Provincial News

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government issued a new, higher deficit projection Friday and announced financial audits of health authorities to crack down on what it called overspending.

REGINA — The union representing Saskatchewan teachers says it's planning a provincewide withdrawal of extracurricular activities next week as a labour dispute with the government continues.

BRANDON, Man. — Brett Hyland capped a run of four unanswered goals for Brandon and the Wheat Kings earned a 5-3 comeback win over the Moose Jaw Warriors on Thursday in Western Hockey League action.

Winnipeg's landmark intersection at Portage Avenue and Main Street will be reopening to pedestrian traffic after more than 40 years. Councillors voted 11-3 Thursday to reopen the intersection to pedestrians by the summer of 2025.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew formally apologized at the provincial legislature Thursday to two men who were switched at birth in a hospital almost 70 years ago and only late in life discovered their true identities.

REGINA — Premier Scott Moe's government is rejecting Opposition accusations its new budget hangs Saskatchewan residents out to dry when it comes to affordability.

WINNIPEG — Casey Bauman and Joel Dublanko don’t need their new-found dual citizenships to make them feel at home in Canada.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is promising big-ticket spending on health, education and communities along with no tax hikes and a $273-million deficit.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservatives say a government plan to ban anti-abortion protests near some health-care facilities should be expanded to cover more areas and all protests, including picket lines.

WINNIPEG — A disgraced former high school football coach apologized during a sentencing hearing for the "grief and shame" he caused to the nine students he sexually assaulted.