Manitoba News

WINNIPEG — Conservative party Leader Pierre Poilievre defended his decision Friday to speak to a think tank that has come under fire for comments on residential schools and discrimination.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is weeks behind its traditional time frame for consultations on the spring budget, and the Opposition New Democrats say it is a sign of dysfunction that also includes staff and cabinet changes.

WINNIPEG — Bundles of dried sage tied together with red ribbon hang from black fixtures connected to wood-panelled walls. The space — in a building known simply as "the lodge" — may be small, but it is mighty in meaning.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson is parting ways with two senior staff she brought in not long ago, with an election slated for October.

WINNIPEG — A recent fingerprint match has led to the arrest of a suspect in a kidnapping case from 2019, Manitoba RCMP said Thursday.

WINNIPEG — A second lawyer has been charged in the surveillance of a Manitoba judge who was hearing a case involving COVID-19 public health orders.

WINNIPEG — RCMP have arrested a man following a string of bank robberies in southern Manitoba between November and January. The robberies started in Steinbach on Nov.

WINNIPEG — Nico Myatovic scored the game-winning goal at 3:26 of overtime as the Seattle Thunderbirds edged the Winnipeg Ice 4-3 on Wednesday in a battle between the league's conference leaders.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed veteran American offensive tackle Jermarcus Hardrickto a one-year contract extension Wednesday. The six-foot-five, 319-pound Hardrick was slated to become a free agent next month.

WINNIPEG — An apartment complex slated to open next year in Winnipeg is to provide First Nations students who have moved off reserve an affordable place to live while they pursue a post-secondary education.