Cross Country Ski: The circle-of- life story is almost as old as time itself, but we never seem to tire of hearing a new version. In this one, three generations of the Wintinow family slid in to the 2018 Manitoba Games powered by Manitoba Hydro just like they did 24 years ago; the last time the Games were hosted in Thompson…read the full story

Hockey : Two of the most important people at any hockey game are ones that mostly go without notice, much less any thanks. They’re off-ice officials; the scorekeeper and the timekeeper. If you’ve been to a hockey game here at the 2018 Manitoba Games powered by Manitoba Hydro, the scorekeeping and timekeeping at that game was done by one man: Ian Larsen…read the story.

Athlete feeding: They say that you are what you eat: it’s no surprise then that the top athletic talent in Manitoba is fuelled by top-shelf grub, prepared by True North Head Chef Leonard Arnold Church. Church is no stranger to cooking for athletes: as the head chef at the Bell MTS Iceplex, he regularly cooks for the Winnipeg Jets and the Manitoba Moose during training camps and periodically during the regular season..read the story