Defence argues for time served in connection to 2025 killing

Acquisition of former Brandon Indian Residential School grounds will help educate future generations, premier says

It’s the first practice day after a backbreaking loss.

Manitoba Hydro posted a $446-million loss in 2025-26, as drought conditions slashed hydroelectric generation, forcing the Crown corporation to buy more power while leaving it with less electricity to sell outside the province.

Mayoral candidate Kevin Klein is promising to cancel a water and sewer rate hike proposed for next year and freeze the fee for two years.

Crime rates, the cost of living and the state of health care were on the agenda Tuesday when the legislature’s fall sitting began a day after Obby Khan’s abrupt resignation from the Tory caucus.

A Winnipeg man who stalked a woman for several years before shooting her dead in the street in 1993 has died in Stony Mountain prison.

Manitoba’s auditor general says significant gaps in health-sector financial reporting make it difficult to understand how billions of dollars in public funds are spent.

Canada’s slowing population growth could restrict business expansion, a top economist for Farm Credit Canada warned Manitoba manufacturers.

At a time when the fight for gender equality is facing a backlash, pressure is mounting for the next leader of the United Nations to be the first woman in its more than 80-year history.

OTTAWA – Canada’s former top soldier says the country’s “persistent myth” about being a nation of peacekeepers hasn’t kept up with a changing world and it “needs to fade away.”

VANCOUVER – Prime Minister Mark Carney says the government is making a new $1.2 billion investment in ocean conservation as the country inches toward a decision on a new West Coast pipeline.

A study suggests young Canadians are more likely to feel hopeless about democracy than older residents.

In a smart-device world, some families keep phone jacked into the wall

Nothing short of keeping inmates separated at all times could have prevented three unrelated prisoner-on-prisoner killings several years ago in Stony Mountain Institution’s maximum-security unit, an inquest judge has found.

Legislation comes into effect Thursday

An Edmonton man accused of defrauding several Winnipeg seniors in so-called grandparent scams has also been charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl in the city.

OTTAWA – U.S. President Donald Trump has escalated his trade war with Canada with outright bans on imports of certain Canadian goods.

Diesel prices are on a big upward swing, rising to historic levels over the past month and filtering through to all corners of the economy.

OTTAWA – A Toronto woman says Meta permanently shut down her Facebook and Instagram accounts without warning — and her only recourse has been to talk to AI chatbots.

Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives have chosen Konrad Narth as their interim party leader after the sudden resignation of Obby Khan.

OTTAWA – Canada is making strides in the fight against criminal efforts to disguise illicit cash but can do more to investigate and prosecute complex money laundering cases, says a new international watchdog report.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired ballistic missiles and dozens of jet-powered drones at Kyiv, Ukraine’s air force said Tuesday, as Moscow seeks to make Ukraine buckle under the pressure of day-and-night bombardment of its capital and other cities.

VANCOUVER – LNG Canada says it will go ahead with the Phase 2 expansion project at its liquefied natural gas export terminal in Kitimat, B.C.

Iran’s currency fell to a new record low on Tuesday, with traders in Tehran exchanging more than 2.5 million rials to the U.S. dollar in a stark reflection of how the war in the Middle East has steadily eroded the Iranian economy.

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations have spent over an extra 100 billion euros ($113.5 billion) on energy imports since the outbreak of the Iran war, pushing politicians to seek alternatives to fossil fuels as prices skyrocket.

A burial site for dozens of children who died while attending the Brandon Indian Residential School will be acquired by the province, the Free Press has learned.

A Winnipeg man is suing his neighbour over an alleged dog attack he says occurred while he was helping him with a lawnmower.

A disciplinary panel has ordered the cancellation of a Chinese-Canadian teacher’s certificate because of her “repeated boundary-crossing with a student” during her tenure at an international school with local ties.

Winnipeg-based Toba Tripper launches venture with three guided southern Manitoba experiences

Truth and reconciliation message meant to resonate throughout the year

Electoral reform, AI policy, light rail among initiatives being floated

The federal government is backing a major redevelopment of Winnipeg’s Downtown Y that will expand community programs and update the century-old Vaughan Street building.

Says zoning rule prohibiting walk-in customers would kill his business

Manitoba’s Leader of the Opposition is stepping down.

For the LARPers of Misthaven, adventuring is serious business

Crown seeks two years for mother convicted of failing to provide necessaries of life

The province is making it easier for youths transitioning out of care to access employment income assistance.

Premier Wab Kinew shuffled his cabinet Monday and created a new portfolio that will oversee first responders in the province.

A Winnipeg man accused of planting a pipe bomb outside a bustling Notre Dame Avenue bathhouse has been granted bail.

OTTAWA – Canada is extending travel and immigration restrictions related to the Ebola outbreak in Africa for another 60 days, until Nov. 27.

WINNIPEG – Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has increased the size of his cabinet to focus more attention on accessibility issues and first responders.

Netminder claimed by Jets as Zhilkin, Thrun set to be assigned to the Moose

Jets defenceman spent whole summer working on getting to the next level

OTTAWA – Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty was noncommittal when asked about criminalizing residential school denialism after a group linked with white nationalism reportedly staged a demonstration in the B.C. interior.

WINNIPEG – The high price of getting by will be front and centre as Manitoba politicians head back to the legislature this week.

A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was sexually assaulted in 2024 by seven students after being plied with alcohol and drugs.

Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Obby Khan survived a confidence vote held Friday.

EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s counterparts across the country are keeping their cards close to their chest on where they stand on the major constitutional reforms Smith is sending to a provincewide vote next month.

TORONTO – Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is co-hosting a global meeting in Toronto today aimed at advancing work to return Ukrainian children abducted by Russian officials.