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Two student ensembles from the University of Manitoba’s Desautels Faculty of Music are getting ready to present two early works from two of the biggest voices in the western classical music canon. 

The unique nature of the repertoire featured in the concert It Takes a Village is that the piano quintets it features by Antonin Dvořák and Dmitri Shostakovich are pieces that were initially conceived at around the same age as the students who are playing them.  

The province is introducing new early reading screening tools to ensure no student is left behind. 

The Manitoba government announced last week that the new tools will allow teachers to identify students at risk of future reading difficulties.

Recent increases in school taxes have put a dent in the Manitoba government’s estimate of how many homeowners are better off under its new tax-credit system.

"We have seen some unexpectedly high increases from school divisions," Finance Minister Adrien Sala said in an interview.

Manitoba goaltender Raygan Kirk has had a terrific season with the PWHL's Toronto Sceptres and the rookie has enjoyed every moment of being a professional hockey player.

Coming out of college, Kirk admits that getting used to the schedule has been a lot of fun but it has taken some time to get accustomed to it all. "It's been a lot of fun so far, it's flown, it's crazy to think playoffs start in May, but it's been a lot of fun but I really can't get over just how fast it's all flown by."

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to tighten financial transparency rules for elected officials — and is using that promise to take aim at Liberal Leader Mark Carney.

Poilievre told a press conference in Ottawa on Sunday that if his party forms government, he'll ban what he calls "shadow lobbying."

A major spring cleanup is officially underway in Winnipeg. 

Starting Sunday, crews will begin freshening up the city working street by street cleaning up roadways, bridges, sidewalks, pathways, alleys, boulevards and litter and debris in public parks.

The cleanup is expected to take six weeks to complete, with active transportation routes being the first to be cleaned.

The operation will take 300 pieces of equipment to complete and around 500 workers.

During this time, Winnipeggers are reminded to know their zone and check regularly for no-parking signs.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to cut red tape and step up support for veterans Saturday, while Liberal Leader Mark Carney pledged to make visiting national parks and museums more affordable for Canadian families.

Poilievre unveiled his party's plan for veterans during a press conference in Nepean, the suburban Ottawa community that contains the neighbouring ridings where he and Carney are running. 

Carney did not have any public events scheduled. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's itinerary shows he will hold an evening event in Timmins, Ont.

The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba has launched an investigation after Winnipeg police officers opened fire on a stolen pickup truck Friday evening.

Just before 6 p.m. on Friday, officers noticed a stolen vehicle being driven down Home Street, between Portage Avenue and St. Matthews Avenue.

To stop the truck, officers placed one of their cruisers in the middle of Home Street between St. Matthews and Ellice Avenues. 

Baroque lovers, rejoice! This morning’s 9 a.m. hour on Classic 107 is basically a sonic pre-party for one of the most exciting concerts of the Winnipeg Baroque Festival: La Folia, performed by local period dream team In Fidem in Fidibus. If you’ve got tickets for this afternoon’s show at St. Margaret’s Anglican Church, consider this your musical appetizer.

Royal Winnipeg Ballet commissions Sahel Pascual for new work through MoBBallet partnership.

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is welcoming a new choreographic voice into its studio this spring: Sahel Flora Pascual, a 2025 fellow with MoBBallet’s Pathways to Performance program.