Derksen forgiveness, HSC death, Crown attorney workloads, teen sentenced in stabbing, and hockey sticks: before and after the game

Good evening. If you can’t read enough about the Winnipeg Jets, we’ve got you covered.

Ken Wiebe asked seven Jets players what they look for when choosing a critically important piece of equipment: the stick.

The Jets take those carefully selected sticks to the ice tonight and tomorrow evening at the Canada Life Centre; hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe will be at the games to provide news and analysis on our website.

And once those sticks have served their time on the ice, where do they go? Dave Sanderson talks to Pat Lelliot about how he got into the business of selling game-used gear and why the Jets’ retail program is considered one of the best in the NHL.

Here’s a look at what else our newsroom has been working on today:

'It’s a choice that has to be made every day'

Scott Billeck:

Forgiving the unforgivable

Forty years after their teen daughter’s body was found in an Elmwood industrial shack, the Derksens have helped hundreds of families find a way through the same unimaginable grief Read More

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'We would like to know if there was any follow-up'

Chris Kitching:

’He was the smartest person I know’

Sister of man who died in HSC waiting room wonders if death was preventable Read More

'Something has to give'

Scott Billeck:

Prosecutors gasping under crushing workload plead for help, say public safety at risk

Crown attorneys in Manitoba are sounding the alarm over their overwhelming workloads and rising crime rates, warning that urgent action is needed to protect public safety. Read More

'Deliberate, gratuitous and random violence'

Dean Pritchard:

‘Every law-abiding citizen’s worst nightmare’

Teen who fatally stabbed man outside strip club gets three years Read More

'If it’s like a millimetre off, I feel it out there'

Ken Wiebe:

Flex, specs and heft

Whether sticking with what they know or branching out into cutting-edge technology, Jets players put a lot of thought into their ‘lumber’ selections Read More

'Absolutely priceless'

David Sanderson:

Fondness for game-worn garb goes way back for Jets’ retail manager of player-used equipment Read More

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Local

Malak Abas: A day on the campaign trail: Winnipeg's mayor, seeking a second term, does double duty

Nicole Buffie: Cops handcuffed by bail issues, lack of mental-health options, WPS chief tells residents in crime-ridden North End neighbourhood

Chris Kitching: Software glitch caused multi-provincial 911 outage: Bell

Malak Abas: Mayoral candidate Vogiatzak criticized for living outside Winnipeg

Marsha McLeod: Clock ticks down on destruction of records documenting residential school abuses

Free Press staff: Safety upgrades completed at Whiteshell park falls where brothers drowned

Maggie Macintosh: Gordon Bell rings in a century

Free Press staff: Province putting $8M into safe space for Thompson Indigenous women and families

Maggie Macintosh: Retired guidance counsellor defends explicit 2025 sex-ed presentation to high school football team in disciplinary hearing

Chris Kitching and Maggie Macintosh: J’accuse!: Kinew uses French to fry interim Tory leader over alleged caucus subterfuge

Opinion

Jerrad Peters: Premier League would be all too relieved if Blues simply went away for a while

Robin Bezte: Small businesses outline election priorities

Free Press: Letters, Oct. 2

Erna Buffie: Transit, roads and city council’s priorities

Niigaan Sinclair: Hero fought to remember children lost at residential school

Editorial: Time for AI guardrails is right now

Brian Ramsay: Who protects collegiate athletes?

Adam Johnston: Winnipeg’s challenge: preparing for weather extremes

Tom Brodbeck: PUB should set Winnipeg water, sewer rates; that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be lower

Editorial: Legislation needed on vacant buildings

Arts & Life

Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press: Michael Bublé, Jann Arden among musicians to toast k.d. lang at tribute concert tonight

Nick Murray, The Canadian Press: Michael J. Fox promoted to companion level of Order of Canada

Randall King: Manitoba’s own Summer Howell takes on biggest role yet as Stephen King’s telekinetic teen Carrie

Ben Waldman: Virgo Rising’s debut LP is visceral, vulnerable

Free Press: Listen up

Free Press: What’s up

Conrad Sweatman: Robot study gives seniors say in era of AI

Maureen Scurfield: You’re a solid, loyal sister, so worry not

Alison Gillmor: Thriller has steam to spare, but story slogs

Ben Sigurdson: Winnipeg Book Festival starts a new chapter

Sports

Joshua Frey-Sam: Six high school hockey programs ceased operations as direct result of Hockey Manitoba policy

