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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has set his sights on Canada's electric vehicle mandate, pledging Thursday that his party will embark on a national campaign to push the Liberal government to scrap the policy he's dubbed the "Carney tax."

Poilievre led the charge as the Conservatives relentlessly attacked the consumer carbon price over the last two years, with the Liberals admitting the Tory tactics swayed public opinion and forced them to end the so-called carbon tax earlier this year. 

Say this about the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as they hit the halfway mark of their 2025 Canadian Football League season:

They have certainly developed a flair for the dramatic — and, yes, sometimes unnecessarily — so much so that the final moments of their games could bring a stone-cold corpse to life again.

The Blue Bombers improved to 5-4 with another all-over-the-map 30-27 victory over the Ottawa RedBlacks in front of another capacity Princess Auto Stadium crowd of 32,343 that certainly felt much more difficult than it needed to be by the night’s end.

Portage Mayor Sharilyn Knox says many people are confusing two important terms when it comes to housing: low-income housing and affordable housing.

Clearing up this misunderstanding is vital as new housing projects are announced in the community.

What affordable housing really means

Affordable housing means that housing costs do not exceed 30 per cent of a household’s income.

There's a growing push for Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberal government to step up and help support Western Canadian producers that are being impacted by the increased tariffs on canola.

Dairy Queen locations across the country are serving up more than just ice cream today. It’s Miracle Treat Day, the annual fundraiser where 100% of proceeds from every Blizzard Treat sold is donated to local Children’s Miracle Network hospitals.

It was a full house last night at the candidates debate in Souris, with the three parties and their representatives going toe-to-toe in front of a lively audience.  Residents and business owners in the Spruce Woods Riding filled the seats in the Avalon Theatre, joined by provincial and municipal dignitaries.

Drivers and residents in the northwest part of the city may want to plan an alternate route, as 6th Avenue NW is temporarily closed for road construction between 4th Street NW and 8th Street NW.

The closure, which began earlier today (Thursday, August 14), is expected to last throughout the day but will be lifted at 5:00 p.m. for evening and overnight traffic.

Crews will return to the site tomorrow morning, Friday, August 15, at 8:00 a.m., and the road will be closed again as construction continues.

A U.S based company is hoping to see more flax grown in the prairies.

Grain Millers, a Minnesota based company, is expanding its operations in Western Canada. 

The company operates an oat processing facility at Yorkton, Saskatchewan, and has been leasing a small flax processing facility in Saskatoon.

President and CEO Todd Stohlmeyer says with the lease wrapping up and the interest they've seen in flax they decided to build their own facility at Delisle, Saskatchewan
about 43 kilometres southwest of Saskatoon.

Officials say the largest wildfire burning in Newfoundland and Labrador may have destroyed up to 100 homes and structures.

However, Premier John Hogan says it is still too dangerous for crews to get into the area to complete an accurate tally.

The fire burning along the northwestern shore of Conception Bay began on Aug. 3 near Kingston, N.L.,  and Hogan says it now measures more than eight square kilometres.

A vehicle reported stolen from a business on Prairie Road in the Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet was located in Winnipeg on Tuesday, August 12, thanks to a coordinated effort between local and provincial police teams.

The incident began around 2:00 p.m., when RCMP officers from Whitemouth were monitoring Highway 11 for the stolen vehicle. They spotted it turning onto the highway from Road 502, but were unable to stop it at the time safely. Officers chose not to pursue the vehicle directly and continued their investigation through other means.