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Clocks turned back one hour across most of Canada this morning as daylight time came to an end.

While the shift to standard time offered many Canadians a chance to sleep an extra hour, it also means darkness will start arriving earlier in the evening.

Sunrise will come an hour earlier each morning except in Yukon, most of Saskatchewan and part of eastern Quebec where clocks stay unchanged year-round.

Winnipeg police are investigating after a woman was found unresponsive behind Portage Place mall Thursday afternoon. 

Officers responded to the first 100 block of The Promenade shortly after 3 p.m. on Oct. 31, where they located a woman suffering from life threatening injuries. 

She was rushed to hospital in critical condition where she was pronounced dead.

The victim has been identified as 28-year-old Briannah Clowes of Winnipeg. 

The Homicide Unit has taken over the investigation and no arrests have been made.

Three people were taken to hospital on Friday night after a fire broke out in a four-storey apartment building in downtown Winnipeg.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service was called to the 200 block of Vaughan Street at 6:50 p.m., according to a release from the City of Winnipeg.

When crews arrived, they saw smoke coming from the building.

Firefighters helped some residents escape from the building. Other residents had managed to get out on their own before crews arrived.

Canada's spy service tracked the flow of its intelligence reports across government and studied how other agencies handled them as part of an investigation into leaks of classified information about foreign interference, a newly released memo shows. 

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service described the "tireless efforts" in the memo prepared for staff who were keen for an update on the probe into unauthorized disclosures to the media. 

“I’m living in a sad and terrifying nightmare,” says Winnipeg choreographer and musician Casimiro Nhussi. 

“The land is red and dry, the river, too. The trees are naked, and the animals are skinny and sad. There isn’t enough green land for all of us.” 

These sentiments of despair are the impetus behind the latest production from Nhussi’s NAfro Dance collective, Serengeti. The project explores the environmental challenges and existential threats of the climate crisis that all living creatures share. 

Ports in British Columbia could potentially be paralyzed again starting next week, as the latest labour dispute has triggered a provincewide lockout notice from employers against a union of more than 700 foremen.

The BC Maritime Employers Association says in a statement that it will "defensively" lock out members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 starting Monday at 8 a.m., shutting down all cargo operations provincewide but leaving cruise ships and operations for grain vessels unaffected.

The Manitoba government has increased its funding for the Manitoba Arts Council to $13.7 million this year, an eight per cent boost announced Friday at the Centennial Concert Hall.

The investment aims to strengthen the province’s arts sector, supporting artists, Indigenous knowledge keepers, and organizations that shape Manitoba’s cultural landscape.