Local News: Manitoba 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Manitoba News Editors

News Widget

Display the Manitoba news headlines on your website.

Get the Topix Headlines Widget

Share & bookmark

RSS icon mobile icon

Manitoba News

Local news for Manitoba continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

1 hr ago | Minot Daily News

Violet Sivertson-Anderson

Violet Elisebeth Sivertson-Anderson, the daughter of Johan and Anna Tandberg, was born Aug.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada, World News, Rugby, ND, Souris, ND, Deering, ND, Minot, ND, Towner, ND

Wed May 22, 2013

MLive.com

Outdoor furniture maker Landscape Forms bolsters business development team in eastern Canada

Landscape Forms has named veteran office furniture professional Annette Baubie to its Business Development Team serving all of Ontario and Manitoba, Canada.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada, World News

The Winnipeg Free Press

'Quality Balls' doc profiles Winnipeg-born comedy veteran David Steinberg

David Steinberg arrives at the 64th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News, University of Chicago

The Winnipeg Free Press

Fred Penner to visit News Cafe Monday

Fred Penner performs during a tribute to Nick Ternette at the West End Cultural Centre in April 2013.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada

The Winnipeg Free Press

Heritage Winnipeg hosting 10th annual Doors Open Winnipeg this weekend

Have you ever wondered what it looked like inside the fabulous St. Mary's Cathedral? Or the Mariaggi's Theme Suite Hotel? Or the Vaughan Street Jail? Heritage Winnipeg is hosting the 10th annual Doors Open Winnipeg, a free event on Saturday and Sunday featuring 81 historic buildings and sites around the city.

1 comment

Related Topix: Canada

The Winnipeg Free Press

Harbour View Golf Course may be leased out.

The City of Winnipeg's embattled plan to sell one of its golf courses and lease four others has been approved by Mayor Sam Katz's inner circle - but only after it was divided into two components.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada, World News

Brandon Sun

New owner for lumber stores

McMunn & Yates Building Supplies, the Dauphin-based independent lumber and hardware store that has provided a Manitoba-owned retail presence in small-town Manitoba since the early '70s, has agreed to acquire most of the assets of the struggling McDiarmid Lumber Ltd.

1 comment

Related Topix: Canada,

Brandon Sun

Manitoba appointees violate feds' rules

Two Manitoba men are among dozens of people appointed to plum patronage jobs who have been donating to the Conservative party, despite government rules that forbid it.

Comment?

Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

CBC News

Kids of MANFF officials paid for mileage, overtime

The agency in charge of disbursing federal money to 2011 flood evacuees paid thousands of dollars in overtime and mileage expenses - in some cases, to a senior official or the children of senior officials, CBC News has learned.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada,

The Winnipeg Free Press

Doc Walker headlines free entertainment series

The Portage la Prairie trio performs at the Lyric Theatre in Assiniboine Park on Friday, July 12, as part of the Red River Co-op Summer Entertainment Series.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada,

CBC News

Eritreans in Canada say consul still demands cash from them

There are calls to expel Eritrea's top diplomat in Canada because he presides over a system that's milking money from the Eritrean community in this country.

Comment?

Related Topix: Eritrea, World News, Africa, Activism, Canada

Journal of Commerce

Hiring of foreign workers for hospital project outrages union

A construction union leader is accusing an Edmonton-based contractor of importing foreign workers to a hospital jobsite in Winnipeg without meeting the federal government's requirements to advertise in the local market and ensuring Canadians are available to do the work.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News

Tue May 21, 2013

Grain News

Prairie farmers take advantage of planting window

Weather conditions were good for spring seeding across much of Western Canada over the past week, with producers in the Prairie provinces getting in about a third of the crop in the past seven days alone, according to a CWB official.

Comment?

Related Topix: Weather, Canada

CBC News

Car plunges into retention pond in Winnipeg

A vehicle that plunged into a retention pond in Winnipeg was pulled out on Tuesday while police looked on.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada

Brandon Sun

Tick season means pets at risk of Lyme disease

It's roughly the size of the nail on your pinky finger, but it can pose a huge threat to you and your pets.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada

Globe and Mail

Appointees to EI boards broke guidelines by making political donations

Dozens of people appointed to plum patronage jobs have been donating to the Conservative party, despite government rules that forbid it.

1 comment

Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

Mon May 20, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

a New Season of History's Ice Road Truckers Premieres 6/9

The original hit series Ice Road Truckers returns to battle more than just treacherous roads in an all new season premiering, Sunday, June 9 at 9PM ET/PT on HISTORY.

Comment?

Related Topix: Ice Road Truckers, Entertainment, Television, Canada, World News

Canada.com

Canadian walrus that wowed Queen Victoria moves for first time in a century to star in art exhibit

A Hudson Bay walrus that was shot, stuffed and became one of Canada's star attractions at an 1886 colonial exhibition in Britain - winning admiration, it's said, from Queen Victoria herself - has been moved from its fake-ice pedestal at a London museum for the first time in more than a century to headline a contemporary art show exploring the ... (more)

1 comment

Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

CBC News

Winnipeg woman warns pet owners of poison in north end

A Winnipeg family is looking for answers after their dogs got severely sick on the weekend resulting in one of the canines dying.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada

CBC News

Elijah Harper's body will lie in state in Manitoba legislature

Aboriginal leader Elijah Harper, a former Manitoba MLA and MP who played a key role in defeating the Meech Lake accord, died on Friday at the age of 64.

11 comments

Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News