News briefs for Saturday, October 25, 2025

Emma Durand-Wood wins Elmwood-East Kildonan council seat

8:41 PM

Winnipeg has a new city councillor: Emma Durand-Wood won the Elmwood-East Kildonan byelection Saturday night.

Durand-Wood won with 1,567 votes (31.5 per cent) over second-place finisher Abel Gutierrez, who had 887 votes (17.8 per cent).

After volunteering with the Glenelm Neighbourhood Association, Chalmers Neighbourhood Renewal Corp., Elmwood Business Coalition and the Trees Please Winnipeg Coalition, Durand-Wood decided to enter her first political race.

“I’ve tried to always get involved and do what I can… Folks are asking me if I would serve in this new way (running for city council), so I’m going to give it a try,” Durand-Wood said when she announced her candidacy in July.

Durand-Wood, 44, has lived in Elmwood-East Kildonan since she moved to Winnipeg in 2008, after growing up in Alberta and living in B.C.

Winnipeggers also voted to fill two school board trustee seats.

In Louis Riel School Division, former provincial education minister Peter Bjornson won the seat for ward 3 with 54 per cent of the popular vote.

And in Pembina Trails, teacher Samantha Pope won the ward 1 seat with 32 per cent of the vote.

Bombers close out regular season with victory

5:02 PM

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeated the Montreal Alouettes 19-10 on Saturday at Princess Auto Stadium in the final week of regular-season action.

Both the Bombers and Als end the year at 10-8.

If the B.C. Lions (10-7) beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders (12-5) tonight at Mosaic Stadium, the Bombers will end up in fourth place in the West Division and cross over to play the East semifinal in Montreal on Saturday at 1 p.m. If the Lions lose, they’ll cross over to the East and the Bombers will be the No. 3 seed in the West, which would earn them a date in Calgary on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

Trans-Canada Highway west of Winnipeg reopened

3:04 PM

After closing the eastbound lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway Saturday afternoon, the Province of Manitoba announced at about 5 p.m. that the road had been reopened.

It was closed earlier in the day after a motor vehicle collision.

Polls open in byelections for Winnipeg council seat, school trustees

10:18 AM

Polls are now open in byelections for city councillor in Elmwood-East Kildonan and two school trustee races.

The council byelection was called after former area city Coun. Jason Schreyer died in April.

Eligible voters in Elmwood-East Kildonan — as well as voters in Pembina Trails ward 1 and Louis Riel ward 3, where school trustee positions are vacant — can check the city’s website to find out where to vote. Polls are open until 8 p.m.

Reporter Joyanne Pursaga asked the seven candidates earlier this week what their top three priorities would be if elected.

You can find coverage of the results on our website tonight after the polls close.