Winnipeg police investigate homicide behind Portage Place mall Thursday afternoon

Winnipeg police are investigating after a woman was found unresponsive behind Portage Place mall Thursday afternoon. 

Officers responded to the first 100 block of The Promenade shortly after 3 p.m. on Oct. 31, where they located a woman suffering from life threatening injuries. 

She was rushed to hospital in critical condition where she was pronounced dead.

The victim has been identified as 28-year-old Briannah Clowes of Winnipeg. 

The Homicide Unit has taken over the investigation and no arrests have been made.

3 hospitalized after fire in downtown Winnipeg apartment

Three people were taken to hospital on Friday night after a fire broke out in a four-storey apartment building in downtown Winnipeg.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service was called to the 200 block of Vaughan Street at 6:50 p.m., according to a release from the City of Winnipeg.

When crews arrived, they saw smoke coming from the building.

Firefighters helped some residents escape from the building. Other residents had managed to get out on their own before crews arrived.

CSIS tracked intelligence flow across government in foreign interference leak probe

Canada's spy service tracked the flow of its intelligence reports across government and studied how other agencies handled them as part of an investigation into leaks of classified information about foreign interference, a newly released memo shows. 

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service described the "tireless efforts" in the memo prepared for staff who were keen for an update on the probe into unauthorized disclosures to the media. 

NAfro Dance's 'Serengeti' a wake-up call about climate crisis realities

“I’m living in a sad and terrifying nightmare,” says Winnipeg choreographer and musician Casimiro Nhussi

“The land is red and dry, the river, too. The trees are naked, and the animals are skinny and sad. There isn’t enough green land for all of us.” 

These sentiments of despair are the impetus behind the latest production from Nhussi’s NAfro Dance collective, Serengeti. The project explores the environmental challenges and existential threats of the climate crisis that all living creatures share. 

B.C. port employers issue lockout notice in labour dispute with foremen union

Ports in British Columbia could potentially be paralyzed again starting next week, as the latest labour dispute has triggered a provincewide lockout notice from employers against a union of more than 700 foremen.

The BC Maritime Employers Association says in a statement that it will "defensively" lock out members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 starting Monday at 8 a.m., shutting down all cargo operations provincewide but leaving cruise ships and operations for grain vessels unaffected.

The arts are getting a boost as Manitoba pledges $13.7 million to support culture

The Manitoba government has increased its funding for the Manitoba Arts Council to $13.7 million this year, an eight per cent boost announced Friday at the Centennial Concert Hall.

The investment aims to strengthen the province’s arts sector, supporting artists, Indigenous knowledge keepers, and organizations that shape Manitoba’s cultural landscape.

McNally Robinson's Chris Hall with 'What to Read' in November

With colder temperatures and shorter days comes the perfect time for cozying up with a good book. If you are in a reading rut, Chris Hall from McNally Robinson Booksellers joined Nolan Kehler in the Classic 107 studios to share 'What to Read' with him for the first time.

The titles that Chris shared with Nolan this month were: 

Precipice by Robert Harris

A Case of Matricide by Graeme Macrae Burnet  

Didion & Babitz by Lili Anolik

Patriot by Alexei Navalny