Dorota Blumczynska didn’t even need to look at the Manitoba Museum’s bank accounts to know it couldn’t afford to buy the royal charter that formed Canada’s oldest business when the Hudson’s Bay Company faltered last year. “Our acquisition budget as a museum has a balance of just over $4,000,” the museum CEO said Monday. “Regrettably,…
Southern Manitoba saw a wild night of storms, with monsoon-like downpours, one confirmed tornado and vehicles abandoned on flooded roads. Stonewall was hit the hardest by the rain. The town, just north of Winnipeg, had more than 255 millimetres reported as of 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network…
Power is out for tens of thousands of people in southern Manitoba, including parts of Winnipeg, after a severe storm moved through the region, with flooding and potential tornadoes also reported. Tuesday night’s system was the latest to make its way through the province, with heavy rain, high winds and hail reported by Environment Canada….
When Hudson’s Bay faltered last year, Manitoba Museum CEO Dorota Blumczynska didn’t even need to look at the institution’s bank accounts to know it couldn’t afford to buy the royal charter that formed Canada’s oldest business. “Our acquisition budget as a museum has a balance of just over $4,000,” she said Monday. “Regrettably, it was nowhere in…
Manitoba’s government spoke last fall with U.S. energy advisers about developing a hyperscale AI data centre near Winnipeg and using private capital to build an $18-billion hydroelectric generating station on the Nelson River, documents obtained by CBC News show. Premier Wab Kinew says a massive data centre is no longer on the table but he…
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Kurt Wittin has gone by many names, but his former customers reserve their harshest for the man they allege charged them…
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A tornado warning issued for Winnipeg has been lifted — one of a series of warnings that covered southern Manitoba on…
A Manitoba community is filling sandbags to help homes and businesses after it experienced “significant” flooding from a rainstorm on Monday morning. The Town of Swan River in western Manitoba said in a post late Monday it was asking for volunteers to help. Swan River’s industrial park and the south end of town are among the…
More severe weather on the horizon I’m Caitlyn Gowriluk, a reporter at CBC Manitoba. We’re continuing to cover severe flooding in western Manitoba today, where people were stranded on rooftops yesterday and roads have been washed away. Environment and Climate Change Canada says the community of Minitonas, about 375 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, received the…
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Flood-hit western Manitoba, where people were stranded on rooftops and roads have been washed away, could be in for another round…