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Three youths are in custody in connection with a carjacking in St. Vital on Monday afternoon.

Winnipeg police say a 62-year-old was exiting his 2017 Toyota Sequoia shortly after 3 p.m. on Monday, when three youths jumped in and struck him with the car door as he attempted to intervene. The suspects fled the scene in the victim's vehicle before police arrived. The victim was uninjured. 

Later that evening, shortly after 11 p.m., officers spotted the stolen vehicle in Old St. Vital and pulled it over near Coniston Street and St. Mary's Road.  

The Winnipeg Baroque Festival is in full swing, treating music lovers to a sumptuous selection of pre-1750 masterpieces. On Friday, April 4, at 7:00 p.m. at All Saints Anglican Church, the Nonsuch Ensemble invites audiences to shake off winter’s chill and welcome the fresh vibrance of spring with Le Printemps, a concert bursting with the vitality of the French and German Baroque.

With the end of the academic year rapidly approaching, music students at the University of Manitoba are keen to show what they have learned over the past year. For students in the Desautels Faculty of Music’s jazz program, that demonstration of new knowledge and skills will come in a variety of forms over the next couple of weeks.  

Windsor Park is home to a new fire-paramedic station. 

The new facility, located in the heart of the community at 1083 Autumnwood Drive, opened on Wednesday and as of last night, will now have crews rotating through there 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The new station will house a hazardous materials response team and a rescue team, an engine and crew, an ambulance and paramedics and a fire investigator.

The new station was built on the same site as the old station, but is much larger, offering more bay space to fit more crews.

Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are set to hear a verdict today in the joint trial over their roles in the mass protest against pandemic health measures that rolled into Ottawa more than three years ago.

Lich and Barber were both charged with mischief, intimidation and counselling others to break the law in relation to their roles in the 2022 protest that drew thousands of demonstrators to Ottawa for three weeks.

Their trial wrapped up in September after hearing 45 days of evidence and legal arguments.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will address reporters shortly after the White House declared both Canada and Mexico exempt from new reciprocal tariffs announced today by U.S. President Donald Trump.

A fact sheet from Trump's office says goods imported under the existing continental trade deal, known as CUSMA, will not face tariffs, while those outside the deal will see a 10 per cent tariff.

Canada was left off a lengthy list Trump unveiled this afternoon showing the tariff levels most other countries will face starting Thursday.

The Manitoba government is promising $150 million for the agricultural sector to help handle tariffs imposed by the United States and China.

The province says it will provide $10 million in additional matching funds for the AgriStability program, as well as $140.8 million for business risk management programs such as AgriInsurance and AgriInvest.

Premier Wab Kinew says some of the money is being used to align with federal government changes in the cap and threshold on aid.

Several intersections in Sargent Park are without power Wednesday afternoon. 

The affected area includes Century Street and Sargent Avenue. 

Traffic signals are working and the power has been restored following a power outage that left 3,430 customers without power on Wednesday morning. 

A 23-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with a string of break-ins that amounted to over $12,000 in stolen property and around $60,000 in damages.

The robberies took place between March 13 and 31 and included two house break-ins, 10 detached garage break-ins and an arson to one of the garages. 

Winnipeg police say the break-ins mostly took place in Elmwood, with the suspect lighting fire to one of the garages, destroying the garage, along with a 2023 Hyundai Tucson and various items, resulting in a total loss of approximately $60,000.