GENEVA (AP) — A top official with the World Health Organization said Wednesday the U.N. health agency doesn’t know how a lab worker in Siberia died amid concerns about plague, and she urged Russia to provide more information.

OTTAWA – Canada’s industry minister says Stelco Holdings Inc. cannot use the trade war to justify cutting jobs it committed to maintain when it bought the Hamilton, Ont.-based steel plant, particularly when the head of its U.S. parent company has publicly backed tariffs on steel.

Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour will meet with Lt.-Gov. Anita Neville, Premier Wab Kinew, Indigenous leaders and others when her first official visit to Manitoba begins Wednesday.

CALGARY – Alberta’s move to permanent daylight time will turn the Calgary Flames and their fans into night owls a few times this NHL season.

Manitoba Federation of Labour calls for independent review of Workers Compensation Board

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles and drones pounded Kyiv and a dozen other Ukrainian regions overnight into Wednesday, killing at least 19 civilians, including four children, and wounding around 60 in Moscow’s latest devastating barrage, Ukrainian officials said.

OTTAWA – The Liberal government is expected Wednesday to publicly take a position on whether it believes Canada is ready to allow people with mental illness to access assisted dying. 

OTTAWA – Edmonton mother Salomy Abusalim is running out of excuses to give her son when he asks why his dad is still in Gaza.

An FBI complaint against a Washington state suspect accused of conspiring with the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter for months provides extensive new details about the guns that may have been used in the attack, and how the teenage killer may have obtained them.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq devalued its currency Wednesday, changing the official exchange rate from around 1,300 Iraqi dinars to the dollar to 1,500 dinars to the dollar.

Despite a devastating wildfire season, tourism in Manitoba hit record highs in 2025.

Dual athlete tearing up the pitch and the track

Mayoral candidate Kevin Klein said he was offered a position with the provincial Tories if he pulled out of the 2022 mayoral race that saw then-city councillor Scott Gillingham defeat former mayor Glen Murray.

The province is aiming to free up hospital beds and cut wait times by adding 103 community-based care spaces in Winnipeg for patients who need shelter or specialized supports in order to be discharged.

Winnipeg transplant shares Singaporean flavours at pop-ups

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration says it is investigating after a Delta Air Lines plane “clipped” an Air Canada aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday.

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Dr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning early Monday that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenetics.

Club trending in right direction after picking up points in first three games

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — A former high-ranking Department of Justice official will look at how Cornell handles sexual misconduct complaints, university trustees announced Tuesday as they tried to address an outpouring of anger over allegations of a 2024 gang rape at a fraternity house.

A Manitoba pharmacist who made complaints against a colleague that led to sanctions against him has now also been fined due to her own conduct.

RCMP investigators have laid nearly two dozen weapons charges against 11 people in a lengthy probe into a drug and gun trafficking organization tied to repeated acts of violence and arson meant to stoke fear in Bunibonibee Cree Nation.

DiVincentiis, Milic combine for opening weekend sweep

A St. Vital homeowner and her husband were going about their business during an afternoon last month when police officers in tactical gear suddenly appeared, walking across their front lawn.

WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is opening up more than 100 new spaces for patients who require followup care after being discharged from hospital.

A United States court of appeal has upheld the conviction and sentence for a man found guilty of smuggling Indian nationals into Minnesota from Manitoba, which resulted in the deaths of a family in 2022.

A trio of candidates will compete to become the first new city councillor in River Heights-Fort Garry since 2009.

SEATTLE – A 30-year-old man from Washington state has been arrested on a charge of conspiracy to murder in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting.

An assault in Osborne Village that sent two men to hospital Sunday night, including one in critical condition, was random, police said Tuesday.

OTTAWA – Conservative members of Parliament are calling for a boost to Canadian diesel production to one million barrels per day as the price for the fuel continues to soar.

CHICAGO (AP) — It’s official: Skydance-owned Paramount has closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.

TORONTO – A new report suggests Canadians plan to spend less this holiday season compared with last year, but more than half are willing to pay more for Canadian-made products over imported options.

MONTREAL – Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon had his work cut out for him after the 2022 election.

TORONTO – Canadian business leaders are calling on the federal government to reform some of its tax policies in hopes of bolstering investments in domestic firms.

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government is expected to approve urgent measures on the country’s housing crisis on Tuesday, after an outbreak of violence the night before in the coastal city of Barcelona saw tens of thousands taking to the streets.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian air defenses intercepted nearly 900 Ukrainian drones overnight over multiple regions of the country, as well as the occupied Crimean Peninsula and the Sea of Azov, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said Tuesday.

Online retailer plans donation after contractor removed fences, tore up grass

A ward of the child welfare system, teen victim was coerced into sex work

Waiver wire pickup leads Jets to victory in Pittsburgh

A Manitoba nurse has been disciplined for inappropriate behaviour towards students including what is being described as unwanted touching.

Manitoba Public Insurance is now using an “IT road map” and phasing in new technology and systems after pulling the plug last year on its failed $164-million overhaul known as Project Nova, its annual report says.

A historic number of school trustees have automatically won their bid to draft classroom budgets and make public education policy in Winnipeg.

Judge also rules sergeant’s Charter rights violated, excessive force used in arrest

RWB updates classic Slavic folk tales as part of Stravinsky-based double bill

A Winnipeg woman who, along with her mother, subjected a young girl to prolonged abuse and neglect that took her to the brink of death should be sentenced to nine years in prison, a judge was told Monday.

Mayoral candidate Kevin Klein is promising to build public trust in city hall, if elected, with a new municipal ombudsman.

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney will “play an active role” in setting the agenda for Ottawa’s new AI advisory council.

Crosby sings praises of Jets Bjorck, summer training partner Barron

Two people are in hospital and another two are in police custody after a serious assault in Osborne Village early Monday morning.