Manitoba News

WINNIPEG - The province's Public Utilities Board has approved two rate hikes over the next seven months. The independent rate-setting authority has given Manitoba Hydro the green light to raise average electricity rates by 1.4 per cent on September 1st and another 1.4 per cent on April 1st. The average customer will pay up to…

WINNIPEG - The strike by Manitoba liquor workers which began over a month ago could be nearing an end. Liquor and Lotteries and the union representing its 1,400 employees have struck a tentative agreement. The Manitoba General Employees’ Union is recommending its members vote in favour of the four year deal. Meanwhile, Manitoba Public Insurance…

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's NDP says it would suspend the provincial fuel tax if elected in October. New Democrat Leader Wab Kinew says the tax cut would stay in place as long as inflation is high to help with the rising cost of living. He thinks the tax suspension would last between six and 12 months.…

WINNIPEG - As many as 3,000 evacuees from the Northwest Territories will begin arriving in Manitoba today. The Yellowknife residents will be put up at hotels in Winnipeg, Brandon and Portage la Prairie. The province is also helping by sending firefighters and equipment to battle the blaze that is burning just kilometres from the capital…

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's NDP leader is promising to be tough on crime if his party wins the upcoming election. Wab Kinew says he would help people who suffer from addictions and bring the hammer down on drug dealers. The speech on Wednesday which drew on his past runins with the law accused his political opponents…

WINNIPEG - A special air quality statement continues for much of Manitoba, due to smoky conditions. Wildfire smoke remains in the air from blazes in the Northwest Territiries. A low pressure system should bring relief to some areas of the province today. However, another smoke plume is expected to move south through Manitoba tonight. Dozens…

WINNIPEG - There has finally been some movement in the strike by government liquor workers in Manitoba. An independent conciliator has recommended binding arbitration and Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries has agreed to it. The union, however, has said not so fast. The Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union says it has some conditions that need…

WINNIPEG - RCMP say they are investigating what they believe to be a murder-suicide. Officers from the Morris detachment, as well as Emerson and St-Pierre-Jolys, responded on Saturday to a report that a 32 year old man shot a 65 year old woman and wounded a 59 year old man at a home in the…

WINNIPEG - It seems Manitobans are going outside the province for relief from the liquor strike involving 1,400 workers. Most liquor marts have been closed for a number of days, leaving private vendors scrambling for stock. Barb McIvor, who owns a general store in Churchbridge, Saskatchewan, west of Russell, says more people from Manitoba have…

WINNIPEG - The president of the Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union says a province-wide strike by liquor workers will go on for the foreseeable future. Kyle Ross says Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries is a very profitable corporation and it can afford fair and reasonable wage increases for its employees. MGEU members have been holding…

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is contributing $6.7 million to a feasibility study for an Indigenous-led trade corridor. The province says the feasibility study for the NeeStaNan project will assess the viability and level of investment required to establish a trade corridor from Fort McMurray, Alberta to the Hudson Bay coast of Manitoba. The total…

WINNIPEG - Statistics Canada says Manitoba recorded the country's biggest increase in crime last year. The province saw a 14 per cent rise in crime, followed by Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island which all saw increases of six per cent. The agency's crime severity index rose by four per cent across Canada…

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is promising changes now and in the future at the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 5, where 17 people were killed in a collision in June. Another crash there this week sent three people to hospital. Manitoba Infrastructure says the changes will include new warning signs, as well…

WINNIPEG - More walkouts are planned this week by liquor workers in Manitoba. Unionized employees will refuse overtime, while those working at distribution centres will strike today, tomorrow and Thursday. All workers at Liquor Mart stores across the province will go on strike for two days starting tomorrow. The Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union…

WINNIPEG - A strike by writers and actors in Hollywood is starting to impact the province's film industry, with projects slated for the next few months grinding to a halt. Rod Bruinooge, interim CEO of Manitoba Film and Music, says almost two-thirds of the company's revenue comes from American productions that employ people locally. Nicolas…