Steve Douglas, The Associated Press: Man City lodges ‘comprehensive’ appeal after guilty verdict in financial rule-breaking scandal

Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press: Igor Shesterkin becomes the 18th NHL goaltender to score a goal and first to do it for the Rangers

Ronald Blum, The Associated Press: Robot umpires flip 54% of challenged calls in ABS debut as teams learn to time appeals

Taylor Allen: Bombers turn to other passions away from the field

Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press: There are two horses named in memory of Johnny Gaudreau and they’re running in the same race

Mike McIntyre: Ferraro gets call-up to the Jets

Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe: Jets bench boss Arniel talks rebuilding from last season’s struggles

Grace Anne Paizen: Around the NSL: Silano’s spectacular strike; Rapid treading water; Post-season posturing

Ken Wiebe and Mike McIntyre: Storylines aplenty as Jets’ regular season set to begin

Business

Collin Binkley And John Leicester, The Associated Press: G7 nations will release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel fuel after prices soar

Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: TSX rises nearly 350 points amid investor focus on economic resilience

Gabrielle Piché: Critical mineral development: Grid Metals promotes southeast Manitoba cesium deposit

Aaron Epp: Wawanesa rebrands newest branch WSI

Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Bank of Canada’s key rate ‘too blunt’ to fix housing unaffordability: official

Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press: Rogers becomes sole owner of MLSE after completing purchase of remaining 25% stake

The Canadian Press: S&P/TSX composite finishes in negative territory, U.S. markets gain ground

The Canadian Press: Minimum wage hikes set to begin across five provinces

Hau Dinh And Aniruddha Ghosal, The Associated Press: Pandora opens $150 million Vietnam jewelry factory powered by renewable energy

Gabrielle Piché: ‘Warmest welcome’ at Manitoba, U.K. defence partnership summit

Canada

Joe Bongiorno, The Canadian Press: Quebec, B.C., sending more resources to California to combat L.A. wildfires

Nick Murray, The Canadian Press: ‘A lot of resiliency’: Canada added 91,000 jobs in December as unemployment rate fell

Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press: Provincial health plans to cover primary care by nurse practitioners: health minister

The Canadian Press: What’s next, a ‘throuple with Mexico’? Late-night mocks Trump’s ’51st state’ comments

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly off to Washington next week to talk tariffs

Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Carney looking to launch Liberal leadership bid next week, Joly declines to run

Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press: One Alberta man gets jail, another community time for 2022 Coutts border protest

Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press: ‘Untapped talent’ summit aims to help Canadians with disabilities find work

The Canadian Press staff, The Canadian Press: Rebel News loses bid to quash fines for violating election law on third-party ads

The Canadian Press: P.E.I. oyster farmers fear without government help, MSX parasite will kill industry

World

Manuel Valdes, Julie Watson, John Seewer And Heather Hollingsworth, The Associated Press: Families in shock begin to visit their charred homes in the Los Angeles area

David Mchugh, The Associated Press: Shadow fleet of tankers keeps Russia’s oil money flowing despite Western sanctions

Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press: Earth breaks yearly heat record and lurches past dangerous warming threshold

The Associated Press: Trump can still vote after sentencing, but can’t own a gun and will have to turn over DNA sample

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Canada, G7 leaders, denounce Venezuela’s suppression of political opposition

David Klepper, The Associated Press: US finds no ‘Havana syndrome’ link to foreign powers, but 2 spy agencies say it’s possible

Mark Sherman, The Associated Press: Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a federal law that could force TikTok to shut down on Jan. 19

Kate Brumback And Travis Loller, The Associated Press: Powerful winter storm dumps heavy snow, causing flight delays, slick roads and school closings

Kim Tong-hyung, The Associated Press: South Korea’s acting leader accepts resignation of presidential security chief

The Associated Press: Anita Bryant, a popular singer who became known for opposition to gay rights, dead at age 84

Maria Sherman, The Associated Press: For Elton John, ‘Never Too Late’ isn’t just a documentary and song – it is a life mantra

Charlotte Graham-mclay, The Associated Press: An albatross couple shares egg duty in this captivating low-drama reality show

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