What to do on Canada Day in Winnipeg and beyond the Perimeter
Here are some fun events taking place across Manitoba to ensure you make the most of your Canada Day and the weekend.
Events on Canada Day
Thousands head home in Flin Flon, Man., after wildfires weeks earlier forced them out
Buses carrying residents from the northern city of Flin Flon were being loaded up Wednesday morning, preparing to bring them back after a menacing wildfire forced thousands to flee weeks earlier.
"Welcome home to everyone," Deputy Mayor Alison Dallas-Funk said in a Facebook video Wednesday morning.
"Can't wait to have you back in community."
Buses began leaving Winnipeg and Brandon before 10 a.m., a schedule posted online showed. Residents staying elsewhere could expect to leave for Flin Flon later Wednesday, while some travelled back on their own.
Creativity with a backhoe clears fallen rocks from tourist-destination tunnel
A well-known cave-like tunnel that attracts boaters to eastern Manitoba has reopened thanks to some ingenuity involving a backhoe, a grappling bucket and a crew removing fallen rock from a tight, gorge-like opening.
The tunnel between Caddy Lake and South Cross Lake, just north of the Trans-Canada Highway and west of the Ontario boundary, is the first of two cave-like tunnels along a popular water route for people in canoes, kayaks and small motorboats.
17-year-old arrested following violent robbery in Osborne area
A 17-year-old girl is in custody following an attack on Roslyn Road.
Winnipeg police say that at around midnight on Monday, a woman was walking home from work when she was jumped from behind and pushed to the ground. The suspect stabbed and robbed the woman of her cell phone.
During the attack, the victim was able to grab the knife from the suspect and hold on to it, while the assault continued.
Bystanders intervened and called 911, and the suspects fled the scene.
Manitoba eyes three options to improve intersection where crash killed 17
The Manitoba government is moving closer to changing a highway intersection where a bus crash killed 17 people, but there is controversy over the plan.
The province is holding an open house tonight in Carberry, west of Winnipeg, not far from where a minibus carrying 24 seniors tried to cross the Trans-Canada Highway and was struck by a semi-trailer in 2023.
The province has discussed three options: widening the median, turning the intersection into a roundabout, or banning left turns onto the highway, which would force people to turn right before making a U-turn.
Steady May inflation figures don't make the case for rate cuts: economists
May inflation figures showed marginal improvements in some of the Bank of Canada's closely watched price figures — a step in the right direction, some economists say, but likely not enough to convince the central bank to cut interest rates.
The annual pace of inflation held steady at 1.7 per cent last month as cooling shelter costs helped tame price pressures, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.
Assiniboine Park Zoo mourns sudden loss of young gibbon
The Assiniboine Park Zoo is mourning the loss of one of its white-handed gibbons.
On Tuesday, the zoo announced that four-year-old Merrick passed suddenly.
"Merrick was a brave and adventurous gibbon. He was the typical middle child – a rowdy, handful little brother to Salju, and an amazing big brother to Maavi," said the zoo. "He was very attentive when Maavi was born and loved taking her on adventures around the habitat. While mom Maya was always close by, he didn’t always want to give Maavi back!"
Crime bill with tougher bail, sentencing provisions coming in fall: justice minister
The Liberal government will table a bill this fall introducing stricter bail conditions and sentencing for some crimes, particularly those involving organized crime, human trafficking, home invasion and car theft, Justice Minister Sean Fraser said in an interview.
"It's perhaps obvious, given the tenor around the criminal justice system, that reforms are in order," Fraser told The Canadian Press.
Meat producers warn internal trade bill could cause blowback with trade partners
The Canadian Meat Council is warning that the Liberal government’s legislation to ease the movement of goods and services within Canada could actually undermine red meat exports.
Lauren Martin, senior director of public affairs for the organization, says the bill is raising questions about whether it could lead the federal government to recognize provincial rules for inspecting meat processing facilities as equal to federal standards.
École Charleswood students unveil mural honouring nature and Indigenous teachings
École Charleswood School is home to a new large mural.
With guidance from mural artist Fred Thomas, Grade 7 and 8 students helped design and paint the new artwork, The Passage.
The art piece was inspired by things the students learned after trips to Tom Chester Park, Assiniboine Forest, Oak Hammock Marsh and Brokenhead Wetland.
The seven sacred teachings can be found within the painting as well as the four traditional medicines, with every inch of the mural created with intention and detail.