Sacrifice is a popular theme among championship teams. It’s the act of putting someone else’s needs above your own, working together to reach a common goal. That same word, sacrifice, is also popular among parents of athletes.

A Manitoba family hopes to give their four-year-old son a cross-Canada vacation to remember — while he can still see.
Four-year-old Oaklin was diagnosed last year with a rare eye condition that is causing him to go blind.
“It’s hard, for sure,” said David Piec, Oaklin’s father. “It does feel like there’s kind of a black cloud hanging over us.”
The boy began going for genetic testing after his family, who live in Anola, noticed vision problems when he was 18 months old.
He was eventually diagnose...

It’s a bittersweet Saturday afternoon at the University of Manitoba’s Investors Group Athletic Centre as Mike Still and Neil Noonan prepare the finishing touches for the gameday production.

As a champion bodybuilder, Andrew Langelaar competes against some of the biggest, toughest men in the country. Manitoba’s strongest man says there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to true strength.
A giant of a man — with an imposing 6-6, 336-pound physique — Langelaar has battled with his mental health in the past and stresses the importance of reaching out.
“There’s a lot of people who are dealing with demons that they don’t talk about, or they don’t want to,” Langelaar says. “I don’t t...

For the fans that erupted in cheers at La Broquerie’s HyLife Centre, Connor Talaire's goal meant something different: junior hockey was back in La Broquerie.

Two goaltenders from Winnipeg, MB, have hopes of being selected in the 2025 WHL bantam draft this spring. The two netminders haved trained for the past four seasons with Brant Hilton —director of goaltending for Evolution Hockey — who was credited by both goaltenders for the role he’s played in their growth...