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Blue Bombers gear up for rookie camp with pair of additions
With rookie camp just a month away, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers added two American players to their roster on Wednesday, one ...
Sea Bears get Young: NBA G-leaguer coming to Winnipeg
Another player from the NBA’s developmental league is coming to Winnipeg. Solomon Young has signed with the Sea Bears of the ...
Canada implements 25% retaliatory tariff on U.S. vehicles
On April 9, 2025, Canada implemented a 25% tariff on certain U.S.-made vehicles. This action is in direct response to the ...
Record profits, as Blue Bombers business continues to boom
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers turned a record profit of $7 million last year, better even than the $5.7 million they turned in 2023 and the $4.9 million they banked in ’22. The Bombers became the CFL’s ...
Opinion
GOLD: Parents blindsided as Winnipeg axes school bus charters
On March 25, the Winnipeg School Division clued parents in that bus charters were disappearing, but Superintendent Matt Henderson intimated he had just been clued in himself.
City of Winnipeg adds 5 in-person open houses to discuss zoning changes
The City of Winnipeg has announced five additional in-person open houses to discuss proposed citywide zoning changes aimed at addressing the city’s housing shortage. These sessions provide residents ...
Province commits $5M to YMCA-YWCA downtown redevelopment
The Manitoba government is contributing $5 million to the YMCA-YWCA Winnipeg as part of a plan to overhaul its Downtown ...
Trans athletes are under more scrutiny than ever. Some have found a safe space in gymnastics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs gave Hung safe harbor. The stated mission of the steadily growing organization that includes more than 2,500 athletes and 160 clubs across ...
ACLU files lawsuit to stop deportation of three Venezuelans held in Texas
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Texas filed a class action civil lawsuit Tuesday in defense of three Venezuelans who are at risk of removal from the U.S. under a ...
Who is Friedrich Merz, the man set to be the next German chancellor?
Merz launched his political comeback after Merkel stepped down as CDU leader in 2018 and announced that she wouldn’t seek a fifth term of chancellor. However, he was narrowly defeated by centrist ...
Russia expels 2 Romanian diplomats in a tit-for-tat move
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday announced the expulsion of two military diplomats from the Romanian Embassy in a tit-for-tat move a month after Romania expelled two Russian ...
Winnipeg Blue Bombers posted $7-million operating profit last season
WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers posted a $7-million operating profit last season, the CFL club announced Wednesday. The community-owned franchise released its 2024 annual report, which also ...