The Canadian Press

The Canadian Elite Basketball League says it is expanding to Winnipeg for the 2023 season.

Winnipeg will be the league's fifth expansion since it launched in 2019 with six teams.

The league said Winnipeg's name and logo will be announced at a later date.

The CEBL, now with 11 teams, is the largest wholly Canadian professional sports league. The CFL and soccer's Canadian Premier League, which recently added a new team in Vancouver FC, each have nine franchises.

The Manitoba government is spending $1.5 million to help a new digital media studio and training centre.

StudioLab XR is a 460-square-metre virtual production studio in downtown Winnipeg,

Economic Development Minister Cliff Cullen says the money will help create good paying jobs and attract new interactive digital media and film productions.

The studio will include production space and a classroom with new technology.

Cullen says it will provide industry training to more than 250 people over three years.

WestJet says a system-wide outage is impacting its operations, resulting in "growing delays" across its network and cancellations.

The Canadian airline says its contact centre is unable to access guest reservations as a result of the outage.

WestJet says it's working to restore service to its system, though it hasn't provided a reason for the outage.

Calgary International Airport says in a tweet that guests flying through its airport may be delayed "due to a WestJet global IT outage." 

It says guests should check with their airline for flight information.

Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson announced millions more dollars for new detention cells at Brandon police headquarters Friday — the latest in a string of recent promises focused on crime and public safety.

"Today's announcement caps a week of new initiatives and millions of dollars invested making our communities safer," Stefanson said.

"Our government will do whatever it takes to support our law enforcement personnel and our cities and communities with a crackdown on criminals and violent crime."

Manitoba Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen says the Progressive Conservative government is not planning to call an early election.

Goertzen, who is also the Tory house leader, says the government fully intends to stick to the scheduled date of Oct. 3 of next year.

Goertzen says there are some exceptional circumstances such as an emergency that could prompt an early vote, but the Tories plan to stick to the set date.

A Canadian in Seoul says he's had trouble sleeping since witnessing tens of thousands of people crowding into side streets and alleys in the city's nightclub district on Saturday, a scenario that led to the crushing death of more than 150 people. 

Matthew Clement said he avoided the narrowest streets in Itaewon on Halloween after experiencing dense throngs of people in previous years that made him fear for his life. 

"In the past I've felt overwhelmed. It's terrifying," he said in an interview from Seoul. "It was very difficult to move or even control your movements."

Police in Winnipeg say they've received at least half a dozen reports of children receiving candy containing THC while trick-or-treating.

The Winnipeg Police Service says the reports all included the same product, "Medicated Nerds," with a label indicating that it contains 600 milligrams of THC, given out to children for Halloween.

They said the candy was found in sandwich bags that also came with full-sized chocolate bars. However, the candy was not tested and police could not say for certain if they contain THC.

Milk prices in Canada are expected to go up again in the new year. 

The Canadian Dairy Commission says it has approved an increase in farm gate milk prices of about 2.2 per cent, or just under two cents per litre, effective Feb. 1, 2023.

The Crown corporation, which oversees Canada's dairy supply management system, says the increase is based on the rising cost of production.

Manitoba Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen says a new licence plate could be in place by next summer to raise money for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

The Opposition New Democrats recently put forward a private member's bill to create a specialty licence plate, similar to ones that exist for groups such as the Humane Society or causes like cancer research.

Crown-owned Manitoba Public Insurance gives $30 from each specialty plate to a registered group.

Charges have been stayed against a Manitoba woman accused in the death of a baby found in a garbage bin.

A Crown attorney said the decision was made following an autopsy.

The transcript of court proceedings, which was provided by the provincial government, shows the Crown felt it was not in a position to determine the cause of death or rule out natural causes.

Jeanene Moar was charged with manslaughter and concealing the body of a child after a baby girl was found in the bin in a back lane in Winnipeg last spring.