Sea Bears add size at centre with Starkey
The Winnipeg Sea Bears have injected size into their lineup for the stretch run of the Canadian Elite Basketball League regular season. On Tuesday, Winnipeg announced...
Letters, July 3
Opinion Less safety for the most vulnerable Re: City lengthens crosswalk times for pedestrians (July 1) The new pedestrian crosswalk “improvements” are, in some cases, new...
Anti-nuptial eruption shakes foundation of bond
Opinion DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My common-law husband and I had an emotional disagreement and terrible things were said in the heat of the moment. One thing...
A look back at Comstock’s crusade
Opinion History cannot predict the future. Yet it can offer insight into trends and patterns of the past that help us understand current issues. My view...
More thoughtful capital gains policy needed
Opinion THE federal Liberals finally brought forward a motion on their controversial capital-gains tax proposal. The associated legislation, however, is not tabled, with many details uncertain....
Best-guess budgets, worst-case scenarios
Opinion It’s like we’ve heard it all before. Why? Because we have. This week, the price tag for Winnipeg’s North End Sewage Treatment Plant rose again:...
Shohei Ohtani says he won’t participate in Home Run Derby during All-Star festivities
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani won’t participate in the Home Run Derby on July 15 despite the Japanese superstar ranking second in the majors with...
Freya the rescued lion cub is safe in South Africa, but many other lions there are bred to be shot
PAARL, South Africa (AP) — Freya, a 6-month-old lion cub rescued from the wildlife trade in Lebanon, poked a curious nose out of her transport crate...
Cash-based Japan issues first new bills in two decades, designed against counterfeiting
TOKYO (AP) — Japan issued its first new banknotes in two decades Wednesday, yen packed with 3-D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida...
Saeed Jalili, a hard-line former negotiator known as a ‘true believer,’ seeks Iran’s presidency
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hard-line Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili may have been Tehran’s top nuclear negotiator for years, but he won no plaudits...