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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.

Update, 5:45 a.m.: Environment Canada says that tornado warnings have now ended for south-central Manitoba. Severe thunderstorm warnings and watches for much of southern Manitoba remain in place.

"We didn't get any reports of a tornado," Kayla Bilous, a meteorologist with Environment Canada says. She says the warning was issued due to what meteorologists were seeing on radar.

Strong thunderstorms are pushing through southern Manitoba early Tuesday morning capable of producing winds upwards of 100 km/h along with large hail.

Environment Canada has been busy throughout the evening issuing a number of warnings and watches. Southwestern Manitoba was particularly in the path of several strong storms.

As of 4:05 a.m. areas under severe thunderstorm warnings include Winkler, Morden, Altona, Morris, and Brandon, among others.

The City of Winnipeg is among the many areas currently under a severe thunderstorm watch.

Traffic is flowing once again on a highway just north of Winnipeg after a serious collision Monday evening shut it down for several hours.

Manitoba Infrastructure sent out a notice just after 11 p.m. that Highway 8 was closed at Highway 27.

The closure, near the St. Andrew's Airport, remained in place for just over five hours, reopening at 4:15 a.m.

There are not many details at this time, including how many vehicles were involved or the extent of any injuries.

STARS Air Ambulance was also dispatched to the same area around the time of the closure.

Firefighters are mopping up following a fire at a home in Winnipeg's St. Vital neighbourhood.

Over a dozen units responded to the blaze, which occurred around 4 a.m. in the 200 block of Hazelwood Ave.