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More than twenty of Manitoba’s finest local beer and spirit producers will converge on Fort Gibraltar this weekend for the eight annual Winnipeg Beer Festival. Together, they will showcase over 60 different locally made products, ranging from meads to spirits and, of course, beers in all shapes, sizes and varieties. 

“It’s a great community,” says festival organizer Shawn Brandson. “They help each other out and we wanted to have a venue to showcase their wonderful products. 

A student-run company in Winnipeg has used their skills to give back to sick children.

Pieces of Prairie, committed to creating original puzzles that unite people, held a few pop-up sales throughout the year at malls across the city. 

Their goal is to provide enjoyable, engaging, and instructive experiences that showcase the natural beauty and cultural diversity in Manitoba.

An early morning fire in the Weston area sent three people to hospital. 

The fire broke out just before 5:30 a.m. in a single-family bungalow in the 300 block of McKelvey Street.

Heavy smoke and flames were pouring out of the house when crews arrived. It took just under an hour to get the fire under control. 

All occupants of the home were able to evacuate before crews arrived. All three were assessed at the scene and transported to hospital in stable condition.

There is no word on what caused the fire. 

Avi Avital releases Song of the Birds, a journey between worlds 

Joel Ivany wraps 12-year chapter as Banff Centre’s opera visionary 

The curtain has closed on a defining era for opera at the Banff Centre. With the final weekend of its 2025 summer program on July 26 and 27, Joel Ivany ended his remarkable 12-year run as artistic director of opera. 

Winnipeg police are investigating after a man was found unresponsive in the city's North End. 

The man, who has been identified as 26-year-old Breydon Henry Cadieux-Kwiatkowski of Winnipeg, was found suffering from severe trauma in the 600 block of Boyd Avenue at around 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

Officers provided the man with emergency medical care before paramedics arrived. He was transported to hospital in critical condition and has since succumbed to his injuries. 

The Homicide Unit has taken over the investigation. 

Environment Canada has an air quality warning in effect as the smoke from wildfires hangs heavy in the air on Friday, with the potential for some more severe weather moving through. 

"There's a warm front that is more or less stalled out right now along the international border," says Kean Kokolsky, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada (EC). "With that, the smoke has been transported out of the north back towards us."

Friday morning, already the smoky air lies thick in southern Manitoba, causing issues with visibility on top of polluting the air. 

The family of a First Nations woman who died at the hands of a Winnipeg serial killer hopes a special court hearing will help them heal and move on almost a year after the trial.

The family of 30-year-old Ashlee Shingoose, who was identified in March as the unknown victim in the case, will have the chance to give victim impact statements in court on Aug. 15. 

Métis leaders left a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday saying they're confident they will be included in talks about major projects Ottawa hopes to use to bolster the economy in the face of a trade war with the United States.

"When things really matter, Métis governments come together and we get the work done," said Métis Nation of Ontario president Margaret Froh.

The Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs says it's time for Ottawa to stop studying the idea of a national forest fire co-ordination agency and take action.

The organization's president wants the federal government to take inspiration from the U.S. Fire Administration to establish a similar office in Canada.

The U.S. office is part of Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, but Ken McMullen says a Canadian version could be simpler and less costly.