Manitoba News

TORONTO — National health data released Wednesday shows overdose deaths in Canada dropped in 2024 but the toll still remained much higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic.

EDMONTON — Growing. Inconsistent. Building.

WINNIPEG — Buses carrying residents from the northern city of Flin Flon were being loaded up Wednesday morning, preparing to bring them back after a menacing wildfire forced thousands to flee weeks earlier.

TORONTO — Seventy-two people have fallen ill after eating salami recalled due to possible salmonella contamination.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has hired a former journalist to lead a trade office in Washington, D.C.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the provincewide state of emergency has been lifted as the danger from wildfires recedes. He announced Monday that while the emergency rules are no longer needed, crews remain vigilant as fires rage.

WINNIPEG — A well-known cave-like tunnel that attracts boaters to eastern Manitoba has reopened thanks to some ingenuity involving a backhoe, a grappling bucket and a crew removing fallen rock from a tight, gorge-like opening.

VANCOUVER — Thirteen seasons into his CFL career, Zach Collaros isn't taking football for granted.

OTTAWA — Hundreds gathered Saturday at events across Canada to mark Indigenous Peoples Day, with messages of optimism about future reconciliation mixed with criticism that there remains much to be done.

University of British Columbia Okanagan geography student Jenna Taylor went home last month to spend time with her family in Flin Flon, Man. A relaxing break did not ensue.