Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press

Outgoing Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson has hung onto her legislature seat for the Progressive Conservatives. 

Unofficial results from Elections Manitoba following Tuesday's provincial election show she is the successful candidate in Winnipeg's Tuxedo riding.

Stefanson nudged out New Democrat candidate Larissa Ashdown by 263 votes.

A First Nations premier would head a province for the first time in Canadian history if the New Democrats win the Oct. 3 Manitoba election, and the significance is not lost on party leader Wab Kinew. 

"My dad was not allowed to vote when he was a young man, and I have a shot at potentially leading the province," he said in an interview with The Canadian Press last month. 

"That's a big change that speaks to progress in our country and in our province within one generation."

The Law Society of Manitoba has barred two Alberta lawyers from practising in the province and ordered them to pay $5,000 after receiving complaints they hired a private investigator to surveil a judge who was hearing a case involving COVID-19 public health orders.

John Carpay, president of the Calgary-based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, and Randal Jay Cameron faced charges from the independent regulator, including undermining public respect for the administration of justice and breach of integrity.

The road at Winnipeg's well-known downtown intersection ran red as protesters gathered to call out government inaction on searching a landfill for the remains of two First Nations women. 

People chanted "Search the landfill!" and "Bring our women home!" as red paint was poured onto the pavement, eventually forming the shape of a dress at Portage Avenue and Main Street on Thursday. 

A courtroom erupted in cheers and applause Tuesday after a Manitoba judge said the words two First Nations men have been waiting a half−century to hear.

"You are innocent. You deserve acquittals. I’m now happy to enter them," Chief Justice Glenn Joyal of the Court of King’s Bench told Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse. 

"Your stories are stories of courage and resilience."

Systemic and individual racial discrimination within the justice system played a part in the wrongful conviction of both men, added Joyal. 

A search for the remains of two First Nations women at a Winnipeg-area landfill could take up to three years and cost $184 million, says a study examining whether a successful search is possible. 

The study, obtained by The Canadian Press, looked at the various scenarios and challenges that come with searching a landfill and concluded a canvass of the Prairie Green Landfill is feasible.

A year after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to walk to the United States from Manitoba, the agency tasked with patrolling the border says others have not been deterred from attempting the same treacherous journey.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seen a drastic uptick in recent months of people trying to enter North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin illegally from Canada.

A sexual assault trial of a former doctor from southeastern Manitoba has been delayed to address evidence that may have been lost or destroyed. 

Dr. Arcel Bissonnette is facing 22 sexual assault charges for alleged offences against several female patients when he worked in Ste. Anne, Man.

The trial was supposed to hear from its first witness on Monday, but Bissonnette's lawyers said they have concerns about missing documents from the town's police department that detail claims against the doctor beginning in 2017. 

Many youths have passed through the doors of 605 Main St., a one-storey building with a red brick facade that leaders of local grassroots organizations maintain. 

Ashton Sinclair sits on one of the many well-used couches inside on a December afternoon and reflects on what led him there. 

A year ago, the 14-year-old found himself questioning the path he was heading down. The Winnipeg teen watched as some of his friends got locked up and he feared he might be, too. 

Fewer sick kids have been admitted to intensive care units at the children's hospital in Winnipeg in recent days, but health officials are warning this could change as people gather for the holiday season. 

Dr. Karen Gripp, the medical director of the hospital's emergency department, says there are 17 pediatric patients receiving intensive care, down from 23 a week earlier. 

In the neonatal intensive care unit, there are 47 patients, with the normal baseline being 50.