Manitoba News

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is putting up $10 million for a new fund aimed at getting more affordable housing units on the market.

WINNIPEG — A tentative agreement was reached in the early morning hours Tuesday to avert a strike by 25,000 health-care support workers in Manitoba. The workers were set to walk off the job at 6 a.m.

The setting sun backlights a pristine panoply of pines of different sizes and species. Far northern Canadian countryside rolls by at a leisurely pace of a train ride, viewed through an upper deck glass-enclosed of a special observation car.

The setting sun backlights a pristine panoply of pines of different sizes and species. Far northern Canadian countryside rolls by at a leisurely pace of a train ride, viewed through an upper deck glass-enclosed of a special observation car.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets are focusing on the regular season, but many of their fans will look beyond that to gauge the team’s success.

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA — A former Winnipeg high school football coach who groomed and sexually abused nine players was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday.

WINNIPEG — A totem pole that has stood on the grounds of the Manitoba legislature for more than 50 years has come down. The five-metre-high pole was unveiled in 1971 to mark the 100th anniversary of British Columbia's entry into Confederation.

NELSON HOUSE, MANITOBA — Police say a man reported missing this week near Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, about 800 kilometres north of Winnipeg, has been found dead.

WINNIPEG — The federal government says it's making progress on a pilot program for an alert system that would inform the public when an Indigenous woman or girl is missing.

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba politician who was ousted from the governing NDP caucus is accusing Premier Wab Kinew of lunging at him and yanking his arm during the election campaign five years ago, when the New Democrats were in Opposition.