News briefs for Monday, August 7, 2023

Trio of Sea Bears up for league honours

9:23 AM

Teddy Allen of the Winnipeg Sea Bears is a finalist for the Canadian Elite Basketball League’s most valuable player award.

He’s up against Justin Wright-Foreman of the Saskatchewan Rattlers.

The award will be presented Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Winnipeg’s Simon Hildebrandt is a finalist for the U Sports player of the year, while Jelani Watson-Gayle is up for the CEBL’s Sixth Man Award.

Former CFL receiver James Murphy to be inducted into Bombers’ Ring of Honour

9:29 AM

Brilliant former CFL receiver James Murphy is being inducted into the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Ring of Honour.

Murphy becomes the 15th member and will be added at the annual Banjo Bowl against the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sept. 9.

Murphy played for the Blue Bombers from 1982-90, was a two-time CFL All-Star (1986, 1988) and was named the league’s Most Outstanding Player in 1986. He was also a member of the 1984, 1988 and 1990 Blue Bombers Grey Cup championship teams, earning MVP honours in the ’88 game.

Upon his retirement after the 1990 season, he was the Blue Bombers all-time leading receiver with 573 receptions for 9,036 yards and 61 touchdowns and now still ranks second to Milt Stegall on that list.

He is a member of the Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Fame (1995) and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame (2000).

Man, 21, fatally shot on Sioux Valley Dakota Nation

3:39 PM

A 21-year-old man succumbed to his injuries after being shot on Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Saturday afternoon, Virden RCMP said in a media release.

Police received a report of a man who was shot Saturday at approximately 5:10 p.m. Officers located the victim, who was from the same community, at the scene. He was taken to hospital where he died, RCMP said.

Two men, both from Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, were arrested without incident. A 41-year old man and a 17-year-old have been charged with second degree murder and other weapons-related offences. Both suspects were remanded into custody.

RCMP are asking that anyone who may have witnessed the murder or who may have information related to it to contact the Virden RCMP at (204)748-2046.

Ten additional liquor stores join list of closures

4:27 PM

Ten additional Liquor Marts have been added to the list of store closures until further notice, Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries said in a media release Monday afternoon.

In addition to the store closures already announced, ten more Liquor Marts will be closed starting 7 a.m. Tuesday. These include stores in Dauphin, Fort Richmond, Gimli, Main & Jefferson, Portage & Burnell, River & Osborne, Sage Creek, Selkirk, Steinbach and Stonewall.

“MBLL must reduce the number of Liquor Marts open for business to ensure we can effectively manage allocating limited inventory to the remaining open locations,” the Crown corporation said in a statement.

However, many Liquor Marts will still be open, MBLL said.