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Winnipeg fire crews were busy for nearly four hours Wednesday, battling a grass fire in the Tuxedo industrial area.

The fire broke out just after 4 p.m. in the 200 block of Commerce Drive.

Specialized wildland vehicles were brought in to contain the fire. Crews were able to get it under control just before 8 p.m.

Winnipeggers are reminded that Winnipeg is under an open-air fire ban as we continue to deal with dry conditions. The ban will remain in effect until Monday, May 19, 2025.

The cause of Wednesday's grass fire remains under investigation.

10 classical pieces to mark 80 years since VE Day 

One of the sweetest events in Winnipeg’s choral music calendar is coming up this weekend. 

Prairie Voices will be serving up musical morsels at their annual Tasting Notes dessert concert at Young United Church in West Broadway at 7:30 p.m. on May 9 and 10. With its combination of choir and cakes, it’s an event that choristers and audiences look forward to each year. 

The Manitoba chapter of Motorcycle Ride for Dad is celebrating its 17th annual ride to raise money and awareness for prostate cancer. 

"Our first ride was in 2009, and I think we had about 487 riders," says spokesman Ed Johner with Motorcycle Ride for Dad. "The ride has since then grown to as many as 1,500. Last year, we raised $650,000 in the fight against prostate cancer."

The money raised each year during the ride stays in Manitoba to help those fighting prostate cancer. 

As separatist discontent bubbles up anew in Alberta, experts say a vote to sever ties with Canada would pitch the country into unexplored territory on everything from money to First Nations and national parks.

“You’re in terra incognita. You’re off the map when we get to that stage of the proceedings,” said law professor Eric Adams.

“A lot of things are going to be broken on the way out the door.”

After the Second World War came to a close, Canada pulled itself away from Great Britain and planted itself firmly within a North American political and economic compact that generated prosperity for much of the western world for decades.

But as the world marks 80 years since the end of the war in Europe, an increasingly unstable geopolitical climate — and an administration in Washington bent on fighting a trade war with much of the world — has Canada looking back to the continent as a way to preserve peace and prosperity.

The Winnipeg Jets came up short in Game 1 of their second-round series against the Dallas Stars, falling 3–2 at Canada Life Centre on Tuesday night.

Despite a late-game surge and pulling Connor Hellebuyck for the extra attacker, the Jets couldn’t find the tying goal and now trail the best-of-seven series 1–0.

The Winnipeg Police Service says a missing 25-year-old woman has been safely located.

Police sent out a release just before 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7, asking for help locating the woman.

The release said she was last seen on Tuesday, May 6, at 8:30 a.m. near Lakeland Place and Chancellor Drive in Winnipeg.

The WPS then sent out another release just after 9 p.m. saying she had been found safe.

Improvement has been made for Manitoban's public safety from 2024. Following the release of the Winnipeg Police Service’s (WPS) annual report for 2024, the results can be seen. 

The number of measles cases in Manitoba has jumped to 20, and health officials say some of the recent cases had no contact with previous ones.

Dr. Davinder Singh, a medical officer of health for the Southern health region, says that's concerning because it's unclear where those people became infected.

Most of the cases have been in the Southern health region and Singh says it is connected to the area's low vaccination rate.