Trans Am combines show and go

Fish go cold as Saltdogs put end to franchise record win streak

The Goldeyes went cold for the first time in 13 games Saturday night in Lincoln.

The Saltdogs grabbed a 12-2 win over the visitors, stopping the club’s franchise win streak record at 13.

The Fish still boast a 40-32 record with 27 games left in the regular season. Last year represented a major step back, with a 41-58 record, which led to missing the playoffs entirely. This season, the club has its sights set on first place in the division.

The Goldeyes wrap up the road series on Sunday, with first pitch scheduled for 1:05 p.m. The Fish are back at Blue Cross Park on Tuesday, hosting the Sioux Falls Canaries to begin a six-game homestand.

$60M, six-storey Harbourview Terrace due to open in June 2028

They donned high-vis vests and brandished shovels with gold-coloured blades Friday morning at the ceremonial groundbreaking for a multi-family residential development in northeast Winnipeg.

Concord Projects has started construction of Harbourview Terrace, the inaugural development by two-year-old real estate company Foxhill Properties. Located in North Kildonan at 1820 De Vries Ave., the $60-million, six-storey apartment building will contain 179 units.

Founder and president Frank Koch-Schulte, who runs the company with his wife Alisha, said Foxhill wants to develop and manage properties with integrity.

“This is kind of like my opportunity to try to do things our way, which I feel is a way that keeps tenants in mind,” Koch-Schulte said. “We live in this neighbourhood. We’re very much invested in seeing quality housing go here.”

Champion curler Meleschuk never lost his passion for the game

At the height of his curling career, Orest Meleschuk balanced ferocity and finesse like almost no one else.

The Winnipeg product was a fierce competitor skilful enough to thread a rock through a window and find the button.

Known as “The Big O,” he curled competitively for over six decades, finding success at the local, provincial, national and global level, and his longevity on the pebble was notable before lengthy careers became the norm.

Meleschuk is still tied with his good friend John Usackis for the most appearances in the Manitoba men’s provincial playdowns, at 30.

Luxury and livability

Those in the market for a new luxury home tend to be looking for two things.

First, the home must be unique — which is to say it possesses defining design characteristics that set it apart from other homes. Second, while the home must be different, it also must be livable.

Problem is, many home builders get too focused on fashion, which often makes for a visually arresting home that, sadly, isn’t as functional as it could be.

Fortunately, that’s not the case in Maric Homes’ stunning bungalow show home at 2 Woodland Lane in Headingley’s Forest Grove Estates.

Classic Pontiac a solid collectible automobile

The Pontiac Firebird has been a great seller since its mid-year introduction in 1967. In 1969 Pontiac Motor Division brought the new Trans Am edition to market. With added spoilers, suspension and performance options along with its definitive striping, the Trans Am became the ultimate Firebird.

Even through the fuel crunch and mandated pollution control era of the ’70s, the Trans Am was always looked at as the top General Motors performance pick, riding only one notch behind the Chevrolet Corvette. Made famous in the late ’70s with the Smokey and the Bandit movies, the Trans Am became folklore and a driving statement that North America wasn’t going to let the performance car simply fade away.

With platform upgrades, radial tuned suspension, new powertrains and advances in fuel injection and braking systems, the Trans Am provided buyers with not only show, but also handling and go power. Today, the Trans Am is a solid collectible automobile, sought out by collectors and enthusiasts alike.

For Dan Labossiere of Winnipeg, finding a late-model Corvette or Trans Am was a priority to him. “I wanted to buy a late-model Corvette or as a second choice a low-mileage Trans Am,” says Labossiere. With the latter proving to be a near impossible task, Labossiere went out to see a prospective Corvette. On the way, he passed West Perimeter Auto Sales and spied a Trans Am on their lot. Proprietor Harold Neudorf explained the car had just been brought in and wasn’t even listed for sale yet.

Livestreamed mental-health meltdown underscores medium’s disturbing decline

On Tuesday evening, a well-known celebrity blogger, best known by the nom de plume Perez Hilton, opened up his TikTok account and began a livestream from his Miami home. What unfolded over the next 30 minutes horrified all who witnessed it — and should force the rest of us to take a very sober look at the ways social media can harm.