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Good evening. The Winnipeg Jets finally complete their 2025-26 tour of the NHL tonight when they face the New York Rangers – the only team they have yet to see this season.

Puck drop is at 7 p.m.; you can find game results and analysis later tonight on our website and in tomorrow’s print edition.

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

 

'We need kind of a blunt instrument'

Malak Abas:

Paid plasma donors fear province will stop cash flow after deaths

As the provincial government mulls banning the practice of collecting plasma for pay, donors say the system has become a crucial lifeline in tough times. Read More

 
 
 

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'I’m not sure if I can take much more'

Chris Kitching:

Desperate crimes call for desperate measures

Sick and tired of theft, Winnipeg businesses consider IDing customers, making diners pre-pay Read More

 
 

'We know this may be frustrating'

Scott Billeck:

Siloam Mission cancels public event with CEO amid workplace turbulence

Senior staffers who spoke out placed on leave Read More

 
 

'It’s one of the best parties'

Eva Wasney:

Return to River City

56th Juno Awards brings the party back to Winnipeg in 2027 Read More

 
 

'It’s been a lot of fun being part of this group'

Mike McIntyre:

Toews’ homecoming continues

Jets forward feels great living out dream playing for hometown club Read More

 
 

'Winnipeggers are good drivers'

Did you hear the one about the traffic reporter who moonlights as a standup comic?

David Sanderson:

Gridlock and guffaws

Traffic reporter Dev Oza steers into slapstick of our daily commute Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Maggie Macintosh: Louis Riel educational assistants fed up with stalled contract talks
Carol Sanders: Tories unveil campaign plank — 19 months before scheduled election — to reduce Manitobans’ income tax
Gabrielle Piché: NDP bill aims to strengthen renters’ protection
Gabrielle Piché: Province takes aim at Sobeys over competition-killing property controls
Scott Billeck: Mother grieves with children who witnessed father’s death in highway crash
Joyanne Pursaga: ‘Every which way we looked, we saw some concerns’: contractor billing didn’t add up, police HQ inquiry told
Nicole Buffie: Non-profit to operate home for young moms in River Heights
Erik Pindera: Inquest in The Pas examining 2018 death of train conductor in remote derailment
Nicole Buffie: Canad Inns fires HSC location employee after post-surgery patient, mother evicted
Carol Sanders: Premier needles Tories in legislature after MLA quits caucus
 

Opinion

Russell Wangersky: No time for stolen hours
Tom Brodbeck: Carney’s message clear: Canada not involved in Mideast war
Maureen Scurfield: Talk it out, so stage life doesn’t rock marriage
Adam Carroll: The city and ‘extremists’
Ashley Blackshaw: Is carbon capture the right idea for Manitoba?
Editorial: Concrete actions to find new trading partners
Christopher J. Schneider: Police body cameras: costs and limited benefits
Free Press: Letters, March 12
 

Arts & Life

Ben Waldman: Back on Earth: prolific actor Tom Keenan finally records new album
Free Press: Manitoba Music, Ava Kobrinsky feted by Women in Music Canada
Free Press: What’s up: St. Patrick’s Day events
Alexa St. John And Tammy Webber, The Associated Press: Drivers wonder if they should go electric as the war spikes gas prices
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
 

Business

Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press: What will the carbon price cost the oilsands? A Timbit per barrel, one analysis says
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Stock markets fall as oil tops US$95 per barrel; Canadian energy names rise
 

Sports

Joshua Frey-Sam: Oak Park forward looks for storybook ending to career-best senior season
Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press: In The Rings: World Curling chief likes the idea of embedded technology in the sport
John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press: Canada faces United States in first-ever World Baseball Classic playoff appearance
Taylor Allen: Canadian mixed martial artist hopes to inspire in co-main flyweight bout in Winnipeg
 

Canada

David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Carney announces $32B for northern defence and infrastructure projects
Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press: Canada not a target for Trump administration’s new tariff investigations
The Canadian Press: Another round of polygraphs in RCMP investigation into Jack and Lilly’s disappearance
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press: New government bill would help police, spy service probe online activities
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press: Conservatives introduce bill to create self-defence law for home invasions
Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press: CRTC to eliminate fees when cancelling or switching cellphone and internet plans
Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press: New federal rules limiting non-sufficient funds fees to $10 kick in Thursday
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press: New government bill would help police, spy service probe online activities
The Canadian Press: B.C. chiefs tell MP Aaron Gunn to ‘chillax’ about land acknowledgments
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Canada promises $37 million in humanitarian aid for civilians in Lebanon
 
 

World

Jon Gambrell, Ghaya Ben Mbarek, Sarah El Deeb And Julie Watson, The Associated Press: Iran’s supreme leader resolves to keep fighting in his first public remarks
Farnoush Amiri, The Associated Press: Damage to historical sites in Iran raises alarm about war’s impact on protected places
Hanna Arhirova, The Associated Press: Zelenskyy says Ukraine awaits White House sign-off on US drone production deal
Josh Boak, The Associated Press: Trump administration kicks off new process to try to replace tariffs struck down by Supreme Court
Aamer Madhani, Julia Frankel, Michael Biesecker And Eric Tucker, The Associated Press: Outdated intel likely led US to carry out deadly strike on Iranian elementary school, AP sources say
Julia Frankel, The Associated Press: Israeli military drops charges against soldiers accused of sexually assaulting Palestinian detainee
Corey Williams And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press: Man who rammed his vehicle into Michigan synagogue was naturalized citizen from Lebanon, DHS says
Stefanie Dazio And Terry Tang, The Associated Press: UN panel says racist hate speech by Trump and other US leaders has led to human rights violations
The Associated Press: California governor says no imminent threat despite warning about possible Iran drone attack
 

One last thing...

Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press:

A giant steel pipe’s mysterious overnight growth spurt baffles a Japanese city

TOKYO (AP) — A giant, underground pipe rose more than 10 meters (32 feet) out of a construction site in a busy area of the Japanese city of Osaka, nearly reaching an elevated road overnight, unseen by... Read More

 
 

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