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A major spring cleanup is officially underway in Winnipeg. 

Starting Sunday, crews will begin freshening up the city working street by street cleaning up roadways, bridges, sidewalks, pathways, alleys, boulevards and litter and debris in public parks.

The cleanup is expected to take six weeks to complete, with active transportation routes being the first to be cleaned.

The operation will take 300 pieces of equipment to complete and around 500 workers.

During this time, Winnipeggers are reminded to know their zone and check regularly for no-parking signs.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to cut red tape and step up support for veterans Saturday, while Liberal Leader Mark Carney pledged to make visiting national parks and museums more affordable for Canadian families.

Poilievre unveiled his party's plan for veterans during a press conference in Nepean, the suburban Ottawa community that contains the neighbouring ridings where he and Carney are running. 

Carney did not have any public events scheduled. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's itinerary shows he will hold an evening event in Timmins, Ont.

The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba has launched an investigation after Winnipeg police officers opened fire on a stolen pickup truck Friday evening.

Just before 6 p.m. on Friday, officers noticed a stolen vehicle being driven down Home Street, between Portage Avenue and St. Matthews Avenue.

To stop the truck, officers placed one of their cruisers in the middle of Home Street between St. Matthews and Ellice Avenues. 

Baroque lovers, rejoice! This morning’s 9 a.m. hour on Classic 107 is basically a sonic pre-party for one of the most exciting concerts of the Winnipeg Baroque Festival: La Folia, performed by local period dream team In Fidem in Fidibus. If you’ve got tickets for this afternoon’s show at St. Margaret’s Anglican Church, consider this your musical appetizer.

Royal Winnipeg Ballet commissions Sahel Pascual for new work through MoBBallet partnership.

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is welcoming a new choreographic voice into its studio this spring: Sahel Flora Pascual, a 2025 fellow with MoBBallet’s Pathways to Performance program.

Winnipeg fire crews are busy Friday afternoon battling a blaze in a Crestview area townhouse.

The fire broke out shortly after 4 p.m. at the Fairlane Meadows in the 200 block of Fairlane Avenue. 

Southern Manitoba is getting a spring preview this weekend, with sunshine and mild temperatures expected through Saturday — but rain, wind and even a touch of snow could return by Sunday night. 

Stephen Berg, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, says the warm-up is thanks to a front that moved in from the west. 

The Winnipeg Baroque Festival has been serving up a feast of musical treasures since March 30, and this Palm Sunday, audiences can expect one of its most profound offerings yet. At 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 13, the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir and the Winnipeg Singers will come together at St.

The Winnipeg Baroque Festival will feature its first-ever transatlantic collaboration in 2025 in two distinct concerts at Canadian Mennonite University’s Laudamus Auditorium. 

Local violin stalwart Karl Stobbe has joined forces with Berlin-based pianist Benjamin Moser to present The Goldberg Variations Plus and A New Take on an Old Mystery on April 14 and 16, respectively.  

The Winnipeg Goldeyes announced the acquisition and signing Thursday of Canadian first baseman Matthew Warkentin.

Warkentin was obtained from the Frontier League’s Ottawa Titans in exchange for a player to be named later.

The 28-year-old is a native of Windsor, Ontario and becomes the sixth Canadian on the Goldeyes’ roster, joining right-handed pitchers Landen Bourassa (Lethbridge, Alberta), Trevor Brigden (North York, Ontario), Tylor Jans (St. Albert, Alberta), Landon Leach (Toronto, Ontario) and Will Sierra (Montréal, Québec).