Jets fall 5-1 to Kings
9:44 PM
The Winnipeg Jets were beaten 5-1 by the Los Angeles Kings at Canada Life Centre.
Trevor Moore scored twice for the visitors, while Pierre-Luc Dubois, Arthur Kaliyev and Phillip Danault had the others.
Mark Scheifele scored Winnipeg’s lone goal with 76 seconds left in the game.
Winnipeg falls to 1-2-0, while Los Angeles improves to 1-1-1.
Cam Talbot stopped 26 of 27 shots, while Connor Hellebuyck stopped 24 of 29 shots in a losing effort.
A crowd of just 11,226 took in the game, which is the smallest crowd in Jets 2.0 history aside from pandemic-restricted crowds due to public health regulations in place at the time.
Jets trail Kings 2-0 through two periods
8:42 PM
The Winnipeg Jets trail the Los Angeles Kings 2-0 after two periods at Canada Life Centre.
Former Jets forward Pierre-Luc Dubois opened the scoring in the middle frame, and Trevor Moore doubled the lead a few minutes later.
Winnipeg is being outshot 21-18 through 40 minutes.
The Jets are without forward Gabriel Vilardi, who suffered a lower-body injury early in the first period and was quickly ruled out for the remainder of the game.
Jets, Kings tied 0-0 after one period
7:47 PM
The Winnipeg Jets and Los Angeles Kings are tied 0-0 after one period of play at Canada Life Centre.
Both teams had plenty of chances but couldn’t find the back of the net.
Shots are 14-9 in favour of the Jets through 20 minutes.
Winnipeg forward Gabriel Vilardi, facing his old team for the first time, suffered an apparent leg or knee injury early in the frame after being tripped by Blake Lizotte. He has been ruled out for the remainder of the game.
Vilardi hurt early in Jets game, ruled out for remainder
7:39 PM
Winnipeg Jets forward Gabriel Vilardi suffered a lower-body injury early in the first period of tonight’s game and has been ruled out for the remainder.
Vilardi was taken down by Los Angeles Kings forward Blake Lizotte, who received a two-minute tripping penalty, and fell awkwardly on his right knee.
Although he managed to make it to the bench without assistance, he was clearly in some pain.
Vilardi was facing his former team for the first time since the blockbuster trade last June which saw Pierre-Luc Dubois go to Los Angeles in exchange for Vilardi, Alex Iafallo and Rasmus Kupari.
Teens accused of break-and-enter of Easterville nursing station
3:33 PM
A group of teens are accused of busting into the nursing station in Easterville, stealing medications, a vehicle and a fire extinguisher that was then used to spray a dog in the face earlier this month.
Chemawawin RCMP were called about the break-in at the northern community’s nursing station at about 8:45 a.m. on Oct. 5.
Mounties say four suspects were caught on camera breaking into the station’s ambulance bay at about 2 a.m., before trying to break into the RCMP detachment, before giving up and going back to the nursing station. About an hour later, RCMP say, the suspects were caught on camera leaving the station with a television, some prescription medications and the fire extinguisher.
One of the suspects, police say, used the fire extinguisher to spray the dog, which appears to have ran away uninjured. The suspects then returned and stole a vehicle parked in front of the station.
Later on Oct. 5, RCMP from The Pas found the stolen vehicle on Highway 60 and arrested the driver, a 15-year-old boy, and determined three of the youth suspects had been arrested earlier that morning for a break-in at a mall in The Pas.
The 15-year-old has been charged with two counts of break and enter, theft of a vehicle, possession of a property obtained by crime, theft, mischief, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and causing animals unnecessary suffering.
Two 13-year-old boys were charged with two counts of break and enter, theft of a vehicle, theft and mischief.
A 19-year-old woman was charged with two counts of break and enter, theft of a vehicle, theft and mischief.
Churchill RCMP seek information on man’s movements before death
1:01 PM
Churchill RCMP are seeking information about what a man who died at a home in the northern town was doing prior to his demise.
Mounties say officers dispatched to what was reported as a medical call about a man being injured after a fall at a home on Bernier Street at about 8:35 p.m. on Saturday. The 32-year-old man, Peter McCullough, died of his injuries.
Mounties say local and major crimes RCMP officers are investigating the death and hope to find out what McCullough was doing before he was hurt.
RCMP ask anyone with information to call the Churchill detachment at 204-675-2551 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
Boy injured in drive-by shooting in downtown Winnipeg
11:07 AM
Two young people are facing charges after a boy was wounded in a drive-by shooting in downtown Winnipeg on Monday night.
The boy, whose age was not released, was shot by a male when people in a white van confronted a group near Main Street and Pacific Avenue shortly after 7 p.m., said police.
He was rushed to hospital in unstable condition and later upgraded to stable.
It was one of multiple “firearm-related incidents,” police said in a news release.
About 45 minutes later, police found the van abandoned in 400 block of Toronto Street.
Tactical support team members arrested a girl and a boy. Officers recovered a gun, said police.
The major crimes unit is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477.
The Manitoba Liberal Party has an interim leader
10:47 AM
The party’s only remaining MLA after the Oct. 3 election, Tyndall Park’s Cindy Lamoureux, has been appointed to lead until a new leader is chosen at a leadership convention to be held by April 2025, the party’s board of directors said in a news release Tuesday.
Lamoureux will serve as interim leader of the provincial party after the resignation of Dougald Lamont, who quit after losing his St. Boniface seat to the NDP’s Robert Loiselle. Long-time River Heights MLA Jon Gerrard also lost his seat, to the NDP’s Mike Moroz.
Lamoureux was first elected to the legislative assembly in 2016 and will be sworn in for her third term on Friday.
Man who died in custody had ‘trouble breathing,’ IIU says
10:06 AM
A man who died in police custody on Sunday night had “trouble breathing” while he was being arrested, the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba said.
The IIU sent a news release about the incident on Tuesday morning, about 22 hours after the Winnipeg Police Service announced the man’s death.
Officers were sent to the area of Broadway and Sherbrook Street at about 10:51 p.m. Sunday after receiving reports of a man acting erratically in traffic.
“During the male’s arrest, he began to have trouble breathing. The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service was on-site for an unrelated incident and immediately provided medical care,” the IIU release states.
The man was pronounced dead at Health Sciences Centre.
The IIU is asking witnesses or anyone with video of the incident to call 1-844-667-6060.
