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Unionized workers at Canada Post are entering their final day to vote on the Crown corporation's latest contract offer.

Voting is set to wrap up today at 5 p.m., with results expected to be shared shortly after.

The offer includes wage hikes of about 13 per cent over four years but also adds part-time workers that Canada Post has said are necessary to keep the postal service afloat.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has urged the roughly 55,000 postal service workers it represents to reject the proposal.

Canada was hit with 35 per cent tariffs on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on his threat to increase the duties if Ottawa didn't make a trade deal.

The White House has said the tariffs would not affect goods compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, commonly known as CUSMA.

Prime Minister Mark Carney had tempered expectations of an agreement by Friday, saying Ottawa will only agree to a deal "if there's one on the table that is in the best interests of Canadians."

Two Winnipeg sisters are turning lemonade into hope for people affected by cancer.

For the past two years, Erika and Carly Wedlake have hosted a lemonade stand at Sandy Hook RV park to raise funds for CancerCare Manitoba. 

"It started when we had a family member named Jack, and he died from cancer, and we wanted to do something," said Erika. "So we started a little lemonade stand and went through CancerCare Manitoba, got stuff and did that for the past few years."

Several businesses around Winnipeg will be operating on different hours on Monday because of Terry Fox Day and the long weekend. 

Here is a list of what is open and closed on Monday, August 4, 2025:

Winnipeggers looking to keep busy this summer have plenty of fun activities to choose from. 

On Wednesday, the Assiniboine Park Conservancy announced its line-up of music, movies, wellness and art, all part of the park's Summer Entertainment Series. 

Winnipeg fire crews were kept busy Thursday morning battling a pair of fires. 

The first fire broke out shortly after 2 a.m. in a house in East Elmwood in the 500 block of Herbert Avenue. 

Smoke and flames were pouring out of the house when crews arrived. However, crews were able to get the fire under control about half an hour later. 

No injuries were reported. 

Around four hours later, just after 6 a.m., firefighters were called to a second fire in the 1200 block of Alexander Avenue. 

The number of Manitobans concerned about crime and public safety has risen steadily, an opinion poll done for the Manitoba government suggests.

The Benchmark poll by Leger is commissioned by the province and conducted every few months to gauge public concerns. The latest available survey, done in October and obtained by The Canadian Press under Manitoba's freedom of information law, suggests affordability and health care remain the most popular concerns.

A judge is scheduled to rule today on whether to grant bail to three men facing terrorism charges in an alleged plot to forcibly seize land in the Quebec City area.

Quebec court Judge René de la Sablonnière heard evidence and arguments over three days.

Simon Angers-Audet, 24, Raphaël Lagacé, 25, and Marc-Aurèle Chabot, 24, face charges of facilitating a terrorist activity, and other charges related to the illegal storage of firearms and possession of explosives and prohibited devices.

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Wednesday that Canada intends to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations in September, as long as the Palestinian Authority holds elections next year.

"Preserving a two-state solution means standing with all people who choose peace over violence or terrorism. And it means honouring their innate desire for peaceful coexistence," Carney told reporters on Parliament Hill.

He said Ottawa intends to officially recognize the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly in September.

With the long weekend coming up, Canadian Blood Services is inviting people to donate blood before going out to the lake. 

"The need for blood really rises in the summer, especially right now," says Brett Lawrence, the Community Development Manager with Canadian Blood Services. "We're calling for O-negative donors to come out. The special thing about O-negative blood is it can be given to any other blood type. It's also called the universal donor."