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The Government of Canada announced on Friday that it will be providing $22.85 million to help provide more rental housing options in Winnipeg.

TRUSTEES in the River East Transcona School Division have approved a $201.8-million budget for the u...

Winnipeg Free Press RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Reid Hepworth hasn’t played his saxophone with a band since last March. At home, virtual concert band classes just aren’t the same, he says. Just in time for the public health ban on band, an order of about 175 bell covers — essentially masks for wind instruments to limit the spread of aerosols through playing — arrived at Westgate Mennonite Collegiate. Just in time for the public health ban on band, an order of about 175 bell co...

A sewer system backup Tuesday night in Transcona flooded several basements, causing thousands of dollars in damages and leaving residents to deal with a mess of raw sewage.

Whats open and closed on Louis Riel Day in Manitoba Though recently relaxed pandemic restrictions in Manitoba allowed some businesses to reopen, many will be closed or operate with reduced hours on Monday, which marks Louis Riel Day in the province. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Feb 14, 2021 10:56 AM CT | Last Updated: February 14 Louis Riel Day in Manitoba takes place on the third Monday in February. In 2021, the holiday falls on Monday, Feb. 15.(National Archives of Canada)

Article content The Winnipeg Sun will publish a print edition on Sunday, then take Monday off. As always, winnipegsun.com will be updated continuously with the latest in breaking news, sports, and entertainment. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Whats open, closed for Louis Riel Day Back to video Winnipeg police are reminding motorists that while Monday is Louis Riel Day, reduced speed limits in school zones will still be in effect with maximum ...

  WINNIPEG -- Newly installed yellow warning lights are giving drivers in two high collision areas in the city advance notice to come to a stop. The lights will start flashing seven seconds before the lights change from green to amber. They have gone up northbound on Lagimodière Boulevard at Regent Avenue West, and Eastbound Bishop Grandin Boulevard at St. Marys Road. "It will warn drivers as they are approaching this light that its about to change. And its definitely one of the higher c...

Emails from England: How a Winnipeg womans typo led to an unlikely friendship In December of last year, Karlee Liljegren, 31, sent an email to one of her staff members in Selkirk, Man., wishing them a happy holiday. She didnt get a response, so she sent three more emails. When she finally heard back, it wasnt from her employee.  Social Sharing

Extreme cold warnings cover virtually all of the province Monday morning, prompting several school closures. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Feb 08, 2021 6:51 AM CT | Last Updated: February 9 The extreme cold temperatures across Manitoba are expected to last most of the week. (Darren Bernhardt/CBC) comments Extreme cold warnings cover virtually all of Manitoba on Monday morning, as the province plunges into dangerously cold temperatures, prompting several school closures.  An Arctic ridg...

  WINNIPEG -- With Manitoba experiencing freezing cold temperatures on Monday, a number of schools across the province have been forced to cancel for the day. The following schools and buses are closed on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021: All schools in the Prairie Rose School Division are closed. Staff are asked to work from home. Schools are closed and buses are cancelled in the Evergreen School Division.  All schools are closed in the DSFM. The Garden Valley School Division said all schools...