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Capital spending up 75% in draft 2026 Winnipeg budget
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:00:00 EST
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The City of Winnipeg plans to significantly ramp up borrowing and spending on capital projects next year, with hundreds of millions more going to fund major infrastructure projects like upgrades to the North End Water Pollution Control Centre and purchases of more buses.


Winnipeg couple plead guilty to animal cruelty after killing cats, birds, axolotl for videos they sold
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:46:18 EST
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A Winnipeg couple have pleaded guilty to multiple counts of animal cruelty after being arrested last year for making videos of animals being tortured and killed and selling them on a messaging app — a venture that included more than 90 animals, ranging from kittens to birds to an axolotl.


State of emergency declared in Garden Hill amid hepatitis A outbreak in Island Lake
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:30:21 EST
Oogoogeek dive team searches the waters of Island Lake for missing community members.

The grand council representing First Nations in the Island Lake region of northern Manitoba says a state of emergency has been declared in one of its communities as it looks to contain an outbreak of hepatitis A.


Vote count resumes in Sioux Valley Dakota nation
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:07:13 EST
A group of people stand outside a building with a sign encouraging people to vote.

Ballot counting in Sioux Valley Dakota Nation’s election for chief and council was halted Thursday night after the electoral officer abruptly stopped the process and left, citing safety concerns. On Friday, elders appointed a new electoral officer and ordered counting to resume that afternoon. 


Blue Bombers head coach Mike O'Shea to return to the sidelines in Winnipeg for another season
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:39:21 EST
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Mike O'Shea will return as head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the CFL team announced Friday.


2 new measles cases, 1 exposure reported in Manitoba ahead of the weekend
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:26:59 EST
A child with measles

Manitoba health officials have reported two more measles cases, bringing the case count as of Nov. 8 to 249 confirmed and 16 probable, according to Friday's weekly update.


Ticket-fixing scandal reflects 'culture problem' that Winnipeg police 'can't be trusted to fix': researcher
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 06:00:00 EST
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Two university criminology professors suggest that police may drop tickets for friends and acquaintances more often than the public realizes, after a Winnipeg police constable pleaded guilty to ticket-fixing and a range of other offences last week.


Granite Curling Club holds the hammer in dispute over new apartment complex: parking
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:03:35 EST
The exterior of a building with a sign reading "Granite Curling Club."

Winnipeg’s plans to build an apartment complex on a parking lot can only proceed if the neighbouring Granite Curling Club is satisfied with the number of parking spots it would receive, the municipal board has ruled.


Part of northwestern Manitoba under snowfall warning until Saturday
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:37:12 EST
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A swath of northern Manitoba is under a snowfall warning until Saturday, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.


RCMP open homicide probe after man found dead in Peguis First Nation
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:33:49 EST
A vehicle in the summer.

The death of a man found unresponsive inside his home on Peguis First Nation is being investigated as a homicide, Manitoba RCMP say. 


CFLPA president Elimimian expects union will be consulted on future rule changes
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 12:58:17 EST
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The CFLPA president said Friday the union wasn't consulted in September when CFL commissioner Stewart Johnston unveiled the league's two-part plan to change its rules and field dimensions.


Battle to save northern Manitoba city from wildfires 'will never be forgotten,' Flin Flon firefighters say
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 06:00:00 EST
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For more than four weeks, 28 Flin Flon firefighters battled to save their northern Manitoba city from wildfires, doing gruelling shifts in heavy smoke without days off.


Downtown Winnipeg restaurant and bar La Roca says it was targeted in attempted arson
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:46:28 EST
A smashed window of a restaurant

An early morning fire damaged a downtown Winnipeg business on Friday.


CFL superfans face off ahead of Grey Cup weekend
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:10:19 EST
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The CFL rule changes are coming in 2027, not next year. Denis Genereux of Mirabel, Que., and Darren Moroz of Moose Jaw, Sask., joined us to talk about this weekend's Grey Cup final between the Montreal Alouettes and the Saskatchewan Roughriders, and debate the rule changes coming to the CFL in 2027.


Road woes continue for Winnipeg Jets, who lose 5-3 to Seattle Kraken
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:37:04 EST
A hockey player hangs his head as another team celebrates on the ice behind him.

Jordan Eberle broke a tie at 7:21 of the third period and added an empty-netter in the Seattle Kraken's 5-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night.


Winnipeg to raise property taxes by 3.5% in 2026 budget, mayor says
Thu, 13 Nov 2025 18:36:14 EST
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The City of Winnipeg’s spending plan for 2026 calls for a 3.5 per cent property tax hike and a commitment to spend $500 million on the third and final phase of the upgrades to the city’s largest sewage-treatment plant.


You could get at least $50 from the bread price-fixing settlement. But the deadline is coming up
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 04:00:00 EST
A woman in the background pushes a baby carriage as she walks past shelves piled with bags of bread.

Your chance to get a piece of a $500-million class action settlement, following a years-long bread price fixing scheme will soon expire.


Manitoba premier says he thought of calling early vote over 72-hour detention bill 'games'
Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:27:39 EST
A man in a suit gesticulates with one hand while speaking in front of a mic. On the foreground, there are people seated facing the same direction, but looking at the speaker.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew isn't ruling out an early election and says he recently contemplated calling an early vote when legislation to detain highly intoxicated people longer looked like it might not pass into law quickly.


Winnipeggers rally at intersection where boy was hit by car while crossing street on bike
Thu, 13 Nov 2025 21:33:54 EST
Rally on street with people holding signs "a child was hit here"

The City of Winnipeg says is implementing changes after a child was hit by a car while riding a bike in the south Osborne area.


Bloodvein First Nation's hunting checkstop may be '1st of many' without court intervention, lawyer argues
Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:52:00 EST
People with signs are shown sitting outside. One sign says "Moose are declining. We are their voice."

A packed Winnipeg courtroom heard arguments Thursday over whether a First Nation's checkstop in southeastern Manitoba has illegally prevented licensed moose hunters from accessing public lands.