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Municipalities call on province to help tackle rising cost of derelict buildings
Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:00:00 EST
A home is torn down by a piece of heavy equipment.

Derelict buildings are creating increasing safety risks and financial strain, the Association of Manitoba Municipalities says, and it's passed a resolution asking the province to help. 


Union asks province for solution to long wait times after death of nurse's mother, 82
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 19:24:47 EST
A woman with white, wavy hair smiles at the camera, with her chin resting on one hand.

The union representing Manitoba's nurses says it would welcome an in-depth review of what led to the death of an 82-year-old woman following more than 30 hours in Winnipeg emergency departments.


Riley Laychuk's Manitoba forecast for Friday, Nov. 28, 2025
Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:00:00 EST
It will feel a lot more like late November heading into the weekend. By next week, highs will be in the minus double digits.

It will feel a lot more like late November heading into the weekend. By next week, highs will be in the minus double digits.


Judge dismisses wildlife federation's call for halt to Bloodvein First Nation checkstop
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:06:40 EST
People are shown sitting at a table, with more people lined up and standing behind them.

A judge has dismissed the Manitoba Wildlife Federation's request for court intervention to stop a First Nation's checkstop, which allegedly prevented licensed moose hunters from crossing earlier this fall.


Manitoba legislature spirals into 'shambles' as politicians trade relentless barbs
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 20:06:00 EST
Politicians sit at tables in a legislative building room.

The insults have been flying fast and furious at the Manitoba legislature, where even Tom Lindsey, the Speaker who is in charge of maintaining order, got into it by calling one legislature member "not that clever."


Terry Sawchuk Arena closes abruptly due to 'significant structural issue'
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 23:53:00 EST

A hockey arena in Winnipeg's East Kildonan area is closed due to an "unexpected and significant" structural issue, city officials say.


Manitoba company fined $5K after plumber died from overexposure to toxic gas
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 20:38:01 EST
Water is shown running from a tap.

A company in southern Manitoba has been fined after the death of a plumber working to unclog a sewer drain.


Manitoba Health Links service adding doctors to offer advice around the clock
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 21:11:58 EST
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Health advice from both doctors and nurses in Manitoba is now only a phone call away, the province says.


New Winnipeg Transit Plus booking system leads to big service improvements: report
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 19:07:04 EST
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The City of Winnipeg says an overhaul of the booking system for Winnipeg Transit Plus has dramatically improved service for riders with disabilities, cutting wait times and virtually eliminating missed trips, according to a city report.


City crews begin clearing out West Broadway homeless encampment
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:44:02 EST
A bulldozer dumps a load of debris into a truck bed as crews demolish a homeless encampment

Bulldozers crumpled up tents and other items that were then loaded up and trucked away from Mostyn Park on Thursday as city crews started tearing down another Winnipeg homeless encampment.


Ste. Anne student arrested in connection with attack that sent classmate to hospital
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:53:47 EST
Police vehicle in front of a school

Ste. Anne police arrested a high school student on Wednesday, the day after a violent incident, caught on camera, sent a classmate to hospital.


RCMP shooting victim, 2 inmates among subjects of 6 new inquests called in Manitoba
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:46:16 EST
A large stone prison seen from a distance

Separate inquests have been called into the deaths of six adults in Manitoba, including an inmate stabbed with improvised weapons during a prison riot and a man shot by an RCMP officer.


Grader shot, signs defaced, vehicle vandalized as Manitoba RM contends with 'disturbing incidents'
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:39:46 EST
A hand holds a loonie coin next to a suspected bullet hole in a yellow grader

A rural municipality northeast of Winnipeg says it's concerned about public safety due to "several disturbing incidents" that include a municipal grader being shot.


Nearly all of Manitoba's RCMP officers now equipped with bodycams, Mounties say
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:51:33 EST
A camera on a vest.

Manitoba RCMP say almost all front-line officers are now equipped with body cameras as part of a program launched more than a year ago.


Appeal board says Manitoba should pay for out-of-country spinal surgery in 'deeply concerning' case
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 06:00:00 EST
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An appeals board says Manitoba should pick up the tab for the spinal surgery a patient had in another country amid debilitating pain and intolerable wait times in the province.


Rural Manitoba food bank fears new rules may limit garden, farm donations
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 06:00:00 EST
A woman stands smiling in a food bank.

A Manitoba food bank worries new national accreditation standards ignore the realities of small communities. Killarney Food Bank says Food Banks Canada's accreditation involves a lot of paperwork and would change what it can distribute.


Steinbach-based charity helps provide meals, school supplies, tuition grants to kids in Philippines
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 06:00:00 EST
Children sit at blue wooden tables while eating

A Steinbach-based charity formed by four women who met at a lunch table at work has helped feed and educate hundreds of people in the Philippines.


1 year after review of municipal board, Manitoba considering legislation, enlisting help from staff
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 23:08:17 EST
A man in a black suit, white shirt underneath and grey tie stands in the legislative chamber

Nearly a year after the Manitoba government got a report recommending major changes to its municipal board, the province has started researching how to improve the legislation and assigned one staff member to support the appeals body.


'System is broken,' nurse says after her mother's death following wait for care
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:35:08 EST
A woman with white, wavy hair smiles at the camera, with her chin resting on one hand.

Manitoba health officials are investigating a critical incident after the family of an 82-year-old woman said she died following more than 30 hours in emergency departments at Winnipeg's Grace and St. Boniface hospitals.


New measures to keep emergency medical responders in rural Manitoba criticized as 'cheap' by paramedics' union
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 22:49:21 EST
The side of an ambulance.

Manitoba hopes to help rural municipalities recruit more emergency medical responders with new financial support for students and in-community training programs, but the union for rural paramedics is calling it a step backwards for rural emergency medical services.