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A 35-year-old man is facing weapon and drug-related charges after the keen observation of a mall employee over the weekend. 

On June 30, a mall employee saw a male putting a gun into his satchel. Security were made aware and kept a safe eye until police arrived. 

Around 7:15 p.m., officers from East District responded to the report of a man seen with a firearm at a shopping centre in the 1200 block of St. Mary’s Road. No injuries were sustained and no threats were made. 

Extreme heat is expected for southern Manitoba, including the City of Winnipeg in the coming days. 

At 3:17 p.m. on July 2, Environment Canada issued a heat warning for southern Manitoba. 

"A hot and humid air mass will move into southern Manitoba on Thursday with the most humid weather of the summer so far expected by Friday," the warning read. 

Relief is expected to come by Saturday as a cold front tracks through the province on Friday night.

Residents are reminded to drink water and keep blinds closed to help beat the heat. 

The former head of Manitoba Hydro was paid just over $881,000 last year, despite being dismissed six weeks into the year.

Jay Grewal's earnings in previous years, where she had worked a full year, ranged from $500,000 to $546,000.

The amount last year, revealed in an annual Manitoba Hydro compensation report, suggests a large lump sum payment when Grewal was let go as president and chief executive officer.

“I absolutely thought it was the most boring thing I’d ever heard.” 

There are not many better instruments to signify summer than the guitar, and Classic 107’s Album of the Month for July dives way back into the work of one exceptional composer for the genre from the 19th century. 

A Winnipeg theatre company is offering days of theatre, activities and learning for children impacted by the wildfires that have ravaged parts of Manitoba for the last several weeks.  

Drivers in Winnipeg are being advised to prepare for significant traffic delays along Abinojii Mikanah as a major construction project begins this summer.

Starting July 2, both eastbound and westbound lanes of Abinojii Mikanah will experience partial closures between Dakota Street and River Road. The project is expected to last until October 24, 2025.

According to the City of Winnipeg, the westbound curb lane, westbound middle lane, and eastbound curb lane will all be closed to allow for street construction and maintenance work.

Jacob Robson hit a pair of home runs and Mitchell Lambson twirled his second consecutive complete game as the Winnipeg Goldeyes (23-23) defeated the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (23-25) 8–5 Tuesday afternoon at Blue Cross Park.

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Wildfires are currently raging in several provinces across Canada. 

The BC Wildfire Service reports that crews are battling more than 70 wildfires in British Columbia, with one particularly intense wildfire near the community of Lytton, having led to a local state of emergency and several evacuation orders.

In Yukon, the territorial government has lifted an evacuation alert for the area surrounding Ethel Lake, located approximately a four-hour drive north of Whitehorse. 

Despite this change, the wildfire that prompted the alert on June 24 remains out of control.

Canadians took to parks and civic squares across the country Tuesday to show unity on Canada Day amid American threats, economic uncertainty and Western alienation.

"We've decided not to pull apart and fight, but to come together and to build. Because that's the Canadian way," Prime Minister Mark Carney said to thousands of Canadians gathered in Ottawa.

This year's festivities at Ottawa's LeBreton Flats Park got the royal treatment, with Prince Edward praising Canada's unity and accomplishments.