Have your say before election day

Erik Pindera and Tyler Searle:

Nearly 30 Manitobans accused in province’s largest drug seizure

Network with international ties smuggled 525 kilograms of illicit substances across U.S. border into Canada, police say Read More

Carol Sanders and Morgan Modjeski:

Time for change? Province launches survey to review clock changes

The provincial government has asked Manitobans to weigh in on whether to end the seasonal time change. Read More

Conrad Sweatman:

A man, a plan, a band

Tribute to composer Ron Paley pays homage to local jazz leader who’s never wavered Read More

Scott Billeck:

Retail crime claims another 7-Eleven in city; shoplifters target stretch of St. Anne’s Road ‘almost daily’

It may be a different location, but it’s a similar story playing out at a St. Vital 7-Eleven store that’s closing its doors at the end of the month. Read More

Mike McIntyre:

Sign on the dotted Laine?

Former Jets forward could be good gamble for club Read More

Scott Billeck:

Renowned composer, cellist Derksen dead after car crash

Award-winning Cree composer and cellist Cris Derksen, who had strong ties to Manitoba’s arts community, has died following a car crash in northern Alberta. They were 45. Read More

Maggie Macintosh:

Teachers give Kinew failing grade over proposal to ban YouTube in classrooms

Manitoba teachers are decrying the premier’s proposal to keep YouTube out of their classrooms as part of his government’s social media ban. Read More

Tyler Searle:

Liquor Marts to sell last of U.S. booze set aside during boycott

The sale will involve Liquor Marts across the province, and availability will vary by location while supplies last. Read More

Morgan Modjeski:

Manitoba logs record-high increase in unclaimed bodies

Grieving brother believes bureaucratic breakdown took after-death decisions out of family’s hands Read More

Mike McIntyre:

Mane attraction

From backstretch to homestretch to grandstand, it takes a village to keep Assiniboia Downs up and running during race season Read More

Josiah Neufeld:

High cost of compassion threatens to shutter Christian home for people with HIV

Days after Manitoba declared a public health emergency over rising HIV rates, a Christian home for people living with the immunodeficiency virus is afraid it may have to close its doors, potentially leaving residents on the street. Read More

Joel Schlesinger:

REIT idea

Real estate is often on Manitobans’ minds. It’s close to home, literally. Read More

Malak Abas:

Princess Auto to unveil vision with new Panet Road flagship

Princess Auto’s newest retail location in Winnipeg — a 105,000-square-foot “community-driven” flagship store — will open its doors June 2. Read More

Chris Kitching:

Senior warns of old age security delay after 11-month wait

Calls for dashboard to display processing times Read More

AV Kitching:

Fellowship of the ring

Hands-on workshop guides process of making unique, custom silver jewellery Read More

Malak Abas:

‘Give us a chance, test us’: National Bank seeks local spotlight

One year into acquiring Canadian Western Bank, Montreal-based National Bank has a message for Manitoba businesses: give it a shot. Read More

Tom Brodbeck:

Province has to untie Winnipeg’s hands in fight against vacant, boarded-up properties

Mayor Scott Gillingham deserves credit for at least trying to tackle one of Winnipeg’s most stubborn urban problems: derelict, boarded-up houses that sit vacant for years, rot into neighbourhood eyesores and too often become fire traps. Read More

David McLaughlin:

A premier firmly caught in her own trap

Pickle, meet petard. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is now in a political pickle having been hoist with her sovereigntist petard. Read More

Rebecca Chambers:

Same-old strategy on poverty no strategy at all

The situation is not good, and it’s not normal, not even for neighbourhoods that already live with heightened crime rates, poverty and addiction. Read More

Jen Zoratti:

Yes, thinking critically really is that deep

Lately, I’ve encountered a pernicious four-word comment that pops up every time anyone tries to challenge something online: “It’s not that deep.” Read More

Dan Lett:

Premier has everyone’s attention on and about social media; now it’s time for some careful thought

Using social media to condemn social media may seem hypocritical. But when you look at the audience Premier Wab Kinew commands across his social media accounts, there is a certain logic. An admittedly perverse logic, but logic all the same. Read More

Randall King:

Shot-in-Manitoba films ready to screen, stream

Little House on the Prairie, November 1963, American Hostage, Violent Night 2 to be released in coming months Read More

David Sanderson:

Keeping up with Jonesy’s

A quarter-century with all the fixings and restaurant still going strong Read More

Ben Sigurdson:

Summer drinks, sweater weather

Having lived my whole life in this province and having written about wine/drinks for over 20 years, you’d think I’d know better than to base the theme of a column on Manitoba’s expected weather. Read More

Alison Mayes:

Uplifting musical Kimberly Akimbo one for the ages

It’s hard enough being the new girl at a high school in suburban New Jersey. Read More

Cassidy Dankochik:

Niverville Nighthawks defeat Summerside Western Capitals 4-1 to take Centennial Cup

For just the fourth time in history, the best junior A team in Canada comes from Manitoba. The Niverville Nighthawks joined the Portage Terriers and Selkirk Steelers in lifting the Centennial Cup, defeating the host Summerside Western Capitals 4-1 in the 2026 final Sunday evening in P.E.I. Read More

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