CBC • 2nd September 2023

Ultimate Fighter champ a board-game loving, backyard barbecuing proud Winnipegger | CBC News

Lisa Katona hugs her son, Brad, before he fights and tells him to come back pretty — something she's done since he was a kid.But Brad Katona left the cage with a split chin, chest covered in blood, face battered and tender hands after his most recent bout Aug. 19 at TD Garden in Boston.The Winnipegger had just earned a new six-figure contract in the world's top mixed martial arts, or MMA, organization by winning Season 31 of the UFC's reality show, The Ultimate Fighter — the only person to achie...

CBC • 17th August 2023

New West St. Paul tennis hub offers space for pros along with up-and-coming Manitoba talent | News

When Karson Gloria lines up at the tennis net under the sweltering sun, even though the 13-year-old is focused on his job as a ball kid, he also gets an up-close look at the type of pro players he hopes to become one day.

"I feel like watching the players just really inspires me to just play tennis really often and become really good," said Gloria.

He's one of many young people volunteering their time at the National Bank Challenger tournament, being held in this week at the new Tennis Manitob

CBC • 1st August 2023

Manitoba has been pummelled by more than twice the average number of hailstorms this year: Environment Canada | News

Manitoba's stormy summer has already seen more than twice as many hail events as the average over a nearly 30-year period, Environment Canada says.

From 1991 to 2020, Manitoba saw an average of 43 severe hail events each summer, the weather agency says.

This year, the province saw that number of hail events in July alone.

From May to July 31, there were 89 severe hail events — those involving hail that is nickel-size or bigger — Environment Canada says.

More than 1,500 severe-weather-related

CBC • 12th August 2023

Winnipeg School Division 'feels like home' for new chief superintendent, CEO | News

Back to school season is around the corner, and for one Winnipegger the coming weeks will mark a return to the province's biggest school division, with nearly 30,000 students.

Matt Henderson, an educator who has worked in the city for about 15 years, will take on the chief superintendent and CEO role for the Winnipeg School Division this fall, replacing Pauline Clarke, who is retiring on Sept. 6.

Henderson comes to WSD from the Seven Oaks School Division, where he's the assistant superintenden

CBC • 23rd July 2023

Hometown hero Brett Howden brings Stanley Cup to Oakbank, Man. | News

Hundreds of people lined the streets of Oakbank, Man., Sunday afternoon to get a glimpse — some of even a quick touch — of hockey's top prize, the Stanley Cup.

Oakbank's Brett Howden had his coveted day with the cup and was flanked by family, friends and fans as he made his way through a parade route starting at the corner of Springfield Road and Main Street and culminating at the One Insurance Arena.

Cheers filled the air, along with the horns of fire trucks and young kids who screamed they'd

CBC • 10th July 2023

Fire destroys McMunn & Yates Building Supply store in Thompson | News

The McMunn & Yates Building Supply store in Thompson, Man. was destroyed in a fire on the weekend.

RCMP officers notified the fire department immediately when they were flagged down by a passerby who saw smoke coming from a building on Station Road Saturday at around 9:15 p.m., the police said in a news release on Monday.

Fire crews arrived and started to fight the rapidly growing flames, while police evacuated the nearby Thompson Wellbriety Centre.

Nobody was injured or believed to be in the

CBC • 8th July 2023

Multicultural Every Child Matters ride returns for 3rd year in Manitoba, sets sights on cross-Canada trip | News

Indigenous and Sikh motorcyclists in Manitoba made a third annual trip Saturday to honour children who died in residential schools, as well as survivors of the residential school system.

The rumbling motors of the bikes roared down Pembina Highway as the Every Child Matters ride left from Dhillon Automotive Group in Winnipeg on Saturday morning, beginning a day-long trip across southern Manitoba.

The trip's first leg was expected to take riders to Portage la Prairie, about 85 kilometres to the

CBC • 17th July 2023

Port of Churchill welcomes first cruise ship in over a decade during busy weekend | News

Churchill, Man., has had all hands on deck since Saturday night, with cargo heading out to Canada's north and hundreds of visitors arriving on the first cruise ship to dock there in over a decade

A resupply vessel that will carry non-perishable foods and supplies like lumber to Nunavut's Kivalliq region came into the Port of Churchill around 6 p.m. July 15. And some 12 hours later, the northern port welcomed more than 100 passengers on the Silver Endeavour cruise ship, which will depart from Ch

CBC • 11th July 2023

Winnipeg man facing child pornography charges last worked as teacher in Manitoba | News

A Winnipeg man accused of accessing and possessing child pornography had been teaching in a community on the east side of Lake Winnipeg at the end of the 2022-23 school year.

Alan Veness worked at Black River Anishinabe School, just over 150 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, from April to June, Frontier School Division chief superintendent Reg Klassen confirmed Tuesday.

Veness, 59, taught a class of Grade 7 and Grade 8 students at the school — which has an enrolment of about 230 people and run

CBC • 6th August 2023

Major fire continues to burn at Winnipeg lumber yard Sunday afternoon | News

A fire at a lumber yard continued burning into the afternoon Sunday, causing smoke to fill the skies in downtown Winnipeg.

The blaze on Logan Avenue has been billowing since the early hours of the morning. The city's fire crews responded to the incident at around 1:36 a.m. Sunday and a second alarm was called, which meant more crews responded to the scene, a news release from the City of Winnipeg said.

Logan Avenue and Alexander Avenue between Arlington Street and McPhillips Street have been c