Gallery: Manitoba memories of Trudeau’s political journey By: Free Press staff Posted: 4:45 PM CST Monday, Jan. 6, 2025 Last Modified: 6:09 PM CST Monday, Jan. 6, 2025

Decorated business vet Spiring announced as NSL Winnipeg president

Manitoba’s own Dayna Spiring is no stranger to the sports world, but her latest venture into the world of football — this time of the kick-about variety — is a whole new ball game.

“I’m getting up to speed on that as quickly as I can,” Spiring told the Free Press Tuesday, shortly after the accomplished business leader was announced as Northern Super League Winnipeg’s president.

Spiring joins an already stacked roster on the first women’s professional sports team in the Keystone province alongside the likes of NSL Winnipeg’s decorated co-founders Desiree Scott and Rob Gale.

And her own stats sheet is just as historic. Spiring was one of the first women to serve on the CFL’s Board of Governors and was the first woman to serve as chair of the Winnipeg Football Club’s board of directors. She is also the first woman to have her name engraved on the Grey Cup when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers captured back-to-back titles in 2019 and 2021.

Oilers stymie Jets again

Were this a game that actually counted in the standings, the reaction from Winnipeg Jets head coach Scott Arniel probably wouldn’t have been nearly as composed.

The video evidence suggests the Edmonton Oilers had at least four players on the ice during a line change that turned into a two-on-one rush that finished with Zack Hyman setting up Viljami Marjala for a goal at 1:26 of overtime.

That left the Jets on the receiving end of a 2-1 overtime loss to sit with a pre-season record of 1-1-1.

“It was a pretty good jump,” said Arniel, who was more concerned about the shot from defenceman Dylan Samberg that helped spring the Oilers on the odd-man rush. “I’m not real keen on the slapper missing the net and going all the way down. I’m more concerned about that. It is what it is. Tough one for (Jets goaltender) Dom (DiVincentiis), because he was fantastic.”

Revealing statements by Trump about courts

Analyzing the utterances of U.S. President Donald Trump may seem like the ultimate sort of mug’s game — they are varied, contradictory, rambling, pugilistic, sometimes wheedling and the list goes on.

But even so, some things occasionally jump right out of the background noise. Not because they are particularly different, but because they sound unwittingly honest.

Last week, the president was reacting to a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on an executive order regarding the U.S. Postal Service and restricting voting by mail.

Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh, all nominated by Trump, were among the judges that opposed the plan.

Ignoring AI warning could be the death of us all

In the 7th century BC, the formative years of Greek literature, the poet Hesiod told the story of Pandora’s Box.

Created to be the ideal woman, Pandora was given a name that means “all-gifted,” and legend has it she was shaped by contributions from the gods — cleverness, charm, a cunning mind, curiosity.

That latter trait would be mankind’s downfall, for when king of the gods Zeus gave Pandora a box and told her never to open it, she could not resist — letting loose hardships, pain and sorrow into the world; devastation from which it would never fully recover.

The myth of Pandora sounds surprisingly like our own forays into artificial intelligence.

Former private-school teacher jailed nine months for luring after sending messages declaring love for teen

A former Catholic school teacher who sent inappropriate romantic messages to a teenage student, professing his love for her, has been sentenced to nine months in jail.