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• Water main repairs closing parts of Empress Street and Sargent Avenue

  The City of Winnipeg will be closing stretches of two Winnipeg streets starting Tuesday.

  

• Winnipegger cycling 1000km for children's cancer research

  A Winnipeg man is turning his passion for cycling into a way to raise money for children's cancer research.

  

• Florida breaks record for COVID-19 hospitalizations

  A day after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic, Florida on Sunday broke a previous record for current hospitalizations set more than a year ago before vaccines were available.

  

• Assiniboine Park Zoo showing off new baby reindeer

  The Assiniboine Park Zoo is welcoming its new baby reindeer to the world.

  

• What's open and closed in Winnipeg on Terry Fox Day

  Terry Fox Day is coming up soon on Monday, Aug. 2, which means a number of businesses and services around Winnipeg will be closed or operate at adjusted hours.

• Here's what Canada did while you were sleeping on day 10 of Tokyo Olympics

  Team Canada will play for women's soccer gold for the first time ever after upsetting the U.S in the semifinals overnight at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday.

• How Winnipeg marked Canada's first Emancipation Day

  August 1 marks the very first Emancipation Day in Canada, a day that recognizes the end of slavery in the British Empire.

• Researchers report link between exposure to wildfire smoke, increased COVID-19 cases

  As wildfires continue to rage across the western United States and Canada, a recent study has found that wildfire smoke is positively correlated with an increase in COVID-19 cases.

• New garden growing food and a sense of community for immigrant families

  The city's latest community garden is growing far more than just fruit and vegetables. It's also helping to support newcomer families.

• 'Millions of flies': Food spoiling in evacuated First Nations creating mess

  First Nation communities evacuated due to wildfires will be coming home to a big mess of spoiled food after power was lost in many areas.

• 'These are our children': How ribbon displays are honouring overdose deaths

  August marks Overdose Awareness Month and a group of Manitobans got an early start to the campaign.

• Canada marks its first federally recognized Emancipation Day

  Aug. 1 marks Canada's first federally recognized Emancipation Day, the day in which the British Empire ended the practice of slavery for close to a million African people and their descendants across the former colonies.

• One person taken to hospital after overnight high-rise fire

  One person was sent to hospital after a fire in a high-rise building in Winnipeg’s Central Park area late Saturday night.

• How can Canada avoid a fourth wave of COVID-19? Doctors weigh in

  With a 'Delta-driven' fourth wave on the horizon, doctors say Canadians need to vaccinate, test, trace and isolate to flatten the curve.

• NHL to investigate claim Sharks' Kane bet on own games

  The NHL said it will investigate an allegation made by Evander Kane's wife that the San Jose Sharks forward bet on his own games and has intentionally tried to lose for gambling profit.

• Mosquitoes with West Nile virus found in several Manitoba communities prompting warning

  The province is cautioning Manitobans to protect themselves against West Nile virus this summer.