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A 46-year-old man is facing a long list of charges after allegedly abusing a dog and assaulting a police officer. 

The incident happened on Tuesday at around 3:15 p.m. on Assiniboine Avenue near the Midtown Bridge. 

Winnipeg police say an off-duty officer witnessed a large group of bystanders attempting to stop a man from abusing a large dog. 

The officer stopped and identified as a Winnipeg Police officer, and with help from one of the bystanders, attempted to arrest the man. 

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has named 73 MPs to his party's leadership team and critic roles ahead of next week's return to the House of Commons.

He has named 48 Conservative members of Parliament to critic roles, while another 14 will become associate critics.

Most of them are returning MPs, though some have been shuffled to new positions left by people who were not re-elected on April 28. 

Canadians could soon find out if there will be another labour disruption at the national postal operator.

The union representing about 55,000 Canada Post employees has said it is reviewing a set of proposals for urban workers, along with rural and suburban carriers.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers issued a 72-hour strike notice on Tuesday, and the deadline is Friday at midnight.

Canada Post says the new offers address several concerns, and it is offering a wage increase of 13.59 per cent over four years.

Top economic officials from the G7 were locked in a full day of closed-door discussions Wednesday to examine pressing topics, including the global economy and the war in Ukraine. 

The meeting between the group's finance ministers and central bank governors in Banff, Alta., is a prelude to the G7 leaders summit in June in nearby Kananaskis. 

It comes in the wake of the U.S. imposing global tariffs that have resulted in many countries reconsidering their trading relationships. 

Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson and two of her Progressive Conservative cabinet ministers acted improperly by pushing for the approval of a silica sand mining project and should be fined, says a report by the province's ethics commissioner.

The report says Stefanson, then-deputy premier Cliff Cullen and then-economic development minister Jeff Wharton tried to get approval for the Sio Silica project after the Tories lost the 2023 election, but before the new NDP government was to be sworn in.

Canada Post has issued a new set of offers to the union representing postal workers as the clock ticks down to a possible strike.

The Crown corporation confirmed Wednesday it has filed a new set of proposals for workers in the urban bargaining unit and the rural and suburban units.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said its negotiating team was set to examine the proposals this afternoon.

The new offers come days after the union issued a strike notice that could see postal workers back on the picket line on Friday.

An investigation is underway after a cottage went up in flames in Falcon Lake Tuesday evening. 

Just before 9 p.m. Tuesday, Falcon Lake RCMP were called to a structure fire in Block 11 in Falcon Lake. 

The cottage was completely engulfed in flames when officers arrived. With assistance from the Province of Manitoba Wildfire Service, the local fire department was able to quickly get the fire under control.

No injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.

Paystations for on-street parking and city-operated surface lots in Winnipeg will soon become a thing of the past. 

The city announced on Wednesday that paystations will start being removed on July 2, with a goal to have all of them gone by August 31.  

Once removed, Winnipeggers will have to pay for parking using the PayByPhone app, online or by phone. 

A North End community centre has received a much-needed upgrade. 

Turtle Island Neighbourhood Centre, located at 510 King Street, unveiled a renovated kitchen on Tuesday, which will help support healthy food options and community programming in the Lord Selkirk Park and William Whyte communities. 

The renovations include a new universally accessible kitchen with new cabinets, counter tops, commercial grade appliances and an expanded pantry area. 

The latest concert from DreamPlay features what can only be described as musical treasures.  

For one thing, there’s the instrument that will be featured most prominently: the button accordion, which has played a key role in musical cultures from France to New Orleans to Ukraine. The music of all of these places and more will be on full display in Spirit Reel: The Musical Worlds of Jim Hiscott, which is the other treasured element of DreamPlay’s concert.