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Restaurant goers may be able to bring own wine in a week As of Nov. 1, restaurants in Manitoba will be able to allow customers…
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Bison briefs
Hockey The Bison women’s hockey team opened their regular season at home, sporting pink on their sticks and skates as part of the “Shoot the…
Celebrating our history
The return of the NHL to Winnipeg has reignited Winnipeg’s longstanding passion with hockey. The official announcement of the team’s name at the NHL entry…
First flight
On Oct. 9 it had been 15 years, five months and 11 days since a team called the Winnipeg Jets played a significant game of…
U of M gets in on Jets excitement
To mark the return of the Winnipeg Jets, the University of Manitoba is displaying a collection of vintage Winnipeg Jets programs. The collection has been…
Getting warmed up
It was only an exhibition game in the pre-season — and a split-squad game at that — but the MTS Centre seemed abuzz with an…
Gazing into the (silicon) crystal ball
With NHL training camps and the pre-season wrapping up over the next week, hockey analysts from across the land are speculating how the season will…
Ready for takeoff
With just over a month to go until the first NHL regular season of the reborn franchise, the Winnipeg Jets unveiled their jerseys in a…
We’re number one!
Maybe it’s karma finally swinging back our way, a cosmic realignment, or perhaps it’s a touch of divine intervention. Whatever it is, there has to…
The (Bison) boys are back in town
The Bison men’s hockey team will be starting their camp earlier than usual this year, due to a little road trip — or more accurately,…