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With Christmas just a few days away, even more eyes than usual are on the forecast with many families planning travel across Southern Manitoba, and beyond, in the coming days. According to CMOS Accredited Weathercaster Chris Sumner, we may see some minor impacts over Christmas Eve through Boxing Day, but at this point, there are no major winter storms on the horizon.

A Winnipeg family is left without a home just days before Christmas after a devastating fire on Tuesday night.

The City of Winnipeg says in a release that crews were called to a home on Horrox Bay in the Riverbend neighbourhood around 8:20 p.m. 

Witnesses described the home as being completely engulfed in flames, and when firefighters from the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) arrived the found heavy smoke and large flames coming from the home.

It was a jaw dropping site Winkler's Devin James caught on camera late Saturday night, one highlighting light from above on a clear and calm winter's night.

"I just went outside to grab some items from my shop at 10:45 pm," he explained in an email to PembinaValleyOnline. "I looked straight up into the night sky, and saw the coolest natural light show. The photo is looking straight up to the sky. It looks like northern lights, but everything came to a point directly above us."

A woman is in hospital this morning following a serious collision on Winnipeg's Perimeter Highway on Monday afternoon.

Emergency crews were called to the westbound lanes of the South Perimeter highway between Pembina Highway and Wilkes Avenue around 4 p.m.

The RCMP says that a car and truck collided, with the driver of the car suffering life-threatening injuries.

STARS Air Ambulance responded to the scene and transported to the women to Health Sciences Centre.

The weather story this week will be the very cold temperatures we’re expecting leading up to, and more than likely through, Christmas and Boxing Day, but the outlook has improved a bit from the bone-chilling temperatures first forecast.

Owen Pederson's second goal of the game at 1:54 of overtime gave the Winnipeg ICE a 4-3 victory over the Brandon Wheat Kings Saturday night at the ICE Cave inside Wayne Fleming Arena.

Zach Benson also scored twice giving him a team high 20 goals and 46 points heading into the holiday break.

Brett Hyland replied with two goals for the Wheat Kings while Luke Shipley had the other.

Winnipeg outshot Brandon 36-19. Pederson led the ICE with six shots while Conor Geekie and Matthew Savoie each had five.

After a week of inclement weather, Manitoba residents can finally breathe a sigh of relief as all weather statements and warnings have been lifted. 

However, while the snow may be coming to an end this weekend, a return to bone-chilling temperatures is on the way.

The special weather statement for southern Manitoba has been lifted as the Colorado low finally pushes east, also bringing an end to the blowing snow advisories.

A winter storm continues to plague the region, with several highways closed due to poor driving conditions. 

Manitoba Infrastructure sent out a notice that the following highways are closed as of 2:18 p.m.:

Tragedy struck the late last night when a collision between a front-end loader and a cyclist resulted in the death of the adult male cyclist.

The incident occurred around 10:20 p.m. on December 15, 2022, in the area of Mission Street and Plinguet Street in Winnipeg.

The Winnipeg Police Service says in a release that two off-duty Winnipeg Police Service members were nearby and immediately began to provide emergency medical care to the injured cyclist.

We're waking up Friday morning to another day of impacts from that Colorado low that continues to linger in our region.