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A section of Regent Avenue W. is closed Monday evening as Winnipeg Police investigate a serious incident.

Officers arrived in the area shortly before 7:30 p.m.

Yellow tape surrounds an area of the westbound lanes just before Stapon Road. 

As a result, all westbound lanes of Regent Avenue are closed at Stapon Road while police investigate.

Motorists are encouraged to avoid the area and find another route.

More details to come. 

The Winnipeg Goldeyes announced Monday that right-handed starting pitcher Landen Bourassa has signed with the club for the 2025 American Association season. It will be the Lethbridge, Alberta native’s fifth season with the Goldeyes.
 
Bourassa made 20 starts in 2024, going 8-7 with a pair of complete games. He recorded a 4.01 earned run average in 119 innings.

The family of Murray Sinclair, former senator and chair of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, has shared a statement honouring his legacy and detailing how the public can pay their respects.

Murray Sinclair, who was born when Indigenous people did not yet have the right to vote, grew up to become one of the most decorated and influential people to work in Indigenous justice and advocacy.

A former judge and senator, one of Sinclair's biggest roles was chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential schools. 

He died Monday morning in a Winnipeg hospital, said his son Niigaan Sinclair. He was 73.

Sinclair was a father of five and a grandfather.

No arrests have been made in connection to a carjacking that took place over the weekend in the Centennial neighbourhood.

Winnipeg police were called to the intersection of Sherbrook St. and Ross Ave. shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday, where they found a 39-year-old man suffering from minor injuries. 

Quincy Jones, the trailblazing producer, arranger, and musician whose influence touched nearly every corner of the music world, has died.

Jones' publicists confirmed the producer died on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, at his home in Bel Air.

Growing up in Chicago, Jones' early life was shaped by the vibrant but challenging environment of the city’s South Side. He discovered music as a form of solace and self-expression, and by his teens, he was already playing trumpet and arranging music professionally.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to the provinces' premiers, asking them to eliminate their sales taxes on new homes that are under $1 million.

It follows Poilievre's own pledge last week that if he becomes prime minister, he will axe the federal sales tax on new homes sold for under $1 million.

The Conservatives estimated that measure would reduce the cost of an $800,000 home by $40,000 and spur construction of another 30,000 homes per year.

The provincewide lockout against a union of more than 700 foremen at all British Columbia ports is expected to begin at 8 a.m.

The BC Maritime Employers Association has said the lockout is meant to "facilitate a safe and orderly wind-down of operations" in light of "escalating and unpredictable strike action."

Last week, it said the move was being done "defensively" after International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 had issued a 72-hour strike notice for job action, which also starts at 8 a.m.

The Winnipeg Police Service is asking for the public's assistance identifying the driver of a vehicle involved in a collision in September that seriously injured a pedestrian.

The crash happened at around 3:30 a.m. on Sept. 29 near the intersection of St. Anne's Rd. and Granby Bay.

A passerby alerted police of the collision. When officers arrived, they found an 18-year-old woman suffering from serious non life-threatening bodily injuries.

She was transported to hospital in unstable condition and later upgraded to stable.

Among the millions glued to their TV sets Tuesday night watching U.S. election results will be a group of people in Montreal with a particular connection to Democratic candidate Kamala Harris — her high school classmates. 

Kamala Harris lived in Canada

Long before she became an American vice-president and presidential candidate, Harris spent several years in Montreal and attended Westmount High School from 1978 to 1981.

While she doesn't talk much about that time, one of her former classmates believes her high school years helped shaped who she would become.