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Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew took to the air Thursday, touring and meeting with those dealing with scores of wildfires in his province, while in Saskatchewan thousands of fire evacuees were given the green light to go home.

“Just this morning, the premier was in Flin Flon meeting with the firefighters, the boots on the ground, including our American firefighters that are up there,” Natural Resources Minister Ian Bushie told a wildfire update news conference.

A collection of tours through Winnipeg’s distinctive neighbourhoods invites city residents to engage with its stories and landmarks in a more intimate way.  

Bike Historic Winnipeg’s summer season starts this week with a weekly tour through St. Boniface, showcasing various landmarks and offering a unique view on the lives that shaped them.  

The Canadian citizen believed to be on an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff is a dentist from Mississauga, Ont., her family has confirmed.

The husband of Nirali Sureshkumar Patel said she was on board the London-bound flight that crashed Thursday, killing at least 240 people.

Patel's dental clinic referred The Canadian Press to the husband, who said that he was in the process of booking travel to India for himself and the couple's one-year-old child.

A West Kildonan School is on the lookout after a tipi that had been set up in front of the building was stolen.

The tipi was part of a planned land-based learning residency for students at Angus McKay School to honour National Indigenous History Month, Summer Solstice, and Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21. 

Unfortunately, the tipi was stolen sometime after 11:30 p.m. on June 9 and has yet to be found. 

Summer has almost arrived, and with that comes construction season. 

It will be a busy few months in Winnipeg with crews working on nearly 150 kilometres of road, bridge, and active transportation infrastructure.

Over $164 million has been budgeted for street improvements in 2025, with almost all scheduled projects tendered and either already started or starting shortly.

The Joyce Fromson Pool at the University of Manitoba has closed. 

A leak was discovered in April, leading the university to close the facility. An assessment of the leak found that the pool had reached the end of its lifespan and needed to be replaced. 

This also led to the cancellation of swim programming run out of the space, affecting multiple groups, including approximately 6,500 Mini U campers, 500 swim lesson participants, recreational pool times through Recreation Services, the Bisons swim team and the Junior Bisons swim programs.  

The Winnipeg Police Service has safely located a missing 79-year-old man.

The man was last seen on Wednesday, June 11, at around 7:15 p.m. in the McPhillips Street and Inkster Boulevard area.

The Winnipeg Police Service was concerned for his well-being and asked anyone with any information regarding his whereabouts to contact the Winnipeg Police Service Missing Persons Unit.

On Thursday morning, they sent out a release saying he had been found.

Max Murphy clubbed his 93rd and 94th home runs in a Winnipeg Goldeyes uniform Wednesday evening, surpassing franchise legend Reggie Abercrombie to become the team’s all-time home run leader.
 
Winnipeg (13-16) secured the series win with an 11-2 victory over the Chicago Dogs (14-16) at Impact Field.

Evacuees from York Factory First Nation are headed home. 

Leadership in the community announced late Wednesday night that starting today, residents of York Landing staying in Winnipeg will start their trek home.

"Red Cross is arranging the flights and buses and will send a schedule of the flights when the flights are confirmed," said the leadership in a memo. "These flights are from Winnipeg to York."

Protests during the upcoming G7 leaders summit in Kananaskis, Alta., may be starkly different than demonstrations happening this week against immigration crackdowns in the United States.

A University of Toronto research group that has been monitoring the meetings of world leaders since 1998 says its analysis shows Canadian protests are more peaceful and smaller.

But similar to the recent demonstrations in Los Angeles, they're likely to be against the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump.