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• Winnipeg crews respond to three Maryland Street fires in 12-hour span

  The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service is reminding residents about fire safety after a blaze started on someone’s balcony Canada Day afternoon.

  

• 'Defeated and discouraged': Airport frustrations sour Canadians' summer travel plans

  CTVNews.ca asked Canadians to share their travel horror stories as cancelled flights, delays and lost luggage throw a wrench in Canadians' summer travel plans, due in part to staffing shortages at Canadian airports. Some report sleeping at airports and others say it took days to get to or from a destination.

  

• Man arrested for attempted choking with shoelace: Brandon police

  Brandon Police have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly trying to choke another man with a shoelace.

  

• Updated pet bylaw takes effect in Winnipeg

  

• Police identify Saanich, B.C., gunmen as 22-year-old twin brothers

  Mounties on Vancouver Island have publicly identified the two gunmen killed during a shootout with police at a bank in Saanich on Tuesday as 22-year-old twin brothers Mathew and Isaac Auchterlonie.

• 'We're stuck': Winnipeg family's renovation stalled by permit issues

  A St. Norbert family hoped their basement renovations would be wrapping up by midsummer, but a series of permit-related issues have stalled the project.

• TD 'significantly' downgrades home sale, price forecasts

  A new report from TD says Canadian home sales could fall by nearly one-quarter on average this year and remain low into 2023.

• 'Abortion is health care': Pro-choice group rallies in support of a woman's right to choose

  A pro-choice rally was held at the Manitoba Legislative Building on Friday -- a week after Roe v. Wade was reversed by the United States Supreme Court.

• Winnipeg unveils renovated wading pool at St. Charles Park

  The City of Winnipeg revealed the renovated wading pool at St. Charles Park on Saturday, with upgrades that include new spray features and rubberized surfacing.

• 'Changing the course of history': How Winnipeggers celebrated Canada Day

  In-person Canada Day festivities made a return on Friday for the first time since the pandemic started, with residents bringing back old traditions and creating new ones.

• 'You do not want this' virus: California man with monkeypox urges others to get vaccinated

  A California man has posted a widely-shared video in an attempt to educate people about the monkeypox virus outbreak, to encourage people to get vaccinated if they're eligible and to make it very clear: 'You do not want this.'

• Body found in Assiniboine River: RCMP

  Officers with the Manitoba RCMP have confirmed that a body was found in the Assiniboine River on Thursday.

• The Canadian flag in the context of 'Freedom Convoy' and residential schools

  In the wake of last year’s discoveries of unmarked graves at residential schools and the prominent displays of the Canadian flag during 'Freedom Convoy' protests, some Canadians are re-evaluating the meaning of the national symbol.

• Crews respond to two fires at Winnipeg duplex in span of 9 hours

  A unit at a Winnipeg duplex is likely a total loss following two fires in the span of nine hours.

• Canadian rock star Randy Bachman reunited with beloved stolen guitar

  Canadian rock legend Randy Bachman's long search came to an end Friday when he was reunited in Tokyo with a cherished guitar 45 years after it was stolen from a Toronto hotel.

• Kenora police looking for missing man whose vehicle was found abandoned on highway

  Officers with the Kenora detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police are looking for a missing man whose vehicle was found abandoned on a highway.

• 'Serious' incident in Winnipeg's West End sends one person to hospital

  One person was taken to hospital on Friday following a “serious occurrence” in the city’s West End, according to the Winnipeg Police Service.

• Transit bus crashes into home on River Avenue

  A crash involving a Transit bus that appears to have smashed into a home has shut down a road near Osborne Village.