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• How Winnipeg is helping residents beat the heat this summer

  With Winnipeg experiencing scorching hot weather, the city is taking steps to help keep residents safe and cool.

  

• About 4,000 beagles destined for drug experiments finding new homes

  About 4,000 beagles are looking for homes after animal rescue organizations started removing them from a Virginia facility that bred them to be sold to laboratories for drug experiments.

  

• Police looking for suspects after two injured in unrelated Saturday morning incidents

  Winnipeg Police are investigating a pair of unrelated incidents that took place early Saturday morning.

  

• Car accident leads to impaired driving arrest: Brandon police

  Officers with the Brandon Police Service arrested a 23-year-old man for impaired driving following a car accident in the city.

  

• Weapon in deadly 'Rust' film set shooting could not be fired without pulling the trigger, FBI forensic testing finds

  FBI testing of the gun used in the fatal shooting on the movie set of 'Rust' found that the weapon handled by actor Alec Baldwin could not be fired without pulling the trigger while the gun was cocked, according to a newly released forensics report.

• Feds quietly change rules to allow one-time ArriveCAN exemption at land border crossings

  The Canada Border Services Agency is temporarily allowing fully vaccinated travellers a one-time exemption to not be penalized if they were unaware of the health documents required through ArriveCAN.

• Iran denies involvement but justifies Salman Rushdie attack

  An Iranian government official denied on Monday that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, though he justified the stabbing in remarks that represented the Islamic Republic's first public comments on the attack.

• New mural celebrates St. James 100th anniversary

  Visitors to St. James will now be greeted by a new mural celebrating the neighbourhood's 100th anniversary that was unveiled Sunday.

• 15-year-old behind bars after armed robbery attempt: Police

  Officers were called to the 900 block of Portage Avenue around midnight for reports of robbery with a firearm.

• Canadian home sales fall for 5th month in a row, down 29 per cent from last July

  Canada's average resale home price fell 4.5% from a year ago in July and was down 5.4% on the month as buyers continued to sit on the sidelines amid rising borrowing costs.

• British regulator 1st in world to OK Moderna's updated COVID booster

  British drug regulators have become the first in the world to authorize an updated version of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine that aims to protect against the original virus and the omicron variant.

• Anne Heche taken off life support, 9 days after car crash

  Anne Heche, the Emmy-winning film and television actor whose dramatic Hollywood rise in the 1990s and accomplished career contrasted with personal chapters of turmoil, died of injuries from a fiery car crash. She was 53.

• More than 10,000 Canadians received a medically-assisted death in 2021: report

  More Canadians are ending their lives with a medically-assisted death, says the third federal annual report on medical assistance in dying (MAID). Data shows that 10,064 people died in 2021 with medical aid, an increase of 32 per cent over 2020.

• Several suspects arrested after overnight Langside incident

  Winnipeg Police have a suspect in custody after an overnight incident in the city centre.

• Teenage Head to continue concerts after murder of guitarist Gord Lewis

  Canadian punk rock band Teenage Head has said they will go forward with their upcoming shows following the murder of founding member and guitarist Gord Lewis.

• Overnight fires on Stella, Portage keep crews busy

  It's been another busy weekend for the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) after firefighters responded to two blazes overnight.

• Why has polio been found in London, New York and Jerusalem, and how dangerous is it?

  Polio, a deadly disease that used to paralyze tens of thousands of children every year, is spreading in London, New York and Jerusalem for the first time in decades, spurring catch-up vaccination campaigns.

• Winnipeg Airports Authority gets $4.8 million to attract new routes

  The Winnipeg Airports Authority (WAA) is getting a financial boost from the Province to try and attract new routes to Winnipeg and improve flight connectivity to popular destinations.