Jets down Stars 3-0
9:34 PM
Laurent Brossoit stopped all 25 shots he faced as the Winnipeg Jets blanked the Dallas Stars 3-0 on Thursday night.
It’s the fifth straight victory for the club, which is now 49-24-6 on the year. Dallas falls to 50-21-9.
Nikolaj Ehlers, David Gustafsson and Mark Scheifele (into an empty net) scored for Winnipeg, which is a perfect 3-0-0 on this Central Division road trip that ends Saturday in Denver.
The Jets and Colorado Avalanche are tied for second spot and likely to face each other in the first round. Home ice advantage is very much up for grabs, as each team has three games left including the head-to-head. Winnipeg owns the tiebreaker.
Spring — and dust — in the air
2:50 PM
A fair bit of dust is in the forecast for Winnipeg over the next six weeks.
The city is sending more than 500 workers and 300 pieces of equipment out beginning Sunday in the welcome annual effort to rid the streets, sidewalks, boulevards, medians and parks of the grime and detritus left by winter.
Residents are advised to pay attention to temporary no parking signs placed by cleanup crews, as they risk $150 tickets and being towed.
The city’s curbside yard waste collection begins the weeks of April 29 and May 6, depending on whether properties are located in waste collection area A or B. Winnipeggers are asked not to rake yard waste material onto streets, which can plug drains and cause other problems.
More information on the cleanup effort is available at winnipeg.ca/springcleanup, the Know Your Zone app and winnipeg.ca/yardwaste and winnipeg.ca/collectioncalendar.
Driver killed in wrong-way crash on north Perimeter Highway
2:07 PM
A Winnipeg man is dead after a pickup truck going the wrong way on the north Perimeter Highway crashed in the area of Lagimodiere Boulevard.
RCMP were called about an eastbound truck in the westbound lanes at about 4:40 a.m. and were headed there when they were told about a crash at that location.
Officers found the truck in a westbound lane. The driver and lone occupant of the vehicle, a 34-year-old man, was transported to hospital and pronounced dead.
Mounties said the truck hit a concrete divider at what appeared to be a high rate of speed.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash. Mounties are investigating.
Five hurt in crash, drivers might have been racing or chasing each other: RCMP
1:20 PM
Five people were taken to hospital with serious injuries after two vehicles police said might have been “racing or chasing each other” collided outside Winnipeg on Wednesday night.
The collision happened at about 8:15 p.m. on Raleigh Street just south of Pritchard Farm Road in the Rural Municipality of East St. Paul.
Witnesses told Mounties they saw a grey Nissan pickup truck and a grey Dodge Ram 1500 driving erratically and at very high speeds on the street shortly before the crash.
Security video of the collision circulating on social media showed the vehicles flip over multiple times and into a ditch.
The driver of the Nissan, a 29-year-old man, and the occupants of the Dodge Ram — men ages 37, 30 and 26; and a 23-year-old woman — were taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Mounties said Thursday that were there were “numerous witnesses,” but RCMP are asking anyone with information about the crash or video of it to contact Selkirk RCMP at 204-482-1222, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 or manitobacrimestoppers.com.
No charges have been laid so far, RCMP said.
Doctors’ orgs show public support for recruitment target
1:18 PM
Representatives from physicians’ organizations and regulatory bodies are backing the provincial government’s “ambitious goal” to add 100 net-new physicians to Manitoba’s workforce this year.
Leaders from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the College of Family Physicians, Doctors Manitoba and Shared Health publicly expressed their support for the target during a government news conference Thursday afternoon, saying the goal is achievable.
Sea Bears draft hometown university stars
1:08 PM
The Winnipeg Sea Bears plucked a pair of local products during today’s Canadian Elite Basketball League draft.
Winnipeg is bringing back the league’s U SPORTS player of the year, University of Manitoba Bisons star Simon Hildebrandt, who was taken in the first round (eighth overall). The Sea Bears used their third-round selection (28th overall) to welcome University of Winnipeg Wesmen standout Shawn Maranan.
Tyler Sagle of Lakehead University (Thunder Bay, Ont.) is also returning to the Sea Bears. He was taken in the second round (13th overall).
