CJOB Local News

Power restored in West Kildonan area

Power was out for less than an hour Friday night for about 72 hundred Manitoba Hydro customers in West Kildonan and parts of East Kildonan.. Hydro spokesperson Anita Mitchell says the cause was a pole top fire around 7:30pm.. She says this problem is...

13 Arrested on Drug Charges In Project Deplete

13 people have been arrested and over 1 million dollars in drugs seized after a major operation was executed Friday by the Manitoba Organized Crime Task Force. The operation - called Project Deplete was conducted by Winnipeg Police, Brandon Police and RCMP...

Unemployment Numbers Steady in Manitoba

Manitoba's Trade Minister is encouraged by the latest unemployment figures. Unemployment in Manitoba held steady at 5.4 percent last month while the national rate increased. Peter Bjornson says Manitoba has the 3rd lowest unemployment rate in the country....

Wire-Tap Evidence from Stobbe Trial

CJOB has obtained the following audio exhibit played before the jury at the second degree murder trial of Mark Stobbe. The following is the full phone conversation between Betty Rowbotham and Mark Stobbe after Betty Rowbotham was told by police they believe...

Jets Plates Running Low

Time is running out for fans to buy Winnipeg Jets specialty license plates. True North Foundation Executive Director Dwayne Green says there are only 2-thousand left, and they won't be re-ordering more when they run out. Green says they'll re-assess th...

Funding For Arts Groups

11 community-based organizations in Manitoba will benefit from 400-thousand dollars from the Manitoba government earmarked for the Arts. The Manitoba Theatre for Young People, the Flin Flon Arts Council and the West End Cultural Centre are among the groups...

Bloodvein First Nation Getting Access Road

Chief Roland Hamilton of the Bloodvein First Nation couldn't be more pleased. Funding has fallen into place, to proceed with the construction of an access road to connect the First Nation to Manitoba's all-season road network. The project itself will cre...

Fog Not Bothering Airport Operations

Snowstorms in other major centres are mostly to blame for any delays in arrivals today at Winnipeg's Richardson International Airport. The airport is currently running on a reduced visibility operation status. But a spokeswoman there says the fog isn't hav...

Crash on the south Perimeter

CJOB's Brian Barkley arrived at a crash on the south Perimeter Highway at about 10 o'clock this morning:

Heavy Fog conditions prevail

Perhaps the thickest fog we've seen in the last three days is continuing to hover over the southern half of the province this morning, obscuring traffic on the province's highways... The provincial highways department warns that some bridges are frost-cove...