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

Soybeans are on Jason Rempel’s radar.

Dalhousie School is undergoing a rebrand so it’s no longer affiliated with a Scottish soldier, lord and colonial leader who supported slavery.

Former Transcona councillor Shawn Nason said he plans to run against the incumbent who is fighting a sexual assault charge.

OTTAWA – Virtual private network service NordVPN warned on Friday it could pull out of Canada over the federal government’s proposed lawful access bill.

OTTAWA – Almost 200 former senior Canadian diplomats are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to impose “robust” sanctions on Israel over deteriorating conditions in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon.

HALIFAX – Canada’s wine sector is worth more than $10 billion a year and the industry says a few tweaks — like scrapping domestic trade barriers — could add billions of dollars more to the national economy.

An Israeli legal rights organization is threatening to sue the Canadian Museum for Human Rights over its upcoming exhibit on the Palestinian Nakba.

More homes on remote Manitoba First Nations will have access to high-speed Internet that most Canadians take for granted thanks to $61 million in new federal funding.

A psychologist who testified before the Criminal Code Review Board about a mental health patient, without disclosing she was in an abusive sexual relationship with him, should go to jail for two years, a judge was told Friday.

Mason Kraus didn’t have to wait long for his coming-out party. Does more celebration await in his homecoming?

TORONTO — In areas of southern Manitoba, the movie Normal was a big deal when it shot here from October to December 2024.

Liquor Marts will hold a “last chance” sale on American wines, liqueurs and mixed drinks, as Manitoba pushes to off-load its stockpile of U.S. booze.

Jockey Antonio Whitehall and trainer Steve Keplin Jr. exploded out of the starting gate in the first week of the live racing season, and now Whitehall is going to have some tough decisions to make.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors deadlocked in Harvey Weinstein ’s rape retrial Friday, forcing another mistrial in a #MeToo-era case that has gone to trial three times so far.

Shawn Lamb, who received statutory release in the fall after serving time for killing two Winnipeg women in 2012, must continue to live in a halfway house for at least another year.

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.

A New Bothwell student is processing her grief through a new community art project that aims to raise awareness about youth mental health and well-being.

Two teenagers accused of firing off a handgun indiscriminately while out selling crack cocaine in Winnipeg’s downtown in four separate incidents earlier this week have been arrested.

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Helmut Harder was an elementary school teacher who became a Theology professor at the Canadian Mennonite Bible College. He was a founder of the Winnipeg Mennonite School and was General Secretary of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

High winds that began earlier this week continued to batter parts of Manitoba overnight, kicking up dust, downing trees, damaging property and leading to dozens of power outages that persisted throughout the morning.

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And here it is. My @winnipegfreepress.com feature documenting a day in the life of Assiniboia Downs, where the action really never stops. With incredible photos from colleagues Mikaela MacKenzie and John Woods. Online now and in Saturday’s print edition. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Two people accused of chronic shoplifting have been arrested following an investigation into a string of retail thefts across the city, aided in part by a Crime Stoppers tip.

MONTREAL – Since gas prices started climbing in March, Sarah Bradley has found herself bargain hunting across multiple grocery stores in Montreal.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Iran ’s foreign minister said a lack of trust is the biggest obstacle in negotiations to end the war with the U.S., saying Friday that Tehran would be open to diplomatic help, particularly from China, to help ease tensions.

OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has recognized intimate partner violence as a distinct legal basis for pursuing civil damages.

OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose three per cent in March to $73.6 billion, the highest level since January last year, boosted by higher energy prices.

OTTAWA – There is a high risk of measles transmission within Canada during the FIFA World Cup, an analysis by the Public Health Agency of Canada warned Thursday.

OTTAWA – The Carney government is putting a new emphasis on diplomacy with Persian Gulf countries — one that goes beyond seeking investments in Canada to arrangements touching on defence and artificial intelligence.

TORONTO – Ontario’s top court is expected to release its decision today in the case of former fashion mogul Peter Nygard, who is contesting his sexual assault convictions and prison sentence.

CALGARY – Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are to meet today in Calgary, where they’re expected to announce an agreement on the future of industrial carbon emission pricing in the province.

TORONTO – The wait is finally over for Drake fans after the Toronto-born rapper dropped his long-awaited “Iceman” album and two other surprise projects.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Jerome Powell was sworn in as chair of the Federal Reserve eight years ago, economists worried that inflation and interest rates were too low and that too few Americans had jobs.

LONDON (AP) — The British government faces weeks of uncertainty as embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer prepares for a leadership challenge from the popular mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, who can’t formally launch his bid until he finds a way back into Parliament.

BRANDON — Premier Wab Kinew joined dozens of community members in Brandon Thursday on a walk to raise awareness among men and boys about the need to take action to end gender-based violence.

When Robert Dobson died last year, no one attended his funeral.

BRANDON — The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum will host the first public heritage flight of its new warplane — the 1943-built Boeing Stearman Kaydet — with the launch of the flying season this weekend.

Some residents of a Manitoba Housing high-rise in the North End, which has been plagued by crime and drug use, had to be evacuated Thursday after fire broke out in a fourth-floor suite.

Motorboats can return to Clear Lake this summer for five days a week, but they must be inspected, registered and launched by June 7 or be subject to a 45-day quarantine.

The head of the Manitoba Municipal Board has resigned.

An increasingly troubling scene unfolded behind an inner-city school during lunch hour Thursday, as students walking down the back lane barely slowed while a woman sat hunched over, appearing to overdose.

Sunrise is still 45 minutes away, but don’t tell that to the 12 horses inside Steve Keplin Jr.’s barn.

An animal rights organization has demanded closed-circuit cameras be set up in barns at Assiniboia Downs after it recently obtained footage of a horse being beaten in 2023.

After several blazes ripped through vacant homes earlier this week, Winnipeg’s mayor is highlighting efforts to seize dozens of empty properties and reduce that risk.

Rae and Jerry’s Steak House will remain closed for the May long weekend.

A 41-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder after investigators confirmed human remains found in Riverton Wednesday belonged to a man who’d been missing since mid-March.

Terry Garrow already received his flowers. Now he’s on a mission to make sure his late father gets his.

There’s a chance Danika Nell goes pitch for pitch with softball’s first million-dollar player this weekend.