The Wrap: Road work, sex charges, justice delays, Murray Sinclair
Plus: a package of stories on Remembrance Day

Good evening. Monday is Remembrance Day; the Free Press will not publish a print edition. However, our news team is on the job all weekend, so you can visit our website for coverage of:

Saturday’s afternoon Jets game against the Stars.
Also Saturday: The Bombers hosting the Roughriders in the CFL West final.
Sunday’s public memorial service for former judge and senator Murray Sinclair.
Monday’s Remembrance Day ceremonies.

Here’s a look at what our newsroom has been working on today:

'A lot of work in a very complex work season'

Augusta Drive was built in 1979, just as the then-new Waverley Heights neighbourhood was sprouting up.

Four decades later, it finally got its first major repair job.

For residents, it was a chance to see their tax dollars at work. For reporter Gabrielle Piché, it’s an opportunity to shed light on how the city tackles road construction.

Gabrielle Piché:

Paving process unpredictable

Detours, wrong turns and erratic weather can snarl the drive for more durable — and at times, just driveable — roadways in Winnipeg Read More

Iced drink with lime on a wooden surface beside the Savour Manitoba magazine cover.

'It’s going to have profound lasting effects'

Tyler Searle:

New charges for teacher accused of sex assault, recording videos in change room

Another alleged victim comes forward; 'always the potential' for more victims, say police Read More

'More cases seem to be taking longer to go to trial'

Carol Sanders:

Delays in Manitoba courts spark more applications to dismiss

Manitoba courts are receiving more requests for cases to be tossed because of delays in the judicial process. Data provided by the province show the number of motions that seek a stay of proceeding... Read More

'Come to the fire, Dad'

Niigaan Sinclair:

Guided by sacred fire, Dad travelled far and wide in final journey home

No matter how distant and deep a spirit travels, the ishkode, or sacred fire, marks a place for a spirit to rest, prepare and hear instructions for the next step of its journey. Read More

Danielle Morrison:

Another side of the multi-faceted Murray Sinclair

The first time I met Murray Sinclair, I was working at the Neeginan Centre as a communications officer. I was two years out from working as a form filler for the Independent Assessment Process, the cl... Read More

'We’re afraid that this sacrifice... will be for nothing'

Melissa Martin:

Sacrifice, sorrow, ‘very dark days’

Ukrainian couple with century-old Manitoba ties struggles to make sense of war that took one son, injured another, and has a third in uniform on the front line Read More

Kevin Rollason:

A name without a face

Archivist searches for photo of Manitoba teen who lied — twice — to enlist, and was killed just 17 days before end of Second World War Read More

Jerrad Peters:

Dutch club honours Canadian hero

Sgt. Leo Major singlehandedly liberated Zwolle from Nazis Read More

Free Press staff:

Remembrance Day ceremonies and what’s open/closed this weekend

Poppy-clad Winnipeggers and other Manitobans will gather Monday to honour those who gave their lives in service to Canada and pay tribute to those still serving at Remembrance Day ceremonies throughou... Read More

Alison Gillmor:

Casablanca’s theme of decency amid disillusion still pertains

While Casablanca was responding specifically to its own period, it still has something to say today. While it’s a movie of the Second World War, there are different kinds of battles being waged right now. Read More

Rebecca Chambers:

Repugnant campaign, ballot-box shock our last wake-up calls

Our veterans from the last major threat to democracy are dwindling, and so too, it seems, is our collective memory of the dangers of totalitarianism. Read More