A veteran city police officer arrested on corruption charges dating back nearly a decade has pleaded guilty to a raft of offences.

OTTAWA – Statistics Canada is set to release its jobs report for the month of October this morning.

There’s a cold-hearted thief in Winnipeg who won’t have cold feet.

EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA – An operation to kill hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm is underway, with numerous gunshots heard on the property overnight.

The Federal Aviation Administration ‘s unprecedented order to scale back flights nationwide because of the record-long government shutdown took effect Friday morning, with some passengers trying to figure out backup travel plans.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Friday fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, as Pyongyang steps up its testing activity while talks with Washington and Seoul remain stalled.

LONDON (AP) — British police said Friday that 11 people were arrested the previous night around the highly charged Europa League soccer match in Birmingham between English Premier League side Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv, a match that saw fans of the Israeli team banned.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A European Union naval force raced Friday to reach a Malta-flagged tanker held by pirates off the coast of Somalia as officials warned of another attempted approach by the gang.

Several red flags jump off the page when literacy expert Margaret Banasiak examines a Manitoba provincial court bail form.

The city is being urged to explore expanding paid parking beyond downtown before making any changes to the fees charged for city centre spaces.

The Manitoba government was set to pass legislation Thursday night that would control the sale of government-funded housing projects, halt election communications fraud and prevent the silencing of whistleblowers.

It has been four years since Trevor Farley nearly killed Candyce Szkwarek during a frenzied knife attack inside Seven Oaks General Hospital, but it still feels like it happened yesterday, the now-retired nursing manager told a judge Thursday.

Winnipeg defence lawyers are being asked to wade through “hundreds, if not thousands” of old case files looking for possible miscarriages of justice following the arrest of four city police officers on corruption charges.

Never mind the Swiss Army knife term that is so often thrown around for Vladislav Namestnikov.

Manitoba’s health minister says the government didn’t support the Tory bill on breast cancer screening because its measures are already underway.

Possibly entering the Gates: coffee and ice cream shops, local stores, barbers and medical centres.

A Conservative member of Parliament has resigned, just days after another caucus member crossed the floor to join the Liberals.

Alberta teachers say they are taking Premier Danielle Smith’s government to court for overriding their Charter rights to end their strike while some members of her caucus say public outrage toward them is escalating.

Some Canadian travellers bound for America will see cancelled flights and delayed itineraries as the U.S. government shutdown puts pressure on the country’s aviation network, prompting regulators to slash plane traffic.

Last week, an employee at a business in Winnipeg’s Westwood neighbourhood found herself targeted when a customer hurled a cup of coffee at her.

The minority Liberal government appears poised to survive the first of three confidence tests on its budget, with the NDP and Bloc Québécois declaring Thursday that they will not vote with the Conservatives on an amendment.

QUÉBEC – No other Conservative member of Parliament will succumb to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal charm offensive, Quebec MP Gérard Deltell said Thursday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The grim task of finding and identifying victims from the firestorm that followed a UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, entered a third day Thursday as investigators gathered information to determine why the aircraft caught fire and lost an engine on takeoff.

OTTAWA – The man accused of killing a mother, her four children and a family friend in a mass stabbing in Ottawa in 2024 pleaded guilty Thursday.

New night-time hours are one step closer for some Winnipeg Transit routes.

A detox centre, capable of holding people intoxicated on meth and other drugs for up to three days, is expected to open in Winnipeg’s Point Douglas neighbourhood before the end of the month.

The Manitoba government will spend more than $175 million over the next five years through an incentive program to build rental housing.

The City of Winnipeg is seeking feedback on a proposed temporary bike lane design for Wellington Crescent.

Airports in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago along with hubs across the U.S. are among the 40 that will see flights cut starting Friday due to the government shutdown, according to a list distributed to the airlines and obtained by The Associated Press.

A federal judge in Texas has agreed to dismiss a criminal conspiracy charge against Boeing in connection with two 737 Max jetliner crashes that killed 346 people.

Snack Häus is small on scale and big on flavour. The new counter-service restaurant inside Low Life Barrel House is the creation of Dustin Pajak, the former head chef of Close Co. who recently returned home from a formative stint in Toronto. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Susan Hoplock’s happy childhood was marked with tragedy - her dad died when his Trans-Canada Air Lines flight crashed into a mountain when she was 10. She later worked in senior government positions and served two provincial premiers #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection to the U.S. House, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker’s office but arguably the most powerful in American politics.

Young Winnipeg painters are having an exciting moment.

BRANDON — A judge called the child sexual abuse material found on a man’s devices “disgusting” and “abhorrent” before sentencing him to more than two years in prison.

TORONTO – Canada’s premiers are too quick to use the notwithstanding clause for “marginal reasons” and have lost sight of its original purpose, former prime minister Jean Chrétien said Wednesday evening.

OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada is set to announce today whether it will hear appeals in a challenge of Saskatchewan’s school pronoun law.

WASHINGTON – Most Americans — including Republicans — continue to view Canada positively in economic and trade matters even as U.S. President Donald Trump directs anger at their northern neighbour.

OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada is set to release its decision on whether to hear a B.C. ostrich farm’s final appeal to save its flock, more than 10 months after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered a cull amid an avian flu outbreak last December. 

PARIS (AP) — France’s court of auditors urged the Louvre museum to speed up its security modernization plans as a priority, in a report conducted before the Oct. 19 jewels heist that noted major delays in the renovation of the world’s most-visited museum.

HANAU, Germany (AP) — Police in Germany said Thursday they were investigating the appearance of swastikas painted with human blood and smeared on dozens of cars, some mailboxes and building facades in the central town of Hanau.

PARIS (AP) — France is asking the European Union’s executive arm to launch an investigation into how the fast-fashion giant Shein was able to sell illegal items including child-like sex dolls and weapons on its sprawling online marketplace.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service will provide a new exercise program tailored to the unique physical strains endured by its staff on the job, with the goal of preventing workplace injuries.

Every year, as we creep closer to Division Finals weekend, the CFL puts a muzzle on all major announcements — hirings, firings, player signings and more — from the Thursday before and continuing through Grey Cup week until Monday after the championship game.

Tourism spending in Manitoba hit a record high in 2024, shattering records set during the two years prior — but the upwards trajectory may be paused.

As Ottawa eyes immigration cuts, Manitoba associations are bracing for workforce changes.

A law passed last year to prevent convicted sex offenders from changing their names is now in effect, the province said Wednesday.

The city’s newest piece of artwork brought Dave Benson to tears.

The acrimony and finger-pointing that gripped the Manitoba legislature over a proposed law to allow for the 72-hour detention of people intoxicated by meth ended with a whimper Wednesday, as the bill passed with near unanimous support.

The fledgling Canada Water Agency, based in Winnipeg, is about to get its funding reduced just two years after the federal Liberal government unveiled it.