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Winnipegger Dawn Neal crossed the finish line in 2:57:58 as the top female runner at the 2023 Manitoba Marathon Sunday morning.
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Winnipegger Dawn Neal crossed the finish line in 2:57:58 as the top female runner at the 2023 Manitoba Marathon Sunday morning.
Neal, 42, was followed by Winnipeggers Jessica Wylychenko and Caroline Fisher in second and third place, respectively.
In the men’s race, Roger Hopper of Chesapeake, Va., finished first with a time of 2:23:50. Steffan Reimer of Blumenort was second in 2:32:32 to earn top Manitoban honours. Winnipeg’s Paul Carr was third.
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Runners start the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023.
In the women’s half marathon, Elissa Legault of Mascouche, Que., clocked a first place time of 1:12:18. She was followed by Kinsey Middleton of Boise, Idaho.
In the men’s half marathon, B.C.’s Cameron Levins stormed to top spot with a course record time of 1:02:42.
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Runners warm up prior to the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Runners start the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023.
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Runners start 5km in the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Runners start the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Runners start the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
A wheeled participant starts as marathon runners wait for their start in the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Stragglers start their 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. BROOK JONES / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Montreal resident Timothy Seirer crosses the BDI bridge while competing in the Half Marathon at the Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Man., Sunday, June 18, 2023.BROOK JONES / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Dayna Pidhoresky, who represented Canada in the full marathon at the 2021 Summer Olympic Games, crosses the BDI bridge in the Half Marathon National Championships at the Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Man., Sunday, June 18, 2023. She finished in fifth place.BROOK JONES / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
A pace rabbit crosses the BDI bridge while competing in the Half Marathon at the Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Man., Sunday, June 18, 2023.BROOK JONES / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Cameron Levins crosses the BDI bridge on his way to winning the Half Marathon National Championships at the Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Man., Sunday, June 18, 2023.BROOK JONES / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Pace rabbit Shelan Ennis of Garson, Man., leads a group of runners during the full marathon at the Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Man., Sunday, June 18, 2023.BROOK JONES / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Nine-year-old Audrey Manansala cheers for her dad, Mark Manansala, alongside her mother, Divine Manansala, at the Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Man., Sunday, June 18, 2023. Mark competed in the full marathon.BROOK JONES / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Paula Wiebe (middle) cheers on the runners, while helping out at a volunteer water station run by Altea Active Fitness Club along Pembina Highway at the Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Man., Sunday, June 18, 2023.BROOK JONES / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Winnipegger Erica Erickson is all smiles as she crosses the BDI bridge while competing in the Half Marathon at the Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Man., Sunday, June 18, 2023.BROOK JONES / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Winnipeg resident Katie Zwingerman smiles as she runs down Assiniboine Avenue, during the full marathon at the Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Man., Sunday, June 18, 2023.BROOK JONES / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
A wheeler crosses the BDI bridge while competing in the Half Marathon at the Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Man., Sunday, June 18, 2023.BROOK JONES / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Justin Kent (left) and Daniel Heschuk cross the BDI bridge, while competing in Half Marathon National Championships at the Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Man., Sunday, June 18, 2023. Kent placed third and Heschuk finished fourth.BROOK JONES / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Laura Desjardins crosses the BDI bridge, while competing in the Half Marathon National Championships at the Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Man., Sunday, June 18, 2023. She placed sixth in the half marathon.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Gina Tranquada, winner of the 50km run at the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Dawn Neal celebrates winning the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Dawn Neal celebrates winning the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Dawn Neal celebrates winning the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023.
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Roger Hopper crosses the line to finish first in the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Roger Hopper crosses the line to finish first in the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Roger Hopper is congratulated for finishing first in the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Roger Hopper crosses the line to finish first in the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Runners celebrate finishing their run in the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Steffan Reimer, celebrates his second place finish in the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Rick Bochinski,55, with his dad Garry, 81, and son Michael, 25, finish their run together in the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Shelby and Nick Bailen celebrate as they cross the finish line in the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Runners finish the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Elissa Legault, right, and Kinsey Middleton, celebrate coming 1st and 2nd, respectively, in the half marathon at the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Elissa Legault celebrates winning the half marathon at the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Rick Bochinski,55, with his dad Garry, 81, and son Michael, 25, finish their run together in the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Runners enter the stadium and finish area in the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023. JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Runners relax after finishing the 45th Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg, Sunday, June 18, 2023.
