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With less than a year to go until the 2026 World Cup, political tensions and U.S. policy threaten to pose problems as Canada, the United States and Mexico prepare to co-host the tournament.

Next year’s FIFA World Cup will be the biggest ever, with the three countries hosting a record 48 teams. Between June 11 and July 19, they will play 104 matches, most of them in the U.S.

Avery Shenfeld doesn't think the Bank of Canada will cut its benchmark interest rate at its decision on Wednesday, but if it does, he said it will be a "pleasant surprise."

"There's always a chance that they'll surprise with the rate cut," the chief economist of CIBC said.

Most economists are also expecting the Bank of Canada will hold its policy rate steady at 2.75 per cent for a third consecutive decision later this week.

The World Junior Hockey Championships are set to take place in Minnesota this coming December, and as they approach, some special events are being planned, as well as opportunities for fans to already invest in their home country team in person.

Minnesota prepares to welcome fans and future stars for 50th anniversary of World Juniors

As storm season rolls across the Prairies, weather watchers might hear meteorologists talk about a “cap” — and no, it’s not the kind you wear on your head.

Capping, also known as a “capping inversion,” is a layer of warm air higher up in the atmosphere that acts like a lid, preventing thunderstorms from forming, at least for a while.

Think of capping like a lid on a pot of boiling water. The atmosphere underneath is trying to bubble up, but that warm layer above holds it down. Storms that are capped will have a soft, flat top to it.

The Canadian Nurses Association says it hopes the new "united Team Canada" approach at the Council of the Federation will lead to harmonization of nurses' licences across the country.

The association was among a number of health-care advocacy groups at the recent annual meeting of Canada's premiers.

While health care tends to take centre stage when the premiers meet, this year's gathering with Prime Minister Mark Carney was dominated by discussion of U.S. President Donald Trump's global trade war.

Most Canadians believe the country is making good progress on reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, a new poll from Leger suggests.

"The extent to which people feel progress on reconciliation is being made or not has an important bearing on how they feel about the country," said Jack Jedwab, president and CEO of the Association for Canadian Studies, which commissioned the poll.

The survey of 1,580 respondents was conducted between June 20 and 22. A margin of error cannot be associated to the survey because online polls are not considered to be truly random samples.

There is a heat warning in effect for the city of Winnipeg and southern Manitoba. 

Environment Canada shares that there will be hot and humid conditions over portions of southern Manitoba on Saturday, with humidex values reaching 38 during the afternoon. 

Saturday night, there will be a cold front sweeping over Manitoba that should abate the intense heat. 

Don’t Be Late for a Very Musical Date: Alice in Wonderland Takes Over Classic 107’s 9 AM Hour!

“Curiouser and curiouser!” That’s how things will be sounding this Saturday morning in the 9 o’clock hour, as Classic 107 tumbles down the rabbit hole into a whimsical world of music inspired by Alice in Wonderland! Why, you ask? Because it was on this very day—July 26, 1951—that Walt Disney’s animated adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s beloved tale premiered in theatres.

The Manitoba government says it has settled a lawsuit with the family of a woman who died during the COVID-19 pandemic while in the process of being transferred out of province due to a shortage of hospital beds.

Matt Wiebe, minister of justice and the province's attorney general, confirmed a settlement was recently reached with the family of Krystal Mousseau more than two years after Mousseau's mother first sued the provincial government and health agencies. 

A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the federal public service could shed almost 60,000 jobs over the next four years as Ottawa looks to cut costs.

Earlier this month, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne sent letters to multiple ministers asking them to identify cuts to program spending at their departments of 15 per cent by 2028-29.

The report, written by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives senior economist David Macdonald, says the federal public service could lose up to 57,000 employees by 2028.