Manitoba News

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government introduced a bill in the legislature Monday to make Sept. 30 — the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation — a statutory holiday.

WINNIPEG — Mike O’Shea knows he may lose some talented players in the off-season, but his coaching staff might also take a hit.

WINNIPEG — Three people were killed and two were in hospital with critical injuries after a shooting Sunday in Winnipeg's downtown core. City Police Const. Jason Michalyshen said officers were called to a home shortly after 4 a.m.

Winnipeg has revoked what it calls its highest honour -- the Key to the City -- from Peter Nygard following the former fashion mogul's conviction on four counts of sexual assault. During a council meeting Thursday, St. Norbert-Seine River Coun.

ERIKSDALE, Man. — The Manitoba government is increasing a temporary rent reduction for Crown land used by agricultural producers for things like grazing, haying and annual cropping.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's new NDP government may push back a key election promise to freeze hydroelectric rates for one year, due to a worsening fiscal outlook at Crown-owned Manitoba Hydro.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is recruiting dozens of allied health-care workers to help speed up discharge times in hospital emergency departments. The NDP plans to spend $2.

WINNIPEG — Métis leader Louis Riel will be recognized as Manitoba's honorary first premier if a bill put before the legislature Thursday is passed into law.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government introduced a bill Thursday to suspend the province's fuel tax for six months, and possibly longer.

WINNIPEG — The Crown has stayed sex assault charges against a former Manitoba high school teacher and coach.