Wildfire leads to mandatory evacuation in Cormorant, Manitoba

Manitoba About 300 people in Cormorant, Man. were told to leave their homes after the northern community issued a mandatory evacuation order Tuesday. The out-of-control blaze covering about 800 hectares is just 12 km from the northern community of 300 …

Stranded northern Manitoba First Nation calls for all-season road

York Factory First Nation says an all-season road is the only way to ensure reliable transportation for the northern Manitoba community, which has temporarily lost its ferry service because water levels are too low.

Six Nations elected council hosts Manitoba First Nation wildfire evacuees at day-long event

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News A group of new high school graduates from two remote Manitoba First Nations were recognized for their achievements as they walked across the stage on Tuesday at the Six Nations Community Hall. Six Nations of the Grand …

CBC Manitoba: Manitoba political commentator Paul Thomas to retire after more than 50 years of punditry

July 29, 2025 —  Longtime Manitoba political commentator and professor emeritus Paul Thomas is retiring. Thomas, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Manitoba, announced his retirement in a final Winnipeg Free Press column earlier …

CBC Manitoba: Man banished from First Nation for 5 years challenges ‘incredibly extreme punishment’

July 29, 2025 —  Marc Kruse, director of Indigenous legal learning and services at the University of Manitoba’s Robson Hall law school, says there’s a long history of First Nations using band council resolutions to banish people or check what’s coming into …

Team Manitoba gears up for 2025 Canada Summer Games

Hundreds of athletes from Manitoba will go for gold starting next week in St. John's at the 2025 Canada Summer Games.  Team Manitoba is sending 374 athletes to the Games, which run from Aug. 8-25.  "I'm ecstatic," said Team Manitoba …

Residents of northern Manitoba Cree Nation start to return home after lengthy wildfire evacuation

Two communities were preparing Tuesday to welcome back their residents after the months-long threat of wildfires receded. Some 2,400 people started returning to their homes in Tataskweyak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba, two months after they were forced …

2 teens allegedly escape from Manitoba Youth Centre

Winnipeg police say two teens are facing charges after allegedly escaping from the Manitoba Youth Centre. The WPS says around 7:17 p.m. on Saturday, two 16-year-olds reportedly managed to leave the facility, and met with a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old …

Manitoba community evacuates due to fire; Snow Lake sees flare-up

Lipedema coverage: Manitoba advocates urge Canada to follow in Germany’s footsteps

Emma Cloney’s fight to have Canada step up its healthcare coverage of lipedema has been long and difficult – but she’s finally been offered a glimmer of hope. Cloney and other lipedema advocates have long maintained the various levels of government in …