Manitoba News

WINNIPEG — Stanley Bryant is staying put. The CFL's outstanding lineman last season signed a one-year extension with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday. The six-foot-five, 313-pound Bryant was slated to become a free agent next month.

WINNIPEG — Myrna Driedger, the speaker of the Manitoba legislature and one of the chamber's longest-serving members, announced Wednesday she will not seek another term in the election scheduled for Oct. 3.

WINNIPEG — Sam Gagner showed he can make a heads-up move while playing in his 1,002 NHL career game.

WINNIPEG — Another Manitoba Progressive Conservative has announced he will not seek re-election. Alan Lagimodiere says he will not run again in his Selkirk seat due to personal family reasons.

WINNIPEG — A man is facing murder charges after two people died in a Winnipeg apartment fire on Christmas morning. Police say two were fires were started in a suite in the apartment block in the city's downtown.

WINNIPEG — An online fundraiser by the losing candidate in the 2021 Manitoba Progressive Conservative leadership race did not violate any financing rules, elections commissioner Bill Bowles has ruled.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Police Service says the president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is facing charges that include attempting to obstruct justice, following his admission in 2021 that he hired a private investigator to follow

WINNIPEG — Ben Zloty scored 44 seconds into overtime and the Winnipeg ICE defeated the Saskatoon Blades 2-1 in a battle of Western Hockey League powers on Saturday.

WINNIPEG — Many youths have passed through the doors of 605 Main St., a one-storey building with a red brick facade that leaders of local grassroots organizations maintain.

WINNIPEG — Daniel Hauser earned a 23-save shutout as the Winnipeg Ice defeated the Saskatoon Blades 2-0 on Friday. Evan Friesen and Ty Nash scored for Western Conference-leading Winnipeg (27-5-0).