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'Long way to recovery' for Sapotaweyak Cree Nation girl injured in bus crash, mother says
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:34:27 EST
A damaged school bus is seen in a snowy ditch after a crash.

A Sapotaweyak Cree Nation mother says her 16-year-old daughter has "a long way to recovery" after suffering broken bones when a school bus crashed along an icy stretch of rural Manitoba highway on Tuesday.


Vacant ManWin Hotel in Winnipeg burns, collapses
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:35:52 EST
Thick smoke shrouds the air as water sprays down on a burning building.

Winnipeg's 144-year-old Manwin Hotel is burning and emergency crews have shut down a stretch of Main Street to battle the flames in the vacant building.


Man, 55, charged with sexually exploiting teen girl in Winnipeg
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:11:13 EST

A 55-year-old man is charged with multiple offences after police say a teenaged girl was sexually assaulted on multiple occasions at his Winnipeg home.


Artificial intelligence in the classroom: How a Winnipeg school is adapting to new technology
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 06:00:00 EST
Student wearing orange sits at a classroom desk looking at a school laptop.

Denys Kotochihov copies the word gastrointestinal into an artificial intelligence platform on a school laptop, then types "easy explanation." The Grade 8 student is demonstrating one way he uses AI.


Manitoba's largest wildlife rehabilitation centre saw jump in animals treated
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 06:00:00 EST
A snowy owl is wrapped in a towel

Wildfires and disease are likely the reasons the number of animals treated at Manitoba's largest wildlife rehabilitation centre went up last year.


Prosecutors push for 7 years in prison for disgraced Winnipeg police officer
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:39:53 EST
A man in a light-coloured suit squints in the sun.

Prosecutors want Elston Bostock, a disgraced Winnipeg police constable who pleaded guilty to a list of crimes, including selling drugs, to go to prison for seven years.


Significant injuries after school bus trying to pass another bus rolls over on icy highway: Manitoba RCMP
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:55:11 EST
Emergency crews lineup on a icy highway.

Several teens suffered "significant" injuries after the driver of a school bus lost control while trying to pass another vehicle in icy conditions on a rural Manitoba highway Tuesday, RCMP say.


Riley Laychuk's Manitoba forecast for Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 06:00:00 EST
Temperatures in the afternoon will be closer to seasonal for much of the province, however expect a warm up by Thursday morning once again.

Temperatures in the afternoon will be closer to seasonal for much of the province, however expect a warm-up by Thursday morning once again.


Winnipeg Jets edge New York Islanders 5-4 for 3rd straight win
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 23:25:09 EST
Four Jets teammates converge in the corner to celebrate a goal.

Adam Lowry scored the winning goal and added an assist to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-4 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.


City plans glass guardrail upgrades at Millennium Library after safety incidents
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:17:05 EST
Metal security fencing surrounds a balcony in a library.

The City of Winnipeg is moving ahead with new safety upgrades at Millennium Library, issuing a request for proposals to install glass guardrails on the building’s upper floors following serious safety incidents last year.


Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew urges Doug Ford not to pull Crown Royal from Ontario shelves
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:44:45 EST
A man signing a barrel in front of the side of truck that says 'Crown Royal'

Manitoba's premier called on Doug Ford to "do a 180" and not follow through with plans to stop selling Crown Royal in Ontario.


Document outlining Manitoba's poverty reduction strategy intentionally lacking in details, government says
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:52:33 EST
Two women looking at each other from behind a podium. One of them is speaking and gesticulating.

A new strategy to fight poverty in Manitoba is intentionally lacking in detail in order to keep the government's response flexible, the provincial government says.


Manitoba civil servants won't be ordered to office full time like their Ontario, Alberta counterparts
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:00:00 EST
A man in a grey suit with a black coloured tie.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said his government will continue allowing remote work for many public servants. The current policy for full-time employees is at least three days in the workplace every week.


Call for more education as 2nd swastika symbol found at Winnipeg school, in Jewish student's locker
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:00:58 EST
A woman with brown hair stands in front of a wall.

The head of a Winnipeg-based organization says it's distressing and heartbreaking to learn another swastika has been found at Kelvin High School.


Semi driver dies after being ejected from truck during rollover in Manitoba
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:09:48 EST

A 50-year-old man from Winnipeg is dead after the semi-trailer truck he was driving crashed in northern Manitoba on Monday.


Is Winnipeg at risk of a Calgary-style water main disaster?
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:00:00 EST
The Bearspaw Feeder Main is the subject of a new report reviewing its "catastrophic" break in 2024.

Many Winnipeg water pipes are made from the same material as Calgary's Bearspaw feeder main, which catastrophically ruptured twice, most recently in December. But Winnipeg officials say the risk of the same thing happening here is low.


2 men charged in December homicide in Winnipeg
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:38:06 EST
A Winnipeg police car, from the back. It is mostly white with black trim. The word, Police, is written across the trunk. The red and blue lights on the roof are flashing.

Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with the death of Michael Allen Harrington in Winnipeg last month.


Flin Flon-area outdoors groups struggle to restore fire-damaged recreational trails
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:00:00 EST
A snowmobile sits in the snow underneath hundreds of blackened, burned trees.

Local groups for snowmobilers, skiers and snowshoers are working hard to clear trails in and around Flin Flon, Man., but poor snow conditions and damage from last summer's fires — hundreds of downed trees, burned terrain, upturned roots and destroyed buildings and bridges — is making it difficult.


Manitoba Tories suspend board member over online comments following fatal ICE shooting
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:59:58 EST
A man in a white and blue patterned-shirt holds a water bottle in one hand and a microphone in the other while addressing a crowd.

The Tories are distancing themselves from a board member over social media comments he made after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot an American woman in Minneapolis.


Winnipeg man accused of hate-related graffiti charged with new offences after release
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:48:45 EST
A photo shows the exterior of a buildin with a large abstract sculpture out front and a sign reading "Law Courts."

The man accused of spray-painting hate-related graffiti in Winnipeg was charged with three new offences linked to incidents court records show happened after he was released on an undertaking earlier in the week.