A 28-year-old man has been arrested after two men in their 30s were stabbed in downtown Winnipeg on Friday.

Eight families have lost their home after a firelevelled a multi-unit building in a northern Manitoba First Nation that has no equipment to fight such blazes, says the chief of Shamattawa First Nation.

Dr. Joss Reimer, the chief medical officer for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and a physician who became a familiar face to Manitobans during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been voted president-elect by the Canadian Medical Association.

How the pandemic affected the Indigenous tourism industrywas on the mind for many attendees at the International Indigenous Tourism Conference in Winnipeg this week the first time the event has been held since 2019, prior to the emergence of COVID-19.

The Manitoba governments announcement that it is increasing the budget for family violence support prevention programs by $2 million is being well-received by womens resource centres.

The Equal Housing Initiative is transforming the McLaren Hotel into 150 tiny homes for its residents in a community strategy that combines social supports from Winnipeg-based organizations along with the hotels supportive housing initiative.

Leaders representing 15 First Nations in northern Manitoba are singing the praises of a newpartnership,which they hope can fill some gaps in emergency service while helping their communities take control of their health care.