Rapper/singer mgk to headline halftime show for 112th Grey Cup

Lauded Manitoba author chronicled life in the Interlake

Longtime Manitoba author, editor and professor David Arnason died on Monday at age 86.

Arkells, Air Supply, JD Fortune, Streetheart announce local shows

Hamilton’s Arkells are bringing their Between Us City Takeover tour to Winnipeg Nov. 10-12, playing three shows at three different venues.

The unique tour sees the Juno-winning rock band, known for his including Leather Jacket and Knocking at the Door, playing extended stands in cities across Canada in intimate clubs and theatres instead of arenas.

In Winnipeg, Arkells play South Osborne venues Sidestage (Nov. 10) and the Park Theatre (Nov. 11), and the downtown Burton Cummings Theatre (Nov. 12).

Tickets (prices TBA) go on sale Friday at 10 a.m., with fan pre-sales on now. Fans can sign up for pre-sale access at arkellsmusic.com.

What to watch as puck drops on Jets training camp

Welcome to a Winnipeg Jets training camp like no other — one where the on-ice storylines and battles threaten to be trumped by what’s happening away from the rink.

Yes, the dark cloud that is the Connor Hellebuyck situation looms over the organization as it prepares to try and turn the page on a terrible 2025-26 campaign which ended with a 26th-overall finish.

It’s not going to be easy, especially in a highly competitive Central Division and Western Conference and with such a major unresolved issue.

But the work starts now, and Free Press hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe get you set for what to expect ahead of the 84-game regular season, which begins Oct. 2.

Federal Court awards OCN $27M, 62 years after construction of hydro dam

The Federal Court has ordered Ottawa pay Opaskwayak Cree Nation $27 million over damages suffered due to the construction of the Grand Rapids hydro dam in the 1960s.

In a decision dated Sept. 3, Federal Court Justice Sébastien Grammond says the federal government had a fiduciary duty to protect the community from the impacts of the dam.

“When the Crown exercises a discretionary power over an Indigenous interest, it has a fiduciary duty and it must exercise the discretion in the best interests of the Indigenous group,” the ruling said. “Canada breached its fiduciary duty to OCN because it approved the (project) without ensuring that the impacts of the Grand Rapids dam on OCN’s traditional way of life were mitigated or compensated.”

The First Nation took the federal government to court in February over impacts on the community after the dam, located about 145 kilometres southeast of Opaskwayak Cree Nation, was installed on the Saskatchewan River in 1964. The case was heard over 14 days in a judge-alone trial in Winnipeg.

A community brought the Trident Press home

A truck pulled up outside Oseredok a few weeks ago carrying more than an exhibition. Inside were the panels of Ukrainian Voice: A Legacy Mosaic, a monumental artwork built from the printing blocks once used to reproduce the photographs and illustrations in one of Canada’s longest-running Ukrainian newspapers.