Manitoba musicians up for multiple awards at WCMA

Jets’ Hellebuyck trade request marks pivotal moment for the franchise

Connor Hellebuyck has broken his silence in an effort to expedite his departure from the Winnipeg Jets.

In a statement released by agent Ray Petkau on Thursday afternoon, Hellebuyck confirmed he has asked to be moved by the team that chose him in the fifth round of the 2012 NHL draft.

“I have never forgotten June 23, 2012. That’s the day the Winnipeg Jets took a chance on a goalie playing in Odessa, Texas. I gave everything I had from that moment to prove the Jets made the right decision,” Hellebuyck said in the statement.

“Several months ago, I privately requested a trade. I have tried to handle the situation quietly and respectfully, while giving the organization time to explore its options. With training camp approaching, I felt it was important to publicly confirm my request. My position has not changed and I believe moving on is the best path forward for me and my family.”

Doctor pays $500K to revamp courtyard at care home where he works

Fifty years after Dr. Pravinsagar Mehta began caring for residents at Actionmarguerite, a courtyard he had long watched deteriorate is getting a new life after he and his wife committed $500,000 to its redevelopment and long-term maintenance.

Advocate assembles gift bundles for Trans Day of Remembrance

In a world rife with chaos and division, there’s never been a better time for kindness, joy… and a cookie.

Kalyn Falk is on a mission to provide all three.

Falk founded the Trans Day of Remembrance Care Package Project in 2020 as a way to mourn those lost and to ensure that trans and non-binary people in the community feel valued, seen and cared for.

Trans Day of Remembrance is observed every year on Nov. 20 to honour the memory of transgender, two-spirit and non-binary people who lost their lives to acts of anti-transgender violence and systemic oppression.

Manitoba musicians up for multiple awards at WCMA

Manitoban artists and industry professionals are making noise up in the Yukon this weekend.

Local musicians and members of the music industry are nominated for 43 Western Canadian Music Awards, which are being handed out over Saturday and Sunday in Whitehorse.

Local artists with multiple nods include a cappella vocal group Chic Gamine, with two for their album City City in the roots duo/group recording and independent album categories; Romi Mayes with two for roots solo recording for Lucky Tonight and songwriter of the year for the song Ball and Chain; and Del Barber, whose Juno-nominated Love Songs for the Last Twenty is up for roots solo recording and independent album of the year.

Ruth Moody is also vying for two awards: one for roots solo album of the year for The Garden and one as a member of the Wailin’ Jennys, whose album Bright Morning Stars is a finalist for roots duo/group recording of the year.

‘Not his best work,’ Kinew says of Trump’s order to rename Lake Ontario

An executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America is “sad,” Premier Wab Kinew says.

Catch the Devil follows serial con man preying on victims along the Gulf Coast — then repatedly duping law enforcement

The debut book from Pamela Colloff, a Texas-based investigative reporter for ProPublica and staff writer for the New York Times Magazine, complicates romantic notions of the scam artist and invites readers to reflect on the systems that enable them.