Manitoba News

MONTREAL — Almost everyone in the stadium knew the ball would land in Brady Oliveira’s hands, yet the Montreal Alouettes couldn’t stop him.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government says the landfill search that succeeded in finding the remains of two slain First Nations women cost $18 million, with $2 million more expected in the coming weeks to clear the site and move equipment.

WINNIPEG — Searchers canvassing treacherous muskeg and swift-moving rivers have recovered a backpack and rifle belonging to a missing Norwegian trekker who was on a cross-continental journey of the Canadian wilderness.

LYNN LAKE — A woman has been charged with criminal negligence causing death in the drowning of a two-month-old baby last year in northern Manitoba.

WINNIPEG — A man who tried to stab a Catholic pastor in the middle of a Sunday religious service last winter in Winnipeg will have to stay in a hospital psychiatric unit and abstain from alcohol and other intoxicants.

YORK FACTORY — Manitoba RCMP say it is believed a Norwegian trekker who disappeared last week while on a cross-continental journey of the Canadian wilderness tried to cross a fast-moving river and was swept away in the process.

WINNIPEG — A man who tried to stab a Catholic pastor in the middle of a Sunday religious service last winter had previously gone to hospital and said he planned to kill a priest, a court has been told.

It's the lone blemish on the Saskatchewan Roughriders' season to date. Saskatchewan (8-1) visits Calgary (6-3) on Saturday looking to not only create more separation in the West Division standings but avenge its only loss of the year.

Canada must prepare for more seasons marked by severe drought, experts say as this summer's bone-dry conditions tormented farmers, strained municipal water supply and fuelled one of the worst wildfire seasons on record.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has signed a $30-million contract with the Canadian Red Cross for evacuee support and other services related to this year's wildfires.