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October storm impact pegged at $10M

The city's finance chairman was relieved to learn Friday of new — and much lower — projected costs of the massive October snowstorm that downed more than 30,000 trees in Winnipeg.

A report presented to the finance committee said estimated cleanup and staff overtime costs from the storm would be about $7.6 million altogether — or roughly $10 million when factoring in non-incremental costs already within the city's budget.

In October, Mayor Brian Bowman had said the storm costs could be in the tens of millions.

"It is a relief. And I can appreciate perhaps why some of the early numbers were so high," said Coun. Scott Gillingham (St. James). "There's so much unknown (when) you're in the midst of, our staff is in the midst of cleanup, in the midst of still assessing the impact of the storm."

Canadian-helmed flick a not-so rom-com

Thomas Middleditch probably isn’t the first person who comes to mind when you think the words “romantic lead.”

The Silicon Valley actor (he’s also in those Verizon ads) has untamable frizzy curls and the kind of chin for which a beard is not merely a hipster affectation.

His offbeat looks have more often seen him cast in comedic roles — and his starring turn in the Canadian romantic drama Entanglement isn’t exactly putting him in Ryan Gosling territory.

As Ben Layten, he plays a clinically depressed guy whose wife has left him.

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Gilles and Poirier lead at Skate Canada

The more you consider the team’s request to have disgraced staffer Brad Aldrich’s name scratched from the Cup, the more it seems like a pure public relations gesture and less like trying to do the right thing, Damien Cox writes.

Manitoba sports hall inductee thrilled to see his former athletes join coaching ranks

For Wayne McMahon, it has never been about personal fame and glory. It has always been about helping his young athletes reach their full potential.

The long-time athletics coach reflected on his storied career Monday after being named a 2026 inductee to the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame.

Seeing his athletes achieve their dreams in competition and join the coaching ranks themselves to help the next generation has been one of the greatest rewards from more than five decades of coaching, McMahon said.

His impact on the sport has been far-reaching. He regularly runs into former athletes that have caught the coaching bug across Canada.

Megan Wolff an ‘incredible mother, incredible teacher’

Megan Wolff was the kind of teacher who always had former students dropping by Room 107 to poke their heads into her classroom, catch up, or give her a hug — if not all of the above.

Those closest to Wolff say she was born to be a loving mother to her two children and the hundreds of nursery students she took into her care throughout her career of more than 10 years in the Winnipeg School Division.

“She would do anything for my sister and I, and anyone she loved — and that included her students. She gave her all to her students,” said her adult son, Alex Kirbyson.

Every year around Christmas, Wolff was overwhelmed by handmade cards, chocolates and other gifts of appreciation. This year, she was unable to give a proper goodbye to her students at École J.B. Mitchell School before the winter break.