Strawberry planting

Trevor Grenkow drives the tractor at the Grenkow U-pick while Kathryn Smandych and Debbie Grenkow plant the strawberry seedlings which are imported from Nova Scotia. 
(JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS)
  • A collapsed portion of the Interstate 5 bridge lies in the Skagit River Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash.

    Washington bridge collapse

    05/24/2013 10:48 AM 0

    A truck carrying an oversize load struck a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section ...

  • Fire destroys Manitoba Ave home, residents escape

    05/22/2013 10:48 AM 0

    One woman was takento hospital after a fire broke out ar 6 a.m. at a home on Manitoba Avenue. About ...

  • A tornado passes across south Oklahoma City, Monday. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 320 km/h, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.

    Slideshow: Oklahoma tornado

    05/21/2013 11:02 PM 0

    A tornado as much as 1.6 kilometers wide with winds up to 320 km/h roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs ...

  • Water rescue of Wpg Fire  search water naer car , they  take one body froma submerged car in a redtention pond on Dalhousie Dr near Pembina , a red car with its trunk open is partially submerged  KEN GIGLIOTTI / May 21  2013 / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

    Rescue divers pull man from partially submerged vehicle

    05/21/2013 9:13 AM 0

    May 21, 2013 - Rescue divers pulled a man from a vehicle partially submerged in a retention pond in Fort ...

  • Elijah Harper lies in state, hundreds pay respects

    05/20/2013 6:41 PM 0

    Former MLA and Oji-Cree leader Elijah Harper, renowned for his stand against ratifying the Meech Lake Accord in 1990, dies ...

  • false

    Paying respects to Elijah Harper

    05/20/2013 4:22 PM 0

    Hundreds of mourners from across the city, the province and Canada lined up to pay their final respects at the ...

  • Jarod Miller of Animal Exploration: How to protect your pets

    05/17/2013 4:15 PM 0

    Jarod Miller, the host of Animal Exploration, goes through some of threats in spring for your pets with columnist Doug ...

  • A canvasback duck uses the water as a runway for takeoff.

    Life at Delta Marsh

    05/17/2013 3:05 PM 0

    Sports and wildlife photographer Fred Greenslade and Free Press photographer Joe Bryksa visited Manitoba's Delta Marsh to capture the spring ...

  • Photographer Ruth Bonneville and Multimedia Editor Melissa Tait's work documenting Caelin White, a doctoral student in clinical psychology in training for the World's Toughest Mudder competition, took top honours in the team multimedia category at the News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) 2012 awards in Calgary.

    Free Press staff win national photo, multimedia awards

    04/27/2013 9:38 PM 0

    Winners of the News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) 2012 awards were announced Saturday night during a gala in Calgary.

    The ...

    View Related

Poll

Will you go see the kangaroos at the Australian Outback zoo exhibit?

View Results

View Related Story

Spotlight

  • Killing her softly

    Instead of enduring an inexorable decline, Susan Griffiths will ease into a peaceful death. Why, she wonders, are Canadians denied that choice?

  • Red from the air

    Free Press photographer Boris Minkevich took to the air to get a look at conditions along the Red River in early April 2013.

  • ice fish spotlight

    Want not, Waste lot

    Fishers throw out millions of kilos of edible fish a year because there is no viable market.

  • March in WinterPeg

    Video chronicling one snowy day in Winnipeg in March.

  • POV: The Comeback Kid

    At 18, Cole Maydanuk lost both his legs to a freight train. His resolve to get on the ice and play sledge, though, remained unbroken

  • on
  • 2
  • 3

Events

May 25, 2013

Submit an Event

News Café Event Booking

Church Garage Sale

for 7 days, on 2 consecutive weekends, May 17-20 and 24-26. Hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. each day except the 2 Sundays, noon

[ View Full Event information ]

Our Communities

Canstar Community News

Click here to view all Community News

Roll over the region tabs at the top to see which neighbourhoods are included. Click on the map to view news specific to that region and its neighbourhoods.