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As the Winnipeg Blue Bombers prepare for the Grey Cup game this Sunday, running back Brady Oliveira, a Winnipeg native, is reminding his teammates to keep their focus amidst the distractions.

Speaking to reporters at a press conference earlier this week, Oliveira emphasized the importance of maintaining their usual routine to stay ready for the championship showdown against the Toronto Argonauts.

Fans of football in Winnpeg are busily preparing for the Bomber's appearance at the Grey Cup this Sunday.

Neal Einarson's passion for football and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers started as a young child.

"It probably came from my grandfather," said Neal. "He was a big fan. He was watching games at the old Osborne Stadium and then he had tickets at Canad Inns Stadium for many years. And then I've had season tickets for about 23 years now. I've been following them since I was a little boy."

President-elect Donald Trump's promise to slap an across-the-board tariff of at least 10 per cent on all imports including from Canada is unlikely to apply to Canadian oil, energy experts are predicting.

The threat of the tariff is causing a lot of concern north of the border, where the Canadian Chamber of Commerce said such a tariff could take a $30-billion bite out of the Canadian economy.

A proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government says Indigenous people removed from their communities and placed in group homes beginning in the 1950s suffered physical, sexual and psychological abuse that "was commonplace, condoned and, arguably, encouraged."

The Federal Court lawsuit filed this month in Vancouver says Indigenous children across the country were forcibly removed from their homes and taken "to live with strangers — sometimes hundreds of kilometres from their families and Indigenous communities."

Thick fog continues to cover much of southern Manitoba, with advisories first issued last night remaining in effect as of 5 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 14.

Winnipeg is included in the advisory, and conditions are challenging for motorists outside the city, where visibility has been reduced to roughly two car lengths in many areas.

Environment Canada’s advisory, issued Wednesday night, lists areas affected across southern Manitoba, including Dugald, Beausejour, Grand Beach, Steinbach, St. Adolphe, and the Whiteshell region.

Many travellers know the drill.

Passport? Check. Wallet? Check. Keys? Check. And then there might be sunglasses, hygiene products, medications and any number of important items you’d prefer to keep on your person. You’d also like to return to your hotel or AirBnB – or home – with everything you packed.

At the same time, you’d prefer not to look like a pack mule. You’ve reached that tourist’s conundrum: “I need to keep my belongings safe, but I also want to feel like a person.”

Thankfully, U.N. Luggage has the solution.

Canada's Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country's first ever human case of domestically acquired avian flu.

The agency said in a statement Wednesday that testing at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg confirms the teen did contract the H5N1 avian flu, the same strain related to viruses found in B.C. flocks in an ongoing outbreak at poultry farms.

This Sunday afternoon, November 17th at The Winnipeg Art Gallery’s Muriel Richardson Auditorium at 3pm, Virtuosi Concerts in collaboration with the Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg and Prairie Debut will be presenting two sons of the prairie. 

The Winnipeg Humane Society is reminding Winnipeggers that they remain in an intake freeze after a box of kittens was left on their doorstep Tuesday morning.

"They were warm, with a bed and a piece of bread in the box with them – someone tried to keep them safe, and this was likely all they had to offer," said the WHS in a post on Facebook. 

The shelter reached critical capacity in August after 130 dogs were brought into care. They have been in an intake freeze since then. 

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Canada carbon rebate for small businesses will be tax-free.

In a statement posted to X late Tuesday, Freeland clarified the parameters of the program after an advocacy group for small business raised concerns that the rebate would be a taxable benefit.

Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, posted on X soon after that post that he had received a call from Freeland, who offered "assurance" that the rebate would be tax-free.