Downtown Bay hosts Paddlewheel pop-up

Downtown Bay hosts Paddlewheel pop-up

THE Paddlewheel restaurant, a former Winnipeg institution, will return to the Bay downtown for a limited time.

Winnipeg’s flagship Hudson’s Bay store will host a series of lunch-hour pop-ups with local chefs on Thursdays and Fridays from now until Nov. 1.

The eateries will operate under the Paddlewheel name, but the temporary restaurant will be located on the first floor of the department store at 450 Portage Ave.

It will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Clean game a must for Bombers to pull out win at home

It’s no secret the Winnipeg Blue Bombers haven’t been playing up to snuff lately.

The club suffered an embarrassing 52-30 loss against Calgary last week, but luckily for the Blue and Gold (4-3), there’s a prime opportunity to return to form on Thursday night when the team hosts the floundering B.C. Lions (1-5).

“Yeah, I mean, we’re above .500 and that might be cool in some other team’s eyes, but in our eyes, we want to be great,” said receiver Nic Demski.

“Where we’re at in the standings right now, that’s not enough for us.”

Decision on corridor for Trans-Canada twinning near Ontario border expected this fall, province says

The Manitoba government is taking more time to evaluate and select a preferred corridor for the twinning of a 16-kilometre section of the Trans-Canada Highway near the Ontario boundary.

An earlier timeline indicated Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure expected to choose an alignment by the fall of 2025. A provincial spokesperson told the Free Press on Monday a decision is expected this winter, but a different spokesperson said Wednesday a decision is expected this fall.

“The department continues to evaluate corridor alternatives and will undertake additional geotechnical, environmental and design work as part of the (functional design study) to support the selection of a preferred corridor,” the spokesperson said in a statement.

The study, which will include Crown-Indigenous and public consultation, is expected to be completed in late 2027, with a detailed design to follow.

Rivers restoration projects get a funding boost

RIVERS — The provincial government is providing $98,000 to help restore the Rivers train station, develop a bicycle museum on the site and expand bike trails in the community.

The train station is an important part of the province’s history, said Municipal Relations Minister Glen Simard, who was in Rivers on Wednesday.

“This project preserves a key piece of Manitoba’s heritage, and it creates new opportunities for tourism, culture and local economic and recreational development,” Simard, the MLA for Brandon East, told a gathering of about 25 people.

The funding, which is coming from the provincial program From the Ground Up — Safe Healthy Communities for All, is also being used toward researching and producing the Sekine bicycle story with Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan, for the planned museum.

Lawsuit targets pontoon boat operator, Sea-Doo driver, owner in fatal Whitemud River crash

The father of a 39-year-old Portage la Prairie woman killed in a boat crash on the Whitemud River is suing the men who were operating the involved watercraft, claiming they were negligent when navigating the winding waterway.

Report draws link between missing Indigenous women and trafficking across Canada

A new analysis of online sex advertisements featuring Indigenous women has identified cross-country corridors that are highly indicative of sex trafficking, while revealing insight into how women and girls are exploited in Winnipeg.