- Winnipeg Sun

Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew appears to be urging his supporters to not be complacent. Opinion polls suggest the NDP has a strong lead over the governing Progressive Conservatives heading into the Oct. 3 election, but Kinew says the race is very close. He told supporters today that polls do not […]

The debate over parental rights has become a flashpoint in the upcoming Manitoba provincial election. The Progressive Conservatives are promising to strengthen parental rights while the Liberals and NDP have both denounced this pledge as a “dog whistle” to bigots. One reason this debate […]

If you’re a regular reader of this column or listen to my radio show at all, you know I’m a big animal lover. If you are too, there are a couple things happening this weekend you should know about. A Vote Animal Rally will be held at the legislature on Saturday at 2 p.m. Lori

Challenge any preconceptions of contemporary art and you may be rewarded with one helluva sleepless night. The latter is the intended interpretation of Nuit Blanche, the massive free festival celebrating and exploring contemporary art across the city that is the showcase piece of Culture Days […]

Give it up Is Theresa Tam so desperate to be back in the spotlight? I mean, really, wearing a mask and distancing herself from the person next to her? Is it May of 2020 or September of 2023? Give it up, Tam. We aren’t going to be scared into doing your bidding anymore. Anne Stern

It’s not a place you’d have found Cole Perfetti situated during his previous pair of training camps with the Winnipeg Jets. But as the final on-ice session was winding down on Thursday at hockey for all centre, Perfetti squared up to Jets captain Adam Lowry, hunched over with his stick […]

There’s a lengthy list of players that have come and gone during Mark Scheifele’s tenure as a member of the Winnipeg Jets. As Scheifele put it on Thursday, he’s lost a lot of friends in this business. Jacob Trouba, Andrew Copp and Eric Comrie immediately enter the mind. But even […]

It was quite a throng of media types that descended on Day 1 of Winnipeg Jets training camp on Thursday, more than two dozen armed with cameras, recorders, notebooks and questions. What did the inquiring minds want to know? Why, the state of mind of star players Connor Hellebuyck and Mark […]

A well-known LGBTQ+ advocate says he believes “1 Million March 4 Children” rallies held in Winnipeg and cities across Canada this week were far more about a political ideology than protecting children. On Wednesday, what was billed as the “1 Million March 4 Children” saw […]

The Winnipeg Jets have signed their top 2023 draft pick to a three-year, entry-level contract worth $1.2 million per season. Colby Barlow was Winnipeg’s first-round pick, 18th overall, in the NHL Draft this summer, after a 46-goal, 79-point (in 59 games) season with Owen Sound of the Ontario […]