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Picture of four-year-old Oaklin Piec, sitting on a tree in a forested area. Oaklin was diagnosed with a rare condition that will cause him to go blind.
Winnipeg Free Press •

Parents plan trip of a lifetime for boy going blind

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...
Winnipeg Free Press •

Two-way University of Manitoba's Kraus excited for Sea Bears debut after all-star season with Bisons

Mason Kraus won’t have much time to relax between final exams and training camp.
After a career season with the University of Manitoba Bisons men’s basketball team, Kraus joins the Winnipeg Sea Bears this spring.
Kraus was selected in the second round of this year’s Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) draft. A Canada West first-team all-star this past season, he becomes the fourth Bison to be drafted in the league’s history.




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Picture of Andrew Langelaar, a Manitoba man who won the amateur strong man national championships in 2024. He is pulling a heavy wooden crate.
Winnipeg Free Press •

Many facets to being a strongman

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...