A group of seven churches is challenging Manitoba's public health restrictions in court this week, saying they violate religious freedoms.

With Manitoba's COVID-19 curve moving up, and ICU beds filling up, the province today announced new pandemic restrictions, higher fines for rule breakers and a new sick leave benefit.

With the second-highest COVID-19 case rate in the country, Manitoba is re-entering lockdown and moving schools online in some areas. Meanwhile, some Albertans remain defiant of new restrictions and Nova Scotia tightens its borders.

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is urging residents to stay home, get the vaccine and abide by the new public health measures brought in on Friday. 'We've done it before,' he said of slowing the spread of COVID-19, "we can do it again."

The COVID-19 pandemic is surging across the Prairies. Alberta has the worst per-capita case rate, Manitoba is seeing a spike and Saskatchewan is on shaky ground.

The B.C. government says it will give workers up to three paid days off for absences related to COVID-19, including time off waiting for test results or to self-isolate after a possible contact.

Seven Canadian provinces have now paused the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for first doses, and some are questioning why Canada is due to accept more than 600,000 doses next week.

Seven churches in rural Manitoba are heading to court to argue that the province's COVID-19 restrictions violate their charter rights.

As Manitoba prepares to introduce new COVID-19 restrictions and medical help arrives in Ontario, Quebec is easing some restrictions as cases there decrease.

Dr. Eric Jacobsohn, an intensive-care physician in Winnipeg, says the province was 'living under an illusion' that it would escape a third wave, but he believes recent pandemic restrictions are a step in the right direction after...

Dr. Eric Jacobsohn, an intensive-care physician in Winnipeg, says the province was 'living under an illusion' that it would escape a third wave, but he believes recent pandemic restrictions are a step in the right direction after...

Black on the Prairies is a collection of essays, images and stories about the past, present and future of Black people in Canada's Prairie provinces.

Manitoba says it will recommend the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine only for people 55 and older at this time while it waits for more information about a rare but serious side-effect in some young European women who received the...

Manitoba Deputy Premier & Acting Health Minister Kelvin Goertzen joins Power & Politics to discuss his government's decision to add new restrictions and extend closures by two weeks.

Some of Manitoba's top doctors have written an open letter that pleads with the public to obey COVID-19 public health orders to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed.

A push is on in Manitoba's First Nations and some adjacent communities to vaccinate 100,000 people against COVID-19 in 100 days. The inoculation campaign is racing against variants and the melting of ice roads into remote northern...

A look at why pizza consumption (and pizza-making) has surged during the pandemic, driving up frozen pizza sales by 20 per cent in March.

Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller outlines the plan to involve the military in vaccinating northern Manitoba First Nations communities.

( - image credit) The RCMP say Brian Halcrow, a man from Tataskweyak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba, assaulted an officer in Thompson. Court documents suggest that's not what happened.

First Nations leaders in southern Manitoba are hoping to build trust in the COVID-19 vaccines through pop-up clinics in larger communities, while the Canadian Forces help remote communities manage outbreaks.

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister defended his province's lack of rapid testing use after Power & Politics discovered only a fraction of rapid tests delivered to provinces across the country are being used.

Manitoba is the first province to buy its own COVID-19 vaccine rather than relying on the federal government.

Manitoba has started its COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the northern part of the province where remote First Nations communities have been hit hardest by the virus. Health officials hope they can overcome logistical challenges to vaccinate...

Jim Friesen lost his mother, Elisabeth, to COVID-19 on Nov. 23.