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Stretch of Main Street shut down as firefighters battle blaze at boarded-up hotel
Smoke filled the skies over Point Douglas on Wednesday afternoon as crews battled a flames emanating at the boarded-up Sutherland Hotel on Main Street — the latest building to be gutted by flames in Winnipeg.
St. Boniface Street Links pushes for more hospital-designated beds at shelters after man's death in ER
The death of a man waiting for care in a Winnipeg ER has an outreach organization calling for the expansion of a program that connects unhoused patients with designated shelter beds.
Motion of contempt claims Lemay Forest protester breached court injunction, blocked access to property
A Winnipeg developer has filed a contempt of court motion against a group fighting to preserve Lemay Forest, arguing a pickup truck on city-owned land continues to block access to the St. Norbert private property.
Winnipeg firefighter called a hero for fight against massive California wildfire threatening friend's home
A Winnipeg firefighter visiting his girlfriend in California found himself in the thick of the Los Angeles-area fires, battling to save a friend's home and those of her neighbours — including one who calls him a hero after seeing her home still standing amid the devastation.
Winnipeg firefighters, paramedics off the job for 17,600 hours over 10 months due to psychological injuries
Psychological injuries forced paramedics and firefighters in Winnipeg off their jobs for thousands of hours last year, straining already understaffed essential services. And the fallout is also leading to burnout in on-the-job members, their respective unions and a Canadian expert say.
'This is sacred land': People camp outside privately owned Winnipeg forest to protest tree removal
People camped outside Lemay Forest in the St. Norbert neighbourhood say they're there in protest of the continued removal of acres of forest on a private property.
'He gave as long as he could': Winnipeg philanthropist John Buhler dies at 91
John Buhler, a prominent entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist in Winnipeg, is being remembered as a hard-working family man who thought of others before himself.
'Nobody ever thought we would go back': Displaced Birchwood Terrace tenants can return home
Hundreds of residents forced out of Birchwood Terrace after serious structural deterioration left the apartment complex in unsafe living condition have been given the green light to return home.
Men arrested in apartment holding a 'vast array' of drugs, weapons sentenced to 15 years
Two former refugees from Alberta involved in what police described as a high-level drug operation in Winnipeg have been sentenced for being in constructive possession of highly dangerous drugs for trafficking including fentanyl.
Manitoba's homicide rate down in 2023, but still highest among provinces: StatsCan
Manitoba saw fewer homicides in 2023 than the year before, as the number of victims at a national level hit its lowest point since 2020, but criminologists say poverty and substance abuse are still driving Manitoba's homicide rate — the highest among Canadian provinces.