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Foreign workers accuse hotelier with history of labour violations of taking advantage of them in Sask., Man.
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:00:00 EST
A man in an office.

A man from Mexico says he toiled long hours, seven days a week, for nearly a year without proper pay for a hotel chain that he says took advantage of him and others.


Christmas tree sale gives young football players a way to give back
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:00:00 EST
Family picking up Christmas tree

For the past 14 years, the Miles Macdonell Collegiate football team has partnered with the Winnipeg Y Service Club to sell Christmas trees, with some of the money raised going to help families who struggle to cover the costs of playing football.


NHL Heritage Classic's 2026 return to Winnipeg will be 'great for the city,' fans say
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:00:00 EST
Woman with long brown hair and man with short grey hair both wear black winter coats and stand in front of a stadium outside with snow on the ground

The NHL's Heritage Classic is returning to Winnipeg next year and some local sports fans — including a former Jets goalie — say the outdoor hockey spectacle will draw a lot of positive attention to the city.


2 elevators in Osborne Village apartment building inoperable after power outage caused by squirrel
Sun, 07 Dec 2025 16:44:59 EST
A 16-storey apartment building.

Residents of a Winnipeg highrise have been told it could take up to five business days for both its elevators to be repaired in the aftermath of a power outage on Thursday.


Firefighters union expresses no confidence in 2026 WFPS budget
Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:49:51 EST
Four firefighters stand in front of a home covered by smoke. A red firetruck is in front of the home.

The city's firefighters union issued a vote of non-confidence for the proposed 2026 Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service budget after an “overwhelming majority” of firefighters rebuffed the plan to address “long-documented staffing, safety and performance deficiencies,” per a Friday news release.


Winnipeg moves to scrap bird-friendly window bylaw developers argue is barrier to development
Sun, 07 Dec 2025 07:00:00 EST
A dead yellowish bird on the concrete at the base of a downtown high rise building after a window strike during migration.

Conservation groups are raising concerns as the City of Winnipeg considers changing a development bylaw designed to help save birds from fatal window strikes.


Rack 'em: Filipino billiards community thriving in Winnipeg
Sun, 07 Dec 2025 07:00:00 EST
Billiards player leans over a table lining up a shot. A rack of pool balls is in the foreground.

With tournaments and meetups, Winnipeg's Filipino community celebrates its love of billiards. A new video by Sisler Create students explores the thriving Filipino billiards community in the city.


Oilers use 4-goal first period to clobber Jets 6-2
Sun, 07 Dec 2025 08:51:02 EST
Hockey players are joyous after a big goal.

Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard each had a goal and an assist for the Edmonton Oilers in a 6-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets at Rogers Place on Saturday.


Manitobans line up in cold to meet MLAs and tour Legislature at open house event
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 22:50:53 EST
People line up outside a light stone building with pillars. They are dressed in winter clothing with snow on the ground

A massive group of Manitobans packed the provincial Legislature in Winnipeg on Saturday for the building's holiday open house event, with many lining up in the cold, waiting for their chance to see inside and meet their representatives.


NHL's Heritage Classic heading to Winnipeg for face-off between Jets and Canadiens
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 21:32:08 EST
Image of a stadium featuring the logo for 'Princess Auto Stadium' prominently.

The Winnipeg Jets and Montreal Canadiens will be heading back outdoors next season. The NHL announced Saturday the teams will face off in the 2026 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic at Winnipeg's Princess Auto Stadium.


Kinew suggests 'real competition' coming to Manitoba grocery sector as deadline passes
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 20:44:23 EST
A woman with a small basket in her hand looks at items on the shelves of a grocery store.

Removing controls making it hard for new grocery stores to open will lower grocery bills for Manitobans, Premier Wab Kinew says.


Canada has legal duty to provide safe water, housing to remote First Nations, federal judge rules
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 12:25:17 EST
The Federal Court building located at 90 Sparks Street in Ottawa.

A federal judge has sided with two First Nations in Manitoba and one in Ontario that sued the Canadian government over its duty to provide them with safe housing and clean drinking water, in separate rulings delivered Friday.


Messiah Queered connects Steinbach's 2SLGBTQ+ faithful, Handel's music
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 07:00:00 EST
Person in plaid playing violin.

Steinbach audiences will get a chance this weekend to sing along with Messiah Queered, a performance of Handel's famous 18th-century choral work that includes switching of voice types, with tenors become sopranos and sopranos become tenors.


Manitoba RCMP officer's appeal of conviction following high-speed chase dismissed
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 14:11:38 EST
A glass and stone building is seen from outside. A name carved above the doors says Law Courts.

A Manitoba Mountie's appeal of her conviction for unsafe driving, after a high-speed chase that sent three people to hospital, has been dismissed.


Province now proposing Henry Avenue location for 1st supervised consumption site
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:49:38 EST
A white building on the side of a road.

The Manitoba government has a new proposed location for the province's first consumption site.


Indigenous cultural belongings return to Canada from Vatican after long journey
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 06:00:00 EST
A young man and woman lay their hands on a large plastic-covered crate.

A delegation from the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation and four First Nations youth accompanied 62 the cultural items on a flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Montreal.


Brandon Friendship Centre celebrates 60 years of building community, culture and support
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 07:00:00 EST
Two women cut pieces of colourful fabric.

The Brandon Friendship Centre has grown from a small group of volunteers in 1965 to an umbrella of programs stretching from prenatal care to seniors' support, cultural revitalization, drop-ins and housing assistance.


Ottawa, First Nations prepare competing child welfare reform plans
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 04:00:00 EST
Prime Minister Mark Carney is promising significant funding to fix the on-reserve child welfare system.

The federal government is staring down a court-ordered deadline to submit a new plan to reform the on-reserve child welfare system, as a group of First Nations leaders and children's advocates prepare a competing proposal.


I can't forget the Montreal massacre and the women who were murdered. None of us should
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 07:00:00 EST
Photos of women sit side by side on a table with a white table cloth, red roses and white candles.

I remember the phone call. The person on the other end of the phone was a reporter, telling me what had just happened at École Polytechnique in Montréal: 14 women — murdered. Today, it feels like little is being done to remember these women.


Winnipeg police chief wants body-camera pilot next year
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:57:22 EST
A man wearing a police uniform is looking out of frame.

Winnipeg police could begin testing body-worn cameras in 2026, according to Chief Gene Bowers.