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• 'An important symbol': 17 Wing celebrates Pride; raises Progress Pride Flag

  The 17 Wing Winnipeg held a Pride opening ceremony on Friday, which included the raising of the Progress Pride Flag.

  

• Some Winnipeg roadways set to temporarily close for months for repairs, upgrades

  Several busy Winnipeg roadways are set to close this weekend for major road reconstruction work.

  

• Brokenhearted husband dies after wife slain in Texas rampage

  Fourth-grade teacher Irma Garcia was killed in her Texas classroom on Tuesday, massacred along with her co-teacher and 19 students. Two days later, a family member says her brokenhearted husband died.

  

• Option to beat the heat in Winnipeg opening this weekend

  After a long, cold winter and weeks of rain, a familiar summer staple in Winnipeg will open up for people to stay cool.

  

• Winnipeg students give send off for custodian retiring after 20 years

  While his job was to keep the school's hallways clean, his impact went far beyond that – touching the lives of the students who walked within them.

• Monkeypox in Canada: Act now to stop it, expert urges, before it's too late

  With 26 cases of monkeypox now confirmed in Canada, health officials warn that number will likely grow in the coming days and weeks. However, one expert says the outbreak can be stopped if the country works quickly to get it under control.

• 'We need to be united': Latvia’s ambassador to Canada to attend send-off of soldiers from CFB Shilo

  A special guest will help send off Canadian soldiers based out of CFB Shilo in Brandon, Man. as they are deployed to Latvia on Saturday.

• She smeared blood on herself and played dead: 11-year-old reveals chilling details of the massacre

  An 11-year-old survivor of the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, feared the gunman would come back for her so she smeared herself in her friend's blood and played dead.

• Wild video captures moment tornado touches down in Uxbridge, Ont.

  New video has emerged showing the moment a tornado touched down in Uxbridge, Ont. over the weekend, ripping the roof off a local brewery.

• 10-year-old Sask. girl helps save grandmother's life

  A Saskatchewan woman’s granddaughter is being recognized for helping save her life and minimizing the effects of stroke after she called 911.

• Father pleads guilty to stabbing death of 3-year-old girl in Winnipeg

  A man told court Thursday he was ready to accept punishment after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his three-year-old daughter.

• First Nations leaders declare state of emergency amid nursing shortage in Northern Manitoba

  A state of emergency on health services has been declared by First Nations leaders in northern Manitoba.

• 'Horrifying experience': 10-year-old boy recounts hiding during deadly Texas school shooting

  A 10-year-old boy in a classroom just down the hallway from the room where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday said the experience of hiding during the shooting was 'terrifying.'

• Manitoba hopes to reopen Highway 75 in 'near future'

  The province says it hopes to reopen Highway 75 in the 'near future' but said it all depends on safety.

• Man fatally shot by police near Toronto elementary school; SIU says BB gun recovered

  One man is dead after being shot by police near a Toronto elementary school on Thursday afternoon. The incident sent hundreds of students into lockdown.

• North End garage fire spreads to vacant home

  A garage in Winnipeg’s North End went up in flames on Thursday evening, spreading to a vacant home.

• Russian plane grounded indefinitely at Toronto Pearson racking up huge parking bill

  A massive Russian plane that was grounded at Toronto Pearson International Airport back in February is racking up a substantial parking bill.

• Canadian Blood Service seeks to scrap lifetime ban on sex workers donating blood

  Canadian Blood Services wants to scrap a lifetime ban on sex workers giving blood in a further move to make blood donation more equitable. The blood-donation service this month recommended to Health Canada that it abolish the lifetime ban on donation by people who have taken money or drugs in exchange for sex.