Manitoba News

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets and forward Gabriel Vilardi avoided arbitration by agreeing to a two-year contract worth US$6.875 million on Wednesday.

WINNIPEG — Many of Manitoba's Crown-owned liquor stores are closed and others are scaling back their operations as unionized workers launch a one-day strike to protest contract talks.

WINNIPEG — Kenny Lawler is planning to make up for six weeks of lost time. The veteran American wide receiver will finally suit up for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers this season when they take on the Edmonton Elks at IG Field on Thursday.

WINNIPEG — A courtroom erupted in cheers and applause Tuesday after a Manitoba judge said the words two First Nations men have been waiting a half-century to hear. "You are innocent. You deserve acquittals.

WINNIPEG — Police and municipal crews removed a blockade Tuesday at a Winnipeg landfill where protesters had barricaded a road for almost two weeks to demand a search for the remains of Indigenous women.

WINNIPEG — RCMP say a 33-year-old man has died after a fight among inmates at Stony Mountain Institution. Mounties say they responded to a large fight at the federal prison north of Winnipeg early on Monday evening.

WINNIPEG — Indigenous leaders are "dispelling the narrative" a search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two First Nations women is unsafe after Manitoba's premier refused to fund the search due to health and safety risks.

CARBERRY, Man. — Five people remain in hospital more than a month after a fiery bus crash in Manitoba that killed 17 others. Shared Health, the provincial health authority, says no more patients are in intensive care.

WINNIPEG — Kenny Lawler is returning to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and is eligible to play again. The team had placed the six-foot-two, 199-pound wide receiver on the suspended list June 1.

WINNIPEG — Morgan Barron has signed a two-year contract with the Winnipeg Jets. The deal has an average annual value of US$1.35 million. Barron, 24, played 70 games for Winnipeg last season with eight goals, 13 assists and 31 penalty minutes.