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- …

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 …

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 …

CBC Manitoba: Hail-focused research projects ‘long past due’ in Canada, U.S., prof says

July 20, 2025 —  Hail-focused research in Canada and the U.S.  is “long past due,” said John Hanesiak, a professor at the University of Manitoba’s department of environment and geography who works with the Northern Hail Project, which is conducting similar …

AI ‘scribes’ in use at Manitoba doctors’ offices

Manitoba doctors have started using artificial intelligence-powered note-takers to tune in to appointments and transcribe in real time. “It allows me to be more present with the patient and get more of the patient’s issues dealt with in a smaller amount of …

Air quality warnings issued throughout Manitoba as wildfire smoke envelops province

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

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 astrophysicist Samar Safi …