roadtrips Inc. of Winnipeg on behalf of three people in United States District Court in Houston. The plaintiffs are among 326 Roadtrips customers that Moriarty claims paid in advance for tickets to the Aug. 8 pageant in the Birds Nest but...