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Manitoba’s U.S. trade representative Richard Madan (right) speaks Thursday at a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce event at the Inn at The Forks. (Ruth Bonneville/Winnipeg Free Press)

‘Big win’ kept ag tariffs off table: Manitoba’s U.S. trade rep

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‘Big win’ kept ag tariffs off table: Manitoba’s U.S. trade rep

By Gabrielle Piché 3 minute read 2:01 AM CDT

WINNIPEG — Retaliatory tariffs on American agriculture was a possibility earlier this year, according to Manitoba’s U.S. trade representative.

Richard Madan says he banded together with various groups — Manitoba Pork, Keystone Agricultural Producers, cattle representatives — to rally against the move.

“We mobilized quickly,” Madan said during a trip to Winnipeg on Thursday.

Madan said he’d heard tariffs on agriculture were “on the table” upon speaking to Janice Charette, Canada’s chief trade negotiator to the U.S., in Washington.

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Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham met with Ryan Reynolds, who was in town for IG Wealth Management’s 100th anniversary celebration. (Supplied)

Reynolds boosts Winnipeg after quick meeting with mayor

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Reynolds boosts Winnipeg after quick meeting with mayor

By Gabrielle Piché 3 minute read 2:01 AM CDT

WINNIPEG — Ryan Reynolds wasn’t wearing his Deadpool suit, but that didn’t stop Mayor Scott Gillingham from wanting to talk about films with the Vancouver-born Hollywood movie star.

Reynolds, who appeared at IG Wealth Management’s 100th anniversary celebration Wednesday at the RBC Convention Centre, took to social media afterward, sharing a photo of himself with Gillingham and trumpeting the province’s tax incentives.

“An incredible place to shoot,” the Instagram post read.

On Thursday, Gillingham said the actor, best known for portraying an irreverent, erratic anti-hero on the big screen, is a “really nice gentleman.”

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Dr. José François is resigning from his position at Shared Health as Manitoba’s provincial chief medical officer. (Svjetlana Mlinarevic/The Carillon files)

Province’s chief medical officer quits

By Chris Kitching 6 minute read 2:01 AM CDT

WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s provincial chief medical officer is resigning from his position at Shared Health, citing the role’s demands and work environment challenges in an email viewed by the Winnipeg Free Press.

Dr. José François, who has held the executive position since April 2024, sent an email to provincial medical specialty leads that said his final day will be Jan. 17, 2027, after he submitted his resignation Wednesday. Several other senior leaders have departed the provincial health authority in recent months.

“Serving in this role has been a privilege,” François, a longtime family physician from Ste. Anne, wrote in the email.

He said his “greatest pleasure” was working alongside and supporting an “exceptional group” of provincial medical specialty leads and chief medical officers.

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Vikings win fourth straight to end season

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The Vincent Massey Vikings varsity football defeated the Miles Mac Buckeyes 18-6 in their final game of the regular season. With the win, the team improves to a 5-2 record and good odds of hosting a Winnipeg High School Football League playoff game on home field.

Charlie Gauthier continued to act as a double-threat quarterback, throwing for 168 yards and a single passing touchdown while picking up 64 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown.

For the third straight week, Thomas Seitz caught a touchdown while also recording 76 receiving yards on three catches.

On defence, Markus Stevenson continued his strong play from last week with two sacks and a forced fumble that he recovered. O-lineman Max Lepper registered one sack and six tackles, four of which were for a loss, and linebacker Ryan Rennie had seven tackles, two of which were for a loss.

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Week 3 draw

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Dunbar 8, West 2

Anderson 7, Bridges 3

Samagalski 8, Gregory 3

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Steve Irwin marks the shot for his teammates during the game against Andrew Kempthorne on Wednesday. Irwin is undefeated with a 3-0 record to start the 2026-27 season. (Rowan McCarthy/The Brandon Sun)

Dunbars duel in Superleague contest

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Dunbars duel in Superleague contest

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Experience paid off in a matchup between the Dunbar brothers in the third week of Taylor Jackson Financial Services Inc. Westman Superleague.

Reigning champion Cale Dunbar and his team of second Shayne McGranachan, third Kyle Sambrook and lead Chris Campbell beat Justin West’s new squad of second Travis Dunbar, lead Russell Levandoski and third Austin West 8-2 after seven ends on Wednesday.

“(I) never got the chance to compete against (Cale) growing up. We always seemed to be at different levels,” said Travis. “They’re a great team to play against. I curled with them last year as a fifth man and now, curling with Team West, it’s been good. We hope to compete against him in the finals this year.”

