Winnipeg police have a suspect in custody after a man livestreamed himself on Christmas Eve threatening to hurt people and waving a vintage firearm around.

It was a busy year for Manitoba, but when hasn't it been? If you've been out of the loop, or just want to refresh your memory, then take a look at CBC Manitoba's top 10 news stories of 2025.

Some health-care leaders are questioning how Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew can confidently declare his government will end long waits for health-care services by the end of 2026.

U.S. President Donald Trump has been a disruptive force since he burst onto the political scene a decade ago. But the pace of change in the first year of his second presidency is unlike just about anything seen before in the nearly 250-year history of the American republic.

Winnipeg’s residential snow clearing ban ended on Tuesday, but plow crews are still cleaning up residential streets days after last week’s major snowfall.

The Flin Flon Station Museum light display has been a tradition in the city for decades, but this year it's taken on added meaning: It's being dedicated to the memory of a pair of dedicated volunteers who passed away in 2025.

A Manitoba man who inappropriately touched a 15-year-old co-worker has been sentenced to two years in jail.

A litter of seven, five-week-old puppies left in a box taped shut survived cold and hunger after being found by a passerby who heard their cries. Steinbach and Area Animal Rescue took them in from the cold.

Four new physicians have been hired in two southwestern Manitoba rural communities to help fix the family doctor shortage in Minnedosa and Killarney.

Here's a list of what's open and closed this week, as many Manitobans gather to celebrate Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

The Public Health Agency of Canada is reporting a fifth hospitalization in an E. coli outbreak linked to recalled Pillsbury brand Pizza Pops. The federal agency says 23 people in seven provinces got sick with the bacterial illness after eating or handling certain flavours of the frozen snack between early October and late November.

Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham says he has much unfinished work from his first term in office, as he prepares to make his pitch to voters ahead of the 2026 election. 

Expect a snowy Christmas across much of the province. Higher accumulations to the north, however the south can expect snow as well.

The FBI and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York sought an interview with ex-prince Andrew Mountbatten Windsor for connections with Canadian sex offender and fashion mogul Peter Nygard.

Obby Khan's opponent in the recent Progressive Conservative leadership race now wants to be part of his caucus.

Two people from Misipawistik Cree Nation in northern Manitoba are still unaccounted for after the truck they were driving last week broke through the ice on Cedar Lake near Grand Rapids Generating Station. Multiple search teams have been looking for the pair but their efforts will be put on pause over Christmas.

Willie Jefferson is giving Jake Thomas the stamp of approval in his new role as the Blue Bombers' defensive line coach.

As municipal and provincial officials try to tackle the long-standing issue of homelessness and tent cities, a former homeless man, Claudemier Bighetty, is lending his voice to calls for a managed encampment site that would connect Winnipeg's homeless with housing and supports.

Public health officials are warning of two new measles exposure sites in southern Manitoba.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Louis Bacon has won his long-running defamation lawsuit alleging that former fashion mogul and convicted sex offender Peter Nygard spread lies about him during a public spat over their adjacent properties in the Bahamas.