Jim Bender
Winnipeg Sun
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Sports Manitoba helps cheer board closer to goal
Sports Manitoba just kicked in with a late cheque totaling $450 to boost the Winnipeg Sun’s Empty Stocking Fund’s final total to $95,981.42.That is good news for Christmas Cheer Board executi… → Read More
Rain has yet to reach Eastern Manitoba fires
It may have been raining in southern Manitoba on Tuesday but that precipitation had yet to reach the raging wildfires that have forced people out of their homes and cottages in the Beresford Lake, Ingolf and Caddy Lake areas by early evening. → Read More
Winnipeg sending help to Fort Mac
Manitobans are pitching in to help those affected by the wildfire that forced about 80,000 people from their Fort McMurray, Alta. homes. → Read More
Eastern Manitoba praying for rain
When James Hnatishin heard that his family-owned Wallace Lake Lodge had to be evacuated due to the threat of a raging forest fire, he raced up to the area from his Hazelridge home Monday. → Read More
Pedestrians take over Portage and Main
About 50 local pedestrians took control of historic Portage and Main for 30 minutes Sunday morning -- with the help of a police escort. → Read More
Ouellette wants day to honour residential school survivors
Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette plans to table a motion to memorialize the ills of residential schools this week. → Read More
Top year for tourism
It was the city's best year for tourism revenue, Tourism Winnipeg believes, bolstered by two major sports spectacles that on their own brought in an economic impact topping $100 million. → Read More
Fans applaud No. 2 draft pick
The Winnipeg Jets moved up to No. 2 in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft through Saturday’s lottery and many fans were simply overjoyed. → Read More
Wolseley fire victims reflect and give thanks
Helen Procner sat in her new wheelchair with bandages on her arms and legs at the Belltower Community Cafe picnic thrown for the victims of last Saturday's inferno on Maryland Street. → Read More
Sun and warmth in store for Winnipeg
Feel free to dance around the May pole, a heat wave is on its way here. → Read More
Sweeping changes coming to curling
Will curling soon be saying so long to seconds? → Read More
Families trade barbs after jail sentence for fatal drunk crash
Jeffrey Isfeld, the Manitoba man who admitted responsibility for a drunk rollover after first trying to blame on a passenger who later died, was sentenced to a year in jail Wednesday. → Read More
'Springtime is when the arson starts': Fire union boss
Buildings under construction are quickly becoming favourite targets for arsonists in Winnipeg. → Read More
Firefighters recovering after running into Maryland inferno
The four firefighters who saved two sisters from being burned to death during Saturday’s inferno on Maryland Street will be off indefinitely with injuries sustained during the rescue, Cpt. Robert Labossiere said Monday. → Read More
Police probe if two fires related
Winnipeg police are investigating whether a major Saturday blaze is related to a suspected arson that happened nearby about two hours later. → Read More
Memories of battle still vivid after 65 years
Even 65 years later, Mike Czuboka vividly recalls his role in the key Battle of Kapyong that helped saved South Korea. → Read More
Heavy winds blow down building under construction
The frame of a warehouse being built in the 700-block of Kapelus Road just north of the Perimeter Highway was blown down by heavy winds Wednesday night. → Read More
Cool spring keeps mosquitoes away
The good news about the recent bad weather is that it will keep spring skeeter populations down. → Read More
No-brainer
Bryce Summers of Rivers recounted how emergency surgery performed at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre for Surgical Innovation both saved his life and prevented a second surgery. → Read More
Indigenous-langauge decals create more welcoming downtown
It is just one small step up the ladder towards reconciliation, but there are plenty more to climb. → Read More