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Elks Triumph, Portage and Main's Success & Race Relations Talks — Winnipeg Thursday

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🚑 Breaking & Incidents

  1. Last-minute touchdown keeps Elks unbeaten. The Edmonton Elks defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23-18, maintaining their undefeated start to the CFL season. Despite a full house at Princess Auto Stadium, the Bombers struggled with turnovers and missed field goals, marking their second loss this season.

🏛️ Government & Politics

  1. Portage and Main reopening deemed successful. A year after reopening, the iconic downtown Winnipeg intersection has shown no significant impact on traffic safety, according to city officials. This follows decades of closure and debate over pedestrian access.
  2. Winnipeg police chief schedules meeting with health authority CEO. Amidst allegations of racial profiling, the police chief will discuss community relations in a bid to address these concerns.

🏥 Health

  1. ER waits could exceed 48 hours. Due to heightened demand and staffing shortages, patients heading to Manitoba emergency rooms may face lengthy waits for admission.
  2. Winnipeg research may change global brain bleed treatment. New studies from the city are poised to impact international medical practices for treating brain hemorrhages.

🎨 Community & Culture

  1. Dalhousie School rebrands to remove pro-slavery association. The Winnipeg school is selecting a new name to distance itself from historical ties to a figure linked with slavery.

🏈 Sports

  1. Young golf prodigy from Birdtail Sioux First Nation advances to world championship. At just 10 years old, this talented golfer is set to compete in the Callaway World Championship.
  2. Canada finishes second in Group B, faces knockout game. After a 2-1 loss to Switzerland, the Canadian team prepares for their knockout match in Los Angeles on Sunday.

📰 Also Today

  • MPI opens 2nd centre for hail claims.
  • Swiss collector aims to sell Indigenous artifacts back.
  • Manitoba forecast for June 25, 2026.
  • Residents demand change in declining Leaf Rapids.
  • Police legal statements can now use eagle feather.
  • Inquest finds lethal meth dose caused 2020 in-custody death.
  • Flooding devastates Manitoba corn crop.
  • Flin Flon celebrates graduates with water fight.
  • Manitoba Public Insurance seeks 2% rate hike for 2027.

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Source Articles (21)

Canada finishes 2nd in Group B after 2-1 loss to Switzerland, will play knockout game Sunday in L.A.

Canada’s men lost to Switzerland 2-1 in a sweltering B.C. Place on Wednesday afternoon, ending their hopes of continuing their historic World Cup campaign at home.

General Jun 25, 2026

Manitoba Public Insurance seeks 2% rate hike for 2027

Manitoba Public Insurance has asked the province's Public Utilities Board to raise its rates starting next April.

General Jun 25, 2026

Flin Flon honours graduates with citywide water fight

Flin Flon celebrated Hapnot Collegiate's graduating class with a parade — and a water fight with the grads — on Wednesday. The northern Manitoba community has turned the high school's annual car parade into a festival of water blasters, water balloons and firehoses.

General Jun 25, 2026

Birdtail Sioux First Nation golf prodigy, 10, heads to Callaway World Championship

Connor Hanska, a 10-year-old from Birdtail Sioux First Nation, is competing in the Callaway World Championship in July. He's been swinging the club since he was two and competed in an international tournament in Northern Ireland in 2025.

General Jun 25, 2026

Flooding drowns Manitoba farmer's corn crop

At this time of year, farmer Stan Cochrane's corn crop should be a few metres high. Instead, it's underwater on his southwestern Manitoba farm.

General Jun 25, 2026

Some of Winnipeg's youngest soccer fans cheer on Team Canada

Glenelm School in Winnipeg held a watch party as Canada faced Switzerland at the FIFA World Cup 2026 on Wednesday.

General Jun 25, 2026

New research out of Winnipeg could impact how brain bleeds are treated globally

New made-in-Manitoba research suggests a specific treatment for chronic brain bleeds can significantly reduce the likelihood of recurrence, leading to better long-term outcomes for brain surgery patients.

General Jun 25, 2026

Lethal meth dose responsible for Ebb and Flow man's 2020 in-custody death: inquest

The in-custody death of a First Nations man more than five years ago was unavoidable due to lethal amounts of methamphetamine in his system that caused a heart attack after his arrest, a Manitoba judge's inquest report says.

General Jun 25, 2026

Holding eagle feather, rather than Bible, now an option for Winnipeg police legal statements

Victims and witnesses providing statements to Winnipeg police, and officers affirming oaths, can now do so with an eagle feather rather than a Bible.

General Jun 25, 2026

Hanover school board not deterred by opposition to removing health-care privacy for older students

Hanover School Division's board chair says trustees are still moving forward with a plan to stop recognizing health-care privacy for older students.

General Jun 25, 2026

Headed to the ER? Here's why you could now wait more than 48 hours to be admitted

A report released Thursday by the Canadian Institute for Health Information found that limited emergency room capacity, difficulties in accessing standard care and the country's aging population are to blame for patients spending more than 48 hours waiting in ERs.

General Jun 25, 2026

Once a 'bright shining star,' Leaf Rapids in 'heartbreaking' shape, residents calling for change say

The northern Manitoba town Lianna Anderson grew up in — prosperous and filled with opportunities — is now closer to a faded memory she is yearning to bring back.

General Jun 25, 2026

People think my daughter's good at math because she's Asian. They're wrong

Yundong Zou's daughter aced a math test. Now she's facing the same stereotype that other Asians live with, her dad says — and he's writing about it to set the record straight.

General Jun 25, 2026

Winnipeg police chief to sit down with health authority CEO after alleged racial profiling

Winnipeg's top cop says he's going to meet with the head of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority after one of its outreach workers was mistakenly detained during a homicide investigation last week.

General Jun 25, 2026

Riley Laychuk's Manitoba forecast for Thursday, June 25, 2026

Another day of scattered showers and thunderstorms is expected across southern Manitoba. Temperatures warm up slightly for a couple of days.

General Jun 25, 2026

Winnipeg's Dalhousie School picks new name as it seeks to remove link to pro-slavery figure

Winnipeg's Dalhousie School is changing its name to better reflect the diversity of its students — and distance itself from associations to a historical figure who was pro-slavery.

General Jun 25, 2026

Swiss collector eager to sell his collection of Indigenous artifacts back to communities

A Swiss collector who has amassed thousands of Indigenous artifacts says he is eager to have his collection repatriated back to the communities it has come from.

General Jun 25, 2026
McKenna would be ‘pumped’ to join Maple Leafs

McKenna would be ‘pumped’ to join Maple Leafs

Gavin McKenna saw the video evidence pretty quickly.

Sports Jun 25, 2026

MPI opens 2nd centre to manage hail claims after major storm

Manitoba Public Insurance has opened a second hail response centre to manage what it says is the largest number of claims ever received for a single-weather event.

General Jun 25, 2026
Reopening Portage and Main ‘a success,’ Winnipeg mayor says 1 year later

Reopening Portage and Main ‘a success,’ Winnipeg mayor says 1 year later

Winnipeg's iconic Portage and Main intersection was reopened to foot traffic nearly one year ago. Despite concerns shared by many, a minimal impact on traffic was reported.

Canada Jun 25, 2026
Last-minute touchdown keeps Elks unbeaten in 23-18 victory over Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Last-minute touchdown keeps Elks unbeaten in 23-18 victory over Winnipeg Blue Bombers

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers dropped to 1-2 on the season after a 23-18 loss to the Edmonton Elks on Thursday night.

Sports Jun 25, 2026