Manitoba News

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets acquired forward Nino Niederreiter from the Nashville Predators on Saturday in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft.

BRANDON, Man. — Connor Bedard scored with less than two minutes remaining in the third period to lift the visiting Regina Pats past the Brandon Wheat Kings 4-3 in Western Hockey League action on Friday night.

WINNIPEG — J.T. Compher liked what four days between games did for the Colorado Avalanche.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government announced an end to a seven-year freeze on its unconditional grants to municipalities Friday, addressing a long-standing complaint from civic leaders ahead of a provincial election.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba has become the sixth province to sign on to a new health-care funding proposal with the federal government.

WINNIPEG — The longtime artistic director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet says he will step down from the role in 2025, ending a 50-year career with Canada's oldest ballet company.

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg man is trying to launch a class-action lawsuit against the Manitoba government that alleges it overcharged people an estimated $36 million in photo radar tickets.

WINNIPEG — A film sharing the stories of Ukrainian artists surviving the ongoing Russian invasion will be on display at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to markthe one-year anniversary of the start of the war.

WINNIPEG — Shannon Martin, a longtime backbencher who says he has at times rubbed people the wrong way, has become the latest Manitoba Progressive Conservative to decide not to run in the provincial elected slated for Oct. 3.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is increasing funding for some programs that provide health and social support for seniors. The province is adding $12.6 million a year to a program that helps people co-ordinate and manage their home-care services.