Zubina Ahmed

The family of a 29-year-old man who took his life inside Winnipeg’s Waverley Grand Mosque last week are speaking up amid the devastating loss to adressing the stigma of mental illness — and to correct the record about the circumstances surrounding his death.

A fire at an elementary school in the northern Manitoba city of Thompson destroyed a classroom area Wednesday morning, as firefighters worked to save the rest of the building.

A Winnipeg furniture store has been the subject of so many complaints from members of the city's Nigerian community, the president of the Nigerian Association of Manitoba says she plans to hire a lawyer to deal with the situation.

Jackie Traverse says her original designs are being stolen and used on Orange Shirt Day T-shirts that are being sold on social media and e-commerce websites in time for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

"Unfortunately, I didn't plan to come to Canada to be a babysitter as a blind father but to add my bit to the Canadian society, community and economy at large," Oluwatomi Waziri says.

Winnipeggers could soon buy a bottle of wine or case of beer alongside their groceries at more stores in the city if a proposal from Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries goes forward. 

More than two-thirds of the food bank clients who responded to Harvest Manitoba's latest survey are women, a marked change from past surveys.

A five-year, $15-million funding commitment from the federal government will help give the Michif language "a chance to survive and to prosper," the Manitoba Métis Federation says.

Some Manitoba municipalities who rely on RCMP for policing services want more say in contract negotiations with the national police force.

In the wake of the ceasefire, a Palestinian refugee living in Winnipeg has been in contact with her cousins and a close friend in Gaza, who keep her updated on their situation.