Manitoba News

WINNIPEG — There is some extra fire for when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers host the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the annual Banjo Bowl at Princess Auto Stadium on Saturday.

WINNIPEG — A judge has found a senior corrections officer not guilty in the death of a First Nations inmate at a Manitoba jail in a case that has raised concern about the treatment of people behind bars.

WINNIPEG — A judge has approved a settlement for three class-action lawsuits, worth $530 million, over federal child benefit payments that were clawed back by the Manitoba government.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says a new federal policy on international students could lead to higher post-secondary tuition fees for domestic ones.

WINNIPEG — A man attempted to drive through a demonstration in downtown Winnipeg on Wednesday, veering off with one protester on his hood and the bicycle of another protester under his wheels.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is looking at ways to increase monitoring and surveillance of garbage trucks and landfills following the slayings of four Indigenous women whose remains were dumped in trash bins.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's police watchdog is investigating the death of a woman who was hit by officers driving near an encampment in Winnipeg.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's NDP government, approaching the first anniversary of its election victory, is facing a fiscal squeeze as it tries to fulfil promises to cut living costs, give more money to public sector workers and eliminate chronic deficits.

SOURIS, Man. — Jim Ludlam might be considered a jack-of-all-trades in Souris, Man. The 85-year-old spends his days maintaining a local church, tending to flower beds in a park and making sure town equipment is gassed up.

WINNIPEG — APTN will soon launch a channel with programming primarily in Indigenous languages.