The Wrap: Restaurateur remembered, routes restored, Exchange District shines and still coveting the Scotties

A Winnipeg restaurant owner is being remembered as a gregarious and generous figure after he died in an altercation with another man outside his Portage Avenue business Wednesday evening

Winnipeg’s reunion with two lost direct flights — to Chicago and Denver — is heralded as a boon for Manitoba’s economy.

The Exchange District is shining a little brighter these days with the return of Lights on the Exchange-Allumez le Quartier.

The winter festival runs until March 21, featuring all manner of light-based public art in storefront windows and street corners throughout the downtown Winnipeg neighbourhood.

Lisa McLeod, in her first full season with a new team based out of Portage la Prairie, could be a dark horse at this week’s Scotties. The veteran skip is no stranger to the provincial stage and has made it to the final four in the past.