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Police have barricaded part of a road in the Minto neighbourhood after a "large sinkhole" opened up early Tuesday morning.

The Winnipeg Police Service says in a tweet that the "Inside lanes for both directions are barricaded" for St. Matthews Ave. at Spruce St.

The curb lane is open in both directions. However, police are asking the public to avoid the area if possible.

The Saskatoon Police Service issued an update Monday saying they're continuing to search for a mother and son that were reported missing Sunday evening.

48-year-old Dawn Walker and seven-year-old Vincent Jansen were reported missing when friends were unable to contact them.

If recent world events have taught us anything, it’s that life doesn’t always look the way we want it to look.

Author Mandy Hale says that while we can’t control the curveballs life throws at us, we can control our response to them. We can choose to loosen our grip on what we think life is “supposed” to be and embrace life for exactly what it is–messiness and mayhem and all. We can choose to stubbornly turn toward the sun, even as the storm rages around us.

A man is dead after police allege he barricaded himself in a home following an exchange of gunfire with Mounties who were attempting to execute an arrest warrant in southwestern Manitoba.

The Manitoba RCMP says in a release that officers from the Blue Hills and Killarney Detachment went to a home in the RM of Prairie Lakes to serve the warrant at 9:50 on Friday evening.

Winnipeg police have closed off part of a busy intersection after a sinkhole opened up on Wednesday evening.

Just after 10:30 p.m., the Winnipeg Police Service sent out an alert that the entire intersection of Inkster Boulevard and Salter Street had been closed. The "massive sinkhole" had opened up in the middle of the intersection.

Massive sinkhole at Inkster Blvd at Salter St resulting in entire intersection being closed.

Manitoba's top doctor is holding a press conference Wednesday to provide an update on COVID-19 vaccination eligibility in the province.

Dr. Brent Roussin will speak to the media at 12:30 p.m. You will be able to watch the press conference live on this page at that time.

A teenage male from Winnipeg is facing two charges after a collision north of the city claimed the life of a young man earlier this week.

The Manitoba RCMP says in a release that officers from Selkirk RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 8 and Highway 230, in the RM of St. Andrews, around 10:30 p.m. on July 18, 2022.

An upper level low crossing the province Tuesday drenched some regions over the course of the day, with several rounds of thunderstorms and shower activity.

Canada's major east-west link is open once again in northwestern Ontario following an hours-long closure that left semis lined up in both directions down the highway.

A washout caused "a substantial hole in the highway" and there was no way around it as highway crews scrambled to make repairs. As of 1:45 p.m. traffic was flowing in both directions again.

Earlier:

Ontario's Ministry of Transportation (MTO) reports Highway 17 is closed near distance marker 108 and Richard Lake, about 40 km east of Kenora. The MTO says no detour is in place.

The Manitoba Hydrologic Forecast Centre has issued an Overland Flood Warning for all of Southern Manitoba ahead of a moisture-laden system which could drop substantial rainfall across the region beginning late Monday night through Tuesday night.

The warning will be in place until Wednesday, according to the Province.