Quebec's Laurie St-Georges set a Scotties Tournament of Hearts record for the most stolen ends in a game with seven in an 8-2 win over Manitoba's Kaitlyn Lawes on Saturday in Thunder Bay, Ont.

More than 200,000 Manitobans have applied for the province's new colourful plastic health card, which features an image of the northern lights, to replace the paper ones prone to wear and tear.

On Wednesday when we spoke to Jets head coach Scott Arniel he told us he would let us know on Friday what the plan was for his three players involved in the 4 Nations tournament which concluded on Thursday night with a big 3-2 OT win for Canada over the United States.

Connor Hellebuyck is set to start in net for the United States in its opening game of the 4 Nations Face-Off against Finland on Thursday night. USA Hockey said Wednesday that the Winnipeg Jets goaltender would get the nod a few minutes after coach Mike Sullivan foreshadowed an announcement.

Wally Daudrich, a Manitoba Tory leadership candidate, alleged books describing bestiality and incest are found in schools throughout the province, but he didn’t say where, or name the alleged books.

For the second straight day Jets winger Morgan Barron was on the ice with his teammates in a regular jersey as he works his way back from an injury he suffered in Montreal back on January 28th which thereafter knocked him out week-to-week.

Growing tourism opportunities is vital for thousands of jobs and driving economic growth in Manitoba, says Terry Duguid, federal minister of sport and prairies economic development Canada. Travel Manitoba estimates tourism generates about $1.

Christina Black's curling team from Nova Scotia has advanced to the semifinal at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ont., with an 8-7 win over Alberta's Kayla Skrlik.