Manitoba

Ontario will soon allow turban-wearing Sikhs to ride motorcycles without helmets, joining three other provinces in providing the exemption.

A First Nations children's advocate says Indigenous kids are still not being treated equally because provinces and territories are shirking their responsibilities.

After following the evolution of the Energy East pipeline project proposal for years, I thought I had documented a large part of this epic political saga, writes National Observer managing editor Mike De Souza. But then I read Jacques Poitras’s riveting account of the story in his new book, Pipe Dreams: The Fight for Canada's Energy Future.

A Manitoba MLA and former federal cabinet minister is taking a page from Maxime Bernier's playbook and becoming the leader of a new party.

Indigenous people continue to suffer from racism connected to hydroelectric development in northern Manitoba, the grand chief for the area said two weeks after a review found abuse and violence dating back to the 1960s.

News of a deal to sell and repair a Manitoba town's broken rail line means more than just a return to reasonably priced groceries and easier access for visitors to the polar bear capital of Canada.

The City of Toronto now has $11 million in its coffers from the federal government to pay down some costs it has incurred dealing with an influx of irregular border crossers.

Weathered was good for the evacuation of more than 1,000 people from two First Nations communities threatened by forest fires in northern Manitoba.

Alberta is to allow turban-wearing Sikhs to ride motorcycles without helmets.

Manitoba residents will be paying just over five cents more for a litre of gas after the carbon tax kicks in Sept. 1., but the province has promised that all its revenues will eventually be returned to Manitobans through tax reductions.

A woman is taking the permanent helm of the RCMP for the first time ever, a move Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says will promote gender equality at an organization plagued by complaints of sexual discrimination and workplace bullying.

A new wave of mainstream Indigenous politicians in Canada is seeking to harness anger about the Colten Boushie verdict into a unifying call for action.

As the race to produce enough cannabis for the soon-to-be-legal market gets increasingly crowded, licensed producers are setting their sights on the next frontier in the race for maximum pot profitability: developing retail stores.

Joelle Saltel−Allard said Stan Struthers, a former cabinet minister, used to touch her when she worked as his press secretary between 2009 and 2011.

A new Crown corporation aimed at promoting energy efficiency in Manitoba is to be operating later this year, although its budget, staffing levels and other details have yet to be worked out.