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Essential reads for January 26, 2022

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COVID-19 survivor’s tale written on her body

Kevin Rollason
7:00 PM CST Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022
4 minute read

Chris Kitching:

Indian village fears missing family at centre of fatal smuggling case in Manitoba

<p>An unstaffed gas-pipeline compressor station outside the town of St. Vincent, Minn., just a few hundred metres away from the Canada-U.S. border and the spot where RCMP officers recovered the bodies of four unidentified Indian nationals Jan. 19. (James McCarten / The Canadian Press)</p>

Danielle Da Silva:

Key data on COVID-19 in Winnipeg kept under wraps

MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES

Ryan Thorpe:

Fundraiser for accused jail guard raised $50K before being pulled

<p>The Headingley Correctional Centre. This is for Judge Ray Wyant’s story on his tour of the of jail… the first time he has been back inside since 1974 – when he was a summer intern at the Free Press – the newspaper assigned him to go inside as an inmate for a weekend. Kevin Rollason story. Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press Feb. 11 2016</p>

Erik Pindera:

Family grieves at wake for Winnipeg homicide victim

<p>MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>“No revenge, no revenge. I just hope (police) find him (her son’s killer). I’m going to feel sorry for him,” Brenda Myran said.</p>

Dan Lett:

Gentle persuasion, inflexible rules

Bystanders watch a convoy of trucks pass through Brandon along the Trans Canada Highway, bound for Ottawa as part of a protest against pandemic restrictions and vaccine mandates, on Tuesday morning. (Kyle Darbyson/The Brandon Sun)

Melissa Martin:

Team Jones rises to challenge of preparing for Olympics during pandemic

Kirsten Wall (from left), Dawn McEwen, Jill Officer, Kaitlyn Lawes, and Jennifer Jones won gold at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. (Robert F. Bukaty / The Associated Press files)

AV Kitching:

By shifting online, Speaking Crow open-mic series allows poets to flock together

<p>RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>Angeline Schellenberg moderates Speaking Crow, Winnipeg’s longest-running poetry open mic series.</p>

Helping adult learners helps Manitoba

<p>RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Sunday Special, Feature on Winnipeg Public Library’s long-standing writer-in-residence program, photos taken at The Millennium Library Thursday for story to run Jan. 27th. Photos and portraits of, Jordan Wheeler (writer) and Danielle Pilon (head librarian), for story on Winnipeg Public Library’s long-standing writer-in-residence program and how it’s boosting Winnipeg’s literary scene. Photos of the current writer-in-residence, Jordan Wheeler and the Reader Services head librarian, Danielle Pilon. Supporting photos of people studying in the library, stack of submitted manuscripts (15 page max each), local history books and general shots inside and outside the library. Story, Declan Schroeder. January 24th, 2019</p>

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