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The Manitoba government is looking at ways to increase monitoring and surveillance of garbage trucks and landfills following the slayings of four Indigenous women.

Research has shown signage alone has a limited effect on driver behaviour, so while 30 km/h signs are prominent, the project also involves built-environment improvements.

The Winnipeg rock band's founding members Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman say they've settled their lawsuit with original members Jim Kale and Garry Peterson.

After a rail shutdown, inflation and drought, farmers are worried they'll end up paying the price for the fallout over Canada's tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

The City of Edmonton says its pest management team has removed 374 wasp nests so far this year and is in the process of removing more.

Two passengers in the back, a 21-year-old woman and 23-year-old man were ejected and pronounced dead at the scene.

A man in his 30s was taken to hospital in critical condition after a shooting at an apartment block in St. Boniface.

Kristen Campbell, Raygan Kirk, Corinne Schroeder, Ashton Bell and Jocelyn Larocque will all attend the upcoming National Women's Team camp.

The findings stand in stark contrast to the rhetoric that has punctuated federal and provincial health negotiations over the last several years.

There are indications of unmarked graves at a former residential school site in Opaskwayak Cree Nation near The Pas.

Manitoba jockey Alyssa Selman, who was paralyzed in an accident at the Assiniboia Downs in 2015, is back in the saddle.

Police distributed photos of an unidentified man who is believed to have been present during a July 7 robbery at a financial institution on Lakewood Boulevard.

Housing, Addictions and Homelessness Minister Bernadette Smith said the province is seeing too many deaths from drug poisoning — 171 between January and April of this year alone.

A campaign between Aug. 23 and 25 led to inspections of 451 vehicles carrying watercraft, and a total of 153 had improperly cleaned or drained equipment.

The university is offering a micro-certificate in songmaking this fall, giving artists a chance to learn important skills in writing, producing, recording and marketing.

RCMP say one Manitoba man is dead after his car burst into flames in a corn field last weekend.

The Bombers are getting their leader on defence back for the rivalry game against the Roughriders after Adam Bighill missed last week's contest.

Wab Kinew says Skibicki should never be free again, and any parole hearings in the future should take into account the impact the killings have had on family members and others.

Arcel Bissonnette was convicted last year of sexually assaulting five patients and pleaded guilty earlier this year to the sex assaults of two others. 

The province provided an update on the ongoing Violent Crime and Retail Theft (VCRT) initiative Thursday afternoon.

Southern Manitoba woke up to showers Thursday morning thanks to overnight storms from North Dakota drifting its way, but the forecast calls for nicer weather into the long weekend.

Jenny Heijun Wills, author of the new "Everything and Nothing at All", teaches English at the University of Winnipeg. 

Spray pads in Winnipeg were set to close just after the Labour Day long weekend. The city is now giving them a few extra days to help people find relief from the heat.