Manitoba News

WINNIPEG — Blake Wheeler's tenure with the Winnipeg Jets has come to an end. The Jets placed Wheeler on unconditional waivers on Friday with purpose of buying out the final year of the former captain's contract.

Winnipeg police have charged a man accused of extorting people who sent him sexual images of themselves. Tongun Justin Tongun faces 10 counts of extortion and police said Wednesday the alleged crimes may have international ties.

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg man found guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a sleeping toddler has lost his bid to have the conviction overturned.

LEAF RAPIDS, Man. — Hundreds from a northwestern Manitoba town are displaced due to an encroaching wildfire that could threaten access to power.

WINNIPEG — Dakota Prukop is back with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The CFL club signed the veteran American quarterback to a one-year deal Monday. Prukop returns to Winnipeg after dressing for four games this season with the USFL's New Jersey Generals.

WINNIPEG — Parts of southern Manitoba are in the midst of a whooping cough outbreak, with more than 150 cases reported since the beginning of this year.

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a Manitoba man on trial for first-degree murder in the death of his neighbour.

DAUPHIN, Man. — Grandmothers, great-grandmothers, a former school teacher, a music lover and a gardener are among the 16 seniors who died after a fiery bus crash in western Manitoba on June 15.

WINNIPEG — A young boy in Winnipeg suffered multiple injuries when police say he was mauled by a coyote on Saturday evening. The Winnipeg Police Service says it responded to Sunny Morning Road in the city's northeast at around 6:50 p.m.

DAUPHIN, Man. — Grandmothers, great-grandmothers, a former school teacher, a music lover and a gardener are among the 16 seniors who died after a fiery bus crash in western Manitoba on June 15.