Manitoba News

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Opposition New Democrats are accusing the government of planning to cut education, but the Progressive Conservative government says the NDP is using outdated information.

WINNIPEG — WestJet is to start new direct flights between Winnipeg and Atlanta in September with a financial backstop from the Manitoba government.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is promising new money to keep rents low at private non-profit housing complexes, following a controversy at one facility recently in Winnipeg.

THE PAS, Man. — A search for a missing inmate in northern Manitoba is over. RCMP say officers were conducting patrols in The Pas when they located 21-year-old Kelly Castel on a street Wednesday.

THE PAS, Man. — Manitoba RCMP have caught one inmate who escaped from a correctional facility in northern Manitoba and are searching for another.

WINNIPEG — Great-West Lifeco Inc. says net earnings for its first quarter were $595 million, down more than 55 per centfrom $1.3 billion a year earlier.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed five of the eight players they took in this year's CFL draft, including first-rounder Anthony Bennett.

WINNIPEG — Most of the masking requirements for health-care facilities in Manitoba are set to be lifted next week.

WINNIPEG — Two lawyers are facing charges under the Law Society of Manitoba after the regulatory body investigated complaints they hired a private investigator to surveil a judge who was hearing a case involving COVID-19 public health orders.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has developed a new pilot program that is to provide more supervision and support for up to 50 people who have been released on bail.