Two airline passengers each face fines of $1,000 for refusing to wear face masks on board a flight, the first time Transport Canada has imposed a financial penalty for violating rules meant to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
BRANDON, Man. — Police say they have viewed video that shows suspects yelling racial slurs at a Black man at a skateboard park in Manitoba before punching, kicking and stabbing him.
WINNIPEG, Man. — The manager of a Winnipeg funeral home says the province needs to increase the cap on gatherings to allow families to grieve properly.
WINNIPEG — School bus drivers in Winnipeg’s largest school division are planning to strike next week just as classes start in the city.
WINNIPEG — Manitoba has laid out more details for parents and teachers about what can be expected when kids are back in classrooms next week and how schools are to respond to cases of COVID-19.
OTTAWA — Health Canada has reversed course on home test kits for COVID-19, saying it will now review applications for such devices.
OTTAWA — New data from some of Canada’s biggest police forces show major COVID-19 lockdowns across much of the country in the spring led to a sharp uptick in calls to police for domestic violence and people in a mental health crisis.
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is expanding its mask rules on school buses as students prepare to return to class next week.
OTTAWA — Canada is near the front of the line to get millions of doses of four of the most promising COVID-19 vaccines in development, but the federal government does not plan to make getting a vaccine mandatory, federal cabinet ministers said Monday.
TORONTO — Starbucks Canada says it will start requiring customers to wear facial coverings while in its cafes in mid-September.
Winnipeg Wyn, an orphaned Manitoba woodchuck that helped mark the passage of Groundhog Day each year, has died.
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s COVID-19 numbers were once the envy of most other provinces, but there have been several outbreaks in recent weeks, and the government is having to alter its six-figure ad campaign.
