Lara Schroeder

Senior writer

Lara Schroeder is an online copy editor for CBC Manitoba who also writes and dabbles in radio. She started her career as a newspaper reporter, but writing habits nurtured by her English teacher dad and grammatically meticulous mom steered her toward editing. Her many jobs have included editing at the Toronto Star, the National Post, the Toronto Sun and the Winnipeg Free Press.

Latest from Lara Schroeder

Heated Rivalry gave this former hockey player a panic attack — and hope stories like his belong on the ice

Matt Kenny played competitive hockey as a child in Quebec. But as a closeted gay kid, he felt unsafe and ultimately, walked away from the sport. Those feelings popped up again as he watched the TV romance about two hockey players.

Brandon man drowns at Sandy Lake Beach in southwestern Manitoba

A 32-year-old man from Brandon drowned on Saturday while swimming with others at Sandy Lake Beach in Manitoba.

37-year-old man killed in Teulon, Man., suspect arrested after chase into cornfield

A 24-year-old man is in custody after a man died in hospital following a shooting Sunday in Teulon, Man.

Multiple tornadoes touch down on wild and windy Wednesday in southern Manitoba

Several tornadoes touched down on what proved to be a wild and windy Wednesday in southwestern Manitoba, an Environment Canada meteorologist said Thursday morning.

From handknit socks to rural experience, here are ideas for attracting doctors to small towns

Dr. Sarah Giles and Dr. Sarah Newbery provide their insights on staffing shortages in rural health-care facilities.

Southwestern Manitoba communities pay recruiting firm 6-figure sums to find doctors

Several small communities in southwestern Manitoba are paying tens of thousands of dollars to a recruiting firm in an effort to find doctors.

Has hockey hazing changed in 40 years? At least people now 'being held accountable,' says former player

Todd Tisdale says he suffered abuse at the hands of his older hockey teammates when he was the same age as some of the boys in southwestern Manitoba who now allege they were sexually assaulted during trips to Winnipeg for hockey tournaments.

Manitoba RCMP arrest 3 teens suspected of sexual assault in hockey hazing case

A group of three teens has been arrested for alleged sexual assault in relation to hazing on a hockey team, Manitoba RCMP say.

$300 Manitoba home, business security rebate will be retroactive to September

The $300 rebate for home and business security equipment in the provincial budget will be retroactive to Sept. 1 and applications for it will launch in June, Justice Minister Matt Wiebe announced Monday.
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5 injured in East St. Paul crash between pickup trucks witnesses describe as chasing or racing, RCMP say

A crash on Raleigh Road in East St. Paul left debris from two pickup trucks scattered over a large area on Wednesday night.