Man United beats Forest 3-0, closes in on League Cup final

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Manchester United’s Premier League title hopes may be fading, but a first final under Erik ten Hag is now in sight. A 3-0 away win in the first leg of the League Cup semifinals against Nottingham Forest on Wednesday put United in control ahead of the return fixture at Old Trafford next week. A Wembley final against Newcastle or Southampton awaits United unless Forest can mount an unlikely fightback. It was the in-form England forward’s 10th goal in as many games since returning from the World Cup and his fifth in the League Cup this season. United hasn’t won a trophy since 2017 when Jose Mourinho’s team lifted the League Cup and Europa League in his first season in charge.
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Buckeyes sink Clippers

An emphasis on responding was drilled into the Miles MacDonnell Collegiate football team all week with a pivotal matchup against the Kelvin Clippers on the horizon and the playoffs approaching. The Buckeyes (4-1) blanked the Clippers 27-0 at Kelvin High School on Thursday, locking up the second seed in the Vidruk Division (Division 2). MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Miles Macdonell Buckeyes' Amari Griffithssosoo runs for a touchdown against the Kelvin Clippers on Thursday at Kelvin High School. The last week of the WHSFL regular season proved important for both teams, each in the thick of the playoff race. Malcolm, who shouldered a workhorse workload in the game, finished with 22 rushing attempts, three catches and a trip to pay dirt to lead the Buckeyes’ offence.

3 months ago Winnipeg Free Press

NDP, government trade barbs over health crisis

Manitoba political leaders pointed the finger at each other and deflected blame Wednesday for the worsening crisis in health care. DANIEL CRUMP / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES NDP leader Wab Kinew said the Progressive Conservatives are directly responsible for the chaos in hospitals described by workers on the front-line. Emergency doctors at St. Boniface agree the department is in the worst shape of their careers, he said. The NDP leader said the Tories have failed Manitobans when it comes to health care. The premier took time in question period to thank Thompson for publicizing the situation at St. Boniface Hospital’s emergency department.

3 months ago Winnipeg Free Press

Talented teen soccer player mourned

(Manitoba Soccer / Twitter)“He had a good future,” his father, John, told the Free Press at the family’s St. Boniface home Friday afternoon. (Manitoba Soccer / Twitter)He became a standout player on youth soccer teams in Winnipeg, later becoming a member of Team Manitoba in his age group. His athlete profile on the Canada Summer Games website named his father, who played professionally in Africa, as his inspiration. “Everything he did, he really put everything into it.”Héctor Vergara, executive director of Manitoba Soccer, fought back tears while he paid tribute to Bunguke. (Manitoba Soccer / Twitter)Katembo informed the teen there was a scholarship offer for him from a college in Alberta.

3 months ago Winnipeg Free Press

‘It’s devastating’: doctor rings alarm bell over ER pressures

One of the ER patients waiting to see him had been there 18 hours with a bowel obstruction. Manitoba Doctors, which represents more than 4,000 doctors, shared preliminary results from an ongoing survey in which 464 physicians have participated. Manitoba Doctors, which represents more than 4,000 doctors, shared preliminary results from an ongoing survey in which 464 physicians have participated. CloseThat left the second-largest hospital in the province with eight beds to treat incoming ER patients last weekend, Thompson said. “The protocol uses a number of criteria to evaluate access block, patients waiting, EMS arrivals and admitted patients according to a four-level scale.

3 months ago Winnipeg Free Press

Nylander leads Leafs over Panthers in OT

TORONTO – William Nylander scored his second goal of the night at 1:53 of overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Florida Panthers 5-4 on Tuesday. Matt Murray allowed four goals on eight shots before being replaced by Ilya Samsonov early in the second period. Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander (88) scores the game-winning goal against Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) as forward Carter Verhaeghe (23) looks on during the overtime period of NHL hockey action in Toronto on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. The Leafs’ winger also has the longest home point streak in the NHL since Sidney Crosby’s 19-game stretch in 2010-11. FALLING LEAFSThe Leafs have been dealing with an illness in the locker room over the last week.

16 days ago Winnipeg Free Press

Locally shot film focuses on whistleblower’s origin story

When it comes to picking a first project to executive produce, local filmmaker Myron John Tataryn literally picked a Winner. Winner is a biopic about Reality Winner, the whistleblower who exposed Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The film, already in production, stars Emilia Jones in the title role, with Connie Britton and Zach Galifianakis as her parents. She has also had previous experience working in Winnipeg on the 2018 horror film Incident in a Ghostland. (Rich Fury / Invision files)“She told us she really loved Winnipeg,” Tataryn says.

3 months ago Winnipeg Free Press

I’ll just be over here in my Nothern Reflections cat T-shirt – Winnipeg Free Press

I’d noticed the Going Out Top’s return, too. Krystina Jackson photo Depop seller Krystina Jackson says that early 2000s looks, such as cropped vests, are top sellers on the resale site. The Going Out Top, the low-rise jeans, all of it has some serious body-image baggage attached to it. *Extremely Carrie Bradshaw voice* I can’t help but wonder: will the return of low-rise jeans also command the relentless pursuit of “abs” that accompanied it the last time? The early 2000s were keenly fatphobic; diet culture was normalized.

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