Winnipeg News

WINNIPEG - A local radio station is among nine that Bell has decided to close or sell. The media company has also announced 1,300 job cuts across the country. Winnipeg’s Funny 1290 is being turned off by Bell as it changes significantly how it delivers the news. Bell says the layoffs are in response to…

WINNIPEG - The Chief Peguis Trail extension is getting provincial funding for a feasibility study. The Manitoba government has promised to cover half of the $1.4 million price tag, with the City of Winnipeg paying the rest.. The project would extend Chief Peguis by about 10 kilometres from Main Street to Brookside Boulevard near Jefferson…

WINNIPEG - A convenience store in Winnipeg has applied for a dining room liquor licence. A spokesperson for 7-Eleven Canada says the location at Ness and Sturgeon is being remodelled with an eating area including tables and seating. There are already licensed 7-Eleven restaurants in Alberta and Ontario but the plan to serve beer and…

WINNIPEG - New Flyer Industries says the Toronto Transit Commission has awarded it a five year contract for at least 186 electric buses. The bus manufacturer says the deal also includes an option for the TTC to buy up to 435 more of the 40 foot buses. New Flyer says these next generation buses are…

WINNIPEG - A popular tourist attraction will remain closed indefinitely after 17 schoolchildren and an adult were hurt in Winnipeg on Wednesday. Part of an elevated wooden walkway at Fort Gibraltar collapsed and a group of people fell as much as six metres. Several Grade five students from St. John's-Ravenscourt were treated for broken bones…

WINNIPEG - The corner of Osborne and Stradbrook in Winnipeg is a bit brighter after a weekend project. The Osborne Village Biz asked artist Alex Plante of Cool Streets Winnipeg to paint a mural at the intersection’s bus stop. She hopes the mural might encourage people to leave their cars at home and instead walk…

WINNIPEG - Winnipeg Transit hopes to bounce back to a pre-pandemic level of service by fall but it may not be possible. Despite a hiring blitz, there is still a shortage of about 80 drivers. The City of Winnipeg bus service is operating at around six per cent below where it was before COVID-19. Transit…

WINNIPEG - A teenager who badly injured an 84 year old woman in an unprovoked stabbing in Winnipeg has been handed the maximum youth sentence of three years in custody, as well as community supervision. The now 16 year old boy pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault after the violent incident on July…

WINNIPEG - A collision near an intersection on Winnipeg's South Perimeter Highway has claimed the life of a 37 year old man from the city. RCMP say the he was driving north in a southbound lane late Friday night when his vehicle collided with another car going the other way. The man was pronounced dead…

WINNIPEG - McPhillips is open again after a train derailment on the street near Logan Avenue Friday morning. Meanwhile, premier Heather Stefanson says the incident should reignite talks about rail relocation, an idea that has been discussed for decades. Many believe it would increase safety and remove large rail yards that divide neighbourhoods. Stefanson says…

WINNIPEG - A local man who created and trafficked so-called ghost guns has received what is believed to be the longest prison sentence in Canada for weapons offences involving a 3D printer. Blake Ellison-Crate pleaded guilty to 13 charges and was sentenced to 12 years behind bars. One of the firearms was used in the…

WINNIPEG - Siloam Mission says the number of Winnipeggers coming in food support has almost doubled since last fall and it's putting a strain on the shelter. CEO Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud says there has also been a decrease in donations so they have added $140,000 to the budget this year just for food. Siloam is…

WINNIPEG - The province may not replace the Queen Victoria statue that was torn down by protesters at the legislature almost two years ago. A final decision has not been made yet but the minister responsible, James Teitsma, says it might be best to leave the front lawn an open stretch of grass which would…

WINNIPEG - Hundreds of people formed a ring around drummers and singers in the middle of Portage and Main on Friday. The gathering at 5 p.m. was to honour Linda Beardy after the mother of four was found dead at Brady Landfill earlier this week. The demonstrators who chanted “we are not trash” and “shut…

WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling the discovery of another Indigenous woman's body at a Winnipeg landfill heartbreaking. He says the federal government needs to do more to end the epidemic of violence against Indigenous women and girls. Police are investigating the death of 33 year old Linda Mary Beardy as a homicide.…