Winnipeg Rifles Winnipeg Rifles Winnipeg Rifles are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Rifles are members of the Canadian Junior Football League and play their home games at Investors Group Field, home of the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Junior football in Winnipeg dates back to the 1920s, with the formation of the Manitoba Junior Football League. In 1953, teams from Winnipeg began playing in the CJFL, the most successful being the Winnipeg Rods, who won three championships. Those teams would eventually fold or merge. The Winnipeg Hawkeyes were the last Winnipeg-based team prior to the Rifles, folding in 1996.
Canadian federal election results in Winnipeg Blaikie narrowly retook the seat for the NDP. It was the first time since 1968, and only the second time since the end of World War II, that the centre-right has been completely shut out of Winnipeg in the absence of vote-splitting. Canadian federal election results in Winnipeg __NOEDITSECTION__ This is page shows results of Canadian federal elections in the Winnipeg area. The city of Winnipeg has traditionally been a mixed bag with seats held by all three major parties. The north end of Winnipeg is a very left-leaning area which has some of the strongest New Democratic Party support