City of Winnipeg approves plan to develop housing on Park...
After years of delays that inspired two lawsuits — including one case still winding its way through the courts — city council has approved plans to develop W...

The federal government plans to restore grizzly bears to ...
SEATTLE (AP) — The federal government plans to restore grizzly bears to an area of northwest and north-central Washington, where they were largely wiped out....

With ‘Alien’ back in theaters, ‘Alien: Romulus’ director ...
Ridley Scott’s “Alien” is back in theaters Friday for its 45th anniversary and to get audiences excited about the new installment coming in August. The Alien...

Massive policing for Paris Olympics to include security c...
PARIS (AP) — Special anti-terrorism measures being put in place to safeguard the unprecedented opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics on the River Seine wil...

Visiting teens allegedly harassed, abused by host student...
RCMP are investigating a bullying incident after teenagers from a southern Manitoba school were allegedly spanked, slapped, “dry-humped” and thre...

‘I love getting booed’: Canucks ready for playoffs in hos...
NASHVILLE – Rick Tocchet expects boos to rain down when his Vancouver Canucks take the ice on Friday. That’s exactly how it should be, the head c...

Charge laid against landscaping manager in 2023 electrocu...
OTTAWA – Police say a manager at an Ottawa landscaping company has been charged with criminal negligence. The charge is related to the workplace death ...

More fires in vacant houses
Crews extinguished fires in two vacant houses Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Firefighters were sent to a two-storey house on the 1200 block of Alexand...

Motion seeks to extend Whiteout parties to The Forks
A city councillor wants to see the downtown Winnipeg Jets Whiteout street parties extended to The Forks. Coun. Russ Wyatt is making the motion before council...

CBC opts not to renew Andrew Phung comedy ‘Run the Burbs’...
TORONTO – CBC is not renewing “Run the Burbs,” Andrew Phung’s suburban sitcom, for a fourth season. Phung, who co-created and stars i...

NASA astronauts arrive for Boeing’s first human spaceflight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The two NASA astronauts assigned to Boeing’s first human spaceflight arrived at their launch site Thursday, just over a week befo...

Preliminary inquiry scheduled in case of 19-year-old accu...
OTTAWA – Dates for a preliminary inquiry have been set for a 19-year-old former international student accused of killing members of a family he had bee...

South Carolina championship-winning equestrian coach Boo ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Longtime South Carolina women’s equestrian coach Boo Major, who won three national titles, is retiring after 26 seasons. Major an...

Rhule wants DC Tony White to stay a long time but knows h...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska coach Matt Rhule was one of Tony White’s biggest supporters when the defensive coordinator’s name was connected to ...

Members of NHL community and beyond pay tribute to legend...
Members of the NHL community and beyond paid tribute Bob Cole on Thursday after the legendary broadcaster died at age 90. He died Wednesday night in St. John...

Get ready to celebrate Pride 2024!
Pride month is almost here and we look forward to celebrating our vibrant and diverse UM Community! This is an important time for the University to demonstra...

New local taste of Italy
Quietly, two chefs cook near a canal in Italy, olive oil at the ready. If they could look out beyond the TV screen they occupied, they’d see Winnipeg’s versi...

Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson resigning as MLA
Heather Stefanson, who was the first woman to serve as Manitoba's premier, has announced she is retiring as an MLA. Her Progressive Conservative government w...

Syrian Kurdish officials hand over 50 women and children ...
BEIRUT (AP) — Kurdish-led authorities in northeastern Syria on Thursday handed over 50 women and children — family members of Islamic State militants — to a ...

CP NewsAlert: Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson l...
WINNIPEG – Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson is resigning her legislature seat and leaving political life. Stefanson was first elected as a leg...

Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson leaving politic...
WINNIPEG – Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson is resigning her legislature seat and leaving political life. Stefanson was first elected as a leg...

US to pull troops from Chad and Niger as the African nati...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will pull the majority of its troops from Chad and Niger as it works to restore key agreements governing what role there ...

Here’s a list of recent electric vehicle and battery plan...
Honda Motor Co. plans to build a $15-billion electric vehicle battery plant next to its Alliston, Ont., plant, which it will retool to produce EVs, the compa...

NFL draft attendees down for 3rd straight year. J.J. McCa...
DETROIT (AP) — There’s no place Drake Maye would rather be. When the NFL invited the former North Carolina quarterback to attend the draft in Detroit, ...

