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Canadians Shine Bright in 2025 Emmy Nominations

The 2025 Emmy nominations have dropped, and it's clear: Canadian talent is running the show. With multiple homegrown stars in the spotlight — and even breaking records — the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards are shaping up to be a celebration of maple-leaf excellence on the small screen.

Manitoba Musicians Take the Stage with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada 

It was love that first brought Éric Le Sage to the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.  

“I first came here 40 years ago to meet my girlfriend at the time,” he recalls.  

The annual pace of inflation accelerated to 1.9 per cent in June as consumers were paying more at car dealerships, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

The June price hike is up from 1.7 per cent in May and was largely in line with economists’ expectations.

StatCan said gasoline prices were nearly unchanged in June as higher crude oil prices and geopolitical conflicts ratcheted up pressure at the pumps. Motorists saw a steeper monthly decline in prices this time last year, which the agency said led to a rise in headline inflation.

The Winnipeg Fringe Festival officially opens this week with dozens of shows in a wide variety of genres ready to dazzle local audiences. It’s not just the people who are getting on the fun, as Backyard Broadway Theatre demonstrates with their unique spin on an operetta classic.  

Cris Derksen Illuminates Newport with Powerful New Work, First Light

A haunting, hope-filled cello quartet rooted in a rarely told story of American history has just received its world premiere—and at its heart is Canadian composer and cellist Cris Derksen, whose bold, genre-defying music continues to challenge and expand what classical music can be.

As wildfires continue to burn near remote northern communities in Manitoba, a First Nations leader is asking for prayers.

Craig Munroe, vice chief of Garden Hill First Nation, posted an urgent request on social media late Monday evening, calling on people across Canada and the United States to join him in praying for protection over his community.

The Manitoba Wildfire Service (MWS) says the province remains at a moderate to high wildfire danger level, with human activity, including arson, playing a major role in fuelling current fire conditions.

Officials say deliberately set fires are forcing crews to redirect resources that would otherwise be used to manage natural wildfire outbreaks, many of which are burning close to communities.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to convene the Incident Response Group in Ottawa today to discuss the ongoing wildfire situation across the country.

Carney also convened the group of ministers and senior officials a little over a month ago in response to an earlier wave of wildfires, which peaked in May and June, then receded, and have now flared up again.

More than 6,000 people are currently out of their homes in Manitoba, and the communities of Lynn Lake and Snow Lake ordered residents to flee for the second time in just weeks.

The Conservatives want Prime Minister Mark Carney to sell all the assets in his blind trust to avoid any possible conflicts of interest.

Carney set up the blind trust after he was sworn in as prime minister in March and the details of how it works were made public on Friday.

They show that the prime minister has set up screens to avoid potential conflicts related to his previous interests in Brookfield Asset Management, Brookfield Corporation and Stripe Inc.

But Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre believes that's not enough.