It's the home stretch for the family of a man who went missing more than a year ago to collect the last signatures for a petition supporting the use of cell phone emergency alerts to find vulnerable adults after they disappear.

The Southern Health regional health authority declared a code orange at Bethesda Regional Health Centre in Steinbach and Ste. Anne Hospital, after a multi-vehicle crash near Ste. Anne, about 45 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg, a Shared Health spokesperson said.

Environment Canada has issued blizzard warnings across southern Manitoba, including Winnipeg, the Red River Valley and the Interlake region. Strong northerly winds, with gusts of up to 90 km/h, have led to extremely low visibility, particularly in open rural areas.

Manitoba’s Emergency Management Organization issued its first alert for hazardous road conditions after a blizzard slammed the southern part of the province and caused pileups on highways on Friday.

The province of Manitoba is banning the harvest and use of live baitfish and leeches for angling beginning April 1, 2027, the start of the province's 2027 license year. In an email to the Grand Forks Herald,

Southern Manitoba's respite from the bitter cold is about to get clipped. An Alberta clipper is heading toward the province, bringing an end to abnormally-warm temperatures and prompting several weather alerts.

The Manitoba government is urging drivers to avoid all roadways in southern Manitoba as storm conditions have made visibility near zero in certain areas.

Manitobans will need to bundle up this weekend, with much of the province seeing bitterly cold weather this weekend, Environment Canada warns. The weather agency issued extreme cold weather warnings Saturday morning for most regions,

You may want to delay any travel plans, a meteorologist says, especially if those plans involve highway driving.

The Manitoba government and officials at Manitoba Hydro say it’s too early to discuss the potential fallout from tariffs threatened by incoming U.S. president Donald Trump.

GRAND RAPIDS -- After squandering a 3-0 lead in the first game of the weekend, the Grand Rapids Griffins responded appropriately. On a night when the team donned Jurassic Park -esque sweaters, the older core stepped up for the Griffins, ending the team’s five-game homestand with a 4-2 win over the Cleveland Monsters.

Dustin Wolf made 38 saves and Blake Coleman scored once and had two assists to lead the Calgary Flames to a 3-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.