🏈 Sports
- Zach Collaros intends to play Saturday vs. Calgary despite recent head injury. Collaros was a full participant Thursday after his first close-to-a-month practice Wednesday and is listed as questionable for Saturday’s pivotal game against the Calgary Stampeders; he missed the Bombers’ last two games and the team trails Calgary by two points for the final playoff spot with three games remaining.
- Kyle Connor's last-minute goal gives Jets a 3-2 win over Avalanche. Connor scored the decisive goal in the final moments to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche, according to game reports.
- Permanent daylight time forces later NHL starts for Manitoba teams, including seven 9 p.m. games for Edmonton and eight for Calgary. Manitoba’s decision to remain on daylight saving time shifts kickoff windows for the Winnipeg Jets and other western teams, altering eight Flames home starts (including Dec. 26 and Jan. 16) and seven Oilers games to 9 p.m. local starts this season.
🏛️ Government & Politics
- MPI flags widespread rideshare insurance non-compliance, halting about 3,000 drivers. Manitoba Public Insurance reported roughly 3,000 Winnipeg drivers were temporarily stopped from operating rideshares between February and August due to incorrect coverage, and MPI identified 36 claims worth about $189,000 linked to improper rideshare insurance.
- Manitoba funding will place a dedicated RCMP officer to investigate cattle theft after 57 reported incidents (2021–2025). Justice Minister Matt Wiebe announced provincial funding for a dedicated cattle officer to tackle 57 reported cases of theft and fraud in the cattle industry from 2021 to 2025; the government did not disclose program cost but aims to fill the position as soon as possible.
- Orphaned polar bear cub from Churchill now viewable at Assiniboine Park Zoo; naming poll opens. The cub arrived in August, is under one year old, and is housed at the Leatherdale International Polar Bear Conservation Centre after care by zoo veterinary and animal-care teams who say he’s adapting and is ready for public visits.
📰 Also Today
- Seven horses killed on B.C. highway while travelling to a championship, reports say.
- New low-cost grocery store opens in Elmwood neighbourhood with a formal grand opening.
- Selkirk school renamed for Murray Sinclair, late Manitoba judge and senator.
- Labour group seeks independent review of Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba over injury rates.
- Klein pledges to restore bus stops and service hours cut in Winnipeg Transit overhaul.
- Son of peace activist demands mother's name not used to justify Oct. 7 killings in Gaza.
- Winnipeggers march in support of Israel three years after Oct. 7 attacks.
- Teen accused in school sword attack praised Nazis, planned mass murder, court hears.
- Clinic head warns delayed pediatric hospital unit opening could hamper southern Manitoba recruitment.
- Winnipeg police HQ inquiry completes final report and has sent it to the printer.
- Brandon property owners frustrated they can't vote on downtown revitalization plans.
- Three hopefuls declared for Flin Flon mayoral race.
- Steinbach company uses AI for supply-chain management across breweries to aerospace.
- Toronto-born poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature.
- Winnipeg sex offender sentenced to 15 years for child abuse after name change evaded family detection.
- Don't use my mother's name to justify killing in Gaza, son of activist says (repeat entry).
