Rain in forecast early this week could help wildfire crews in Manitoba

Precipitation that's in the forecast early this week could help crews fighting wildfires that have been threatening a northern Manitoba city after smoke that's blanketed much of the Prairies over the weekend kept some firefighting aircraft grounded …

NDP government reviewing $18M Manitoba rail port grant PCs made before 2023 election

Manitoba's finance minister says the province is reviewing what he called a "mysterious" decision by the former Progressive Conservative government to give $18 million to a company planning to develop a rail port south of Winnipeg, without …

Manitoba wildfires seeing increased burning

Manitoba officials to give wildfire update as smoke blankets province

Smoke blankets much of Manitoba as week begins

Brandon’s Hatcher leads Manitoba to gold

Jill Hatcher scored the gold-medal-winning goal as Manitoba beat Alberta 3-1 in the Prairie Cup lacrosse tournament under-15 girls division final at Westoba Place on Sunday. The Brandonite added an insurance marker with five seconds left, her tournament- …

Smoke hampers firefighting in Manitoba, but rain in forecast for early this week

THOMPSON – Precipitation that’s in the forecast early this week could help crews fighting wildfires that have been threatening a northern Manitoba city after smoke that’s blanketed much of the Prairies over the weekend kept some firefighting aircraft …

'It's really depressing': Thick wildfire smoke continues to cancel events around Manitoba

Thick wildfire smoke hanging over Manitoba continues to cause event cancellations around the province. Bike Winnipeg cancelled its annual Fancy Women Ride on Sunday due to smoke. It's the second time the event has been cancelled this year, after …

CBC Manitoba: Manitoba researchers part of team working to unravel mystery of largest black hole merger ever detected

July 20, 2025 —  A group of Manitoba researchers were involved behind the scenes of an international effort that this week revealed how two massive black holes careened into one — happily, billions of light years from Earth. University of Manitoba …

CBC Manitoba: Move over, Jurassic Park. Manitoba was home to newly discovered 390-million-year-old extinct fish

July 20, 2025 —  On a warm, sunny July day, paleontologist Melina Jobbins and her team search an old rock quarry near Lundar, Man., for 390-million-year-old fossils of an extinct fish that swam in what was once a vast inland sea. Jobbins, a postdoctoral …