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When it comes to the multi-part melodrama that is the Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes franchise, Rick Bowness stands alone. Bowness is the only person on the planet who has coached the original Winnipeg Jets, the Phoenix Coyotes and the reincarnated Jets. Oh, and for good measure he also played for […]

Winnipeg Ice AAA women’s hockey coach Eugene Kaminksy admits he has to be careful sometimes when it comes to star player Stefanie Jacob. “About pointing her out all the time and using Stef as an example of this and using Stef as an example of that,” Kaminsky said. A glance at the […]

Going into the playoffs, we know keeping the puck out of their own net is the Winnipeg Jets’ bread and butter. But do they have enough jam? The answer to that question is likely to determine how far into the spring this team goes. A year ago, they ran out of the stuff early in

While the Winnipeg Jets wound up a few points ahead and wrestled away home-ice advantage from the Colorado Avalanche, there’s not that much to separate these two elite hockey teams.   The Avalanche have the NHL’s most explosive offence, a world-class defenceman and the intangible […]

Structure, commitment to the game’s defensive side, and depth. The Winnipeg Jets possess these three components and will have to lean on them against the Colorado Avalanche beginning in Game 1 on Sunday if they’re to move on from the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs against the […]

A close look at how the Winnipeg Jets and Colorado Avalanche stack up for their first-round NHL playoff series. The best-of-seven starts Sunday at Winnipeg’s Canada Life Centre and features two of the league’s most prolific teams. Colorado is the top offensive team in the NHL, Winnipeg […]

For the second straight year, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers went over the salary cap during the 2023 CFL season.  The Bombers were one of three teams to go over the cap, exceeding the $5.525 million ceiling by $25,947. They will pay a dollar-for-dollar fine for the infraction, but because they did […]

New taxes on capital gains mean more capital pains for Canadians as they endure another tax-grabbing, heavy-spending federal deficit budget. The inclusion rate increases to 66%, up from 50%, on capital gains above $250,000 for people and on all capital gains for corporations and trusts. The change […]

The last Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup was the 1993 Montreal Canadiens. Not to jinx anything but many hockey fans believe the 31-year drought could come to an end this summer and it might just be the Winnipeg Jets to do it. Don’t believe a new Angus Reid poll that says only 4%

Most in this town may be thinking about the Winnipeg Jets’ immediate future, specifically the looming Stanley Cup playoffs and their first-round opponent, the Colorado Avalanche. But Game 82 of Winnipeg’s regular season was one for a long-term future — the kids. Nikita Chibrikov, […]