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From playing rugby in Souris, to travelling around the world playing the game she loves, Emily Tuttosi has become an inspiration for athletes all around Manitoba.

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Power lifting sensation out of Killarney, Carmen Heaphy, has been working hard for years, and all that hard work as given her a chance to compete at the Western Canadian Power Lifting Championships in Nanaimo, British Columbia later this year, but she still has bigger goals.

There isn't anything quite like Friday night high school football.

The Swift Current Comprehensive High School Colts open their football season this evening against Weyburn.

"It's almost tough to describe," said Colts defensive backs coach and former player Tyson Congdon. "Getting to open your season on a year that we're pretty excited about at home against a team that we really would like to beat, that's going to be pretty special for the guys."

We'll have the game on Country 94.1 FM with Local Sports Live at 5:20 PM.

The Saskatchewan Senior Fitness 55+ Provincial Games wrapped up yesterday after three days in Swift Current.

"I feel really good," said Chair of the local organizing committee Teagan Gader. "I heard a lot of compliments. I think everything ran pretty smooth."

With several hundred people participating in the game the committee was happy to showcase Swift Current.

It's a new era in the Canadian Hockey League, and with that comes a new approach to training camp for the Swift Current Broncos.

Now that loss of NCAA eligibility is no longer an impediment for players interested in major junior hockey, Broncos GM Chad Leslie brought in a larger crop of rookies and free agents at camp.

The only ice you will find on this scorching Labour Day long weekend is either inside of a cold drink or at the hockey rink. 

That’s definitely the case in the province, as the 2025-26 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season gets underway with training camps beginning on the weekend including here in Humboldt.  

The Humboldt Broncos will begin their preparations for the upcoming season on Friday with fall camp. 

The Delisle Pride found themselves just a bit outside of the playoffs at U23 Nationals in Kitchener, Ontario, after their game Thursday morning.

The Pride took a tough 2-1 loss to Newfoundland's Murno Mariners, a called strike three with runners in scoring position killing what would have been a bases loaded opportunity against Newfoundland as the two sides battled to stay alive for playoffs in the afternoon.

Slo-pitch super star Andre Carriere is heading off to Leduc, Alberta, as part of Team Manitoba, and the veteran ball player is thrilled to represent the south east on the big stage, once again.

Leaving, on a jet plane

"I'm joining a men's slo-pitch team, out of Winnipeg," explains Carriere. "I'm joining them for the national championship in Leduc, Alberta. We're leaving tonight, we're flying out. The tournament is Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. We're back home on Tuesday."

Connections coming in handy

Mike Raimbault is returning to the Winnipeg Sea Bears for his fourth season, but has a new role. 

The Manitoba native has been named the new head coach and general manager, taking over for Mike Taylor, whose contract will conclude shortly. Raimbault has served as an assistant coach, since the Sea Bears' inaugural season.

Casey Kruse, a Strathmore swimmer and Special Olympics athlete, took home some heavy metal from the Canada Summer Games in St. John's, Newfoundland.

By the end of her time at the event, Kruse took home two gold medals - one in the 100 metre freestyle and another in the 50 metre breaststroke.

"It was one of the best meets I have ever done in my lifetime," said Kruse. "There was so much competition and so many people I had never met before. It was so much fun."