He added that this is just the third time the two have curled against one another. One of the other meetings happened on Saturday, when the two teams met during the Manitoba Curling Tour Curling Cup.

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Aiden Foster skates at Brandon Wheat Kings practice at Assiniboine Credit Union Place on Thursday afternoon. He will make his Wheat Kings debut tonight against the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds. (Perry Bergson/The Brandon Sun) Oct. 22, 2026

Foster eager for Wheat Kings debut

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Foster eager for Wheat Kings debut

By Perry Bergson 7 minute read 2:01 AM CDT

While his Brandon Wheat Kings teammates might be new tonight, Aiden Foster’s opponent certainly won’t be.

The 19-year-old forward from Lloydminster, Alta., who the Wheat Kings acquired from the Prince George Cougars last week, will debut against the Seattle Thunderbirds in this evening’s Western Hockey League action at Assiniboine Credit Union Place.

It’s a long way to drive to play a team he’s already met 11 times in his four-year WHL career.

“It’s kind of weird for me,” Foster said. “It’s for sure a couple of teams I don’t like, so it’s just a little more juice for those games to get up for.”

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The Brandon University Bobcats celebrate an upset victory over the UBC Okanagan Heat last season. They open the Canada West women’s volleyball season against the Heat today in Kelowna, B.C. (Thomas Friesen/The Brandon Sun)

Veteran BU squad battles early injuries

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Veteran BU squad battles early injuries

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The Brandon University Bobcats spent three years building towards this season.

Now it’s time to see if a group loaded with seniors can claw its way into the Canada West women’s volleyball playoffs after four straight last-place finishes.

The last year in Bobcat blue and gold for almost half of this team begins tonight against the UBC Okanagan Heat in Kelowna, B.C.

Brandon was ranked last out of 14 teams in the Canada West coaches poll, which was released on Thursday, and faces 11th-ranked UBCO before No. 12 MacEwan at home next weekend. Needless to say, at least one or two of those four contests are must-win matches.

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A look back at recent Thunderbirds games in Brandon

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Here’s a look at the last three matchups between the Brandon Wheat Kings and Seattle Thunderbirds at Assiniboine Credit Union Place. No Western Conference teams visited in the 2020-21 pandemic season.

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Brandon 4, Seattle 1

• Date: Oct. 18, 2024

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Sports Looking Back: Oct. 23 2026

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CFL — Alouettes at Argonauts, 6 p.m. (TSN4); Bombers at Lions, 9 p.m. (TSN1)

RUGBY — WXV Global Series: Canada vs. England, 6 p.m. (TSN3)

NBA — Raptors at Wizards, 6 p.m. (SN1); Clippers at Lakers, 9 p.m. (SN1)

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Former Oil King sues over serious injuries

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WINNIPEG — A Brandon man is taking a fellow hockey player and two sport organizations to court after he was seriously injured on the ice, alleging it caused him hardship and lost income.

In 2024, Devon Leblanc was a player on the Virden Oil Kings, a senior amateur team that plays in the Tiger Hills Hockey League, which is a member of the Hockey Manitoba association.

Leblanc’s age is not made clear in the court filing, but an online roster suggests he’s 38.

Leblanc alleges Bryce Enns, a member of the Killarney Shamrocks, bodychecked and assaulted him during a game between the two teams on Nov. 28, 2024.

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A University of Saskatchewan student pulls a heavy sled using one of the 1/4-scale tractors designed by the Sled Dogs engineering team at the farm of Kenny Beauchemin near Warman, Sask. on Oct. 3. (Kevin Berger/Clark’s Crossing Gazette)

1/4-scale tractor team test designs at Warman-area farm

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1/4-scale tractor team test designs at Warman-area farm

By Kevin Berger, Local Journalism Initiative 2 minute read Yesterday at 2:01 AM CDT

A group of University of Saskatchewan students recentlyl gathered at the farm of Kenny Beauchemin slightly east of Warman, Sask to test out the 1/4-scale tractor designs that they plan to take to an international competition held each summer in the U.S.

Most of the students present at Beauchemin’s farm were members of the U of S Sled Dogs 1/4-Scale Tractor team, though as pointed out by team president Owen Eden, they had a few other students from other colleges present, including a few business and biology students.

According to Eden, the team annually designs, builds and eventually enters their own 1/4-scale tractor in the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers’ (ASABE) International Quarter-Scale Tractor Design Competition.

As stated on the event’s website, this competition “challenges students to harness the power and torque of a specified stock engine to maximize performances in a series of contests.”

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