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WINNIPEG — Rookie Matvei Michkov put a backhand shot past Connor Hellebuyck in the shootout to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.

BRANDON, Man. — Nicholas Johnson scored the only goal of the three-round shootout to lift the Brandon Wheat Kings to a 4-3 Western Hockey League victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Friday at Westoba Place.

KELOWNA, B.C. — Records aren't on Brad Gushue's mind at the Montana's Brier. Another title for the reigning Canadian men's curling champion would make him the first skip to win four straight Brier crowns.

WATERLOO, ONTARIO — Speed and strength earned Ope Oshinubi a spot in the CFL's national combine. The Alberta running back was among 11 players from the CFL's invitational combine to earn berths to the league's national event March 21-23 in Regina.

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg man is showing signs of improvement after suffering horrific injuries in an explosion in Hawaii. Darren Stevenson remains in hospital following a blast in a communal barbecue area at a resort last week.

WINNIPEG — When Elle Harris got a phone call about potential human remains found at the landfill where searchers are trying to find her mother and another slain First Nations woman, she was overcome with a sinking feeling.

OTTAWA — Manitoba became the first province to officially join Ottawa's pharmacare program on Thursday, giving it access to federal funding to cover the cost of birth control and diabetes medications as well as hormone replacement therapy for menopau

KELOWNA, B.C. — There was a time when a Canadian men's curling championship always seemed just out of Brad Gushue's reach. Now the veteran skip is simply the man to beat at the Montana's Brier. His St. John's, N.L.

WINNIPEG — The Canadian Museum for Human Rights has removed singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie from an exhibit because of questions about her First Nations identity.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's latest plan to reduce homelessness has seen the project's first person moved from an encampment into housing, says an adviser.