Jets drop pre-season opener to Wild
9:48 PM
The Winnipeg Jets have started off the pre-season with a 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild.
Defenceman Colin Miller and forward Colby Barlow scored for the home team at Canada Life Centre. Caedan Bankier, Daemon Hunt, Graeme Clarke, Jakub Lauko and Ben Jones replied for the visitors.
Jets goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 23 of 28 shots he faced, while Wild netminder Jesper Wallstedt turned aside 38 of 40 pucks.
Both teams, as expected, sat out the majority of their veterans to take a look at prospects and hopefuls.
Winnipeg returns to action on Sunday when a group of skaters travels to Edmonton to face the Oilers.
Bombers beat Elks for sixth straight win
8:52 PM
EDMONTON — Brady Oliviera scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns and finished with 127 yards on 18 carries to lead the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a 27-14 win over the Edmonton Elks in CFL action at Commonwealth Stadium Saturday night.
The Blue Bombers, winners of six straight, improved to 8-6-0 on the season while the Elks fell to 5-9-0.
Oliviera, who now has 1,021 yards on the season, reaching the 1,000-yard milestone for the third time in his career.
Ontaria Wilson, on a 20-yard pass from quarterback Zach Collaros, scored the other Winnipeg major.
Meanwhile, Eugene Lewis connected with Elks starting quarterback Tre Ford on a 31-yard pass-and-run touchdown.
Crews put out house fire on William Newton Avenue
7:57 PM
Crews extinguished a fire in a home on William Newton Avenue on Saturday.
Firefighters were sent to the two-storey house on the 400 block at 3:25 p.m., fought the fire from inside and declared the blaze under control at 4:59 p.m.
No one was inside. The cause is under investigation.
Bisons rally to beat Dinos, improve to 4-0
5:50 PM
Quarterback Jackson Tachinski rushed for a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to rally the visiting Manitoba Bisons to a 22-17 victory over the Calgary Dinos in Canada West university football action at McMahon Stadium Saturday afternoon.
The Bisons, who trailed 15-8 at the start of the fourth quarter, improved to 4-0 for the first time since their Vanier Cup-winning season of 2007. The Dinos fell to 1-3.
Man arrested after allegedly walking downtown with gun, drugs
12:04 PM
Winnipeg police have arrested a man who was allegedly walking downtown with a loaded firearm sticking out of a bag.
Police spoke with staff at a hotel on the 300 block of Kennedy Street at about 4:30 p.m. Friday, who said they saw the man walking by.
Officers stopped a 43-year-old Winnipeg man and seized a loaded .22-calibre rifle and ammunition. Police said they found nearly $2,000 worth of crack cocaine and methamphetamine on the man, who is facing various charges and was released on an undertaking.
Police arrest man after stolen motorcycle catches fire
11:39 AM
A 35-year-old man has been arrested after a stolen motorcycle he was refilling with gas suddenly caught fire Friday.
Police said the man moved the motorcycle — which was reported stolen in July — to a nearby dumpster on the 100 block of Salter Street while it burned at about 8:15 p.m.. The man ran off, and police found a suspect in a nearby taxi.
The man had Percocet, Xanax, and Gabapentin pills on him, as well as a weapon contrary to his court orders, said police.
He was detained in custody.
Centennial park officially reopens
11:36 AM
A park in the city’s Centennial neighbourhood officially reopened Saturday after a major redevelopment.
Some of the features added to Giizhigooweyaabikwe Park include a new half-court basketball court, community water fountain and upgraded lighting. The closed wading pool was demolished.
The budget for all project costs was about $355,500, the City of Winnipeg said in a news release Saturday. A celebration with elected officials from all three levels of government was held that morning.
The park, at 242 Lizzie St., was renamed in July 2018 to honour Indigenous inner-city activist Leslie Spillett. The name means Painted Sky Woman in Anishinaabemowin. A land-blessing ceremony was held in May 2023, before the redevelopment project.
Three facing charges after $70K worth of cocaine seized
11:26 AM
Three men are facing drug-trafficking charges after a traffic stop at St. Mary’s Road and Hull Avenue on Thursday.
The stop was part of an investigation by the Winnipeg Police Service’s guns and gangs unit that started in August.
Police seized about 834 individually wrapped grams of cocaine, 66 grams of packaged cocaine, drug packaging and trafficking materials, luggage, airline tickets and a stolen identification document. Nearly $2,000 in Canadian currency and two vehicles were also seized.
Police said the cocaine is linked to a trafficking network that operates interprovincially. The drugs, which police said had an estimated street value of $70,000, were destined for northern First Nations communities.
A 26-year-old from Winnipeg, a 24-year-old from Vita, and a 27-year-old from Penticton, B.C., were arrested.
Police are still investigating and ask anyone with more information about the network to contact the unit at 204-986-8430, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477 (TIPS) or winnipegcrimestoppers.org.
