http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local local only, picked out of same lineup as homepage en-gb Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:30:44 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Police-looking-for-missing-girls-70624302.html WINNIPEG — Police are asking the public to help them locate two teen girls who are missing and at risk. Katrina Pottinger, 15, was last seen yesterday in the Sargent Park area. She's described as Caucasian, 5-foot-tall, weighing approximately 93 pounds and has long wavy brown hair and... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:22:00 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/manitoba-farmer-lucky-to-escape-blast-from-past-70604172.html It was the last thing Robert Parr expected to find sticking out of the ground of his farm near Rapid City. And the farmer said he didn't realize he'd found an unexploded, potentially dangerous, artillery shell until he held it in his hands. "It looked like an old coffee thermos so I picked... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/jury-finds-man-guilty-in-execution-style-slaying-70604217.html A Winnipeg man was found guilty of first-degree murder late Thursday - - only to accuse jurors of making him the latest victim of a wrongful conviction. William Henderson appeared stunned at the 10 p.m. verdict and the mandatory life sentence he received with no chance of parole for 25... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/children-helping-children-is-charitys-goal-70604197.html THE leader of an international charity that builds schools in underdeveloped nations was in the city Thursday to speak to its most generous donors -- students. While that might seem incongruous given the debt loads often required to attend university and the relative pittance one can earn as a... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/manitoba-man-killed-in-crash-in-nebraska-70604152.html A Manitoba trucker was killed in a crash in southern Nebraska early Thursday morning, the state's highway patrol reported. The man, identified as Vladymyr Kuziv, 38, by a spokeswoman for the Nebraska State Patrol, died in a three-vehicle collision at 7:30 a.m. in Thayer County. A propane tanker... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/torch-of-life-in-city-today-70604102.html The torch is coming to Winnipeg today -- not the Olympic torch, the Torch of Life. The latest relay of the Torch of Life, a campaign to raise awareness for organ and tissue donations, hits the city today, with a ceremony at Earl's on Main Street at 12:30 p.m. Students from local schools will... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/get-santa-all-to-yourself-70604097.html DO you want Santa Claus and a professional photographer to visit your very own home and take festive heart-tugging photos of you and your beloved pets? Of course you do! You are a fun and festive pet owner. And it couldn't be easier. All you have to do is type out your favourite true holiday... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/ignatieff-mcfadyen-do-the-shuffle-dance-70604082.html The contractor has arrived, the dumpster is out front and the renovations have begun in earnest at Michael Ignatieff's Parliament Hill office. This is no cosmetic remodelling; the leader of the official opposition has completely gutted his staff and is in the process of rebuilding his strategy.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/im-still-me-just-better-looking-70604077.html I'm looking at the world a little differently now. Check out the picture of me in today's column and you'll see why. Take your time. Notice anything different? What? No, I did NOT have my nose surgically enlarged. OK, yes, I am sporting a goofy Friar Tuck-style haircut, but that's not what I'm... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/seniors-have-nothing-to-fear-at-mall-tenant-70604027.html PEOPLE fighting the possibility of selling the West End Senior Centre and moving it to Portage Place are afraid of change, says one of the downtown mall's tenants considering trading places. "This is an issue of the fear of change and not a fear of safety," said John Young, executive director of... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 CST