Spring whiteout hits downtown Winnipeg as thousands take to street for start of Jets’ playoff run

NHL playoff fever had the streets of downtown Winnipeg buzzing on Saturday, with thousands of fans flocking to watch their home team in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. On the ice at the Canada Life Centre, the Winnipeg Jets are facing the St. Louis Blues in the first match of their best-of-seven series. Outside…

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Winnipeg’s rock history put on the map as road gets honorary Bachman-Turner Overdrive name

A stretch of Winnipeg’s Disraeli Freeway has been given an honorary name to celebrate an iconic Canadian band that helped put Winnipeg on the rock ‘n’ roll map. The southernmost portion of street, running off Main Street, was officially given the commemorative name Bachman-Turner Overdrive during an unveiling ceremony on Friday morning. Last year, city council’s property committee…

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De Grasse’s Grand Slam Track participation a signal that it’s worth answering the series’ call

What did I think of Grand Slam Track’s inaugural event in Kingston, Jamaica? Three f-words pop up instantly. Fast. U.S. standouts Kenny Bednarek and Melissa Jefferson were a few tenths of a second off their Olympic-medal winning form, but they’re supposed to be. It’s April. They both looked race-ready anyway, claiming GST’s short sprint titles…

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Impose a pipeline on Indigenous nations? Not so fast, say Indigenous rights lawyers

Pipelines, pipelines, pipelines. Indigenous peoples came up just once during Wednesday’s French-language federal leaders’ debate, the first of two official debates before the vote, and the question was this: Would you impose a pipeline on Indigenous nations that don’t want it? First up was Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who sidestepped the question. “At the same…

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All-Montreal Victoire line in the spotlight for Canada at women’s hockey worlds

It took only six minutes into the first period of Canada’s first preliminary-round game at the women’s world championship for the first line to strike. The rookie, Jennifer Gardiner, scored her first career world-championship goal against Finland, thanks in part to a secondary assist from her linemate and captain, Marie-Philip Poulin. Veteran forward Laura Stacey…

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