Beleaguered Rogers Stadium suffers Toronto storm damage

Beleaguered Rogers Stadium suffers Toronto storm damage

TORONTO - The beleaguered Rogers Stadium suffered "significant" damage after a powerful storm swept through Toronto on Wednesday evening. 

Photos of the open-air Downsview Park stadium show blue bleachers strewn across partially collapsed grandstands. 

The sign outside the open-air venue also looked to be damaged, partially stripped of its red cover. 

Live Nation Canada, which operates the stadium, said the venue sustained "significant damage" but no one was hurt. It did not immediately provide details about the extent of the damage. 

Klein put on defensive as mayoral run made official

Kevin Klein faced a barrage of attacks from the city’s incumbent mayor and largest union as he officially entered Winnipeg’s mayoral race Thursday.

While the former city councillor and Progressive Conservative cabinet minister was registering to run at city hall, Mayor Scott Gillingham’s team sent out a news release noting Klein was one of two councillors to vote against pursuing legal action against participants in the Winnipeg police headquarters scandal.

Shortly after, Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 500 accused Klein of blaming Canada for its ongoing trade war with the U.S. and called him an “unfit” candidate who would “bend a knee to American interests” in a news release of its own.

Klein defended himself outside city hall after putting in his papers.

Feds direct funds from Regional Tariff Response Initiative to Manitoba companies grappling with shifting supply chains

Grant Cockshott is looking to China, India and his own backyard. Anywhere but the United States.

“We are most definitely at an inflection point for Manitoba-based manufacturers,” said Cockshott, the president of Innovair Group.

His company sells a range of products — industrial gases, robotic welding and material handling systems. It’s taking on new projects and changing operations as a Canada-United States trade dispute continues.

So are Manitoba firetruck, sheet metal, aerospace and truck outfitting manufacturers. Company representatives gathered at Fort Garry Fire Trucks’ facility on Bergen Cutoff Road on Thursday as the federal government announced $15.9 million for 15 local projects.

Manitoba association pitches CentrePort for national food terminal

A Manitoba association is vying for federal dollars to build a major food terminal as Ottawa unrolls its national food security strategy.

Michael Mikulak, head of industry advocate group Food & Beverage Manitoba, said he’s in talks with several federal departments.

He’s envisioning a 120,000-square-foot site at CentrePort Canada, the trimodal inland port spanning parts of Winnipeg and the Rural Municipality of Rosser.

About 15,000 sq. ft. would become a production-focused commercial kitchen for Manitoba companies to rent as they grow. A warehouse to store and distribute food — from Manitoba and elsewhere — would consume most of the building, Mikulak said.

NDP defends involvement of U.S. company in Hydro project

A U.S. company that donated to Donald Trump’s 2025 presidential inauguration could build Manitoba Hydro’s proposed $3-billion natural gas turbines, which has drawn criticism from an environmental group amid the NDP government’s pushback to tariffs.

Woman who saved child, father from Red River uncomfortable with hero label

A Winnipeg woman who’s been hailed as a hero by police for saving a father and his young child from the Red River says she doesn’t feel like one.

“I’m a mom… and I would do it again,” said Jayclyn Morrissette, who was walking with her neighbour through St. John’s Park on Aug. 24 when they spotted a young girl flailing in the nearby river. “I was meant to be there and that was supposed to happen.”

Morrissette, who spoke to the Free Press Wednesday after police released details about the rescue, said she and her neighbour began looking for the child’s parents and found them at the nearby playground searching for her.

Morrissette waved them over. The father, who she said could not swim, jumped into the river first and immediately began to sink.