Harsh spotlight on Manitoba’s use of solitary confinement

At age 41, Gene Malcom doesn’t take freedom for granted — not after spending more than four years collectively in solitary confinement. Beginning when he was 14 at the Manitoba Youth Centre and continuing over the next 23 years at various provincial …

Doctors Manitoba prescribes urgent upgrade for antiquated patient-referral system

Manitoba doctors say it’s time to speed up the process of patient referrals to specialists by replacing fax machines and snail mail with a co-ordinated electronic system. This fall, Doctors Manitoba is holding a summit with referring and consulting doctors …

Manitoba Health warns of measles exposure at emergency room, Winkler medical centre

Public health officials are warning people might have been exposed to measles at two health-care centres in southern Manitoba last week.  The province said people might have been infected with the virus at the C.W. Wiebe Medical Centre urgent care facility …

Some Manitoba wildfire evacuees hoping to return home as hundreds more arrive in Winnipeg

The Canadian Press: Manitoba government poll suggests concerns over health care, crime and immigration

July 31, 2025 —  A political analyst said high-profile crimes and media coverage of justice issues play a role. “Winnipeggers are very cognizant of problems in our society of sex trafficking, murdered and missing Indigenous women, and crime in the core …

The new museum preserving Manitoba beach town’s history

Manitoba food processing projects to help modernize processing and increase production

Brandon, Man. – The governments of Canada and Manitoba are providing more than $6 million to help modernize food processing facilities and increase food production capacity in Manitoba under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership. Nineteen food …

What’s open and closed on Terry Fox Day in Manitoba

Portage Phillies crowned 15U AA Manitoba champions

The Portage Phillies U15 AA baseball team captured the Manitoba Provincial Championship this past weekend, capping off an undefeated tournament run with a thrilling 5-4 victory over the South Central Cubs at Simplot Millennium Park's field 4. The …

Manitoba man who killed New Jersey woman in 1997 cold case sentenced to 10 years

A Manitoba man who admitted to killing a 23-year-old woman in a New Jersey cold case has been sentenced to 10 years in prison thanks to a plea deal that upset the victim's mother. Somerset County Judge Angela Borkowski accepted a plea deal to sentence …