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Strong winds are sweeping across southwestern Manitoba today as Environment Canada has expanded its wind warning for the region, warning residents of potential damage.

Areas under the warning include Portage la Prairie, Carman, and Morden, as well as Dauphin, Winnipegosis, and Russell.

The weather agency has updated its advisory to cover a fast-moving Alberta clipper that is bringing westerly and northwesterly gusts up to 100 km/h.

UPDATE: Highway 12, from Hillside Road 67 N to Garven Road 66 N has been reopened following a serious crash Saturday morning.

Previously:

A section of Highway 12 is closed Saturday morning following a serious crash involving a train.

The single-vehicle collision happened at around 9:20 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 12 and Provincial Road 213, southeast of Beausejour. 

The Beausejour Brokenhead Fire Department is on scene, and say a train is blocking Highway 12.

Here's a look at some of this week's top news photos as selected by editors.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 4, 2024.

First Nations leaders say the pride two Saskatchewan courthouse staff felt on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation turned to shame after they were told to change out of the orange clothing they wore to work.

The Meadow Lake Tribal Council, which represents nine First Nations, is demanding Saskatchewan investigate why the two First Nations women were told Monday to go home from the courthouse in Meadow Lake, northwest of Saskatoon, to change their clothes.

Fedaa Nassar says any time she has heard the phone ring in the last year, she becomes overwhelmed with anxiety.

"I hate phone calls now," says the 34-year-old lab technician at an Ottawa-area hospital.

It's because she worries the person on the other line will tell her that her dad, mom, brother and two sisters have died in the Gaza Strip.

Sleep is fitful, she says.

"I wake up three to four times during the night to check if they're still alive or not."

Clear your November calendars, Bomber Nation, and circle the 2nd and the 9th in particular, because the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ remarkable romp right through the Canadian Football League over the last two months means playoff football is coming back to Princess Auto Stadium.

Again.

The Blue Bombers cranked out their eighth straight victory Friday night here in Steeltown with a 31-10 mauling of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in front of 22,241 at Tim Hortons Field, and in the process locked up at least second in the West Division with their 10-6 record.

The City of Winnipeg and Compost Winnipeg have come together to open up 15 food waste drop-off stations in the middle of the month.

The hope of opening these stations around the city is to reduce the carbon footprint as well as keep food out of landfills. The food waste drop offs will open starting on October 15.

For years, the world seemed to move on without him as he struggled to find a place to call home. But with the help of Siloam Mission, "Mark" (name changed) has been able to turn his life around and take an important step toward a brighter future.

"It feels like I’m reclaiming a part of myself that I thought was lost."

A fast-moving Alberta clipper is expected to bring damaging winds to southern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba on Saturday, according to Environment Canada.

Winds of 60 to 70 km/h, with gusts reaching up to 100 km/h, are forecast to develop by midday Saturday.

The strong westerly and northwesterly gusts will persist through the afternoon before easing by Saturday evening.

A 30-year-old Winnipeg man remains in custody after being found in possession of a stolen vehicle. 

On October 3, 2024, at approximately 10:30 a.m., Central District General Patrol officers conducted a traffic stop in the 300 block of Alexander Avenue on a 2017 GMC Terrain which was reported stolen from the Central Park neighbourhood on October 1, 2024.