Manitoba has entered its second lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic, closing all non-essential businesses and setting the maximum indoor and outdoor gathering size at five people.

A video shows a 19-year-old Indigenous woman being punched, knocked unconscious and dragged into a cell by community safety officers at an RCMP detachment in Thompson, Man. The video, from January 2018, is prompting calls for an...

Manitoba reported 360 new cases and 18 more deaths from COVID-19 today. One of the hardest-hit communities is the Shamattawa First Nation. The military is now sending additional personnel to assist the remote community in northern Manitoba.

After a record-breaking day for COVID-19 cases in Manitoba, the province announced more restrictions for the Winnipeg area and prepared for an influx of cases at hospitals.

Manitoba doctors have warned the government for a second time about the critical situation inside the province’s hospitals as the COVID-19 epidemic in the province gets further out of control. Renewed restrictions go into effect Monday,...

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is considering implementing a curfew to reverse the trend of increased COVID-19 cases in the province as harsh new restrictions came into effect in Winnipeg.

Investigations have been launched and a backup health-care team has been brought into a Winnipeg long-term care home after eight residents died of COVID-19 within 48 hours in a scene that left at least one paramedic horrified and ashamed.

The current volume of COVID-19 cases is putting serious strain on Manitoba's health-care system, according to Dr. Brent Roussin, the province's chief public health officer. He says Manitobans know what they have to do now — and that's...

Saying too many Manitobans are gathering and shopping for non-essential purposes, chief public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin announced a tightening of restrictions effective Friday, in order to protect people from COVID-19.

As Manitoba sees a continued increase in COVID-19 cases, it's seeing an unprecedented surge in its hospitals and ICUs. As pressure to close parts of the province mounts — officials are pointing fingers and doctors are bracing for the worst.

There are calls for the government to take over the Parkview Place long-term care home in Winnipeg where 19 residents have died and families learned that residents with COVID-19 were still in shared rooms.

Many businesses in the Winnipeg area are preparing to close or significantly reduce their capacity for at least two weeks as the province tries to prevent a further increase in COVID-19 cases.

A weekend review by health officials from the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority has found changes are needed immediately at Parkview Place, the site of the deadliest COVID-19 outbreak at a Manitoba care home to date.

( - image credit) Slightly more than half of the people in Manitoba who tested positive for COVID-19 who reported their racial or ethnic identity to case investigators identified as Black, Indigenous, or a person of colour, despite...

Manitoba announces new COVID-19 restrictions for the Winnipeg area, including limiting gatherings to five people and closing stand-alone nightclubs and bars.

At a meeting Friday between Indigenous leaders and federal officials to discuss racism in the health-care system, Elder Sadie North testified that a doctor at a Winnipeg hospital accused her of being under the influence of alcohol when...

Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller and Dr. Tom Wong, his department's chief medical officer of public health, briefed reporters on the isolation tents being used in Little Grand Rapids, Manitoba.

Three Winnipeg men who have tested positive for COVID-19 say they've lost faith in the province's ability to do contact tracing properly. Several days after getting their positive results, they still had not heard from anyone from public...

A Manitoba artist who has been homeless for five years is gaining national attention for his artwork and getting help finding a home after one of his drawings was shared thousands of times on social media.

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is vowing to ramp up COVID-19 enforcement, and says his government is 'seriously considering' imposing a curfew.

Manitoba has seen higher numbers of COVID-19 cases in recent weeks and though most of the cases are around Winnipeg, there is also concern about remote First Nations communities that lack critical resources.

While the bulk of Canada's COVID-19 cases remain in Ontario and Quebec, other provinces are facing surging outbreaks of their own and could soon face more restrictions.

A COVID-19 outbreak in a remote Manitoba First Nation highlights the vulnerability of those communities. First Nations were mostly spared during the first wave, but if an outbreak happens, resources can fall short.

( - image credit) Quebec plans to introduce 'immunity passports' at some point, which will allow people to prove they've been vaccinated and make it simpler to travel and perhaps even open some sectors of the economy. The concept is...