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Peter Mooney

Actor, Mistletoe Murders

I just picked up fresh copies of a book by my dear friend Marc Bendavid called The Sapling,

Peter Mooney

Peter Mooney

and it’s just absolutely incredible. I like to pass it around to people. It’s sort of autofiction,

a coming-of-age story about a young man and his relationship with a much older teacher.

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Corey Gallagher has won another big race, but this time, he didn't have to chug a couple beers along the way.

Gallagher is a former beer mile world champion and record holder, a sport where you run four laps around a track and have to down a beer after each lap. But no beer was required on Sunday at the 40th annual Manitoba Marathon and the 31-year old Winnipeg native still led the pack, despite the fact it was the first time Gallagher had ever ran a full marathon. But the lack of experiene was no problem, as he was the first to cross the finish line inside Investors Group Field to win the men's full marathon at 2:37:48.5.

"This is pretty high up there," said an exhausted Gallagher, ranking his marathon victory to his 2014 Beer Mile world championship. "I was always scared of a full (marathon). I'm just happy to get it done and check it off the bucket list."

Gallagher ran the half marathon at the event for years, before missing the last three or four due to several injuries. Gallagher was just happy to finally be healthy enough to be competiting again, although he's not so sure if he will defend his title at next year's marathon as he said "nothing can prepare you for (a full marathon) properly."

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The owner of downtown Winnipeg staple King’s Head is suing a local law firm, claiming poor legal advice resulted in him taking on undue risk and may have cost him the potential sale of his pub last year.

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According to the documents, Graves had signed a 10-year lease agreement for the building, formerly an Earl’s restaurant, before opening his eatery through the Friskee Pearl Ltd. corporation, separate from the King’s Head corporation. The lease required Friskee Pearl be liable for unpaid rent or other financial obligations, even if the lease was transferred. After Friskee Pearl closed, the lease was transferred to Boujee Restaurant and Bar in March 2024, and Friskee Pearl remained liable.

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"Sports organizations need to be community building organizations. And if we're isolating and offending part of that community, then our particular organization or league is not doing its job."

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There was no denying it, because with the powerhouse Montreal Alouettes in town, everyone knew it was going to take that — and then some — to slay the CFL’s top team.

Recent weeks suggested the Bombers weren’t capable of such a performance, but they dug deep at the perfect time and silenced a never-ending list of doubters to prevail 44-28 on Friday night at Princess Auto Stadium.

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