Manitoba News

WINNIPEG — Manitoba has become the sixth province to sign on to a new health-care funding proposal with the federal government.

WINNIPEG — The longtime artistic director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet says he will step down from the role in 2025, ending a 50-year career with Canada's oldest ballet company.

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg man is trying to launch a class-action lawsuit against the Manitoba government that alleges it overcharged people an estimated $36 million in photo radar tickets.

WINNIPEG — A film sharing the stories of Ukrainian artists surviving the ongoing Russian invasion will be on display at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to markthe one-year anniversary of the start of the war.

WINNIPEG — Shannon Martin, a longtime backbencher who says he has at times rubbed people the wrong way, has become the latest Manitoba Progressive Conservative to decide not to run in the provincial elected slated for Oct. 3.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is increasing funding for some programs that provide health and social support for seniors. The province is adding $12.6 million a year to a program that helps people co-ordinate and manage their home-care services.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has announced an additional 10 positions for its prosecutions service, with a special focus on violent and gun-related crime.

WINNIPEG — Police in Winnipeg say they recovered a semi-automatic rifle with a magazine that had been modified to hold extra rounds when they responded to a weekend gun call.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has been mailing out cheques to people in recent years to help with issues ranging from property taxes to inflation to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WINNIPEG — Police in Winnipeg say a drug-trafficking investigation that began last year has resulted in the seizure of 2.67 kilograms of fentanyl they say is worth more than $1 million.