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WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is set to receive $337 million more in equalization payments from the federal government in the next fiscal year. The total of more than $4.6 billion is a 7.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew's popularity shows little sign of waning more than a year after he led the provincial New Democrats to power.

WINNIPEG — Winnipeg police say a counsellor at a youth corrections centre has been charged with sexually assaulting an incarcerated youth. Police allege the 26-year-old counsellor formed a relationship with the youth in February.

TORONTO — Mark Scheifele scored a hat trick and an assist while Kyle Connor collected two goals and an assist to spark the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday.

ROSEBANK — A 10-year-old boy has died after a snowmobile he was driving collided with a tree in southern Manitoba.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is ending its yearlong fuel tax holiday but bringing back the levy at a lower rate.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government's plan to replace paper health cards with more durable and modern plastic ones is running a bit behind schedule.

WINNIPEG — Cole Perfetti and Morgan Barron knew it was time the Winnipeg Jets stopped coming slow out of the gate. The team accomplished that with a pair of first-period goals on its way to a 5-0 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday.

WINNIPEG — Connor Hellebuyck made 19 saves for his NHL-leading fourth shutout of the season and 41st of his career to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-0 victory Saturday over the Minnesota Wild, who have lost four in a row.

Eighty-eight-year-old Lorne Collie has been making musical instruments for more than three decades, creations that dazzle for their unique materials as much as their sound.