{"id":413762,"date":"2026-01-16T19:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/413762\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T19:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:35:11","slug":"rcmp-closes-part-of-trans-canada-highway-as-winter-conditions-worsen-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/413762\/","title":{"rendered":"RCMP closes part of Trans-Canada Highway as winter conditions worsen &#8211; Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Multiple major highways are closed around Winnipeg due to poor winter <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/driving-conditions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">driving conditions<\/a>, reduced visibility and a multi-vehicle collision, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/manitoba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manitoba<\/a> RCMP say.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The following highways are closed:<\/p>\n<p>Highway 1 from Headingley to Portage la PrairieHighway 1 from Portage la Prairie to Brandon (westbound)Highway 26Highway 75 from Morris to the U.S. borderHighway 276 from Ste.\u00a0Rose du Lac to Toutes Aides\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada issued a yellow alert Friday, warning drivers that <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/blowing-snow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blowing snow<\/a> has reduced visibility to near zero in some locations south and southeast of Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipeg.<\/p>\n<p>This alert will continue through Friday, expected to be lifted in the evening, the weather agency said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11613697\/doctors-note-height-westjet-seating\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768592110_724_f7bd6aed89e2f603ce6353697cb5168cecce719221ab266336d3e1bda6f5f0d7.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCouple seeks doctor\u2019s note for flight as WestJet speeds up cramped seating review\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11609961\/westjet-seat-legroom-transport-canada-regulation-gaps\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768592111_195_Westjet-new-seating-1.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tAngry over cramped WestJet seats? How backlash shows a regulation gap\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This comes as officers responded to a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 1 between Headingley and Portage la Prairie early Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Drivers on the road are advised to turn on their lights, slow down, maintain a safe following distance, and monitor alerts from Environment Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists are also urged to postpone travel and can use  to check conditions before heading out.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Multiple major highways are closed around Winnipeg due to poor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[173988,49,48,904,173987,44,149269],"class_list":{"0":"post-413762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-blowing-snow","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-manitoba","12":"tag-manitoba-highways","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-trans-canada-highway"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}