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Montreal-based ensemble brings its cross-cultural concert Traversées to the Winnipeg Art Gallery this Friday 

Students from a West End junior high are being offered an eight-week course with a reward.  

In partnership with The Wrench, a charitable non-profit that operates the largest and best-equipped community bike shop in western Canada, General Wolfe School is offering a bicycle repair and maintenance course. 

Over two months, the youth, all in Grade 9, work on refurbishing a bike, which in return they can take home and call their own. 

Provincial public health officials are warning Manitobans of possible exposure to measles. 

Officials say two new confirmed cases of measles have been reported in the Southern Health-Santé Sud region related to recent travel to Mexico. 

Both individuals were at Southwood School in the Garden Valley School Division during the infectious period. 

Donald Bolen, the archbishop of Regina, is travelling to Vatican City for Saturday’s funeral of Pope Francis – a journey, he says, is to honour a pontiff who mirrored his vision and his compassion.

"When (Francis) put out a book called 'The Name of God is Mercy,' I smiled. Because my episcopal motto is 'mercy within mercy within mercy' — very much that same understanding,” Bolen said in an interview.

"I had enormous respect for Pope Francis through his pontificate.”

Pierre Poilievre is defending the Conservative campaign platform's heavy reliance on economic growth in a period of deep uncertainty, while the NDP and Liberals spar over cost-cutting.

The Conservative leader was campaigning in Hamilton, Ont., on Wednesday, with just days to go before the federal vote on Monday and a day after he released the party's costed campaign platform.

The Winnipeg Police Service is warning about a growing social media trend resurfacing in local high schools involving graduating students and a live-action game known as “Assassin.”

The game sees players—typically Grade 12 students—attempt to “eliminate” each other using water pistols in an effort to be the last person standing, according to a release from police.

While intended as harmless fun among peers, the WPS points out that the game often extends beyond school property and can occur at any time of day, potentially alarming the general public.

The polar bears at the Assiniboine Park Zoo are about to get a needed upgrade. 

The Manitoba government said on Wednesday that the Assiniboine Park Conservancy will be provided with a $1.2 million grant to support the zoo’s Journey to Churchill exhibit.

The one-of-a-kind exhibit offers Manitobans and visitors the opportunity to learn about polar bear conservation.

With Canadians heading to the ballot boxes on April 28, where do each of the parties representing Manitoba stand on issues relating to arts and culture? 

Classic 107 is attempting to answer those questions by asking candidates from each party to join us to elaborate on their party’s plans for Canada’s arts and culture sector.  

The Speaker of the Manitoba legislature has apologized for saying an Opposition question was out of line and is threatening to toss politicians from the chamber if chaotic behaviour continues.

Tom Lindsey issued the apology a day after question period descended into a shouting match.

A 15-year-old boy is facing weapons-related charges after an incident at CF Polo Park Mall Tuesday afternoon.

Just before 3 p.m., officers were called to the busy mall for the report of a young man brandishing a handgun in the food court. 

Mall security kept an eye on the suspect until officers arrived, letting officers know that the firearm had been discharged within the mall. 

Two youths were arrested without incident in the mall's food court, and an airsoft pistol was seized from one of the suspects. 

No one was injured.