PM says he's trying to get Poilievre names of Tories linked to foreign interference

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked national security services to find a way to share information with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre about foreign interference affecting his caucus, he said Wednesday. 

Earlier this month, Trudeau told a public inquiry that he has been given the names of past and present Conservative parliamentarians and candidates who are linked to foreign interference. 

Trudeau said members from other parties, including the Liberals, have also been flagged.

Mother of teen victim in mass killing suing Manitoba's child welfare agency

The mother of a 17-year-old victim in a mass slaying in Manitoba is suing a child welfare agency for allegedly failing to protect the girl.

Juliette Hastings claims in the lawsuit that Winnipeg Child and Family Services, the General Child and Family Services Authority and the director of Child and Family Services were "reckless, careless and negligent in their statutory duty" to her daughter, Myah-Lee Gratton.

The lawsuit was filed Monday in Court of King's Bench. A statement of defence has not yet been filed and the allegations have not been tested in court.

Mennonite Community Orchestra 'Giving Voice' to many in upcoming concert

For the Mennonite Community Orchestra, Giving Voice is more than the just the title they gave to their upcoming concert.  

It’s also more than just the unifying theme of the works being presented, which run the gamut from the rhythmic “Danzon no. 2” by the Mexican composer Arturo Marquez, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ inventive “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis”, the fiery overture to Georges Bizet’s “Carmen”, and the dazzling “Introduction and Rondo Capriccio” by Camille Saint-Saens. 

Sketches of Shifting Landscapes: GroundSwell presents famed Stenhammar Quartet

Coming up in just a few days Winnipeg audiences will have the opportunity to see one of the genuinely great string quartets on the stage today.  

The Swedish Stenhammar String Quartet will be in Winnipeg performing two concerts. One for Virtuosi and one for Winnipeg's GroundSwell. 

Stockholm, Paris, Prague:1900: Virtuosi Concerts presents renowned Stenhammar Quartet this Sunday

Coming up in just a few days Winnipeg audiences will have the opportunity to see one of the genuinely great string quartets on the stage today.  

The Swedish Stenhammar String Quartet will be in Winnipeg performing two concerts. One for Virtuosi and one for Winnipeg's GroundSwell. 

Man assaulted with machete and bear spray in North End park, no suspect arrested

Winnipeg police continue to search for a suspect after a man was seriously assaulted while at a Nort End park early Tuesday morning. 

Officers responded to Main St. near St. Johns Ave. at around 4 a.m. yesterday where they found a 44-year-old man suffering from serious injuries. 

He was rushed to hospital in unstable condition but has since been upgraded to stable. 

Calling all rotting pumpkins!

Winnipeggers looking for ways to give their pumpkins a second lease on life are encouraged to stop by CF Polo Park this weekend. 

This Saturday Compost Winnipeg will host their annual Pumpkin drop, allowing Winnipeggers to turn their rotting pumpkins into compost.

"Of the 80,000 tonnes of pumpkins produced in Canada, 66% are sold to consumers; often used for carving and are never eaten," said Compost Winnipeg in a post on Instagram. "Without intervention, this is an immense amount of organic waste destined for the landfill!" 

Plant-based milks facility did not follow listeria prevention protocol: CFIA

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says its investigation into an Ontario facility processing plant-based milk found it was not adhering to Health Canada’s policies on listeria prevention.

The facility is still shut down after a listeria outbreak last summer linked to the plant infected at least 20 people in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Alberta and led to three deaths.

Senior Modi cabinet minister linked to India-supported violence in Canada: officials

Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison has confirmed a report that Canada is alleging an Indian cabinet minister and close adviser to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered intelligence-gathering operations targeting Canadians.

The Washington Post first reported that Canadian officials alleged Indian Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah was behind a campaign of violence and intimidation targeting Sikh separatists in Canada.

Morrison told MPs at the national security committee Tuesday that he was the one who confirmed Shah's name to that newspaper.

'The need is much greater now': Winnipeg soup kitchen sees significant increase in use

Food banks across the country are seeing an increase in use. 

New data from Food Banks Canada released this week suggests that more people than ever are having to make tough decisions when it comes to food. 

Its annual survey of food bank use in Canada recorded more than two million visits in March 2024, nearly double the monthly visits five years ago in March 2019. 

Agape Table, a soup kitchen in the West End of Winnipeg has seen this first hand.