The City of Winnipeg and the province reached an agreement in rapid transit funding; Regina has installed 33 security cameras in preparation for the Grey Cup on Sunday; plans for a decorative fence along Winnipeg's airport route have been tabled by city hall; a $6 million libel suit has been filed against Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi and a researcher from U of M has been awarded a prestigious pharmaceutical research award. Read More

City councillors in Winnipeg approved a $10,000 rebate for condo purchasers in the Exchange District; an Alberta MLA caught in a prostitution sting in Minnesota quits PC caucus; the Tourism Industry Association of Canada estimates that striking foreign service workers that process visitor visas have cost the country $280 million in lost tourism revenue; the 2013 Grey Cup in Regina has sold out out four months in advance and an informal committee in Saskatoon is discussing ways to exhibit Joni Mitchell artifacts. Read More

Sun Media closes 11 newspapers across Canada and terminates 360 positions; Alberta Health Services announce nearly 200 layoffs for nurses across the province; details on dubious government-funded experiments on aboriginals during Second World War have been revealed; Loblaws buys Shoppers Drug Mart for $12.4 billion and police have let media into the Lac-Megantic explosion for the first time. Read More

Calgary's state of local emergency will continue for at least another week; residents in High River are still unable to return home; Winnipeg's second phase of rapid transit grows in scope and cost; a Saskatoon seniors home throws a 1940s-themed prom for residents who missed out from the war and former Winnipeggers give first their Canadian interview about their daughter killed in Newtown. Read More

Power has been restored in half of Downtown Calgary; Northern SK flood evacuees have arrived in Saskatoon; Creswin Properties has unveiled their plans for a 28-storey tower north of Portage and Main in Winnipeg; a Winnipeg student has come forward about a harrowing, unprovoked attack on his life and Laurent Blanchard has been selected as Montreal's new interim mayor. Read More

Calgary begins flood clean up; AB premier Alison Redford pledges $1 billion in relief funding; SK prepares for floodwater moving east; a Winnipeg committee has approved traffic changes in downtown to accommodate proposed tower and Rob Ford attends his first Pride event after three years in office. Read More

The bar at the Albert in Winnipeg closes yet again; a state of emergency has been issued in Calgary and Canmore due to flooding; Saskatoon make plans for core neighbourhoods; Disney Canada partners with the Calgary Stampede to promote the upcoming film, The Lone Ranger and an explosion at a fireworks factory in Quebec kills at least two. Read More

Over 50 children taken by CFS in Manitoban Mennonite community; no progress on status of Nigerian university students set to be deported from Regina; a significant Métis historical artifact will be unveiled next month; Winnipeg will test malathion alternative for mosquito fogging and Montreal will name a new interim Mayor next Tuesday. Read More

Sled Island festival starts this afternoon in Calgary; Manitoba revises its math curriculum; a planning consultation on high profile Parcel Four in Winnipeg will be held tomorrow; a former Montrealer has been indicted for Nazi-era war crimes in Hungary and the CRTC prepares for a major review of regulations. Read More

Premiers from Canada's Western provinces met today in Winnipeg; chronic wasting disease gets worse in deer and elk in AB and SK, the RCMP create a tip line for off-road vehicle thefts; a $500,000 donation to the Winnipeg Zoo will be used to build a larger tiger enclosure and the Mayor of Montreal was arrested on corruption charges this morning. Read More

Flooding in Fort McMurray forces hundreds more to evacuate their homes; a large wastewater leak near Zama City, AB has affected more than 42 hectares, the Mayor of Selkirk, MB wants help in removing a derelict cruise ship that has sat dormant for 23 years; a Wendy's in Brandon, MB has abandoned their 9-patty T.Rex burger and the 62nd annual Red River Ex opens today in Winnipeg. Read More