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A new dedicated culinary arts training facility will give francophone high school students a place to learn the trade in French.
The Manitoba government announced this week that it is providing $3.8 million toward the purchase of a property at 170 Marion St. and beginning design work for its renovation.
The facility will be the first dedicated vocational education site operated by Division scolaire franco-manitobaine, and the first fully French-language culinary arts program for Grade 11 and 12 students, preparing them for work in the restaurant and service sector.
“French-language education is a fundamental part of Manitoba’s identity and strength,” Education Minister Tracy Schmidt said in a news release. “It is an exciting step that will help strengthen both the francophone community and our skilled workforce.”
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers started out hot Friday night, only to run out of gas down the stretch and allow the visiting Toronto Argonauts to steal a 30-28 victory.
A far-right canvassing push in Manitoba this month is raising concerns among Winnipeg residents.
Stickers promoting Nationalist-13, a men’s-only neo-Nazi group also known as NS-13 based primarily in Hamilton, Ont., have appeared in Winnipeg and parts of southern Manitoba. The stickers bear national socialist branding and messages such as “White Man, Fight Back” and “White Community, Political Action, Training and Fitness.”
Winnipeg writer Jess Woolford recently encountered an NS-13 poster on Pembina Highway.
“It was appalling,” Woolford said. “It has the Nazi death heads covering people’s faces. It was pretty disturbing to come across this … I just didn’t expect to see it so blatantly displayed in my neighbourhood.”
Winnipegger Dawn Neal crossed the finish line in 2:57:58 as the top female runner at the 2023 Manitoba Marathon Sunday morning.
Neal, 42, was followed by Winnipeggers Jessica Wylychenko and Caroline Fisher in second and third place, respectively.
In the men's race, Roger Hopper of Chesapeake, Va., finished first with a time of 2:23:50. Steffan Reimer of Blumenort was second in 2:32:32 to earn top Manitoban honours. Winnipeg's Paul Carr was third.
In the women's half marathon, Elissa Legault of Mascouche, Que., clocked a first place time of 1:12:18. She was followed by Kinsey Middleton of Boise, Idaho.
The Winnipeg Jets organizational depth has yet to take a hit on the waiver wire.
On Saturday afternoon, all four players exposed to waivers — defenceman Isaak Phillips and forwards Nikita Chibrikov, Noah Gregor and Parker Ford — cleared, which means they can be assigned to the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League.
Owing to injuries to captain Adam Lowry and winger Cole Perfetti, both Chibrikov and Ford started last season on the NHL roster but spent the bulk of last season with the Moose.
Chibrikov, chosen in the second round of the 2021 NHL Draft, has dealt with multiple lower-body injuries during the prior two seasons and is still working his way back to peak form.
“We want a fair and respectful relationship with Canada,” Alberta separatist leader Keith Wilson told the CBC commentator. He paused. Briefly. “On our terms.”
He followed up with a poorly-veiled threat. Trade goods moving east or west across Canada, especially to and from Vancouver, must pass through Alberta, he mused, so…
Wilson and his ilk are blackmailing Canada. If they win this referendum vote, he intends — with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s acquiescence — to pull the pin on a genuine separation referendum grenade. The separatists’ transition plan has been largely anonymously authored — much like Trump’s blueprint Project 2025.
Smith claims Albertans will vote against separation. She’s bluffing. Her precarious personal political survival tightrope as she tries to balance atop the UCP could easily carry Canada down a potentially disastrous road. All it will take is for separatists to turn out en masse (about 25 per cent of Albertans, if you believe the polls), and those supporting Canada to stay home because they think it’s in the bag for them.
