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Spring is officially in the air, and with that comes music associated with the warmer months. The Winnipeg Upper Voices choir will be showcasing those sounds this weekend in South Osborne with a concert called At the Spring Dawn. 

Juilliard adds six powerhouse performers to College Division string faculty

The Juilliard School is turning up the volume on its already legendary string faculty. The New York conservatory announced this week that six acclaimed musicians will join its College Division for the 2025–26 academic year—five violinists and one cellist, all with serious performance credentials and equally impressive teaching chops.

Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) Festival Chorus is performing the 300-year-old choral masterpiece, St. John Passion, this weekend in Winnipeg.

The retelling of the Passion story, written by J.S. Bach, weaves the Easter story using choir, orchestra, and soloists. 

A pair of Interlake communities will soon have access to new fire trucks. 

The province announced Wednesday that it is investing more than $500,000 in fire protection services in the Town of Winnipeg Beach and the RM of St. Laurent. 

"We want to make sure that our first responders have the equipment they need to protect Manitoba families in communities across the province," said Municipal and Northern Relations Minister Glen Simard. "We’re proud to support municipalities to purchase new fire trucks and equipment that will keep you safe."

The premiers of Manitoba and Nunavut are hopeful a proposed hydroelectric and fibre optic project is moving closer to fruition and are seeking federal money.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok have signed a memorandum to work together on the project and ask Ottawa for capital funding.

The proposed Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link would see a 1,200-kilometre line built through northern Manitoba to several Nunavut communities west of Hudson Bay that currently use diesel to generate electricity.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre aligned on support for new oil and gas pipelines as a matter of national security during the French language election debate Wednesday night.

Dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump was a running theme as the four main federal party leaders took the stage in Montreal for the first of two debates. Even the debate moderator Patrice Roy cited the elephant in the room as he pitched questions on immigration, affordability and Canadian identity.

Winnipeg police have arrested a 49-year-old Ontario man who allegedly travelled to the city to meet a teenage girl he had groomed online.

In March 2025, the Winnipeg Police Service’s Counter Exploitation Unit launched an investigation after receiving information that a girl in her mid-teens had been lured by an adult male using social media. Police say the suspect, who lives in Red Lake, Ont., began communicating with the teen in December 2024 through private messages on a social media platform.

The Bank of Canada left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday as it waits to get a clearer picture of how global trade uncertainty is going to impact the Canadian economy.

The central bank held its policy rate steady at 2.75 per cent, the first time it has left the key rate unchanged following seven consecutive cuts since June.

That decision arrived in the midst of the United States' ever-shifting global trade war, and Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem made clear that the disruption from south of the border was the clear focus of Wednesday’s decision.

The stage will look different than originally planned Wednesday night, when Canada's major party leaders square off in the first of two nationally televised debates.

Instead of five podiums on the stage, there will now only be four.

The Green Party had its invitation rescinded less than 12 hours before the debate is set to start, with the Leaders' Debate Commission saying the party no longer met the criteria to be included.

Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault called the "last minute decision" both "unfounded" and "undemocratic."

Spring temperatures have finally arrived in Winnipeg, and starting this weekend, City of Winnipeg golf courses will begin opening for the season.

This includes a new addition to the City’s courses this year: Canoe Club Golf Course, located at 50 Dunkirk Dr.