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Northern port investment, border security, boycotting America, ER conditions and break-up comfort food

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

 

'Amazing asset'

Gabrielle Piché:

‘Perfect timing’ as feds, province provide $80M for Churchill port

Investment in link to European trade touted Read More

 
 
 

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'Canadians should know we have a very strong border'

Scott Billeck:

Governments flex border muscle at Emerson crossing

‘Fentanyl czar,’ drug-detecting machine touted by federal public safety minister Read More

 
 

'I’m going to do my part to fight back'

Malak Abas:

Selling California dreams

Trump spurs Winnipeg snowbirds to put U.S. condo on market; North Dakota tourism sector braces for Manitoba boycott Read More

 
 

'No place for knives and chains and guns and screwdrivers'

Chris Kitching:

Meth psychosis, weapons make ER at HSC ‘dangerous place most days’

Aggression, addictions take toll on patient care, nurse tells Free Press Read More

 
 

Brokenhearted — and hungry

Eva Wasney:

Menu from the sad café

Culinary comfort for the brokenhearted with these breakup bites Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Joyanne Pursaga: Gillingham outlines big plan for Seine River in a second term as mayor
Free Press staff: What’s open, what’s closed, what’s up in Winnipeg on National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Sept. 30, 2026
Carol Sanders: Furby Street residents fed up with inaction on drug houses
Tom Brodbeck, Rebecca Chambers, Niigaan Sinclair and Brent Bellamy: Is a better Winnipeg on the horizon?
Malak Abas: Winnipeg Police Service recognizes, honours residential school survivors as Orange Shirt Day approaches
Malak Abas: Local Muslims, Indigenous people hold interfaith event
AV Kitching: Patrol volunteers provide aid when skiers take a tumble
Kelly-Anne Riess: Province invests $3.8M in culinary arts training facility for francophone high school students
Conrad Sweatman: Signs of local neo-Nazi recruiting efforts spark concern
Gabrielle Piché: Positive anticipation is growing about major housing developments underway in Winnipeg’s downtown
 

Opinion

Tory McNally: Happy email debt forgiveness day
Joel Schlesinger: Perfecting profitability
Jen Zoratti: Winnipeg a character all its own onscreen
Judy Waytiuk: Respectful separation: an obvious oxymoron
Editorial: Discrediting independent media is the game plan
Free Press: Letters, Sept. 28
Paul G. Thomas: Wab Kinew as ‘communicator in chief’
Niigaan Sinclair: Canada resorting to its tried and true playbook
John R. Wiens: Public versus private schooling
Free Press: Letters, Sept 26
 

Arts & Life

Maureen Scurfield: Uncaring hubby fell flat at first hurdle
Jen Zoratti: U of W marks gallery’s anniversary with group alumni exhibition
Free Press: What’s up: Carleton/Sinclair launch, Mitchell Fenton, country music, Esteban Seunarine, art of the sacred
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Dánica Coto, The Associated Press: Oxford English Dictionary adds several words long used in the Caribbean and Bermuda
Barbara Ortutay And Kelvin Chan, The Associated Press: A look at AI doomsday scenarios that researchers say could put humanity at risk
David Sanderson: Burger buffs translate patty epiphany into flat-out success
Sheldon Birnie: Museum warehouse holds the history of electrical power in Manitoba
Holly Harris: WSO season kicks off with two fateful fifths
Janine LeGal: An aim to bring everyone together
 

Sports

Joshua Frey-Sam: Crusaders football celebrates 95th anniversary
Ken Wiebe: Special teams woes hurt Bombers in loss to Argos
Taylor Allen: Bombers let another one slip away and face pivotal issue
Ken Wiebe: Is another goalie on Jets’ wish list?
Joshua Frey-Sam: Bison kicker Turner named captain, shows she belongs
Ken Wiebe: Four Jets clear waivers to join Moose
Taylor Allen: Blue Bombers whiff on their opportunities to put game away
Mike McIntyre: Jets’ brass warming up to El Nino?
GEORGE WILLIAMS: Longshot triggers massive payout for second straight week
Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe: A Canadian team lifting the Cup just one of several storylines to tee up NHL season
 

Business

Gabrielle Piché: Restaurants ‘under pressure’
Gabrielle Piché: Ledohowski among new entrants to Manitoba Business Hall of Fame
Aaron Epp: Chamber hears about the business of belonging
Free Press staff: Governments fund AI training for aerospace, manufacturing workers
Gabrielle Piché: Global prediction markets, local presence
Aaron Epp: Quintex absorbs Mat Master in family-friendly transaction
Eva Wasney: Manitoba’s small oil, gas sector lists 31 ownerless sites — far cry from thousands in Alberta, Saskatchewan
Aaron Epp: Lake Life Powersports buzzes into expeditious expansion
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: NDP leader says Ottawa breaking labour law as Bank of Canada strike nears 100 days
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Federal government defends closure of seven research facilities
 

Canada

Sarah Ritchie and Michel Saba, The Canadian Press: Opposition parties call for Parliament’s return after Trump hits pause on tariffs
Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press: Ministers call on Washington lawmakers to scrap tariff threat completely
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press: No Canadian soldiers assigned to border enforcement, minister says
The Canadian Press: Quebec premier says North American free-trade agreement should be reopened now
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Canada presses on with trade diversification strategy in face of Trump’s threats
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press: Ottawa defends its use of Emergencies Act before Federal Court of Appeal
Lia Lévesque, The Canadian Press: Quebec union group urges Amazon boycott after warehouse closure announcement
Allison Jones, The Canadian Press: Ford aims to keep tariff focus in election as Liberals, NDP tout health, education
Marcy Nicholson, The Canadian Press: B.C. human rights commissioner wants study of police in schools after board’s firing
Nono Shen, The Canadian Press: From Musk to mushrooms, Canadian buyers let money do the talking amid tariff turmoil
 
 

World

The Canadian Press: Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, dead at 88
The Associated Press: The Latest: Trump says he wants US to take charge of Gaza Strip at press conference with Netanyahu
Michelle L. Price, Aamer Madhani And Zeke Miller, The Associated Press: Trump says he’s given advisers instructions for Iran to be ‘obliterated’ if it assassinates him
The Associated Press: The Taliban suspend Afghan women’s radio station for providing content to overseas TV channel
The Associated Press: Middle East latest: Trump suggests Palestinians leave Gaza as talks on ceasefire resume
Justin Kabumba And Jean-yves Kamale, The Associated Press: Congo calls rebels’ ceasefire declaration ‘false communication’ as reports of fighting continue
Philip Marcelo And Marcos Alemán, The Associated Press: El Salvador’s offer to take in US deportees and violent criminals is unlike any other migrant deal
Eric Tucker And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press: FBI agents sue over Justice Dept. effort to ID employees involved in Trump-related investigations
Edith M. Lederer And Dánica Coto, The Associated Press: US has frozen some funding for the UN-backed mission to quell gangs in Haiti, UN says
Haleluya Hadero, The Associated Press: Fast fashion, laptops and toys are likely to cost more due to US tariffs on Chinese imports
 

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