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• WHO: COVID-19 still an emergency but nearing 'inflection' point

  The coronavirus remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Monday, after a key advisory panel found the pandemic may be nearing an 'inflection point' where higher levels of immunity can lower virus-related deaths.

  

• How Manitoba RV and boat dealers are coping with inflation

  RV and boat supply shortages during the pandemic made getting the vehicles tough to obtain, but with stock back to pre-pandemic levels, other challenges are now on buyers' minds.

  

• Father pushing Manitoba to follow Ontario, Saskatchewan in screening for CMV

  Roughly one in 200 babies born in Canada today will have congenital cytomegalovirus, a virus that can lead to hearing loss, intellectual disability or vision loss. But with only two provinces screening newborns for CMV, one father is asking other health-care systems to do more.

  

• 23 vehicles towed, dozens of tickets issued as rally marks one-year anniversary of 'Freedom Convoy' in Ottawa

  OPS and Ottawa Bylaw officers issued 192 parking tickets and 67 Provincial Offences Notices in downtown Ottawa this weekend, as people gathered marked the one-year anniversary of the 'Freedom Convoy'.

  

• Suspect attempts to hit police with SUV

  A Winnipeg man has been arrested for assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest - among other charges – after a brief chase in the North End early Saturday morning.

  

• Extreme cold weather to stay for several days: Environment Canada

  As extreme cold weather brings wind chill values nearing -40°C, it's impacting everything from winter recreation to the city's most vulnerable population.

  

• Winnipeg firefighters tackle overnight house fire in Sage Creek

  Fire crews are cleaning up after an overnight blaze in Sage Creek.

• Black History Month celebrations begin in Manitoba

  Black History Month doesn’t start for a few more days, but that hasn’t stopped Black History Manitoba from kicking things off early with a tribute to one of the world's greatest civil rights leaders.

• Once-in-a-lifetime discovery: Indigenous jacket more than a century old turns up in small U.K. town

  When 1990s suede fringe jackets started making a comeback last year, a U.K.-based vintage clothing company decided to order four tonnes of suede from a supplier in the United States. Along with that shipment came a once-in-a lifetime discovery.

• Lisa Loring, original Wednesday Addams actress, dead at 64

  Lisa Loring, best known as the first actress to play Wednesday Addams in the original 'The Addams Family' sitcom, has died at the age of 64.

• Manitoba giving residents their say on the 2023 budget

  The Manitoba government is giving residents a chance to their give feedback on the 2023 budget.

• Ukrainian kids find cellphone signal on hill, set up makeshift school

  On a bleak, windswept hillside in northeast Ukraine, three young boys recently discovered a cell phone signal, something difficult to find in their region since Russia invaded their country. and they've set up a makeshift school around the signal.

• ‘Really fun to see’: snow sculpture challenge transforms Glenelm

  A friendly competition has transformed Winnipeg’s Glenelm neighbourhood into an arctic art gallery.

• Former Mississauga, Ont. mayor Hazel McCallion dies at 101

  Former Mississauga, Ont. mayor Hazel McCallion, nicknamed 'Hurricane Hazel,' has died. She was 101 years old. Premier Doug Ford said McCallion died peacefully at her home early Sunday morning.

• ‘Really great to have them all together’: MB Sings returns for first post-pandemic performance

  More than two hundred singers from across Manitoba are preparing for a special Sunday afternoon concert.

• ‘One of my favourite attractions’: Warming huts return to Forks river trail

  A building blitz is underway at The Forks as the six new warming huts along the Nestaweya River Trail begin to take shape.

• Police seize drugs, weapons in several Friday busts

  Winnipeg police have made multiple arrests in several drug busts on Friday.

• Two charged in North Point Douglas assault

  Two men face assault charges after an apartment stabbing in North Point Douglas Friday.