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Michael Blais Appointed Executive Director of Manitoba Opera, Effective August 1

Manitoba Opera is turning the page to a new chapter of leadership with the appointment of Michael Blais as its next Executive Director, effective August 1, 2025.

Ottawa says it will work to align its flight security regulations with those in the U.S. after Washington dropped a rule that required passengers to remove their shoes during security screenings.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that passengers at American airports no longer need to remove their shoes because officials have found other ways to keep travellers safe.

Canada does not require passengers flying domestically or to non-U.S. destinations to take off their shoes for screening, unless a security officer decides it's necessary.

Six Republican lawmakers have sent a letter to Canada's ambassador calling for action on the wildfires sending smoke billowing across the international border into their states.

In a Tuesday letter to Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman, representatives Tom Tiffany, Brad Finstad, Tom Emmer, Michelle Fischbach, Glenn Grothman and Pete Stauber of Wisconsin and Minnesota said their constituents are coping with suffocating smoke from Canadian wildfires.

It’s one of classical music’s most iconic moments: the first bow strokes of Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Exposed, simultaneously joyful and tragic, history’s greatest cellists from Jacqueline du Pré to Yo-Yo Ma to Pablo Casals have put their stamp on one of the most beloved pieces in the cello repertoire. 

Now, it’s Sung-Won Yang’s turn. 

Performers of all varieties will be descending on the West End on July 9 for a unique blend of performance art that is the beginning of a new wave of projects and collaborations. 

A man in his 80s has died after a single-vehicle rollover in a parking garage on Paget Street on Tuesday evening.

The Winnipeg Police Service says in a release that officers responded to the collision around 7:46 p.m. on Tuesday night. The parking garage is part of an apartment complex.

Emergency crews from the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service had already arrived and extracted an elderly man and woman from the SUV.

The male driver was rushed to hospital in critical condition but later died from his injuries.

Environment Canada and Manitoba Health have ended a special air quality statement for Winnipeg and much of southern Manitoba, as wildfire smoke conditions improve in these areas.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the air quality advisory has been lifted for Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie, Steinbach, Selkirk, Gimli, Morden-Winkler, and surrounding communities, indicating improved visibility and air conditions.

Winnipeg police arrested two men after community tips alleged that drug dealers were targeting areas near temporary evacuee residences.

On July 6, members of the West District Community Support Unit observed several suspected drug transactions involving occupants of a vehicle in the 1700 block of Wellington Avenue, close to evacuation sites.

At approximately 9:25 p.m., officers stopped the vehicle nearby on Sargent Avenue, arresting the driver and seizing three grams of cocaine, $820 cash, and a drug-related cellphone.

Winnipeg got an unexpected shout-out on the popular TV quiz show Jeopardy! last night, though it seems none of the contestants were prepared for it.

Under the category "That's Honorific!," contestants faced this clue: "In Canada, His or Her Worship is for people with this government job, like Scott Gillingham of Winnipeg & Surrey, B.C.'s Brenda Locke."

The correct response: "What is a mayor?" Unfortunately, all three contestants missed it. One guessed "M.P.", another ventured "Minister," and the third chose not to respond.

Two student pilots died Tuesday morning after their single-engine planes collided mid-air during practice exercises, the head of a pilot training school said.

The students, who were not identified, were practising takeoffs and landings when they appear to have tried to land at the same time on the small rural runway south of Steinbach, said Adam Penner, president of Harv's Air. 

The collision left the planes wrecked in a field on private property, roughly 400 metres from the runway.