Category: CityNews Winnipeg

Police in Manitoba say a 15-year-old girl is dead after allegedly being assaulted at a home in Opaskwayak Cree Nation on Saturday. Manitoba RCMP say a 17-year-old girl from Opaskwayak Cree Nation was charged with manslaughter on Tuesday and remanded into custody. The death is being investigated as a homicide by RCMP Major Crime Services.…

A 30-year-old woman is accused of threatening security personnel with a hatchet during an alleged robbery at a store on Henderson Highway on Sunday morning. The Winnipeg Police Service says around 11:30 a.m. the woman was leaving the store without paying for merchandise when security stopped her and began taking back the items. Police allege…

Adrian Kempe scored his 200th NHL career goal, Drew Doughty broke the Los Angeles record for goals by a defenseman and the Kings beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 on Tuesday night. Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves and Kevin Fiala added a late power-play goal to help the Kings get their first home win of the…

A 76-year-old man was killed and a 73-year-old woman was seriously injured in a collision with a semi-truck on Highway 59, just south of Winnipeg, on Tuesday morning. St Pierre Jolys RCMP say it happened north of the intersection with Provincial Road 311, in the RM of Hanover, around 8:50 a.m. Police believe the man…

Manitoba’s NDP government has agreed to support a Liberal bill on universal screening for learning disabilities in early grades. The government announced in the spring that it intended to have young students screened for literacy skills by 2026. Liberal legislature member Cindy Lamoureux wanted the change enshrined in law, along with provisions to ensure parents…

Toronto Blue Jays utility man Isiah Kiner-Falefa says he received disturbing threats in the wake of the team’s heartbreaking 5-4 Game 7 World Series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers — a defeat punctuated by his controversial out at home plate in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Blue Jays were a run away…

Manitoba is boasting that it’s more prepared than it has been for a while to handle flu and cold season. The province says it’s added 323 beds to the healthcare system in the past two years, including 10 new intensive care unit beds in 2025. Those ICU beds were added at the Health Sciences Centre…

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is joining other premiers in denouncing a Supreme Court of Canada ruling on child pornography. The high court last week ruled the one-year mandatory minimum jail sentences for accessing or possessing child pornography are unconstitutional. Conservative politicians such as Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug…

Manitoba authorities say there will be no charges “at this time” after a gruesome Halloween display went up in a town southeast of Winnipeg believed by some to have been erected to intimidate local politicians. Manitoba RCMP tell CityNews their investigation into the display has ended. It purportedly featured five nearly life-sized person-shaped figures hanging…

While the rest of Canada is still reeling from the heartbreak of an extra innings Game 7 Blue Jays loss to L.A. in a riveting World Series, one Oshawa resident has hit it out of the park. The Jays Care Foundation announced the winner of the biggest 50/50 jackpot in baseball history at noon on…

The Health Sciences Centre adult emergency department now officially has 24-hour on-site police presence, to heighten security for staff, patients, and visitors, the Province announced this week. The new measures, which began on November 1st, are a joint effort from the Winnipeg Police, the provincial government, and Shared Health.  Moving forward, two uniformed WPS officers…

The Southern Chiefs’ Organization hosts their third annual First Nations Veterans Summit on Sunday, to celebrate, honour, and support First Nations Veterans, with the theme: “look how far we’ve come”. “Suffer from silence, that was something that was drilled in our head, and that’s something that I try to undo I the work that I…

TORONTO (AP) — Both benches and bullpens cleared in Game 7 of the World Series after Dodgers left-hander Justin Wrobleski hit Blue Jays shortstop Andrés Giménez on the right hand with a pitch in the fourth inning on Saturday night. Wrobleski had already thrown two high-and-inside fastballs to Giménez with his first and fourth pitches…

With his single in the top of the second inning on Saturday night, Ernie Clement put his name in the Toronto Blue Jays playoff record book. The knock extended Clement’s post-season hit streak to 13 games, surpassing Pat Borders for the longest mark in a single playoff run in franchise history. It also gave Clement the record for most…

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is channelling one of Canada’s most decorated athletes as he gears up for a winner-take-all Game 7. The Toronto Blue Jays superstar donned a Marie-Philip Poulin Team Canada jersey in his walk-up ahead of the World Series finale against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday (Sportsnet, 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT). The decision…

When Kike Hernandez was struck out by Toronto Blue Jays reliever Chris Bassitt in the ninth inning of Game 6 of the World Series, he watched the Jumbotron at Rogers Centre to see the replay of the at bat. It was then that he noticed Bassitt had written a “51” on the side of his hat in tribute…

Dozens attended the annual bison walk event at FortWhyte Alive wildlife preserve Saturday. The marquee event offered participants a chance to view and learn about one of North America’s iconic animals. Staff and volunteers led people up our north trail system to see the bison. “We do this so we can learn about them, educate…

Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud, senior advisor to Premier Wab Kinew on ending chronic homelessness in the province, resigned from her position after only 10 months on the job. On Friday, Kinew addressed a personnel change in the Your Way Home Initiative. “To see her move to the Collaborative Housing Alliance Real Estate Investment Trust (CHAREIT) full…

Blue Jays manager John Schneider made a couple minor changes to his batting order for Game 7 of the World Series on Saturday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Addison Barger was set to move up two spots to bat fifth for the deciding game at Rogers Centre while Daulton Varsho dropped two spots to seventh.  Barger,…

On Oct. 15, Winnipeg Police executed search warrants in two apartment complexes, seizing almost two kilos of cocaine and almost 500 Percocet pills, with the estimated combined street value of nearly $60,000. Police also seized multiple rifles, a revolver, a large amount of ammunition, and $45,000 in cash. The drug bust became a result of…