Manitoba PCs defend choice to cut legislative session short by 1 week

The interim leader of Manitoba's Official Opposition says his party agreed to give up four sitting days in the legislature because the Tories saw little value in staying when the NDP government has run out of new business.

At least 77,000 more child-care spaces must be created in the province to meet a national access benchmark, the Child Care Coalition of Manitoba says.

Three teenage girls have been arrested after a group of people were attacked with a machete at The Forks in Winnipeg early Saturday morning.

It might not feel much like the yuletide season outside yet, but the Christmas Cheer Board is already gearing up in Winnipeg.
Tuesday is opening day for hamper applications and executive director Shawna Bell expects it to be hectic.

A 65-year-old woman is in hospital in critical condition after being by a vehicle on Portage Avenue in Winnipeg on Monday afternoon.

Much of the south will see some clearing today, with a mix of sun and clouds for most by the afternoon. Another round of rain is coming to northwestern Ontario.

Furby Street residents say garbage, needles and drug use have made their inner-city Winnipeg community garden unsafe, prompting a plan to fence the space and restrict access.

As nine new city councillors are set to take the oath of office Tuesday, the City of Winnipeg is set to pay out severance to a record number of departing council members after last week's civic election.

Students from nursery to Grade 6 in Fisher River are taking Cree classes every other day of the week, in a push to improve fluency. Most adults in the community, located in Manitoba's Interlake, can't speak the language.

Brandon's new city council is officially in place after a ceremony at city hall Monday evening. Incumbent Mayor Jeff Fawcett was sworn in, along with four new councillors and six re-elected councillors.

A woman accused in the death of her two-year-old granddaughter last year has pleaded guilty to manslaughter, in a case where the toddler "suffered unimaginable violence" at the hands of the person who was supposed to be caring for her.

The City of Winnipeg is investigating after millions of litres of raw sewage spilled into the Red River early Monday.

Winnipeg police are asking people to check their Halloween candy after receiving reports pins were found inside some chocolate.

A man charged after police say hate-motivated signs were displayed in the window of a Winnipeg home was previously convicted in incidents where he called an off-duty police officer racial slurs and threatened to kill a roommate.

Workers at a northern Manitoba mine were stuck underground for a time Thursday after a fire broke out underground.

Winnipeg police are investigating after a pedestrian was hit in the city's Westwood area on Monday afternoon.

Winnipeggers could be forgiven for thinking this bubble of warmer-than-usual fall weather is about to pop, but Dave Phillips advises against holding your breath.

The Garden Valley School Division in southwestern Manitoba says its IT infrastructure has been impacted by a "cybersecurity incident."

Pyotr Kochetkov's 26-save shutout gave him 10 straight victories to begin the season, Sean Walker scored two goals, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Winnipeg Jets 7-0 on Sunday.

The satirical film outlines the former Canadian prime minister's rise to power.

Nov. 2, 2026, marks the CBC's 90th anniversary. To celebrate the occasion, Canada's public broadcaster is taking a trip down memory lane, while also looking ahead.

Manitoba's CentrePort Canada is expanding and signed MOUs with Port of Churchill owner and global logistics company as the federal government analyzes where to spend $1 billion on four food terminals and 20-40 food hubs aimed at improving food security.

Transit woes were a major concern leading up to Winnipeg's civic election, and some new councillors say restoring bus stops and securing 50-50 funding from the province are among their top priorities for the service.

Police are asking for the public's help in locating a man and woman that have been missing from Split Lake, Man., located about 711 kilometres north of Winnipeg.

A man and woman who were reported missing in northern Manitoba have been found.

More than a dozen employees walked out of a Winnipeg restaurant this week after enduring what they describe as disrespectful and humiliating treatment while on the job.

A 19-year-old suspect has been arrested and charged in a string of thefts involving multiple fitness centres and residential homes throughout Winnipeg.

A 42-year-old man is facing several charges stemming from a hate crime investigation after hate-motivated signs were displayed in the window of a Winnipeg home.

The clocks aren't changing Sunday in the western half of the country, but that doesn't mean changes aren't coming as British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, northwestern Ontario and the Northwest Territories all chose this year to stick with daylight time.

Six lumbering troll sculptures are taking their first trek into Canada this month on a mission to save the humans — and Winnipeggers will be the first to meet them.