Hildebrandt averaged 5.9 points and 3.1 rebounds in 20.6 minutes per contest for Winnipeg in 2023, the team’s inaugural CEBL campaign.
Maranan was a Canada West second-team all-star.
The Sea Bears open training camp Monday, May 13 before they head to Saskatchewan to take on the Rattlers in their season-opener May 22.
Health Canada recalls ceramic plates sold by WSO
11:23 AM
Health Canada has ordered a recall of ceramic plates that tests have found trace amounts of lead over government-approved limits.
The recall affects the William Monague plate set PLT015 with the barcode UPC772665860151 from Canadian Art Prints and Winn Devon Art Group Inc.
Among those who have sold the plates are the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s Volunteer Committee, which in a release advise customers to seek a refund from Canadian Art Prints and Wind Devon Art Group and destroy the plates.
The companies can be called, toll-free, at 1-800-663-1166, ext. 334 or 323, or by email at [email protected].
Winnipeg Football Club boasts $5.7-million operating profit
10:32 AM
The operators of the Blue Bombers released the club’s 2023 annual report today, recording an overall operating profit of $5.7 million.
The Winnipeg Football Club said revenue totalled $50.5 million last, an increase of $5.1 million (11.2 per cent) over 2022. The increase was owing to record-high revenue levels for gate receipts, merchandise and concessions.
“Financially, 2023 was another very strong year for the Winnipeg Football Club,” said president and CEO Wade Miller in a statement. “Credit goes to our season ticket members, corporate partners and fans for the crucial role they play in the success of our club, both on and off the field.”
Gate receipts soared to $15.1 million, up 9.6 per cent over ’22.
The Bombers had a successful regular season but fell short of their goal, losing the Grey Cup to the Montreal Alouettes.
The WFC recorded a loss on its pro soccer squad, Valour FC, of $1.25 million.
Woman, teenage girl arrested in carjack attempts
9:14 AM
A 35-year-old woman and a teenage girl have been charged after two attempted carjackings in a Sterling Lyon Parkway parking lot Tuesday.
Two suspects approached a vehicle in the parking lot, pulled the 52-year-old female driver out of the vehicle and assaulted her at about 5:20 p.m. Before this, suspects tried to steal a 77-year-old man’s car in a nearby parking lot, with one suspect attacking the driver and the other entering the passenger side looking for items to steal. They were unable to pull him out of his vehicle.
Both victims suffered minor injuries. The adult suspect was arrested while trying to flee the parking lot, police said. The teenager was arrested Wednesday.
Both suspects have been charged with robbery and were released on an undertaking.
Man shot during attempted gun transaction on McPhillips Street
8:50 AM
A man trying to sell a gun was shot multiple times Monday night.
Officers found the 20-year-old victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on the 1000 block of McPhillips Street at about 10 p.m. and gave him emergency medical care. He was taken to hospital, where his condition was upgraded to stable.
Investigators were told the victim had met with the suspects to complete a firearm sale. The victim was selling the gun legally and had proper documentation to own and sell the firearm, police said.
When the victim became suspicious of the buyers, one of the suspects took out his own gun and shot multiple rounds into the victim’s car as he drove away.
The suspects fled before police arrived. They are described as a white man in his 20s in a white hoodie and a man in his 30s wearing dark clothing and carrying a long gun.
Police are asking anyone with information about the incident, or security or dash-cam video that might help investigators, to call 204-986-6219, or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477 (TIPS) or winnipegcrimestoppers.org.
Woman stabbed at Osborne Village bus stop
8:41 AM
A woman was stabbed as she waited for a bus in Osborne Village on Monday night.
The victim, in her 30s, was waiting at a bus shelter at River Avenue and Osborne Street at about 7 p.m. when a man approached her and an argument erupted, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release Thursday.
As the argument escalated, the victim was punched in the face and then stabbed as the man tried to steal her bag, police said.
The victim was able to board a bus and contacted police. A suspect with a knife was arrested nearby, police said.
A 48-year-old Winnipeg man is facing charges of robbery, assault with a weapon, uttering threats and unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted weapon. Police did not release his name. The man was released from custody.
