A man who hit and killed two cyclists in Winnipeg while driving drunk last year has pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death and failing to stop after an accident, in a case court heard could see him sent to prison or deported. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A woman whose toddler died from fentanyl intoxication in 2023 wiped tears from her eyes in a Winnipeg courtroom Tuesday as she was sentenced to more than two years in custody. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A disgraced Winnipeg officer has been sentenced to seven years, after a lengthy investigation found he was fixing traffic tickets, sharing police information, selling drugs and committing other crimes over the last eight years of his career. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The family of a homeless man beaten to death in 2024 in Winnipeg says they’re remembering him as the kind, hardworking "Uncle Danny" they knew, after the man convicted of murdering him got life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Two survivors of childhood sexual assault confronted the man convicted of abusing them in a Winnipeg courtroom last week, describing how their lives were devastated by what he did — and how far they've come since then. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Mothers whose children are apprehended have a higher risk of dying prematurely — a risk that’s even higher among First Nations women, a new Manitoba study has found. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The lives of two Manitoba girls have been shattered by sexual abuse perpetrated by a man they met on Snapchat when they were 12 and 13 years old, court heard during a recent sentencing hearing. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Breaking: A junior officer arrested alongside a now-disgraced Winnipeg police constable after the pair stole cash and other items they believed to be evidence during a 2024 "integrity test" has pleaded guilty. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Making traffic tickets go away for people was "an unwritten rule" in the Winnipeg Police Service, a disgraced former officer said in a psychological report prepared for his sentencing. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Prosecutors want a former Winnipeg officer sent to prison for seven years, after he pleaded guilty to crimes including selling drugs, fixing traffic tickets and sharing a photo he took of the partially naked body of a woman who died of an overdose. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A man who admitted to sneaking into store staff rooms to steal wallets, keys and cellphones in a string of thefts has been sentenced to over two years. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Lawyers say a former Manitoba hockey coach who pleaded guilty in 2024 to luring and sexually assaulting a teenage player should be sent to prison for six years. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Two severely malnourished children who were apprehended from their parents in 2023 may now need to use feeding tubes for the rest of their lives, a Winnipeg court heard as their mother was sentenced to five and a half years in prison on Tuesday. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A former Winnipeg police officer who previously pleaded guilty to a long list of charges involving corruption and other inappropriate actions has now also admitted to selling drugs over a period of years — both to civilians and other officers. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The union representing hundreds of workers at emergency placements in Manitoba's child welfare system says those staff care deeply about the kids they work with — but limited funding and training make the job difficult at times. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The year that saw the remains of two First Nations women recovered from a Manitoba landfill and a search get underway for the remains of a third showed how far reconciliation efforts have come — and how far they still need to go, the families say. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Failing to report when a child is missing and sending kids to school in dirty clothes are just a few of the concerns raised by a Manitoba child welfare agency about emergency placement staff in a recent freedom-of-information response. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A man convicted of human smuggling last year has asked a United States court to continue his appeal without a lawyer, in a case where a family from India froze to death near the Manitoba-U.S. border in 2022. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Advocates say a new policy to address overuse of emergency placements in Manitoba’s CFS system by charging hefty fees for kids left there longer than they’re supposed to be will further strain agencies whose resources are already spread thin.  Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Winnipeg Police Service has started rolling out a new electronic system for traffic tickets, weeks after one of its officers pleaded guilty to charges that included getting rid of people's tickets in exchange for liquor and gift cards. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Days before a homeless man allegedly sexually assaulted a nurse in a hospital parkade, he was released from custody following a sentencing where a judge said responding to challenges he faces due to mental illness and drug use felt "hopeless." Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A Manitoba woman who tried to get help for days before stabbing her infant son to death while in psychosis last year has been found not criminally responsible in the boy’s death.  Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A Winnipeg couple have pleaded guilty to animal cruelty after being arrested for making videos of animals being killed and selling them on a messaging app — a venture that included more than 90 animals, ranging from kittens to birds to an axolotl. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A veteran Winnipeg officer is expected to go to prison after admitting on Friday to a long list of allegations involving corruption, along with other inappropriate and illegal actions, stretching back years. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I spent two days in Manitoba’s bail courts recently to learn more about who gets released, who doesn’t and why. Lawyers I talked to say recent calls for reform largely miss the real issues they see play out in those courts. Read more here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

