Manitoba News

WINNIPEG — First Nations chiefs in northern Manitoba are calling for restrictions on alcohol purchases following an uptick in violent crimes, including a series of stabbings in one community over the weekend.

WINNIPEG — The appointment of longtime broadcaster Charles Adler to the Senate is being criticized in some quarters, including by a member of the federal cabinet.

An organization representing Indigenous peoples in Manitoba says a First Nation in the northern part of the province is imposing a curfew for all residents following a night of stabbings in the community.

OTTAWA — Veteran broadcaster Charles Adler and Saskatchewan hospital executive Tracy Muggli are Canada's latest independent senators, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday.

WINNIPEG — Mounties in Manitoba are investigating four deaths in and around the small community of McCreary, northwest of Winnipeg. RCMP Staff Sgt. Richard Sherring said around 10 a.m.

WINNIPEG — A northern Manitoba First Nations community and the province’s health authority are searching for answers after a family received — and buried — the remains of the wrong person.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba is the latest province to restrict the use of cellphones in classrooms beginning this school year.

Thirty-two people are facing criminal charges after a police investigation into a street gang in Toronto known as the Jamestown Crips.

Many parts of northern Manitoba are under an air quality warning due to wildfire smoke, which is also causing reduced visibility.

BUNIBONIBEE CREE NATION, MAN. — A northern Manitoba First Nation is being evacuated as a nearby wildfire threatens to edge closer to the community because of wind.