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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.


Indigenous cultural belongings return to Canada from Vatican
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 06:00:00 EST
A delegation of 12 people from the AFN stand for a group photo in the Vatican City

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


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.


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.


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.


Eric Comrie slams door on Sabres, as Winnipeg Jets avenge loss in Buffalo earlier this week
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 22:31:56 EST
A Sabre in white handles the puck in front of the Jets goalie in blue.

Eric Comrie made 34 saves and Kyle Connor scored his team-leading 15th goal of the season as the Winnipeg Jets downed the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Friday.


Manitoba Tories enlist veteran Alberta strategist to help election campaign efforts
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:39:27 EST
Man with glasses

Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives have chosen a Calgary political operative, who has orchestrated several come-from-behind election victories, to lead their next election campaign.


'It's embarrassing,' says Indigenous man who believes he was racially profiled at Winnipeg Home Depot
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:56:00 EST
A couple with their two children smile to the camera.

George Sinclair had just gotten into his vehicle and was ready to pull out of a Home Depot parking lot in Winnipeg this week when he was boxed in by three police cars, he says.


Disgraced Winnipeg police officer who pleaded guilty to ticket fixing removed from force
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:09:37 EST
A man in a light-coloured suit squints in the sun.

Const. Elston Bostock , the disgraced Winnipeg police officer who pleaded guilty to numerous offences last month involving corruption as well as inappropriate and illegal actions, no longer has a badge.


2 teens arrested after student, 15, stabbed in Portage la Prairie high school parking lot
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:58:06 EST
A parking lot outside a building with a sign reading "Portage Collegiate Institute."

Two teenagers have been arrested after a 15-year-old student was stabbed in the parking lot of a Portage la Prairie high school after class on Thursday, Manitoba RCMP say.


Avian flu kills dozens of Niverville geese
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:17:21 EST
A "caution thin ice" sign in the foreground with the bodies of geese on a frozen retention pond in the distance

Dozens of Canada geese are dead in Niverville as a result of a confirmed avian flu outbreak.


'Needing help is scary,' says small business owner who is fighting stigma around using food banks
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:00:00 EST
A woman standing with her hands clasped in front of her. She is indoors.

Miranda Mirlycourtois owns a small spray-tan business in Winnipeg and is also one of the tens of thousands of Manitobans that has accessed a food bank through Harvest Manitoba this past year. In a video she posted to Instagram, she's encouraging her customers to donate a non-perishable item to Harvest — items that could theoretically end up back on her table. 


Some Winnipeg encampment residents say they aren't being offered housing as camps taken down
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:00:00 EST
A truck and trailer full of items sits in a park, with a shopping cart in the foreground.

As tent encampments are being cleared out across Winnipeg, some of the people living in those camps say they aren't being offered housing. St. Boniface Street Links says encampment resident have turned to them for help.


NHL announces outdoor game in Winnipeg with Jets vs. Canadiens — then deletes it
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:54:12 EST
Hockey players skate on an outdoor rink

The NHL's Heritage Classic outdoor game is back, and it's returning to Winnipeg. We think.


Boundary Trails ER among latest measles exposure sites in Manitoba
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:01:19 EST
Letters reading 'The Boundary Trails Health Centre' are pictured on the side of a brick building.

Public health officials are warning of possible measles exposure at the Boundary Trails emergency department and a Plum Coulee gas station.


Former HQ for Manitoba PCs up for sale
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:00:00 EST
A two-storey home.

For only $800,000, you can own the former home of the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives. The PCs' longtime headquarters at 23 Kennedy St. in downtown Winnipeg is up for sale.


William Whyte resident welcomes city plan to crack down on derelict property owners
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:13:07 EST
A man standing in front of a demolished home looks at the camera as snow falls.

The head of the William Whyte Neighbourhood Association hopes a City of Winnipeg plan to crack down on vacant properties leads to a transformation in his community.


Riley Laychuk's Manitoba forecast for Friday, Dec. 5, 2025
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:00:00 EST
Temperatures will drop in time for the weekend as another push of cold air moves south. Into next week, there is another chance for snow Monday into Tuesday.

Temperatures will drop in time for the weekend as another push of cold air moves south. Into next week, there is another chance for snow Monday into Tuesday.


'Love letter' to dark skies shares wonder of the stars, warns of dangers of light pollution
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:00:00 EST
A man observes the sky with a telescope.

The new documentary Dark Skies follows scientists, researchers, and amateur astronomers fighting to create a rural preserve free of light pollution to save a slice of the night sky south of Winnipeg.