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Manitoba public health officials announced 116 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths on Tuesday.

The province has now charged Springs Church for allegedly violating COVID-19 related public health orders, after photos circulated last month of a graduation ceremony at the church with people not wearing masks.

A man rushed to hospital after being shot in Winnipeg’s West Broadway neighbourhood on Monday has died.

Community members in the central Manitoba First Nation say at least half of the cases are from school-aged children and they’re worried the virus will keep spreading among them.

The community of Gimli, Man., is planning to strip the names of four streets that commemorate the history of colonialism.

Community members in the central Manitoba First Nation say at least half of the cases are from school-aged children and they’re worried the virus will keep spreading among them.

Manitoba’s education minister lobbed accusations on Monday that the vocal opposition against the province’s sweeping school reforms are misled, as the outcry over the proposed overhaul shows no signs of letting up.

A school was locked down for a short period of time and police are asking people to avoid part of Winnipeg’s West Broadway area after a man was shot.

A large white snake that’s been on the loose in Winnipeg for the last two days has been found not far from where it was first spotted, Winnipeg police say.

Manitoba’s chief public health officer is giving a COVID-19 update Monday after relaxed health measures allowing small outdoor gatherings came into effect on the weekend.

A group of archaeologists and academics has created free online resources answering questions about how to start searching for unmarked graves and explaining the process and the complexities. They say it’s a way of empowering First Nations communities.

There are 194 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba and seven more people have died after getting the illness, the province says in a news release.

Peatr Thomas said he was hesitant at first about having his work associated with the Hudson’s Bay Company. But he hopes the art will help spark ideas for what the space might look like in its second life — possibly as a place where creators like him can thrive.

Tina Latrofa’s Grade 2 class was saddened when they learned about the discovery at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia that sent shockwaves across the country last month.

There are 294 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba on Saturday and five more people have died from the illness, the province says in a news release.

City hall’s public works committee is recommending alterations to Winnipeg’s “open streets” campaign after dozens of Wellington Crescent and other residents raised concerns over the closing of virtually all of the tony street to motor vehicle traffic. 

In a new short video, members of Manitoba’s South Asian and Filipino communities take turns relaying a message in Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Gujarati, Urdu, Talagog and English about the importance of immunization against COVID-19.

People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier was handcuffed and put in the back of an RCMP vehicle after attending a rally against COVID-19 restrictions in St-Pierre-Jolys, Man., on Friday afternoon.

People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier was handcuffed and put in the back of an RCMP vehicle after attending a rally against COVID-19 restrictions in St-Pierre-Jolys, Man., on Friday afternoon.

Dr. Jazz Atwal, Manitoba’s deputy chief provincial public health officer, will give an update on COVID-19 in the province at 12:30 p.m.

A new era in highway safety regulation begins in Canada on Saturday as electronic logging devices that track a driver’s hours behind the wheel become mandatory in semi trucks travelling between provinces.

Some infectious disease experts say the first glimpse of Manitoba’s reopening plan on Thursday lacked key details — especially as cases of a more contagious coronavirus variant that vaccines appear to be less effective against have surged in recent days.

Advocates for adults with intellectual disabilities in Manitoba are calling on the province to vaccinate about 200 people who can’t leave their homes and are still waiting for their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

It was something Winnipeg’s Muslim community hoped it would never have to do again.  But just over four years after a deadly mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque, they gathered again to mourn and condemn lives being cut short by hate. 

This could be one of the last years that Grade 6 students graduate from Ryerson elementary school in south Winnipeg.

Premier Brian Pallister will speak alongside Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin at 11 a.m. to announce details of Manitoba’s plan to eventually reopen after over a year of varying pandemic restrictions.

Staff at Ontario hospitals see it as their duty to tend to COVID-19 patients from Manitoba, the continental hot spot for new infections. 

China says it won’t politicize scientific research in the case of two scientists fired from Canada’s only Level 4 lab, amid an RCMP investigation, demands for details in Parliament, and concerns it could be a case of Chinese espionage.

China says it won’t politicize scientific research in the case of two scientists fired from Canada’s only Level 4 lab, amid an RCMP investigation, demands for details in Parliament, and concerns it could be a case of Chinese espionage.

Some Manitobans are excited to be social with people they don’t live with in outdoor settings, while some business operators weren’t expecting their restrictions to budge.

A Winnipeg teenager has died after getting COVID-19, the province says in a news release.

The heads of Manitoba’s vaccination task force will provide an update Wednesday afternoon on the province’s vaccine status, just as the government has started to announce privileges for those fully vaxxed.

The heads of Manitoba’s vaccination task force are providing an update Wednesday afternoon on the province’s vaccine status, just as the government has started to announce privileges for those fully vaxxed.