Evacuation orders issued, states of local emergency declared as Manitoba wildfires grow | School bus rear-ends tractor in southern Manitoba, sending 8 kids to hospital | Province warns of new measles exposure sites in southwestern Manitoba
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
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Evacuation orders issued, states of local emergency declared as Manitoba wildfires grow; A highway near a wildfire in the Bird River area in southeastern Manitoba was closed on Tuesday, May 13, 2025\.

Evacuation orders issued, states of local emergency declared as Manitoba wildfires grow

May 13 , 2025 at 11:07:43 a.m. CST • :

Evacuation orders have been issued for a number of Manitoba communities and states of local emergency declared for several provincial parks as wildfires burn thousands of hectares of land across the province.

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School bus rear-ends tractor in southern Manitoba, sending 8 kids to hospital; RCMP said they received a report of a collision near the intersection of Road 37 West and Road 43 North in the rural municipality of Grey at around 9 a\.m\. on Tuesday\.

School bus rear-ends tractor in southern Manitoba, sending 8 kids to hospital

May 13 , 2025 at 02:13:21 p.m. CST • :

Eight children were sent to hospital with minor injuries on Tuesday morning after a school bus rear-ended a tractor in southern Manitoba.

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Province warns of new measles exposure sites in southwestern Manitoba; Twenty confirmed measles cases have been reported in Manitoba so far this year\.

Province warns of new measles exposure sites in southwestern Manitoba

May 13 , 2025 at 03:38:05 p.m. CST • :

The Manitoba government is warning the public about a series of measles exposures in southwestern Manitoba last week.

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Kinew deflects concerns over education tax hikes; A woman writes on a piece of paper in a binder

Kinew deflects concerns over education tax hikes

May 12 , 2025 at 07:06:13 p.m. CST • :

The Opposition Progressive Conservatives went after the NDP government for education property tax increases during question period on Monday, which led the premier to talk instead about education funding.

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RCMP officer shoots woman during disturbance on Trans-Canada Highway; Officers responded to reports of a person walking in and out of traffic on Highway 1, near Road 88 West, on Monday night, police said\.

RCMP officer shoots woman during disturbance on Trans-Canada Highway

May 13 , 2025 at 11:51:42 a.m. CST • :

A woman is in hospital after she was shot by an RCMP officer responding to calls about a disturbance on the Trans-Canada highway.

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Riley Laychuk's Manitoba forecast for Tuesday, May 13, 2025; Winnipeg is forecast to reach 36 degrees this afternoon with a mainly sunny sky\.  

May 13 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. CST • :

Riley Laychuk's Manitoba forecast for Tuesday, May 13, 2025

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Carney shows 10 ministers from his first cabinet the door; From left, former energy and natural resources minister Jonathan Wilkinson, former president of the Treasury Board Ginette Petitpas Taylor and former defence minister Bill Blair are no longer in cabinet\.  

May 13 , 2025 at 11:47:02 a.m. CST • :

Carney shows 10 ministers from his first cabinet the door

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Grass fire damages multiple commercial businesses in Winnipeg's Transcona area; Fire crews in Winnipeg and the rural municipality of Springfield responded to a grass fire along Gunn Road in the Transcona neighbourhood on Monday afternoon\.  

May 12 , 2025 at 02:38:36 p.m. CST • :

Grass fire damages multiple commercial businesses in Winnipeg's Transcona area

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Fire in east Winnipeg exposed area that is 'ticking time bomb': city councillor; The burned-out shell is all that remains of a car at Oluspe Autos and Parts on Gunn Road\.  

May 13 , 2025 at 11:30:55 a.m. CST • :

Fire in east Winnipeg exposed area that is 'ticking time bomb': city councillor

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Monday heat in Winnipeg breaks 67-year record; Heat waves can quickly turn deadly with data showing that more lives are likely to be lost in the first heat waves of the year in places like Europe and North America, an Environment and Climate Change Canada climatologist says\.  

May 12 , 2025 at 04:34:25 p.m. CST • :

Monday heat in Winnipeg breaks 67-year record

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May 13 , 2025 at 03:39:55 p.m. CST • :

Violent sex offender expected to live in Winnipeg a high risk to reoffend: police

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May 12 , 2025 at 05:47:52 p.m. CST • :

Residents asked to evacuate as wildfire threatens RM of Alexander for 2nd time in recent weeks

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May 11 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. CST • :

Home sellers hid foundation cracks with storage containers, buyers' lawsuit alleges

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May 13 , 2025 at 08:32:39 a.m. CST • :

Thompson city council moves to restore comments at meetings after public outcry

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May 10 , 2025 at 10:37:22 a.m. CST • :

1 person jumps from building, another left dangling from window after fire at Winnipeg apartment block

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