CBC News went to bail court to learn more about who gets released, who doesn’t and why. Good insight on a hot-button issue by @caitlyngowriluk.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The leader of Manitoba’s Opposition is calling recent data on the province’s ankle monitoring “embarrassing,” following a CBC News story that revealed more than half the people released with the devices were rearrested or breached their conditions. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“Staggering” failure rate for ankle-bracelet monitoring in Manitoba, where 60% of people released with them are re-arrested, remove the devices, damage them or let the batteries die. By @caitlyngowriluk.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

More than half the people released with an ankle monitor since those devices were introduced in Manitoba in August 2024 were rearrested or broke the rules of their release while wearing one, recent numbers obtained by CBC News show. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A judge has stayed all charges in the Winnipeg sex assault case against disgraced fashion mogul Peter Nygard, finding his Charter right to a fair trial was breached by police failing to retain records related to allegations stemming from the 1990s. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A judge has stayed all charges in the Winnipeg sexual assault case against disgraced fashion mogul Peter #Nygard, finding his Charter right to a fair trial was breached by police failing to retain records related to allegations stemming from the 1990s. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

An Ontario truck driver who avoided Canadian authorities for more than nine months after allegedly causing a crash that killed a Manitoba mother and her eight-year-old daughter when he drove through a stop sign last year has been granted bail. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Markus Chambers has resigned from his position as board chair and member of the Winnipeg Police Board, ending the tenure of the board's longest-serving chair. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Breaking:  Russell Woodhouse, who was convicted of killing a Winnipeg man more than 50 years ago, is one step closer to having his name cleared following his own death after Canada's justice minister ordered a new appeal in his case. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Authorities allege a man arrested in connection with a human smuggling scheme dropped a family off near the border and told them to walk through a blizzard when their van got stuck in a remote area on the January night they froze to death. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Breaking: A man accused by police in India of helping smuggle a family of four through Canada just before they froze to death on the Manitoba side of the U.S. border more than three years ago has been arrested. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A Manitoba man sentenced to life in prison after sending letter bombs to his ex-wife and two lawyers had a motion for his release dismissed Thursday, during a brief hearing where he repeatedly interrupted and tried to argue with the judge. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Former mayor Sam Katz and a top bureaucrat found to have accepted a bribe from the contractor responsible for Winnipeg’s police HQ are expected to testify during the public inquiry into the project, a lawyer for the inquiry said Wednesday. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A Winnipeg lawyer found guilty of professional misconduct has been disbarred, after a disciplinary panel found the protection of the public and the need to preserve confidence in the integrity of the legal profession "demands his removal." Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A search of a Manitoba landfill for the remains of two women murdered by a serial killer was completed for roughly $18 million — a fraction of estimates originally presented as the top end of possible costs to carry out the project. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Police are asking a court to find a Winnipeg personal care home in contempt, because the home refused to hand over information from a critical incident report conducted after a 90-year-old woman died there following a fall out of bed last October. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A man charged in the death of a mother of four in downtown Winnipeg last year has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"It felt like no one heard us. No one acted. And for the longest time, Ashlee remained unidentified while we were out here, screaming into silence.” Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A veteran Winnipeg officer charged after a police investigation unearthed allegations he trafficked drugs, shared a photo of a dead woman and disclosed confidential information will for now remain in custody after his bail hearing was postponed. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Almost a year after a man convicted of murdering four women in Winnipeg was sentenced, the family of one of those victims — whose identity wasn't confirmed until recently — will get the chance to tell the court how her death affected them. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The parents of a boy found "close to death" from malnutrition have pleaded guilty to negligence, in a case where it took more than two years after a social worker first noticed signs of trouble for authorities to remove him and his siblings. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A Winnipeg woman has been fined $300 for throwing things at a Canada goose that got in her way as she tried to get into her friend's apartment building. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A man who admitted to accidentally shooting and killing his stepson during a family barbecue in a small southeastern Manitoba community almost two years ago has been sentenced to six years in prison. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard will now be represented by a Winnipeg lawyer on charges of sexual assault and forcible confinement he faces in Montreal. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The sisters of a man killed when a trio of strangers forced their way into his home almost two years ago wept in a Winnipeg courtroom Tuesday as prosecutors described how Cory Roulette's death shattered his family. Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...