WINNIPEG — It's more than three decades since Manitoba was in such dire peril that a premier took live to the airwaves to lay it on the line. But Premier Greg Selinger went live on television Friday evening, just hours before the province takes a de...

By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist May 13, 2011; 9:12 AM ET The yellow-shaded area on the above image from the Province of Manitoba's official website displays the area expected to be inundated by the deliberate dike breach. The area in...

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. — As early as noon Wednesday, excavators may sink their metal teeth into Manitoba's Provincial Road 331 to relieve some of the pressure from an engorged Assiniboine River. All eyes will be focused on the relief measure, whic...

WINNIPEG — Manitoba will punch a hole in a dike along the south side of the Assiniboine River east of Portage la Prairie and risk flooding 150 homes rather than take the chance an uncontrolled flood will swamp many more. That was the grim choice flo...

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government declared a state of emergency Monday as flood waters from the Assiniboine River threatened the city of Portage la Prairie, 80 kilometres west of Winnipeg, and the surrounding rural municipalities of Portage, Woodla...

BRANDON, Man. — Canada’s military has been dispatched to Manitoba to help battle the record-setting floods, officials said. Dimitri Soudas, a spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, confirmed Sunday that “our government would be sending the...

WINNIPEG — Widespread flooding in southern Manitoba this spring may have a beneficial effect on some aspects of the natural environment, even as it displaces people and disrupts commerce. The 2011 flood should be a boon to fish and aquatic invertebr...