If you’re driving through rural Manitoba next summer, don’t expect to see more canola fields adjacent to the highways, say provincial canola farmers.

Brandon police responding to sensitive mental health emergencies now have a new partner on the ground — professional mental health clinicians. They are part of a new Crisis Response Unit designed to change how these calls are handled and reduce the risk of escalation.

In 2025, the City of Winnipeg reopened Portage and Main, after milling down the barricades that prevented pedestrians from crossing the city's most famous intersection for decades. While there is no similarly emotional opening planned for this year, here are nine significant public and private projects slated for 2026.

A junior officer arrested alongside a now-disgraced Winnipeg police constable after the pair stole cash and other items they believed to be evidence in 2024 has pleaded guilty.

Former Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz will voluntarily testify at a public inquiry into the procurement and construction of the city’s police headquarters, his lawyer confirms.

New Winnipeg Transit data shows ridership fell between September and December 2025 compared to the same time a year earlier.

Fleur de Villes Wonder is billed as a 'fresh floral celebration of the natural wonders of our world.' Featuring the talents of local florists, it runs Jan. 15-25 at The Leaf in Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park.

Manitoba RCMP say they responded to two multi-vehicle crashes near Portage la Prairie Friday, as poor driving conditions forced the closure of part of Highway 1 and part of Highway 75.

News of a deal that will see China reduce tariffs on Canadian canola is being gladly received in Manitoba but not yet loudly cheered.

Manitoba is joining other provinces in pushing back against a federal gun buyback program whose pilot resulted in only 25 weapons being collected and destroyed.

A mother diagnosed with a rare mental disorder has been sentenced to 4½ years in a mental health facility after admitting to injecting salt water into her child's nose to make them sick.

Manitoba health officials say 11 new confirmed measles cases and one probable case were recorded during the first full week of January. 

Mounties in western Manitoba are asking for the public's help in trying to locate a woman last seen earlier this month.

A group that represents independent grocers says its members are being hurt by the Manitoba government's freeze on the retail price of one-litre cartons of milk.

A 42-year-old man is dead after he was pulled into a machine at a food manufacturing factory in southern Manitoba on Thursday, RCMP say.  

A school administrator in an Ontario community that experimented with seatbelts on three school buses says there was a learning curve, but also some unexpected upsides.

Human remains were found in a truck that was engulfed in flames in a southern Manitoba ditch when officers arrived Wednesday night, RCMP say.

The John Howard Society of Brandon is expected to start welcoming residents into 24 new transitional housing units at the end of February, with a focus on men leaving incarceration and those transitioning out of homelessness.

An 80-year-old pedestrian was fatally hit as he crossed a street where there are no traffic signals in Selkirk, Man., on Thursday, RCMP say.

The Liberal government has reached a deal with Beijing to allow tens of thousands of Chinese electric vehicles into the domestic market in exchange for dropping duties on canola products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.