Saskatchewan-Manitoba

The City of Regina is trying to convince the province to pony up $200 million to help build a new sports stadium in the capital city to kick-start a massive urban makeover.

The waiting, she noted, might be the hardest part. "It's like being a teenage girl sitting by the phone waiting for a call to the prom," she said.

"We are in the final stages of completing the official community plans for the three small urban municipalities," Mercer said. He also confirmed another rumour: a large U.S.

Brandon, Manitoba is attracting an average of 1,400 immigrants a year but the influx could be affected by new federal immigration standards.

The weather bomb of 2010 is finally receding from the minds of Manitobans.

Winnipeg's first family of fine French food is expanding. In Ferno's Bistro, a mainstay in French-speaking St. Boniface for the past decade, has opened a second location in primarily English River Heights.

The latest recruit to McKim Cringan George is one of the best-known athletes to come out of Manitoba in many years.

If it wasn't official before, it is now - Manitobans are sports crazy. There were more tickets sold to professional sporting events in the province in the past 12 months than in any year in the province's history. Nearly 1.

Portage Avenue has always been bustling with people in downtown Winnipeg but it has been restricted to street level - until now.

Saskatoon will lead Canada in economic growth this year and next, according to the Conference Board of Canada's spring metropolitan outlook. But Saskatchewan's largest city is still offering cash incentives to rental housing developers.