Fog advisory issued for Winnipeg and other regions

After a soggy start to the week, much of southern Manitoba is starting their day in thick fog.

Environment Canada has issued a fog advisory for southern Manitoba, parts of the Interlake and the City of Winnipeg.  

An extensive area of fog has moved into southern Manitoba leading to thick fog in many areas. 

Environment Canada says visibility may be significantly and suddenly reduced to near zero.

Conditions will begin to improve as the morning goes on.

 

Trudeau says 'all sorts of reflections' for Liberals after loss of second stronghold

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Liberals have lots to ponder after losing a second stronghold in a byelection in Montreal.

"Obviously, it's never fun to come so close and not win a byelection," Trudeau said this morning in French, a few hours after Elections Canada confirmed the Bloc Quebecois had defeated the Liberals in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun.

Canada’s inflation rate hits 2% target, lowest level in more than three years

Inflation finally hit the Bank of Canada's two per cent target in August after a tumultuous battle with skyrocketing price growth, raising the odds of larger interest rate cuts in the coming months.

Canada's annual inflation rate fell from 2.5 per cent in July to reach the lowest level since February 2021.

The slowdown can be attributed in part to lower gasoline prices, Statistics Canada said Tuesday in its consumer price index report.

Manitoba Underground Opera tells ‘The Tales of Hoffman’

Before closing the book on a literary-inspired season, Manitoba Underground Opera has one more tale to tell... or, more precisely, a few of them.  

A gender-bending, English adaptation of Jacques Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffman opens this week at the iconic Club 200.  

“The last show of the season is generally something that I can just have a bit of a wild card time with,” says MUO Executive Director Brendan McKeen. 

Firefighter injured in Fort Rouge blaze

A firefighter was injured while battling a fire Monday evening in Fort Rouge.

The blaze broke out just before 11 p.m. in a vacant two-storey residential structure in the 700 block of Mulvey Avenue.

When crews arrived, smoke was pouring out of the building. It took firefighters about an hour to get it under control. 

Crews searched the building and found no one inside. 

One firefighter was injured at the scene. They were assessed by paramedics but did not require a trip to the hospital.

'Another nail in Justin's coffin': Liberals lose another stronghold in Bloc Québécois byelection victory

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has suffered another devastating byelection blow with the loss of a second Liberal stronghold, this one to the Bloc Québécois in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun.

Voters went to the polls Monday in the Montreal riding as well as in Winnipeg's Elmwood—Transcona, where the NDP retained its long-held seat after a tough race against the Conservatives.

Trudeau already faced calls from party faithful to resign as leader after unexpectedly losing Toronto—St. Paul’s to the Conservatives in a byelection this past June.

Power outage affecting traffic along Route 90 and Keewatin Street

A significant power outage has left many homes and businesses in the dark in Brooklands and St. James.

The outage has left hundreds of people without power in areas along Route 90 to Keewatin Street from Selkirk Avenue to Saskatchewan Avenue. 

It is also impacting drivers, knocking out several traffic signals at busy intersections in the area.

There is no word from Hydro as to what caused the outages.

It is unclear when power will be restored. 

Backbencher out of Manitoba NDP caucus over Nygard link, accuses premier of bullying

Manitoba's governing New Democrats ousted backbencher and defence lawyer Mark Wasyliw from caucus Monday, and Wasyliw fired back by accusing Premier Wab Kinew of being a micromanaging, toxic bully.

The NDP said it removed Wasyliw because a partner at his law firm is representing convicted sex offender and disgraced fashion mogul Peter Nygard.