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By Judy Owens, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – Defenceman Ben Chiarot scored with 7:09 left in the third period to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 3-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday.
Chiarot’s shot beat Pheonix Copley on the glove side and may have ticked off a Washington player’s stick.
The Winnipeg Goldeyes will open their 2019 season on May 16 against the Texas AirHogs on the road.
The American Association schedule was released Wednesday, placing the Goldeyes away for three games against Texas and another three versus the Cleburne Railroaders until May 22.
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – A longtime Manitoba Progressive Conservative party member and volunteer says she was groped by a legislature member ousted from government caucus last month over inappropriate remarks to female staff.
The woman, who asked not to be identified because she fears coming forward might hurt her career, said she was at a party function at Tavern United, which has a rooftop bar in downtown Winnipeg, in September 2017 when she saw Cliff Graydon and stopped to say hello.
The fifth Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine (RAAM) clinic in the province opened in Selkirk on Wednesday.
The RAAM clinic provides assessment, counselling, the prescribing of appropriate medication and connections for adult patients to community treatment programs and primary care physicians.
By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – A year after he was seriously injured on a wilderness hike in New Mexico, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has apparently conquered the same trail.
Pallister’s press secretary says the premier and his wife, Esther, completed the Rain Creek-Mogollon Trail on Tuesday and also thanked first responders and hospital staff who helped him last year.
WINNIPEG — A man was carjacked Tuesday night while walking to his vehicle in the area of Garry Street and Assiniboine Avenue.
Police say the 35-year-old victim was approached by a man and woman at around 10:20 p.m., who ordered him into his vehicle and demanded a ride.
Winnipeg firefighters were on the scene of a West End blaze for approximately three hours Tuesday night when a vacant convenience store went up in flames.
The store in the 800 block of Lipton Street ignited at around 8 p.m. Crews launched an exterior attack due to the conditions being unsafe to enter the two-storey structure.
The tree is in place and the lights are on, but the switch hasn’t been flipped yet.
Winnipeg’s City Hall will deck the halls tonight at 6 p.m. when it lights up the annual Christmas tree in the courtyard of 510 Main Street.
