News briefs for Monday, December 15, 2025

Jets fall to Senators in overtime

9:17 PM

The Winnipeg Jets let a late lead slip away, falling 3-2 in overtime to the Ottawa Senators on Monday night at Canada Life Centre.

Jake Sanderson tied the game with just under two minutes left in regulation, and then Brady Tkachuk won it during the three-on-three session. Nick Cousins had scored earlier in the game.

Neal Pionk and Logan Stanley had the Winnipeg goals.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 28 of 31 shots he faced while Linus Ullmark turned aside 23 of 25 pucks.

The Jets are now 15-15-2 on the season, while Ottawa improves to 15-13-4.

Winnipeg now hits the road for three straight games starting Wednesday night in St. Louis.

Province warns of another measles exposure site in Winkler

4:38 PM

The Manitoba government notified the public Monday of another location where people might have been exposed to measles.

Anyone who was at Landmark Cinemas in Winkler from 3:30 p.m. to 6:10 p.m. on Dec. 7 should watch for symptoms until Dec. 29.

Public health officials asked anyone who was there during that time to check their immunization records and ensure they are up to date with measles vaccines.

Oliveira signs three-year extension with Blue and Gold

3:16 PM

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers announced Monday afternoon that star running back Brady Oliveira has agreed to a three-year contract extension.

The 28-year-old was scheduled to become a free agent in February.

Headingley jail inmate, 29, dies

3:15 PM

An inmate died while in custody at the Headingley Correctional Centre on Saturday.

Manitoba Justice reported the death of the 29-year-old man on Monday.

No other details were announced. The death has been reported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, as is required.

Ontario men arrested in Winnipeg after drug investigation

3:12 PM

Two Ontario men are facing charges after they were arrested in Winnipeg as part of an interprovincial drug investigation.

The Durham Regional Police Service launched Project Hydrogen, a drug-trafficking investigation in the Greater Toronto Area, this year. It focused on an Ontario-based gang called 44, and police learned gang members and associates travelled to Winnipeg to set up a drug operation. Durham police asked the Winnipeg Police Service for help in August.

Durham police later determined courier services were being used to send drug shipments to Manitoba’s capital. Winnipeg police seized a combined total of about 2,600 hydromorphone pills worth $18,900 on Nov. 13 and Nov. 20, the WPS said in a news release Monday.

A 44 member was stationed in Winnipeg to facilitate the shipments, the WPS said.

The WPS, and police across Ontario, raided properties Thursday. In Winnipeg, police searched a suite on the first 100 block of Edmonton Street and a vehicle. Officers seized 3,000 hydromorphone pills with an estimated street value of $21,000 and 150 grams of cocaine worth $10,000, the WPS said, along with fake identification allegedly used to facilitate shipping drugs.

Two Scarborough men, ages 21 and 19, have been charged. Both men were detained in custody.

Crews extinguish fires on Elizabeth Road, Magnus Avenue

1:38 PM

Crews extinguished two residential fires Sunday night.

Firefighters were sent to an apartment on the 700 block of Elizabeth Road shortly before 10 p.m. and declared the blaze there under control at about 10:30 p.m.

One person was assessed by paramedics but was not taken to hospital. Winnipeg Transit provided a bus residents used as a temporary shelter.

Earlier, at 8:20 p.m., firefighters were sent to a triplex on the 300 block of Magnus Avenue. Crews declared the fire there under control shortly before 9 p.m.

The fires are under investigation.

Police not at fault in Chemawawin death: IIU

11:51 AM

Officers were not at fault in the death of a man found lying in the street in Chemawawin Cree Nation, the province’s police watchdog says.

The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba released a report Monday on the man’s death.

RCMP got a call about a man acting erratically shortly before 2:30 p.m. on June 27. One officer told the IIU they found him on Albert Street wearing only underwear and socks, repeating, “I pray to God, I am chosen.”

The officers handcuffed the man but struggled to get him into a police vehicle to drive him to the nursing station. After placing shackles on him, they managed to get him into the back of the vehicle.

He stopped thrashing and kicking during the short ride, and the officers noticed he was “blue in the face and unconscious” when they got to the nursing station, they told the IIU.

The man was pronounced dead there and was later determined to have died from a cocaine overdose. His age was not released.

Video from the officers’ body-worn camera shows the man foaming at the mouth, making nonsensical comments and periodically kicking his feet in the air, the report said. It also shows the officers struggling to get him into the vehicle and thrashing about inside.

The death “is clearly sad and tragic; however, it is not as a result of any actions by the police officers,” IIU acting civilian director Bruce Sychuk said in the report.

Feds provide $7.5M for Dakota Community Centre

10:47 AM

The federal government is providing $7.5 million for the first phase of a new arena and expanded facilities at the Dakota Community Centre.

Terry Duguid, the Liberal member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, made the announcement at a news conference Monday morning.

The funding will go toward an expansion that will include a fully accessible arena with dressing rooms, a new rink and a modern fitness area and ice plant, a news release said.

“By supporting this expansion, we are enhancing the centre’s energy efficiency, helping reduce operating costs, and making it a more accessible and resilient community hub for years to come,” Duguid said in the release.