Manitoba News

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have signed defenceman Ville Heinola to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of US$800,000, the NHL club announced Monday.

WHITECAP DAKOTA FIRST NATION, SASKATCHEWAN — Canada's Crown-Indigenous relations minister has apologized to nine First Nations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan following decades of the Dakota and Lakota being labelled as refugees.

WINNIPEG — A pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Manitoba has been dismantled more than two months after it was set up.

WINNIPEG — Winnipeg police are investigating a shooting in the parking lot of a soccer complex that left a 22-year-old man dead.

CROSS LAKE, MAN. — Two people are dead after a house fire on a First Nation in northern Manitoba. RCMP say they responded to a fire on Cross Lake Cree Nation early Saturday.

WINNIPEG — Zach Collaros wasn’t just glad to throw his first touchdown pass of the season, it was his particular target that made it extra satisfying.

WINNIPEG — Two people have been released from hospital after being injured in a boating accident in northern Manitoba. RCMP say they received a call Tuesday night about a boat crash on a creek, deep in a forest near The Pas.

WINNIPEG — A wildfire near a stretch of the Manitoba-Saskatchewan boundary has prompted evacuation warnings in some communities. People in Flin Flon, Man.

WINNIPEG — Cheers erupted in a Winnipeg courtroom, spilling out onto downtown streets Thursday, as family members who lost their loved ones at the hands of a serial killer said they had finally received justice.

WINNIPEG — Zach Collaros would like to show the other side of the Blue Bombers’ offence. When Winnipeg (1-4) hosts the Calgary Stampeders on Friday, he wants to be part of a productive passing game.