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‘He was shaping a generation of young artists’: Winnipeg director Rob Herriot has died at 60

Herriot was well known for his work within opera and musical theatre in Winnipeg and across North America. He died Friday at 60 years old. Loved ones described his death as sudden, and the cause had not yet been determined Sunday.

Bombers-Ticats clash will be remembered for all the wrong reasons

There were no winners on Sunday night in Hamilton.

Sure, the end result saw the Winnipeg Blue Bombers improve to 2-2, but quarterback Zach Collaros went down in the process and the game will be remembered for all the wrong reasons.

A win is a win, but the only reason the Blue and Gold escaped with a 14-13 victory was because the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ worst nightmare came true: superstar quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell was taken away in an ambulance in the third quarter after a sack left him with a serious ankle injury.

Then there’s the CFL, which had been heaped with praise for the excellent quarterback play across the board in the opening weeks, only for this to happen.

Bombers steal win on somber night

HAMILTON — It was supposed to be a showdown between two future Hall-of-Fame quarterbacks.

Instead, it ended up being a somber night for the CFL.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers starter Zach Collaros was ruled out for the contest with an upper body injury after being hit from the blindside on the first play of the second quarter.

And just when you thought nothing could possibly overshadow that, Bo Levi Mitchell — the face of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats who was playing some of the best football of his illustrious career this season — suffered what appeared to be a serious left ankle injury in the third quarter after being taken down by defensive lineman Jake Ceresna for a sack.

Southwestern Manitoba hammered by hail, thousands without power amid more wild weather

It looked more like the middle of February than early July in parts of southwestern Manitoba, with streets, rooftops and yards blanketed in white on Sunday.

The white covering Killarney wasn’t snow, however — it was hail, left behind by a powerful storm that pummelled the community located about 250 kilometres southwest of Winnipeg.

“It looks like a war zone at the moment,” Killarney resident Céline Dagg said on Monday.

Residents reported the hailstorm began around 5:45 p.m. and lasted about 10-15 minutes, leaving widespread damage in its wake.

Mayor takes RM to court to recover legal fees

Three years after winning a legal appeal against the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, the area’s mayor has filed litigation to recover costs from the court battle that followed a coup by a group of former councillors.

Mayor Joy Sul filed a statement of claim against the RM north of Winnipeg on June 30, seeking indemnity for nearly $50,000 in legal fees she incurred while fighting council’s attempts to strip her of key responsibilities.

“Several years ago, I went to court because I believed the actions being taken against me were wrong and contrary to municipal law,” Sul said in a statement to the Free Press Monday.

“I want to be very clear about one thing: I am not seeking a windfall, damages, or any personal financial gain. I am simply seeking reimbursement for the legal costs I actually incurred while successfully defending my elected position.”

Two-track Trump’s bluster best taken with grain of salt

By now, everyone knows Donald Trump has made it nearly impossible to know what to believe from one day to the next when it comes to tariffs, trade deals or other thorny global issues.

One day the U.S. president threatens massive tariffs, the next, he hints at exemptions. One morning he declares a trade deal is dead or that “we don’t need anything that Canada has.” And by afternoon, officials are quietly arranging another round of negotiations.

Trump’s often incoherent or inaccurate social media posts can send markets tumbling (or soaring), only to be contradicted hours later by members of his own administration.

For governments dealing with the United States, that has become the new normal.