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Police are investigating two recent carjackings involving reports of firearms, which occurred on back-to-back days in separate Winnipeg neighbourhoods.

The Winnipeg Police Service says in a release that the first incident took place on May 6, around 5:30 p.m. in the 600 block of Toronto Street. A man in his 40s was robbed at gunpoint, and the suspects took his 2013 grey GMC Terrain. Police say the suspects are believed to be taller Indigenous males.

A new pope has been elected following the death of Pope Francis. White smoke began billowing from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signalling the decision by the College of Cardinals.

A large crowd in the thousands erupted into cheers as the words “Habemus Papam” ("We have a pope") rang out in St. Peter's Square, about an hour after the smoke first poured out. The new pope then came out onto the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica and greeted the crowd.

Winnipeg police have made an arrest in connection with the city's latest homicide. 

Just before 2 a.m. on Sunday, officers were called to a stabbing in the 500 block of Waterfront Drive.

At the scene, they found Kerry Eastman, 43, of Sandy Bay First Nation suffering from serious stab wounds. Officers treated the man with chest seals until paramedics arrived.

The victim was transported to hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Heartfelt harmonies and tender tributes: PTE’s “Dear Mom” celebrates motherhood through music and memory. 

Winnipeg fire crews were busy for nearly four hours Wednesday, battling a grass fire in the Tuxedo industrial area.

The fire broke out just after 4 p.m. in the 200 block of Commerce Drive.

Specialized wildland vehicles were brought in to contain the fire. Crews were able to get it under control just before 8 p.m.

Winnipeggers are reminded that Winnipeg is under an open-air fire ban as we continue to deal with dry conditions. The ban will remain in effect until Monday, May 19, 2025.

The cause of Wednesday's grass fire remains under investigation.

10 classical pieces to mark 80 years since VE Day 

One of the sweetest events in Winnipeg’s choral music calendar is coming up this weekend. 

Prairie Voices will be serving up musical morsels at their annual Tasting Notes dessert concert at Young United Church in West Broadway at 7:30 p.m. on May 9 and 10. With its combination of choir and cakes, it’s an event that choristers and audiences look forward to each year. 

The Manitoba chapter of Motorcycle Ride for Dad is celebrating its 17th annual ride to raise money and awareness for prostate cancer. 

"Our first ride was in 2009, and I think we had about 487 riders," says spokesman Ed Johner with Motorcycle Ride for Dad. "The ride has since then grown to as many as 1,500. Last year, we raised $650,000 in the fight against prostate cancer."

The money raised each year during the ride stays in Manitoba to help those fighting prostate cancer. 

As separatist discontent bubbles up anew in Alberta, experts say a vote to sever ties with Canada would pitch the country into unexplored territory on everything from money to First Nations and national parks.

“You’re in terra incognita. You’re off the map when we get to that stage of the proceedings,” said law professor Eric Adams.

“A lot of things are going to be broken on the way out the door.”

After the Second World War came to a close, Canada pulled itself away from Great Britain and planted itself firmly within a North American political and economic compact that generated prosperity for much of the western world for decades.

But as the world marks 80 years since the end of the war in Europe, an increasingly unstable geopolitical climate — and an administration in Washington bent on fighting a trade war with much of the world — has Canada looking back to the continent as a way to preserve peace and prosperity.