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One person is in hospital after a fire tore through a St. James home Monday afternoon.

The blaze broke out in a bungalow in the 300 block of Collegiate Street shortly after noon.

Smoke was pouring out of the house and the fire was well-involved when crews arrived. Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire from within the home. 

Everyone was able to evacuate before firefighters arrived at the scene. One person was taken to hospital in unstable condition.

A GoFundMe page has been set up for the family of a mother and daughter who tragically lost their lives in a collision Friday evening. 

The two-vehicle crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. on Nov. 15 at the intersection of Provincial Road 201 and Provincial Road 306, about 13 kilometres west of Altona.

If no political party is willing to say uncle, the drawn-out stalemate in the House of Commons is heading for an unprecedented situation that could amount to a tacit lack of confidence in the government, without anyone in Parliament casting a vote. 

The Conservatives and Bloc Québécois have already announced plans to try to bring down the government and trigger an election with a non-confidence motion at the next opportunity. But there's no telling when that opportunity will come, because the House has been gridlocked in a filibuster for more than a month.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government could have acted faster on reining in immigration programs, after blaming "bad actors" for gaming the system.

Trudeau released a nearly seven-minute video on YouTube Sunday talking about the recent reduction in permanent residents being admitted to Canada and changes to the temporary foreign worker program. 

Over the next two years, the permanent residency stream is being reduced by about 20 per cent to 365,000 in 2027.

Two men are to stand trial on human smuggling charges this week, almost three years after a family from India was found frozen to death on the border between Manitoba and Minnesota.

Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel and Steve Shand are accused of being part of a large operation that brought Indian nationals to Canada on student visas and then smuggled them across the United States border.

The men have pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiracy to transport aliens causing serious bodily injury and placing lives in jeopardy.

A spokesperson for CAA says now is the time to make sure your vehicle is ready for the winter driving season.

Nadia Matos is Manager of External Communications with CAA. She says when daytime highs are a consistent seven degrees for one week, you should consider getting your winter tires installed. 

"If you haven't already booked your appointment with your mechanic, do so, the snow is coming, we know it is," she says. "It's really kind of take action right now."

A system moving up from Texas is expected to bring winter weather to Winnipeg and southern Manitoba this week. 

"It's a low-pressure system coming from the United States," says Kyle McAulay, a meteorologist with Environment Canada. "It's going to be affecting the province starting tonight, just after midnight. It's going to generally start as rain and some chances of freezing rain."

November has brought warmer-than-usual temperatures to southern Manitoba. 

Parts of Western Manitoba had the first taste of winter on Saturday, with 5-15 centimetres of wet snow falling across parts of the region as a low pressure system pushing northward out of North Dakota brought the white blanket.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ bid for a third Grey Cup in five years ended in heartbreak as the Toronto Argonauts delivered a commanding 41-24 victory in the 111th Grey Cup.

Toronto’s victory was led by backup quarterback Nick Arbuckle, thrust into the spotlight after starter Chad Kelly sustained a leg injury in the Eastern Final.

Arbuckle rose to the occasion, throwing for 252 yards and two touchdowns in a poised performance that belied his backup status.

A mother and her eight-year-old daughter are dead following a collision west of Altona Friday evening. 

The two-vehicle crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15 at the intersection of Provincial Road 201 and Provincial Road 306, about 13 kilometres west of Altona.

RCMP say a semi being driven by a 25-year-old man from Brampton,  Ontario was travelling eastbound on Provincial Road 201 and failed to stop at the intersection with Provincial Road 306.