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The premiers of Manitoba and Nunavut are hopeful a proposed hydroelectric and fibre optic project is moving closer to fruition and are seeking federal money.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok have signed a memorandum to work together on the project and ask Ottawa for capital funding.

The proposed Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link would see a 1,200-kilometre line built through northern Manitoba to several Nunavut communities west of Hudson Bay that currently use diesel to generate electricity.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre aligned on support for new oil and gas pipelines as a matter of national security during the French language election debate Wednesday night.

Dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump was a running theme as the four main federal party leaders took the stage in Montreal for the first of two debates. Even the debate moderator Patrice Roy cited the elephant in the room as he pitched questions on immigration, affordability and Canadian identity.

Winnipeg police have arrested a 49-year-old Ontario man who allegedly travelled to the city to meet a teenage girl he had groomed online.

In March 2025, the Winnipeg Police Service’s Counter Exploitation Unit launched an investigation after receiving information that a girl in her mid-teens had been lured by an adult male using social media. Police say the suspect, who lives in Red Lake, Ont., began communicating with the teen in December 2024 through private messages on a social media platform.

The Bank of Canada left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday as it waits to get a clearer picture of how global trade uncertainty is going to impact the Canadian economy.

The central bank held its policy rate steady at 2.75 per cent, the first time it has left the key rate unchanged following seven consecutive cuts since June.

That decision arrived in the midst of the United States' ever-shifting global trade war, and Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem made clear that the disruption from south of the border was the clear focus of Wednesday’s decision.

The stage will look different than originally planned Wednesday night, when Canada's major party leaders square off in the first of two nationally televised debates.

Instead of five podiums on the stage, there will now only be four.

The Green Party had its invitation rescinded less than 12 hours before the debate is set to start, with the Leaders' Debate Commission saying the party no longer met the criteria to be included.

Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault called the "last minute decision" both "unfounded" and "undemocratic."

Spring temperatures have finally arrived in Winnipeg, and starting this weekend, City of Winnipeg golf courses will begin opening for the season.

This includes a new addition to the City’s courses this year: Canoe Club Golf Course, located at 50 Dunkirk Dr.

Here's a look at what's open & closed in Winnipeg over the Easter holiday, including Easter Monday. 

Garbage & recycling pickup

Garbage pickup is as normal on Good Friday and Easter Monday.

The Brady Road 4R Winnipeg Depot will be open to residential customers on Good Friday and Easter Monday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the Brady Road Landfill will be open to commercial customers from 5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The city’s other two 4R Winnipeg Depots, on Panet Road and Pacific Avenue, will be closed on Friday and Monday.

The Manitoba Museum is preparing to honour one of the greatest Canadians to ever live later this week.  

The museum’s 20th annual Tribute Gala takes place this Thursday night, and it will pay tribute to the late Honourable Murray Sinclair, who passed away last fall.  

The Anne Oake Family Recovery Centre will receive $1.5 million in funding from the Manitoba government.

The province announced on Tuesday that it will provide the funds through the Mino’Ayaawag Ikwewag Strategy.

"The Anne Oake Family Recovery Centre will offer hope and healing for women with addictions," said Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine. "By giving women a supportive space where they can focus on healing, we are building healthier communities for women and their children as part of our Mino’Ayaawag Ikwewag Strategy."

Chess players from high schools across Winnipeg held a special tournament during spring break in support of peace in Ukraine. 

It was all part of the Manitoba School Chess Championship, which was hosted at Ecole Secondaire Sisler High School on April 1. 

This year, the Chess Club collaborated with the Social Justice Club and the Manitoba Chess Association, playing for peace in Ukraine and collecting funds for the Canada-Ukraine Foundation.