Tag: News/Canada/Manitoba

A menu of new dining and drinking options will soon open in downtown Winnipeg as part of True North Square.  Local vendor and restaurateur Bobby Mottola is thrilled the market, which was years in the making, is opening this Friday to the…

Experienced fisherman are shaking their heads after three trucks, a trailer and two people went through ice in Balsam Bay, Man. while ice fishing Sunday afternoon. Dean Stocmann, who has been ice fishing for nearly 30 years, happened to be on scene shortly…

It’s too early to say whether tough spending targets and recommendations for cuts to services and facilities will actually mean libraries or pools close or staff get laid off, Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman says. The city’s budget process moved behind closed doors Monday…

Nicolas Chlopan is described as five feet, six inches, and 143 pounds. He was wearing a black jacket, purple shirt and blue pants. (Submitted by the Winnipeg Police Service) Winnipeg police are asking the public to keep an eye out for…

A grinch in Brandon who strolled off with a cartload of Christmas trees may have planted his own capture, police say. Police in the western Manitoba city say a man loaded up a shopping cart with close to a dozen…

A 16-year-old who was shot by police outside a Winnipeg 7-Eleven store last month has been formally charged with robbery and possession of a weapon. The teen had been in hospital in critical but stable condition since the shooting on Nov.…

Noxious black smoke and the acrid smell of burning plastic have become regular irritants in South Point Douglas, thanks to illegal fires set to remove insulation from salvaged or stolen copper wire. Residents of the inner-city Winnipeg neighbourhood, which sits along the…

A Manitoba woman beat the world record for lamb shearing this weekend, becoming the first North American woman to ever hold the honour. Pauline Bolay, 33, of Fairford, Man., sheared 510 lambs in eight hours on Saturday in Waikaretu, New…

They were gone for more than seven decades, but a once-lost and forgotten set of drums is bringing back fond memories for one Manitoba couple.  Jock Carr bought the set new back in 1944. He played the drums in a Melita,…