Manitoba News

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba legislature has taken its summer break. It was the final sitting for MLAs before the provincial election set for October 3rd. During the session, the governing Progressive Conservatives passed dozens of bills into law, with the Opposition New Democrats derailing five pieces of legislation. The campaign will heat up now and…

WINNIPEG - A Roman Catholic priest is accused of sexually assaulting an eight year old girl in a church at a Manitoba First Nation. RCMP were called on Saturday to Little Grand Rapids for a report of a girl being touched inappropriately when she was alone with a priest. The Mounties say he tried to…

WINNIPEG - A 60 year old man has been charged after employees at a retail business in Brandon were threatened. Police say they responded Sunday morning to reports of a customer behaving in a threatening manner at a store on 18th Street North. The suspect had left by the time officers arrived but he returned…

WINNIPEG - RCMP say a 23 year old woman is dead after being thrown from a vehicle that crashed in an Interlake community on the weekend. The Mounties say she and another woman, both from Winnipeg, were heading south on Highway 9 early Sunday morning when their car entered a ditch and rolled in Sandy…

WINNIPEG - Many residents of a First Nation in northern Manitoba have been allowed to return to their homes after a nearby wildfire prompted an evacuation. Thousands of people from Pimicikamak Cree Nation were forced to leave the community on Wednesday evening. Residents with respiratory problems have been told it is not safe to go…

WINNIPEG - Manitoba RCMP have killed an 18 year old man during a domestic disturbance call in Portage la Prairie. Mounties responded to an apartment on Hazel Bay early Wednesday morning. They were called there about a female banging on a door, saying her boyfriend was trying to kill her. Officers say the female was…

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation has replaced president and CEO Eric Herbelin. Board chair Ward Keith said in a statement posted on MPI's website on the weekend that Marnie Kacher has agreed to take on the job on an interim basis while the board of directors begins recruiting for a permanent replacement. Kacher has…

WINNIPEG - Police have shut down a store in Winnipeg’s Osborne Village for selling magic mushrooms. Magic Mush began selling psilocybin mushrooms earlier this month. Psilocybin is classified as a Schedule III substance under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. The store is run by an Ontario-based company that operates similar businesses in Toronto and…

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Health Minister Audrey Gordon says two new CT scanners are coming to the Selkirk Regional Health Centre in an effort to reduce patient wait times. She says one scanner will be new to the facility, while the other will replace aging equipment. Gordon says more than $15 million in funding is going…

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is promising to upgrade provincial parks due to growing demand. The 10 year, $110 million plan includes 45 new yurts, structures with a hard roof, lighting, furniture and power. Other planned improvements include adding electrical service to campsites in several parks, building washrooms in some remote parks and new water…

WINNIPEG - A murder trial is underway in Manitoba for a man accused of leading police on a weeklong manhunt to a different province after allegedly killing his neighbour. Eric Wildman is charged with first degree murder in the death of Clifford Joseph who was reported missing on June 7th of 2021. His body was…

WINNIPEG - RCMP say they have arrested a man who is suspected of kidnapping a woman on a highway near The Pas. The alleged victim was found safe. Officers set up roadblocks quickly after getting reports of the abduction on Saturday morning. Mounties in Saskatchewan also set up a roadblock at the provincial boundary. The…

WINNIPEG - Residents of a Manitoba city are having to boil their water before consuming it. People in Thompson must boil their water for at least a minute before drinking it. The province announced the boil water advisory this week after finding a failure in the supply's treatment process which allowed poorly treated water to…

WINNIPEG - The leader of the People's Party of Canada is expected to declare his candidacy in a Manitoba byelection. A news release says Maxime Bernier, a former Conservative cabinet minister who quit to form the CCP in 2018, will make an announcement on Friday about the upcoming vote in the Portage-Lisgar riding. The byelection…

WINNIPEG - RCMP are looking for two inmates with a history of violence who escaped from The Pas Correctional Centre last night. 19 year old Xander Tardiff and 21 year old Kelly Castel are considered dangerous. Just before 7 p.m., three prisoners bolted from the jail. One of them was captured a short time later.…