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Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet will be observing several milestones in the coming days.  

For one thing, they’ll be celebrating their 85th anniversary providing world class ballet to the city. They’ll also be presenting the final show of their 2024-2025 season, a mixed-repertoire presentation called Bolero & Other Works. 

Billy and the Moon explores the quiet magic of introversion at summer camp 

The Winnipeg Goldeyes dropped the first game of their 2025 spring schedule Wednesday evening, a 6-4 loss to the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks at Newman Outdoor Field.

On a cool evening on the North Dakota/Minnesota border, the RedHawks opened the scoring with a solo home run off the bat of Dillon Thomas to give Fargo-Moorhead a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning off Goldeyes starter Landon Leach.

Communal grief following the ramming attack at a Filipino festival in Vancouver that killed 11 people on the weekend will likely persist for months, mental health experts in British Columbia warn. 

"Traumatic events, grief, is not something that is resolved in a week or two weeks, or a couple of months," said Heather Mohan, a clinical counsellor and executive director of the charity Lumara Grief and Bereavement Care Society.

Some Conservative MPs are expressing support for party leader Pierre Poilievre after he lost both the federal election and his own seat on Monday.

In his concession speech early Tuesday morning, Poilievre indicated he would stay on as leader. The Conservative party did not respond when asked Wednesday whether he has officially decided to stay.

"My view is he's not going anywhere," said Kory Teneycke, Ontario Premier Doug Ford's former campaign manager and a former director of communications for former prime minister Stephen Harper.

Wally Daudrich, who was recently defeated in the race to lead Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservatives, says he remains a "loyal" member of the party and still plans on seeking the Tory nomination to run in a byelection.

The hotel owner and longtime party board member says he hopes to run uncontested in the Spruce Woods constituency.

"I've been vetted (by) the party. I have gone through all those hoops … and I believe I'm ready to run as a candidate," Daudrich said in an interview Wednesday. 

The Winnipeg Jets are back in control of their first-round playoff series after a 5-3 win over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night at Canada Life Centre. The win gives Winnipeg a 3-2 series lead heading into Game 6 in St. Louis.

Kyle Connor led the charge for the Jets with a goal and two assists, helping to energize a raucous Whiteout crowd and secure a critical win on home ice.

A funnel cloud was spotted over Kleefeld late Wednesday afternoon, surprising residents who weren’t expecting any severe weather.

Lorissa Spence and her children noticed the formation around 5:30 p.m. while at their home on the north side of Kleefeld. Spence, who describes her family as avid storm watchers, said her daughter was the first to spot something strange in the sky.

“We looked out the window and—yeah—it was very, very odd,” Spence said. “I zoomed in with my phone and sure enough, it was rotating.”

A group trying to make a case for electoral reform by creating very long ballots is declaring victory in this week's election — even as critics accuse it of indulging in stunts that undermine democracy.

"It's been a success," said Mark Moutter, one of dozens of protest candidates who ran in the Ottawa riding of Carleton.

"I've never seen people looking more optimistically at electoral reform, ever."

Winnipeg city councillor Jason Schreyer has died, the City of Winnipeg announced in a statement Wednesday morning.

Schreyer had served as the councillor for Elmwood–East Kildonan since 2014, winning three elections. He was known as a passionate advocate for his community the City said in the statement.

“He was a strong and independent voice in the Council chamber, always focused on fighting for the residents of his community and keeping life affordable for Winnipeggers,” the statement reads.