Native American tribes want US appeals court to weigh in ...
Native American tribes and environmentalists want a U.S. appeals court to weigh in on their request to halt construction along part of a $10 billion transmis...

How David prepared for Goliath. A look inside the Simcoe ...
TORONTO – There were tears in the Simcoe County Rovers’ locker room ahead of Wednesday’s Canadian Championship game against Toronto FC as p...

Two Quebec women raped by foster father will sue child pr...
MONTREAL – A lawyer representing two women who were sexually assaulted by a foster father 16 years apart plan to sue the regional health authority in Q...

CBC Manitoba: A new report alleges the sale of a non-prof...
The 2023 sale of Lions Place, a former seniors’ complex in downtown Winnipeg, amounted to elder abuse through a “targeted dismantling of com...

Wild horses to remain in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevel...
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Wild horses will stay in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park amid fears from advocates that park officials would remo...

Prioritizing mental health and wellness
The University of Manitoba is committed to providing a caring, supportive, responsive and safe environment for all members of our campus community. To advanc...

CP NewsAlert: Two 14-year-olds in Halifax charged with se...
HALIFAX – Police have charged two 14-year-olds with second-degree murder following the death this week in Halifax of 16-year-old Ahmad Maher Al Marrach...

CityNews: How secure is Canada’s Arctic?
In today’s The Big Story podcast, recently the Department of National Defence announced a plan to pour billions of dollars into Northern security. And there’...

P.E.I. chef warns about scam video ‘deepfake’ advertiseme...
BAY FORTUNE, P.E.I. – A Prince Edward Island chef and TV host is warning people about a fake video advertisement that features him offering hundreds of...

CBC Manitoba: Why one Manitoba professor says Canada is f...
Failing its international obligations. That’s how Nathan Derejko views Canada’s position as the war in Gaza continues. Nathan is an Assistan...

Reuters: Canada’s worries about Bunge-Viterra deal may fo...
“These assets are really valuable,” said Derek Brewin, an agribusiness professor at the University of Manitoba. “I think there will be comp...

Mariners put leadoff-hitting SS J.P. Crawford on the 10-d...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Leadoff-hitting shortstop J.P. Crawford was placed on the 10-day injured list Thursday because of a right oblique strain. The move ca...

Chipotle reverses protein policy, says workers can choose...
Chipotle says its employees can choose chicken once again. Last week, the chain asked its U.S. and Canadian employees to temporarily select another protein f...

Here are 14 players to watch next season across the Atlan...
A look at football players in the Atlantic Coast Conference this spring who are poised to have breakout seasons this fall, when the league will also add SMU,...

Bernie Williams is back in center – only this time Lincol...
NEW YORK (AP) — Bernie Williams was in the center, just like the old days at Yankee Stadium. Only this time he was at Lincoln Center alongside conductor Gust...

Here’s why Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape conviction wa...
NEW YORK (AP) — The decision by New York’s highest court to overturn the rape conviction of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has reopened a painful chapter...

Anti-doping watchdog asks Swiss prosecutor to review its ...
GENEVA (AP) — Heavily criticized for its secretive oversight of positive tests by 23 Chinese swimmers before the Tokyo Olympics, the World Anti-Doping Agency...

‘Conscience is clear’: N.B. tourism minister, deputy expe...
FREDERICTON – New Brunswick’s tourism minister has remained defiant in the face of criticism from Opposition members who have questioned the bene...

ACC Spring Wrap: League champ Florida State and ACC deal ...
Florida State coach Mike Norvell, like most every other coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference and across the sport, has spent the spring handling change. He...

Top court to examine COVID-related entry limits imposed b...
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of a pandemic-related restriction that curbed travel for public-health reasons. T...

Ukrainian duo heads to the Eurovision Song Contest with a...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Even amid war, Ukraine finds time for the glittery, pop-filled Eurovision Song Contest. Perhaps now even more than ever. Ukraine’s entra...

Canada sanctions Iran defence minister, others after miss...
OTTAWA – Canada is targeting Iran’s defence minister as part of a new round of sanctions imposed after the country’s retaliatory attack on ...

Man who shot ex-Saints star Will Smith receives 25-year p...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The man who fatally shot retired NFL star Will Smith during a confrontation following a car crash in 2016 received a 25-year prison senten...

Man accused of first-degree murder more than two years af...
WINNIPEG – Manitoba RCMP have charged a man with first-degree murder, more than two years after a double homicide in a remote northern community. The r...