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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a bedrock of American public media for nearly 60 years, has announced it will shut down operations by early 2026, following Congress’s decision to eliminate its $1.1 billion in federal funding. The implications are seismic — not only for public broadcasting in the United States but for classical music lovers and Canadian audiences who depend on Americ

The Winnipeg Goldeyes (31-43) opened a four-game series in dominant fashion Monday, posting a 13-4 victory over the Sioux Falls Canaries (42-33) at Sioux Falls Stadium.
 
For the first time in four games, the Goldeyes found themselves trailing early after a bases-loaded walk to Mike Hart in the bottom of the first scored Jabari Henry to give the Canaries a 1-0 lead.
 

Thousands of people have fled from a First Nation in northern Manitoba Monday as wildfires burned closer and closer to the community. 

The Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, also called Nelson House, issued a full evacuation order Sunday in response to the blazes, as flames threatened to cut off road access and muddied air quality.

It was upgraded one day later to a mandatory evacuation. The community's roughly 4,000 residents were to register with the Cree Nation before busing to the Thompson Airport, about 75 kilometres away, to fly to Winnipeg.

Labour experts say another postal service strike is unlikely after unionized Canada Post workers rejected their employer's latest round of offers in a forced vote and the parties mull their next steps.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said Friday that the roughly 55,000 members represented by the union shot down the Canada Post's latest proposal, which would've seen wage hikes of about 13 per cent over four years and restructuring to add part-time workers to the deal.

The Winnipeg Police Service has located a missing 9-year-old girl.

She was last seen Aug. 3 at around 6 p.m. near Sinclair Street and Dufferin Avenue.

She was safely located Monday afternoon.

A busy West End intersection is closed Monday morning following a serious collision.

Ellice Avenue is closed in both directions at Banning Street.

Some premiers say they want to have more local control over the immigration system — but experts say what the system really needs is a national conversation on immigration reform that shores up public support.

"Most of the existing policies have been formulated on the fly without any evidence or serious impact evaluations of what the various classes of immigrants are, how they're performing economically and otherwise," said Michael Trebilcock, a retired academic and co-author of two books on immigration policy.

"So it's basically research-free."

Dominic LeBlanc said Sunday that he expects Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump will speak "over the next number of days" as the United States ratchets up pressure in trade talks.

The Canada-U.S. trade minister appeared on CBS's "Face the Nation" and spoke about where talks stand between the two countries.

LeBlanc told host Margaret Brennan that while Canada is "disappointed" with Trump's new 35-per-cent tariffs, he is continuing to work toward a deal that would hopefully strike down trade restrictions between the nations.

🎉 Celebrating Folklorama on Classic 107: A Global Musical Journey, Weekdays at 1 PM (August 4–8, 2025)

Classic 107 invites listeners to join us from Monday, August 4 through Friday, August 8, during the 1 PM hour, as we celebrate Folklorama 2025 through music inspired by the Argentina (Tango Pavilion), China (Chinese Pavilion), Ireland (Celtic Ireland Pavilion), Spain (Spain Pavilion), and Ukraine (Spirit of Ukraine Pavilion) pavilions —

The sport of pickleball has become a sensation for all ages, and the President of Pickleball Manitoba, Ted Fardoe, couldn't be happier with where they are, or more excited for where the sport is going.