Thousands of Manitoba Hydro workers are walking picket lines after conciliation talks between management and the union broke down Friday.

A family is seeking answers about the death of man who was an inmate at a provincial correctional centre.

Yellow police tape is wrapped around an area near the Norwood Bridge in downtown Winnipeg where a body was found Friday.

Churches in the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Boniface follow the lead of the Archdiocese of Winnipeg and ban handshakes during Sunday services.

Several provinces and territories plan to ask retired nurses to return to work if the swine flu pandemic becomes severe in Canada.

Lorie McNaughton, a former CBC-TV host in Calgary, died Thursday morning after a battle with lymphoma.

Jovon Johnson's third-quarter, 118-yard punt return elevated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers over the Edmonton Eskimos Friday at Canad Inns Field in Winnipeg.

One of the men vying to become Manitoba's next premier wants to make it easier for workers to unionize.

RCMP in Manitoba seized $2.3 million worth of marijuana in three separate searches on Thursday. Six people from Winnipeg have been charged.

A Canadian military helicopter pilot with a sudden hankering for hamburgers set his aircraft down on a Kenora, Ont., baseball diamond, and walked into an A&W restaurant across the street for a takeout order.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with impaired driving causing death in connection to a fatal rollover in southern Manitoba on Thursday.

Canwest Global Communications Corp. denied Friday a report that a deal is close to sell a number of its newspapers.

An agreement that could bring safe drinking water to a Shoal Lake-area First Nation has been signed between the City of Winnipeg and the Ojibwa band.

Kenny Catcheway, the man stabbed to death in Winnipeg's Weston neighbourhood this week, was a 34-year-old former gang member who was motivated by his daughter to change his life.

The Manitoba government is calling on healthcare workers to share their expertise as it prepares for the fall flu season.