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A collection of breaking news briefs filed on Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Jets end road trip with shootout loss
9:44 PM
MONTREAL – The Winnipeg Jets closed out this five-game road trip with a 3-2 shootout loss to the Montreal Canadiens.
Once again, the Jets’ top line took care of the offence, with Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor scoring for the visitors, who will face the Buffalo Sabres on Friday at Canada Life Centre before traveling to Edmonton to face the Oilers on Saturday.
Jets goalie Eric Comrie had a strong outing with 29 saves in his 11th start of the season, turning aside two of three during the shootout.
Gabe Vilardi looked to extend the shootout to the fourth round, but his shot rattled off the iron.
The Jets, who slipped to 13-12-1 on the season, made three lineup changes, inserting defencemen Neal Pionk (who returned after missing four games with a lower-body injury) and Elias Salomonsson and winger Cole Koepke.
Writers fest director starting a new chapter
11:55 AM
After 23 years at the helm of Thin Air, the Winnipeg International Writers Festival, director Charlene Diehl is stepping away to begin the next chapter in her life.
Diehl has been at the helm of what is now Plume Winnipeg, the organization that oversees Thin Air, since 2003, and will see out her role as director until the end of December.
“Honestly there’s so much to juggle that I haven’t really had time to think about how I feel about any of it,” Diehl said by email. “I’m mostly ready to hand over the responsibility to someone fresh and to head into my next chapter.”
Diehl says she’s had the move in the works for a few months; for the 2025 festival she had scaled back her responsibilities, dividing them between newer staff. “I kept the lid on everything at that point because I had three newbies and I just wanted them to fly through the festival feeling calm and confident,” she said. “In the last few weeks, I’ve put pedal to the metal.”
Plume Winnipeg has added a job posting for the executive director position on the organization’s website.
Shot fired into Point Douglas home, man struck
10:47 AM
A man remains in hospital after he was shot in Point Douglas on Sunday morning.
Police were sent to a house on the 100 block of Syndicate Street shortly before 7:45 a.m. and gave the 27-year-old man first aid before an ambulance arrived.
The victim was inside the home when he was shot through an exterior window, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release. He was transported to hospital in unstable condition, where he remained late Wednesday morning.
The culprit, or culprits, drove away.
The WPS asked anyone with information about the shooting to call its major crimes unit at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477 (TIPS).
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Updated on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 10:47 AM CST: Shot fired into Point Douglas home, man struck
Updated on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 10:47 AM CST: Shot fired into Point Douglas home, man struck
Updated on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 11:55 AM CST: Writers fest director starting a new chapter
Updated on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 12:00 PM CST: Writers fest director starting a new chapter
Updated on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 9:44 PM CST: Jets end road trip with shootout loss