CEBL Championship Weekend underway
Global News
Basketball is taking over downtown Winnipeg this weekend as the CEBL championships come to town and the Sea Bears are looking to win the league title.
Concerts, a festival and a big trophy up for grabs, the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) Championship Weekend is officially here.
“I know this is going to be the biggest and best. It certainly has the biggest support from a fan perspective, from a community perspective,” Mike Morreale, the CEBL commissioner, said.
The top three teams across the CEBL, along with the Winnipeg Sea Bears as the host team, will be playing to clinch the league championship title. On top of the games, Graham Street will be full of entertainment with music, food trucks, a market and more.
“It’s an amazing opportunity for us to show the rest of Canada how great the Sea Bears and their basketball fans are,” Winnipeg Sea Bears president Jason Smith said.
The CEBL championship weekend is just one of many big events Winnipeg is hosting this year.
“It’s great from a tourism perspective, hotel stays — we are seeing dollars from outside our community come into our community,” Loren Remillard, president and CEO of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, said.
Smith adds they are expecting 900 hotel room nights as a result of the weekend.
“I’m going to guess that’s about 400 to 500 visitors through that,” Smith said.
The FIFA draw ceremony will mark the first time Prime Minister Mark Carney, U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum will be in the same room.
A new report finds anglophones face higher unemployment and lower wages in Quebec; gaps that researchers say carry major economic consequences.
Critics are questioning the solidity of Saab's pitch to deliver 10,000 jobs in Canada if it decides to set up shop here to assemble Gripen fighter jets.
The girl’s disappearance underscores long-standing concerns about the ease with which a parent can take a child to another country without the other parent’s knowledge or consent.
Asbestos cleanup, tight work windows and other TTC delays have slowed the build out of 5G cellular service in Toronto's subway system.
Alberta's UCP government is changing the rules to make it easier for citizens to force a referendum on issues such as the prospect of the province leaving Confederation.
An at-home DNA test given as a birthday gift solved an 80-year family mystery by revealing that a man in Quebec and a man in the Netherlands were long-lost brothers.
Lina Vargas was on the board for almost two years and told Global News that accountability and transparency are fundamental rights for all community members.
Industry Minister Melanie Joly told the House of Commons committee on international trade the move breaches federal contracts tied to manufacturing in Brampton and Windsor, Ont.
A targeted home invasion and kidnapping led to a gunpoint standoff with police and an overnight chase across Toronto. Two suspects remain at large, investigators say.
In a post on his LinkedIn account, Simon Donner says he resigned on Tuesday and he is grateful for the opportunity to help shape climate policy in Canada.
The development charges can vary greatly from city to city, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation report found.
The three leaders will be in Washington, D.C., for the FIFA World Cup draw, marking the first time they will be in the same room together.