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Sod turned on new apartment complex for Old Kildonan

Blue blazers and black hard hats were front and centre as developers and politicians dug their shovels into the ground Friday at the sod-turning ceremony for a new apartment building near the north Perimeter Highway.

Real estate development and investment company Rockport Investment Group Inc. is constructing the building at 928 Fernbank Ave. in the Highland Pointe development in Winnipeg’s Old Kildonan neighbourhood.

The $40-million apartment building will include 90 units and is expected to be completed in the next 24 months.

It’s Phase 1 of 920 North, a three-phase, $160-million project Rockport is undertaking that will result in four multi-family residential developments and a centralized amenities building.

Steinbach Credit Union member warns others after scammer steals $10K

A Winnipeg single mother whose bank account was drained of nearly $10,000 says Steinbach Credit Union needs to warn its members about what she believes is a broader security problem.

The woman, who is not being named to protect her identity, said a scammer gained access to her account earlier this week after calling SCU’s contact centre, claiming to be her and successfully completing the credit union’s authentication process.

She said she knows of at least six others who have experienced similar incidents in which callers impersonate SCU account holders and pass the authentication checks.

The woman discovered something was wrong when her minor son asked why money had been transferred out of an account they jointly hold.

Gunnn comes out blazing to claim Gold Cup

ELSTON Gunnn fired both barrels out of the gate in the 69th running of the $50,000 Gold Cup on a rainy Wednesday evening when wiener dogs were running everywhere at Assiniboia Downs, and likely earned himself a championship in the process.

Named after an early Bob Dylan stage name, the three-year-old gelding by Hollywood Derby (G1) winner Mo Town used his speed early in the 1 1/8-mile race, opening a clear lead under jockey Shavon Townsend and getting a breather for the first half-mile before being pressured by favourite Go Go Boss down the backstretch, through the final turn and all the way to the wire.

No matter how hard he tried, Go Go Boss could not get by for trainer Robertino Diodoro. And while those two were going hoof-to-hoof on the front end through the final turn, 43-1 Saskatchewan-bred Al Reichert, trained by Robert Henson, was making a huge move four-wide on the turn. That set the rivals up for a thrilling stretch battle.

When the smoke cleared, Elston Gunnn was in front by a nose over Go Go Boss, with Al Reichert a head further back in third.

Hellebuyck standoff caused by… Nathan MacKinnon?

Looking for someone to blame in the Connor Hellebuyck fiasco and cast as public enemy No. 1? How about long-time Winnipeg Jets nemesis Nathan MacKinnon?

Allow us to explain as we fire up the time machine and head back to February in Italy.

Oh, what could have been if MacKinnon had been able to score on what appeared to be an open net late in the third period of the men’s gold medal game with Hellebuyck down and seemingly out of position.

Instead, the star forward fired wide, keeping the score deadlocked at 1-1 as the clock ticked down on regulation.

Kinew delivered what most of us wanted; now we’ll have to deal with the consequences

Premier Wab Kinew has decided to adopt permanent daylight savings time, which means a permanent end to the spring forward, fall back tradition of adjusting our clocks. And absolutely no one is surprised.