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A Saskatoon high school student remembers the pungent smell of burned hair going up her nose, and something like the strong scent from a Sharpie marker, moments after she watched a schoolmate being set on fire.

She had just stepped out of her Grade 9 social studies class for lunch on Thursday, she says, when she saw two other girls in a hallway. A girl in a crop top poured liquid from a black canister onto the head of the girl standing next to her.

When a father and son were arrested this summer in Ontario over an alleged terrorist plot, U.S. authorities say the news spooked a 20-year-old Pakistani national and Canadian resident named Muhammad Shahzeb Khan.

They say Khan used encrypted messaging to warn that because of the arrests "here in Toronto," there was a need to "lay low" on his own alleged plans: killing as many Jewish people as possible in New York around the Oct. 7 anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel.

Tributes poured in Friday for Grand Chief Cathy Merrick of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, who died after collapsing outside the Winnipeg Law Courts building. 

Merrick, the first woman elected to the role, was talking to reporters about two court cases when she said she felt dizzy and fell to the ground. 

Fire and paramedic crews arrived, performed chest compressions and carried Merrick away on a stretcher to an ambulance, which sped off with its siren on.

On September 5, RCMP responded to five thefts/robberies within several hours at businesses across Portage la Prairie. 

Suspects were reported to be acting violently and erratically. 

Officers determined that two males and one female suspect were involved and many employees had been threatened or assaulted during the theft. In one incident, a Community Safety Officer (CSO) was assaulted when an attempt was made to arrest the suspects.

Video surveillance was obtained and officers identified the suspects.

The Winnipeg Police Service is thanking residents.

Shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Police asked for assistance in locating a missing 39-year-old. 

At 5 p.m., a release was sent out stating that the missing person had been located safely.

There will be delays on the Perimeter Highway on Saturday, September 7, for a special reason.

Manitoba Infrastructure sent out a notice on Friday, saying, "The Truck Ride for Special Olympics will take place on Saturday, September 7, starting at 10 a.m. on the Perimeter Highway (PTH 100 and 101)."

According to the release, "The truck ride will commence at the TC Energy Centre in Iles des Chênes, travel northbound on PTH 59 and turn onto the Perimeter Highway, completing one lap around the Perimeter."

Public health agencies are encouraging people who received a first dose of mpox vaccine over the last two years to make sure they get a second dose. 

Many people at risk for mpox exposure got vaccinated in Canada beginning in spring 2022, when a global outbreak of the virus was declared, Canada's chief public health officer said in a recent interview with The Canadian Press.

But a lot of them never got a second dose, which is recommended at least 28 days after the first shot.

The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU) is investigating after an officer-involved shooting earlier this week.

occurred on September 4 near Sanford in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald.

RCMP responded to a call around 11 p.m. on Sept. 4 near Sanford, Man., in the RM of Macdonald. Callers to the RCMP reported that a man was assaulting a woman and setting vehicles on fire on a rural property.

Advance voting for the federal by-election in Elmwood—Transcona begins today, offering voters in the riding the chance to cast their ballots early.

The NDP's Daniel Blaikie stepped down in March to take a job with Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, triggering a Sept. 16 by-election in the Winnipeg riding.

Blaikie and his father, the late Bill Blaikie, represented the area for years in the House of Commons.

The 2015 vote was razor-thin as just 61 votes separated the NDP and the incumbent Conservative candidate (Lawrence Toet).

A house fire on Aberdeen Avenue has left one person in hospital.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responded to the blaze at a one-storey home in the 400 block at 11:48 a.m. on Thursday, September 5.

When crews arrived, smoke was coming from the building. Firefighters entered the home but were forced to retreat when conditions worsened.

They then fought the fire from outside and brought it under control by 12:44 p.m.

One person was rescued from inside the house and transported to hospital in unstable condition.