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With the respiratory virus season upon us, the province announced Wednesday that they are prepared for the load ahead.

Health Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara said today that they are ready with a comprehensive strategy designed to reduce the strain on the health care system and keep Manitobans healthy, safe and informed. 

Some preparations include building up the intensive care unit and acute beds, so people get the care they need and offering vaccines to those in need.  

People living in Waverley West can expect traffic disruptions in their neighbourhood this week as the city delivers a new interim modular Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service station. 

While the station is being delivered and assembled, the southbound lanes of Eaglewood Drive from Skyline Drive to the Element on the Eaglewood complex entrance will be closed. 

The sidewalk on the west side of Eaglewood Drive will also be closed and pedestrians will be encouraged to walk on the east sidewalk. 

Two youths have been arrested in connection to a shooting last month in St. Boniface that seriously injured a man in his 30s. 

Shortly after 11 a.m. on Sept. 1, 2024, officers were called to an apartment complex in the 100 block of Aubert Street where they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. 

He was transported to hospital in critical condition and later upgraded to serious but stable condition. 

Investigators quickly identified two suspects they believed to be involved in the incident and on Sept. 11, arrested a 17-year-old boy. 

The Canadian Opera Company (COC) has renewed the contracts of Music Director Johannes Debus and Price Family Chorus Master Sandra Horst, extending their roles through the 2028/2029 season.

The renewal ensures continuity in the artistic leadership that has shaped the company’s productions over the past decade.

Johannes Debus, who has led the COC since 2009, is known for conducting major works such as Götterdämmerung, Eugene Onegin, Otello, and Salome, as well as the world premiere of Hadrian in 2018.

Coming up this Saturday October 19th at the Osborne Taphouse at 112 Osborne starting at 9pm, Winnipeg audiences are invited to dance and soak up the energy, vibrancy, and heat of salsa music with Winnipeg’s All Star Salsa Band Curubandé 

Representatives of a British Columbia Sikh temple whose president was shot dead last year, as well as the Sikh independence group he was involved in, say their communities won't feel safe until India's consulates in Vancouver and Toronto are shut down.

That's after the Canadian government expelled six Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner, and the RCMP announced on Monday it had evidence of their alleged involvement in crimes including homicide and extortion targeting the so-called Khalistan independence movement.

Canada's emergency preparedness minister says the passengers of an Air India flight that landed in Iqaluit due to a bomb threat remain stuck there, and he has approved a request for the military to help them.

Harjit Sajjan posted on X late Tuesday that the airline "hasn't found a solution" after the plane landed in Nunavut's capital with 211 passengers on board earlier in the day and that they are "stranded."

The countdown is on! CHVN and Classic 107’s online auction is ending Wednesday, and now is your chance to grab incredible deals while supporting local businesses.

With Christmas just around the corner, this is the perfect opportunity to kickstart your shopping at prices you won’t believe.

The chances of a half-percentage point interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada became more likely Tuesday after Statistics Canada reported annual inflation fell to 1.6 per cent in September.

Economist Tu Nguyen of accounting and consultancy firm RSM Canada said she had expected the inflation rate to remain close to the central bank's two per cent target, where it was in August, for a few more months.

"This is one of the instances where I'm happy to be wrong," she said.

A young boy is dead after falling from a window on the 19th floor of a Winnipeg high-rise on Thanksgiving Day according to the Winnipeg Police Service.

The WPS says that the incident took place on Monday evening in the Central Park neighbourhood.

The Canadian Press reports that the four-year-old was taken to hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

The WPS tells the Canadian Press that its child abuse unit determined the fall to be accidental. As a result, no arrests have been made.