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WINNIPEG — More than 1,000 vulnerable residents in northern Manitoba have been sent south as wildfire smoke encroaches on some First Nations communities.

WINNIPEG — RCMP say the body of a third missing hunter has been found in a lake in Manitoba. They say searchers discovered the 29-year-old in Lake Winnipeg on Sunday.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government says measures to monitor and assess foreign interference threats will be part of all future federal byelections, not just general elections.

OTTAWA — A pair of federal byelections will be held in September to fill vacant seats in Quebec and Manitoba, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Sunday.

WINNIPEG — A steam locomotive made in 1882 and billed as Canada's oldest operating one is in need of some tender loving care, and the volunteers who have kept it running on a vintage railway north of Manitoba's capital are raising funds for the fixup

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have defenceman Simon Lundmark on a one-year, two-way contract extension, the NHL club announced Friday. The contract has an average annual value of US$775,000 at the NHL level.

WINNIPEG — A longtime fixture in the Manitoba music scene who has played with legendary artists including Frank Sinatra has been awarded the province's highest honour.

WAYWAYSEECAPPO FIRST NATION — First Nations chiefs in Manitoba have voted to keep Cathy Merrick as the leader of the organization that represents the majority of First Nations in the province.

THE PAS — A Manitoba RCMP officer has been charged after a woman complained she was assaulted during a domestic call last year. Police were called to a home in The Pas in September after receiving reports of a dispute between two women.

OTTAWA — The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs criticized the federal government for reducing funds to search the grounds of former residential schools, saying in a statement they are profoundly disappointed and outraged.