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Winnipeg fire crews were kept busy Sunday battling two separate grass fires, just minutes apart. 

The first fire broke out just after 8 a.m. in the 300 block of McPhillips Street. Firefighters used specialized equipment, including the WFPS Bison, to put out the fire. It took firefighters about 45 minutes to get the blaze under control. 

May 5 marks Red Dress Day, the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People.

The day serves as a way to remind people about the ongoing crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people across the country.

To help commemorate the day, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and the First Nation Family Advocate's office have planned a memorial walk and ceremony. 

Winnipeg police are asking for the public's assistance in solving the city's latest homicide. 

On Sunday, May 4, at around 1:45 a.m., officers were called to the 500 block of Waterfront Drive for the report of a stabbing. 

When they arrived, they located a man suffering from stab wounds. Officers applied chest seals while they waited for paramedics to arrive. 

The victim, who has been identified as 43-year-old Kerry Eastman, was transported to hospital in critical condition, where he later died of his injuries. 

When you step into the latest exhibit at Video Pool in the Exchange District, you are immediately wrapped in a euphoric delirium of dance sounds and pulsating lights. Archival footage of queer dance spaces in Chicago and New York flow around you, and you cannot help but be swept up in the energy. 

This week on Classic 107, we’re unwrapping a very special birthday present—except it’s for you, not Brahms. To mark Johannes Brahms’ birthday on May 7, we’re devoting our 1 p.m. feature hour from May 5 to 9 to some of his finest chamber works with piano. It’s the perfect way to celebrate the master of romantic intensity, warm textures, and those deliciously rich harmonies.

On March 28, the Analekta record label unveiled a stunning two-volume set featuring the complete violin concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach.

A swim program in a Winnipeg school is making sure that everyone has the opportunity to enjoy the water. 

Through Gordon Bell's inclusive Aquatics Program, eight students in Grades 7 to 12 with complex needs can participate in swimming and other water activities at Seven Oaks Pool.

Trump budget slashes NEA funding, wiping out grants and sparking nationwide arts backlash

Arts organizations across the United States are reeling after a late-night email blitz from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) abruptly revoked funding for dozens of projects—some just days before they were set to begin. The cancellations follow former President Donald Trump’s renewed push to eliminate the NEA entirely as part of his 2026 discretionary budget proposal.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will be watched closely by Canadians infuriated by Donald Trump — and by an anxious business community looking for tariff relief — when he meets with the U.S. president Tuesday in Washington.

After months of Trump's annexation threats, the newly elected prime minister will be tasked with a delicate balancing act — showing strength while maintaining Canada's place in a critical North American trade pact the president's tariffs have sought to upend.

The Winnipeg Jets are heading to Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs after pulling off a dramatic 4–3 double-overtime win against the St. Louis Blues in Game 7 Sunday night.

Down 3–1 entering the third period, the Jets mounted an improbable comeback with two goals in the final minutes, including Cole Perfetti’s game-tying marker with just 2.2 seconds left on the clock.

Captain Adam Lowry was the hero in double overtime, deflecting a Neal Pionk shot at 16:10 of the second OT to seal the win and send Canada Life Centre into a frenzy.