Party leaders say they aren’t worried about polls at this point

If there is one thing the leaders of Manitoba’s political parties agree on, it’s that they pay little heed to the results of public opinion polls.

Interviews with Progressive Conservative Premier Heather Stefanson, opposition NDP Leader Wab Kinew and Manitoba Liberal Leader Dougald Lamont netted similar responses Saturday, with all three snubbing a recent Probe Research poll.

“I frankly don’t put a lot of credence in the polls and what they say out there,” Stefanson said, speaking from the Manitoba Legislative Building after a Sikh Heritage Month event.

Canada's Corey Conners wins Valero Texas Open

SAN ANTONIO - Canada's Corey Conners has won the Valero Texas Open for a second time.

Conners, from Listowel, Ont., saved par on the par-5 18th hole to secure the one-stroke win on Sunday.

Sam Stevens of the United States was second at 14-under overall.

Conners also won the Texas Open in 2019.

Twitter pulls check mark from main New York Times account

Twitter has removed the verification check mark on the main account of The New York Times, one of CEO Elon Musk's most despised news organizations.

The removal comes as many of Twitter’s high-profile users are bracing for the loss of the blue check marks that helped verify their identity and distinguish them from impostors on the social media platform.

Musk, who owns Twitter, set a deadline of Saturday for verified users to buy a premium Twitter subscription or lose the checks on their profiles. The Times said in a story Thursday that it would not pay Twitter for verification of its institutional accounts.

Early Sunday, Musk tweeted that the Times' check mark would be removed. Later he posted disparaging remarks about the newspaper, which has aggressively reported on Twitter and on flaws with partially automated driving systems at Tesla, the electric car company, which he also runs.

‘Mommy, I need you. Please come and get me’: lone survivor of Gilbert Plains crash recovering in city hospital

Trapped in the wreckage of a car pinned underneath a transport truck — and surrounded by four friends who died in the collision — a Dauphin teen repeatedly phoned her mother for help.

Hanna Yurkiw, 15, is in Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg, recovering from serious injuries suffered Wednesday night in a collision in Gilbert Plains. Her parents, Tanya and Darcy, stay almost constantly at her bedside.

“She was saying, ‘Mommy, I need you. Please come and get me,’” Tanya said Friday, sitting in Hanna’s hospital room as monitors beeped in the background.

“She called again when we were on our way (to the scene of the collision, some 30 kilometres west of Dauphin). We knew she was okay because she phoned me multiple times.”

Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir delivers choral masterpiece at WSO concert

Out of heartbreaking loss came a choral masterpiece, with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in partnership with the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir presenting Brahms’s “A German Requiem,” last performed on this stage in 2015.

Price drop expected for Canadian cottages: report

The average cost of a cottage in Manitoba is expected to decrease three per cent in 2023, according to a recent Royal LePage recreational property report.

Heavy snow expected in southwestern Manitoba Sunday

Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for southwestern Manitoba, calling for 10 to 15 cm of snow to fall Sunday.

Snow began falling in southeastern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba Sunday morning and the western Red River Valley and southern Interlake is expected to get snowfall by the afternoon.

The heavy snowfall may reduce visibility. Blowing snow may further reduce visibility in open areas late this evening and overnight due to gusty northeastern winds. For the latest road conditions, visit Manitoba 511.

The snow is expected to taper off overnight.