Manitoba residents forced to evacuate due to wildfires can now apply for financial assistance through the Wildfire Incidental Support Program.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the province is playing the waiting game as it looks to get thousands of wildfire evacuees into hotels.

Manitoba RCMP have arrested a 38-year-old woman following an incident involving a firearm in McCreary on Thursday.

The Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg is now home to a new pack of five grey wolves from the Greater Vancouver Zoo.