News briefs for Monday, June 30, 2025
4:34 PM
The Winnipeg Jets extended a qualifying offer to seven players on Monday: defencemen Dylan Samberg, Isaak Phillips and Tyrel Bauer and forwards Gabe Vilardi, Morgan Barron, Parker Ford and Rasmus Kupari.
Two players did not receive a qualifying offer and are now unrestricted free agents: defenceman Simon Lundmark and forward Mason Shaw.
Shaw, 26, led the Manitoba Moose in scoring last season, with 17 goals and 37 points in 72 games.
Lundmark, who was chosen in the second round (51st overall) in the 2019 NHL Draft, had a strong training camp with the Jets last fall and was recalled by the Jets as insurance on Dec. 23, but has yet to make his NHL debut.
There had been some speculation last week that Winnipegger Cody Glass might not receive a qualifying offer from the New Jersey Devils, but the forward did end up getting one and won't become an unrestricted free agent.
4:30 PM
The province says people who attended the children's hospital emergency department on Sunday may have been exposed to measles.
Those who attended the Children's Hospital ER waiting room at the Health Sciences Centre on June 29 from 3:45 to 6:05 p.m. should monitor for symptoms until July 21.
Public health officials asked anyone who was at the hospital at that time to check their immunization records and ensure they are up to date with measles vaccines.
To date, there have been 108 confirmed and eight probable cases of measles identified across the province.
3:16 PM
A 22-year-old man is dead after a head-on collision near Steinbach early Monday morning.
Around midnight Steinbach RCMP were called to a two-vehicle crash on highway 12 in the RM of Hanover.
Officers found one vehicle on its side in the ditch and another blocking both lanes of the highway, Mounties said in a news release.
The driver of the vehicle on the highway, a 22-year-old man from Steinbach, was pronounced dead on scene.
The other driver, a 20-year-old man from the RM of De Salaberry, was taken to hospital in critical condition but has since been upgraded to stable.
Mounties continue to investigate.
2:57 PM
A Yorkton, Sask., man faces multiple charges after police say he led officers on a high-speed chase while under the influence.
Dauphin RCMP received a report Sunday of someone driving erratically on Highway 10 at about 6 a.m.
Police caught up with the vehicle, which was travelling at a high rate of speed, a Monday news release stated. Officers attempted to pull the vehicle over, but the driver would not stop and nearly caused a collision with an oncoming vehicle.
The vehicle finally stopped after officers deployed a tire-deflation device, but the driver refused to exit the vehicle. Officers forced the man out of the vehicle and arrested him. Breath samples found he exceeded the legal limit.
A 20-year-old man faces several charges, including flight from peace officer and operation of a motor vehicle while over 80mg% alcohol. He was remanded into custody.
1:40 PM
Police are searching for a suspect who opened fire outside a Sargent Avenue business on Saturday.
Police were sent to the 500 block of Sargent at around 1:45 p.m. Officers believe a man got into an argument with two others outside a business and shot at them. The two men, who are in their 20s, ran eastbound and were not injured, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a Monday news release.
Police are looking for the suspect, a man in his 30s with dark brown hair.
The WPS asked anyone with information to contact the major crimes unit at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477 (TIPS).
1:36 PM
A woman caught trying to pry a vehicle door handle was arrested after she threw a screwdriver at approaching officers, police say.
Winnipeg Police Service officers were sent to the 300 block of Magnus Avenue on Sunday at around 10 a.m. after a report of someone damaging parked vehicles, a Monday news release said.
When officers came towards her, she allegedly threw a screwdriver, narrowly missing them. No one was injured and the woman was taken into custody.
A 35-year-old woman faces charges of assault to a peace officer with a weapon, damaging property and a warrant for failing to comply with conditions of a release order.
12:45 PM
Manitoba's police watchdog is investigating after a man died in RCMP custody Friday.
Officers from the Chemawawin Cree Nation detachment got a call about a man acting erratically shortly before 2:30 p.m.
When RCMP arrived at the scene, they found a man in medical distress lying in the middle of the street.
The man was taken to the local nursing station but was unresponsive upon arrival and pronounced dead. The man's name and age were not released.
The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba asked anyone with information or video footage that would help the investigation to contact them toll free at 1-844-667-6060.
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This is another moment that kind of brings me back to that new feeling like you're getting drafted again.' Toews walked away from the game following the 2022-2023 season as he was dealing with symptoms of long COVID and Chronic Immune Response Syndrome. Those health issues kept Toews out of the lineup for the entire 2020-21 season, and he was in and out of the lineup in his final year with the Blackhawks, at one point missing two months of action. Toews revealed on social media in November that he travelled to India and underwent Ayurvedic detox Panchakarma, a traditional therapy that uses massage, herbs and diet to cleanse the body, after 'almost five years of searching for a way to heal the inflammatory and immune system issues that took me out of hockey.' He said Friday that he was skeptical about the therapy at first, but had reached a point mentally where he'd try anything. 'I ended up going out there, and I was really happy that I did,' he explained. 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Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff called Toews' signing an exciting day for Winnipeg and for Manitoba, and said it's something he's been thinking about making happen for more than a decade. 2010 Stanley Cup, said that when he joined the Jets the following year, he and True North chairman Mark Chipman mused about the possibility of one day seeing Toews in a Winnipeg jersey. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. 'At that point in time it was merely a dream or a concept,' Cheveldayoff said. 'Last week, when we finalized everything, I sent Mark a text, and it said 'Toews is a Jet.' It was an emotional feeling.' 'One of the most decorated hockey players in Manitoba history is coming home.' 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