Friends and family lit candles at a memorial on Sunday for a 19-year-old man who died after being beaten and stabbed Saturday in Winnipeg.

A nasty stomach flu struck almost every player and the coaches of the Brandon Bobcats women's basketball team on the weekend.

Someone is deliberately setting fires to grass and hay bales in southern Manitoba, say RCMP.

Two people have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a man on the Roseau River First Nation.

The NDP has chosen a community activist and longtime party insider to carry the banner in former Premier Gary Doer's constituency.

Winnipeg police say a suspect wanted on a warrant after a woman suffered shooting-related injuries from an incident on Furby Street in October has been arrested.

Police have charged two suspects with second degree murder for the beating death of a 36-year-old man on Roseau River First Nation last week.

Police are investigating an early morning fire at the Manitoba Youth Centre, allegedly set by four teens who are now in custody.

At least nine suspicious fires have been set in Carman. They are mostly originating in dead grass along roads and on bales of hay.

A former adviser to a Thai bank whose failure helped spark the 1997 Asian financial meltdown was formally charged Monday in connection with embezzling almost US$50 million.

Two people have been arrested and RCMP hope to make a couple more following a crime spree in Landmark, Manitoba Saturday night. A number of cars were broken into and property stolen.

The Mental Health Commission of Canada is officially launching its first project today to help people with mental-health issues who are homeless. The program will assist 23-hundred people in Winnipeg, Moncton, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

Two people from Roseau River First Nation have been charged with second degree murder in the death of 36 year old Sheldon George Atkinson. Police found his body in a home early Friday morning.

RCMP are looking for whomever's responsible for setting grass and bale fires in the Elm Creek area. Police say at least 9 fires have been reported in the past couple of weeks in dead grass along roads and bales on private property.

The City of Winnipeg is starting to sell naming rights to civic properties and assets. Parks, pools, community clubs, parking meters, the much-touted police helicopter and 1300 encrypted memory sticks for police cruisers.

Portage Emergency Services were called to two kitchen fires on Sunday night in Portage la Prairie. The first call came at 6:30 p.m.,to a house on Sixth Street N.W. at Lorne Avenue. A pot was reportedly left on the stove element in the kitchen.[...]

Portage Emergency Services, Cartier Fire Department, Woodlands Fire Department, the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba Hydro and the Office of the Fire Commissioner, along with Jonair who supplied water bombers -- all responded to a huge fire that burned northeast of High Bluff for [...]

Operation Red Nose kicked off Friday with high praise for the program's volunteers. "Our volunteers deserve a hearty pat on the back," Bob Forsyth, sales manager with Safety Services Manitoba, told guests at the program's kickoff in the Portage la Prairie RCMP detachment.[...]

The Portage Terriers and OCN Blizzard both made use of three-goal third periods over the weekend, as the two clubs split their weekend pair of games at the Gordon Lathlin Memorial Centre. On Nov.[...]

The Portage Blaze women's soccer team seems to be back on track after a big triumph over the weekend against an old rival. The Blaze dumped Rave 2-1 at the University of Manitoba Soccer Complex on Saturday in a game that saw the Portagers return to form and pull their record back up to .[...]

Bullying is not simply a “normal” part of growing up. It’s a serious issue, made more complex by technology that allows bullies to pursue their victims at school, around town, and into their homes.

WINNERS OF THE DRYDEN TOURNAMENT — the Wildcats posed for a team portrait. Back row, from left: Trent Thornborough, coach; Mike Fedak, Trevor Dickson, Dylan Thornbobough, Dorian Black, Daylon Creasy, Brett Vrooman, Travis Cullen, Mitch Thornborough, Corey Forbes, coach.

Each fall Carberry potato growers advertise for harvest help. Rick and Jackie Davison "hit the jackpot" when a young Japanese lady, Masako Yamazoe, applied. Masako (26), a nurse from Veda (pop 120,000) near Yokahama, was on a world adventure and had never been on a farm.

End of an Era? Each year, as part of our annual cattle operation, we have held a cattle drive. Although it is a lot of work, there is something to be said for “doing things the traditional way.” It looks as if that tradition may no longer be viable for us or other Manitoba cattle producers.

Operation Red Nose kicked off Friday with high praise for the program's volunteers.

See something you like? Share it with your friends! Just submit your e-mail along with the e-mails of a few of your friends, and you’re on your way to becoming the newest news source!

Portage Emergency Services were called to two kitchen fires on Sunday night in Portage la Prairie. The first call came at 6:30 p.m.,to a house on Sixth Street N.W. at Lorne Avenue. A pot was reportedly left on the stove element in the kitchen. Firefighters quickly put out the blaze.

The Portage Terriers and OCN Blizzard both made use of three-goal third periods over the weekend, as the two clubs split their weekend pair of games at the Gordon Lathlin Memorial Centre.

The Central Plains Capitals were a little short on the bench and on the scoreboard through the weekend, bringing the club's current slide to five games.

Calendar Tip: Click on a date to see what's happening in your community! Add An Event Tip: Keep the community up to date with our shared Events Calendar. You can have your event up and posted in just a couple of minutes with our easy to use Event Information form.

Calendar Tip: Click on a date to see what's happening in your community! Search: Enter word(s) that pertain to the event that you are looking for. Add An Event: Keep the community up to date with our shared Events Calendar.

See something you like? Share it with your friends! Just submit your e-mail along with the e-mails of a few of your friends, and you’re on your way to becoming the newest news source!

Provincial opposition and PC leader Hugh McFadyen was in Altona for an early morning meeting on Nov. 16, launching a series of similar visits to locations in several southern Manitoba constituencies.

It's a Saturday morning, and while many may herald in the weekend by sleeping in, Brad Braun and Carey Kehler have their work gloves on and are gutting the inside of a century old barn in Neubergthal.