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Due to the overwhelming generosity of Manitobans, the Winnipeg Humane Society has had to put a pause on donations. 

Last week, the Humane Society put out a call for a variety of items to help with their emergency pop-up shelter that is housing the pets of wildfire evacuees at the St. Norbert Community Centre.

Last week, the Sobey Art Award announced its shortlist of six artists from across the country. The contemporary art prize awards shortlisted artists $25,000 and a chance to exhibit at the National Gallery, with the winner receiving a $100,000 grand prize. 

While the acknowledgement is nice for Winnipeg’s Chukwudubem Ukaigwe, he’s viewing everything in a very grounded perspective.  

A missing 17-year-old girl has been safely located.  

Police say the youth was last seen in the St. Boniface area over the weekend. 

The Winnipeg Police Service was concerned for her wellbeing and was asking anyone with any information regarding their whereabouts to contact the Winnipeg Police Service Missing Persons Unit.

On Tuesday evening, they sent out a release saying she had been found.

The Winnipeg Jets brought plenty of excitement to downtown Winnipeg during their playoff run last month, but that's not it. 

Thanks to the Jets' dedicated fans, over $234,000 was raised during this season's Whiteout Street Parties to support the work of four downtown community organizations. 

The Liberal plan to give first-time homebuyers a tax break on a newly built home could have substantial impacts on housing affordability — with a few caveats — a new analysis finds.

The Liberal government introduced legislation on June 5 to eliminate the GST portion from new home sales of up to $1 million for first-time buyers, which works out to as much as $50,000 off the cost of a new build or a substantially renovated unit.

For homes sold above $1 million, the GST relief is phased out as the price tag nears $1.5 million.

A government push to steer Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 mail workers toward common ground hit a big pothole Monday.

As an increasingly acrimonious impasse drags on, Canada Post rejected a framework put forward by the union for a binding arbitration process, which Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu asked the parties to work toward just five days earlier.

Manitoba is urging tourists to reconsider visiting as it works to find shelter for a flood of wildfire evacuees now reaching 21,000.

“This is one of the largest evacuations in our province’s history,” Lisa Naylor, the Manitoba minister in charge of emergency management, said Monday.

“The government anticipates there may be a need for more hotel rooms as the wildfire season continues. For that reason, we are urging Manitobans and Canadians to reconsider non-essential travel and event plans within Manitoba."

For Debbie Patterson, the connections between blind and trans experiences and those of an ancient Greek prophet were made apparent through her own creative team at Sick & Twisted Theatre. 

Manitobans have once again proven the power of community.

On June 5, more than 30 radio stations across the province joined forces for the first-ever Manitoba Day of Caring for Wildfire Evacuees, a province-wide broadcast initiative to support those displaced by wildfires.

The Manitoba Wildfire Service says the province was reduced to a low-to-moderate fire danger level over the weekend thanks to the rain. However, the northeast area remains under a high-to-extreme fire danger. 

The fire on the east side of Manitoba, stretching from Bird River to Bissett, has grown to 203,720 hectares, five times the size of Winnipeg, and remains out of control. 

Meanwhile, the fire that is threatening Flin Flon and other northern communities is now 307,781 hectares, approximately seven times the size of Winnipeg.