First cases of B.1.3.5.1 variant found in Manitoba
The province is announcing a second COVID-19 variant has been discovered in Manitoba.

The province is announcing a second COVID-19 variant has been discovered in Manitoba.
The Manitoba government announced the next phase of reopening on Tuesday, which includes changes to group gatherings, and capacity limits at places of worship.
From capacity limits to VLTs, Manitoba restaurants have mixed feelings about the loosened restrictions announced by the province.
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89-year-old Ruth McKinlay has taken thousands of plastic bags and turned them into comfortable sleeping mats for vulnerable Winnipeggers.
Gurdeep Pandher, has risen to viral fame with videos of traditional dance in unorthodox locations.
Premier Brian Pallister says the handling of Manitoba Hydro under the former NDP government is "the scandal of the century."
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a disproportionate impact on Black, Indigenous and People of Colour in Manitoba, according to a new report.
As people have been hunkered down at home during the pandemic, the popularity of trading cards has skyrocketed.
A new documentary series is following a Manitoba race car driver as he shifts gears and takes on the big leagues.
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A Winnipeg artist is gaining traction online thanks to his watercolour paintings depicting sports players.
An iconic part of Downtown Winnipeg is now boarded up.
When the Vancouver Canucks discovered that screened point shots were getting results, they kept doing it.
Manitoba's Kerri Einarson won a second straight Canadian women's curling championship with a 9-7 win over Ontario's Rachel Homan in Sunday's final.
Defending champion Kerri Einarson advanced to Sunday's final of the Canadian women's curling championship with a 9-3 semifinal win over Alberta's Laura Walker.
Terry McKellep’s passion for the Trappers’ Festival and Bill Bannock earned her a spot on the Honour 150 list. Katherine hears her story.
Michael chats with the social media sensation about why his videos have struck such a chord online and what inspires him to dance.
A driver doing doughnuts in the middle of a street in Los Angeles hit a pedestrian, put her in the car, then fled from police.
Scientists used a particle accelerator to learn more about Little Foot, a 3.67-million-year-old Australopithecus fossil.
This artist garnered three million views after she narrowly escaped ruining a prized painting of her grandfather.
Montrealer Carlos Viani shares his 'confinement diaries' – images of how the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping the city.
A 10-second video was sold for US$6.6 million last week, showing just how much the non-fungible token market is booming.
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung sent a plume of ash over 11,000 feet above sea level, the country's volcanic monitoring agency, said.
A Toronto photographer is working with Ugandan girls to preserve their history in pictures.
Comedian and activist Adora Nwofor on how she uses comedy to tackle anti-racism, and what it's like 'living the racism dream' in Canada.
Federal officials stress the fact Canada now has three vaccines that can drive down hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19.
Despite the rise of coronavirus variants that can spread more easily, experts say the risk of surface transmission of the virus continues to be negligible.
The pandemic has been full of tragic tales, but it has also inspired some to step up in service of their fellow human beings — such as Junghee Ahn, an Ontario nurse who recently came out of retirement to help administer COVID-19 vaccines.
As provinces and territories weigh how they'll handle administering the AstraZeneca doses after a national advisory committee cautioned against giving them to people aged 65 and up, Procurement Minister Anita Anand said the first 500,000 doses are set to land in Canada on Wednesday.
A new poll has found that the desire among Canadians to drop the monarchy is at its highest level recorded in the past 12 years.
Warning: details in this story will be disturbing for some readers. A Calgary man has pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree murder for the deaths of his girlfriend and parents in 2018.
Two police officers being investigated after one of them was caught on video posing with a dead body are now on administrative duty, the Vancouver Police Department says.
An SUV packed with 25 people pulled in front of an oncoming tractor-trailer on a two-lane highway cutting through farmland near the Mexican border early Tuesday, killing 13 and leaving bodies strewn across the roadway.
Sophisticated scanning technology is revealing intriguing secrets about Little Foot, the remarkable fossil of an early human forerunner that inhabited South Africa 3.67 million years ago during a critical juncture in our evolutionary history.
Dr. Ronald St. John says people aged 65 and up were not included in the initial vaccine trials.
A recently discovered bomb from World War II was disposed of during a controlled detonation on February 27 in Exeter, England.
Former Vancouver Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi was arrested in Michigan over the weekend on suspicion of impaired driving, according to TMZ.