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Two people are recovering following a crash Monday in the city's West End.

Four vehicles were stopped a red light at the intersection of Ellice Avenue and Banning Street at around 9 a.m., when a 2017 Nisssan Qashi, driven by a man in his 70s, struck the stopped vehicles from behind.

The force of the crash left all of the vehicles involved with significant damage, rendering them inoperable.

The driver of the Qashqai and his female passenger were transported to hospital in unstable condition and later upgraded to stable.

Cricket fields at La Barrière Park officially opened over the weekend.

Originally starting in 2018 with the construction of one high-performance cricket pitch, before the site has grown to three high performance pitches along with four practice nets, a batting cage, three shade structures, and more than 100 trees.

Manitoba RCMP are asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing man. 

66-year-old Ralph Osterwald was last seen on Friday, Aug. 1, at around 7 p.m., leaving his home in Gimli. He was riding a greenish-gray coloured mountain bike and had stated he was going for a bike ride.

He hasn't been seen since, and RCMP and his family are concerned for his well-being. 

Ralph is described as approximately 6'0" in height with a thin build, grey thinning hair and a beard. He was last seen wearing a cowboy hat, a fleece jacket and blue jeans.

Amidst all the exciting concerts and community events taking place at Le Patio 340 this summer, another artistic endeavour is taking place that will last for months beyond the summer. The patio, which is a part of the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, has commissioned an art installation by Maryam Bagheri, a recent graduate of the University of Manitoba’s Master of Fine Arts program, that showcases her woven art in a celebration of the community space on the wired fence outside.

Commemorating 80 years since the atomic bombings through a lens of sound, sorrow, and survival.

On August 6 and 9, 1945, two blinding flashes reshaped the world. In an instant, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were reduced to ash by the first and only use of atomic weapons in war. As the mushroom clouds rose, so did questions—about humanity, morality, and the future. Eighty years later, the legacy of those devastating days continues to reverberate—not only through history books, memorials, and diplomacy—but through music.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a bedrock of American public media for nearly 60 years, has announced it will shut down operations by early 2026, following Congress’s decision to eliminate its $1.1 billion in federal funding. The implications are seismic — not only for public broadcasting in the United States but for classical music lovers and Canadian audiences who depend on Americ

The Winnipeg Goldeyes (31-43) opened a four-game series in dominant fashion Monday, posting a 13-4 victory over the Sioux Falls Canaries (42-33) at Sioux Falls Stadium.
 
For the first time in four games, the Goldeyes found themselves trailing early after a bases-loaded walk to Mike Hart in the bottom of the first scored Jabari Henry to give the Canaries a 1-0 lead.
 

Thousands of people have fled from a First Nation in northern Manitoba Monday as wildfires burned closer and closer to the community. 

The Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, also called Nelson House, issued a full evacuation order Sunday in response to the blazes, as flames threatened to cut off road access and muddied air quality.

It was upgraded one day later to a mandatory evacuation. The community's roughly 4,000 residents were to register with the Cree Nation before busing to the Thompson Airport, about 75 kilometres away, to fly to Winnipeg.

Labour experts say another postal service strike is unlikely after unionized Canada Post workers rejected their employer's latest round of offers in a forced vote and the parties mull their next steps.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said Friday that the roughly 55,000 members represented by the union shot down the Canada Post's latest proposal, which would've seen wage hikes of about 13 per cent over four years and restructuring to add part-time workers to the deal.

The Winnipeg Police Service has located a missing 9-year-old girl.

She was last seen Aug. 3 at around 6 p.m. near Sinclair Street and Dufferin Avenue.

She was safely located Monday afternoon.