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On Friday March 28, a section of Portage Avenue East will be closed between 9:30 a.m to 2:30 p.m.

The closure is due to a concrete pour as part of the Portage & Main pedestrian reopening project. 

Pedestrians will still be able to access Portage Avenue East through the closure. All other closures around the area of the intersection will remain unchanged at this time. 

With up to 25 centimetres of snow forecast for much of Manitoba, the city is preparing for the clean-up.

The city says it will monitor road conditions and apply sand or salt to improve traction as required. 

Snow clearing decisions will be based on how much snow falls throughout the day. 

The city is reminding motorists to use caution when near heavy equipment and drive according to the conditions.

The Desautels Faculty of Music’s artists in residence have chosen a seemingly unlikely pairing for their latest concert.  

On the one hand, you have the stalwart Ludwig van Beethoven, whose String Trio in G major, op. 9, no. 1 bears all the hallmarks of the composer’s so-called first period. On the other, you have Kintsugi for Piano Trio, whose composer, New Zealand’s Salina Fisher, was born just shy of two centuries after the string trio was written.  

Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham is looking to fill a new role in City Hall. 

On Wednesday, it was announced that his office is launching a search for a new Senior Advisor on Public Safety, a role that will help drive crime prevention and reform. 

This new position is part of a commitment that Gillingham made in his State of the City address.

When people think of early cinema, Hollywood often comes to mind. But long before the rise of Tinseltown, Manitoba played a crucial role in Canada’s early filmmaking. In 1897, the province became the setting for some of the country’s very first films, capturing grainy black-and-white footage of prairie life, farmers at work, and CPR trains chugging across vast landscapes.

Canadian police patrolling corners of the dark web are well aware of the commonly nefarious ways criminals exploit artificial intelligence. 

There's deepfake pornography. Voice impersonation. Romance scams that turn into financial fraud.

But recently there's been a new twist — criminals offering to "jailbreak" the very algorithms that form the architecture of AI's large language models, or LLMs, tearing down their safeguards so they can be retasked for criminal purposes.

Call it tech support for cybercriminals.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney is back in Ottawa today to deal with the fallout of new auto tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump. 

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Carney said he was suspending his campaign plans for the day and would return to Ottawa to hold a meeting of the Canada-U.S. cabinet committee.

It's unclear when Carney will be back on the road to continue campaigning. 

This Sunday, March 30th, at 7:00 PM, composer and drummer Tetyana Haraschuk will perform at the Fort Garry Hotel, delivering a powerful, emotionally charged musical experience to Winnipeg audiences. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine to Ukrainian and Cuban parents, Haraschuk blends jazz, contemporary composition, and deeply personal storytelling, creating a unique fusion of sound that has garnered attention across genres. 

Opera lovers, get ready for a season of passion, power, and intrigue as Manitoba Opera (MO) announces its highly anticipated 2025/26 lineup. The company’s 53rd season will feature two of the most celebrated operas of all time—Puccini’s Tosca and Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. These productions, performed by world-class artists, promise to deliver an unforgettable experience at the Centennial Concert Hall.