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Tariff impact, holiday horror, Pumphouse award, record-breaking Jets

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

 

'Every option is on the table'

Gabrielle Piché:

Tariff turmoil

Majority of Manitoba businesses expect to be hurt by American plans: survey Read More

 
 
 

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'This can’t be true, it can’t be real'

Chris Kitching:

Winnipegger severely burned, broken in Hawaii barbecue explosion, eight others injured

Palliser Furniture CFO could remain in hospital up to year, family told Read More

 
 

'A very, very successful intervention of an existing heritage building'

Aaron Epp:

Pumphouse draws praise

5468796 Architecture-designed East Exchange property finalist for Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize Read More

 
 

Making hockey history

Mike McIntyre:

Coming up on the History Channel… the Winnipeg Jets

Soaring squad has multitude of NHL, franchise and personal-best records in its sights as regular season rounds the clubhouse turn Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Tessa Adamski: Girl pleads guilty to assaulting fellow student
Nicole Buffie: Drug site open house called off after media tipped off
Tyler Searle: Métis federation opens Louis Riel College campus
Malak Abas: South Osborne residents fail in bid to prevent construction of 131-unit apartment tower
Erik Pindera: Province, MPI want court to toss Tesla bid for review of exclusion from EV rebate program
Chris Kitching: IIU clears WPS officers who fired shots at stolen truck in 2025 West End incident
Dean Pritchard: Crown wants 20-year sentence for man who sexually abused young girls
Erik Pindera: Hydro, governments could face class action suit over lengthy power outage
Zoe Pierce: Running for others’ lives from coast to coast in oppressive heat, smoke-filled air
By Tiago Resko: Rare white buffalo gets dignified sendoff
 

Opinion

Editorial: 911: It’s a matter of life and death
John R. Wiens: Time for a democratic reset
Hersh Seth: Use it twice: a data centre we could support
Erna Buffie: It isn’t ‘just the weather’
Conrad Sweatman: Singing the praises of fringe shows that dare to take risks
Paul G. Thomas: Understanding the police HQ inquiry
Tory McNally: Great workplace shorts debate: time to free knees
Free Press: Letters, July 30
Judith Dueck: No museum can tell the whole story
Stuart Williams: The alternative to natural gas-powered turbines is in the ground
 

Arts & Life

Maureen Scurfield: Drop bravado and cease silly summer spat
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Eva Wasney: Living the strongman life means special training for special strength
Mike McIntyre: Cross Lake pro blueliner walks away from sport he loves to live and work in northern community he loves even more
Conrad Sweatman: In an apartment above the Sherbie, famous local artists line the walls
David Sanderson: For unique Menno-centric take on Free Press, satirist mines her jibes between the lines
Jen Zoratti: Cultural consultation gives Indigenous stories strength in Netflix’s new Little House on the Prairie
Tiago Resko: Arjun Lal exhibition explores how society remains shaped by colonialism
Eva Wasney: Sottobraccio brings Harth’s Italian flavours to new location in Osborne Village
Tiago Resko: WAG wraps exhibition showcasing fine art of a sweet bike
 

Sports

Grace Penner: Soccer facility gets $750K from province for upgrades
Grace Penner: Trailblazer Kati Tabin brings PWHL championship trophy home to share success, inspire next generation
Ken Wiebe: Bombers receiver’s lateral recovery still talk of the town
Free Press: Sweet sendoff for apprentice jockey
Grace Penner: Winnipegger Bairos-Novak medals at wheel gymnastics worlds
Cassidy Dankochik: Carillon baseball team takes third straight MJBL title
Mike McIntyre: Fanning captures second straight senior’s title, while Martens’ provincial victory 27 years in the taking
Taylor Allen: Clean game a must for Bombers to pull out win at home
The Canadian Press: Canada’s Sarah Mitton repeats as women’s shot put champion at Commonwealth Games
Josh Dubow, The Associated Press: Macklin Celebrini gets 5-year, $94M extension from the Sharks in the NHL’s richest deal ever
 

Business

Gabrielle Piché: Downtown Winnipeg comedy club Yuk Yuk’s closes
Free Press staff: Manitoba receives top marks for reducing internal trade barriers
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Canadian, U.S. markets drop as oil prices rise amid continued Middle East fighting
Dylan Lovan, The Associated Press: KFC founder Colonel Sanders’ signature bow tie and personal planner sell at auction
Gabrielle Piché: Pilot project targets defence contract tracking
The Canadian Press: Bell rolling out new tool to detect and flag spoofed phone calls using AI
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: ‘Drive day and night’: TFI plans to roll out driverless trucks in U.S.
Gabrielle Piché: Manitoba Innovates seeks to pump up in-person networking as artificial intelligence-created resumés become norm
Leah Willingham, The Associated Press: eBay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
Aaron Epp: Qualico celebrating 75 years of growth, success since its first development of 13 bungalows in River Heights
 

Tariff threat

Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Canadian consumer confidence hits lowest level since 2023 on U.S. tariff fears
Jesmeen Gill, The Canadian Press: Public safety minister heads to Washington to discuss efforts to fight fentanyl
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Provinces have roughly $100B at hand for tariff relief, Desjardins estimates
The Canadian Press: ‘A wake-up call’: Report urges agri-food export diversification amid tariff threat
Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press: Scotiabank says tariff fears causing borrowers to hold back but risks ‘manageable’
Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: Spin Master CEO sees ‘volatility’ in consumer spending amid tariff drama
Paola Loriggio and Sonja Puzic, The Canadian Press: Doug Ford points to renewed U.S. tariff threat in snap election campaign’s final days
 
 

Canada

Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press: Keystone XL redux? Trump says he wants defunct oil pipeline back from the dead
Kyle Duggan and Maura Forrest, The Canadian Press: Liberal leadership candidates pitch plans to confront Trump in English debate
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Poll shows Freeland a close second on first ballot in Liberal leadership race
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Joly seeks more intelligence sharing with Europeans as Washington drifts from Ukraine
Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press: Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says he is leaving politics
The Canadian Press: Another earthquake for B.C., less than four days after cities rattled
Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press: B.C. First Nation files Charter challenge over RCMP refusal to enforce bylaws
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: Younger Canadians drive trust in AI-generated information, poll indicates
Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press: Ontario shifts from Pap to HPV test for cervical cancer screening, but no at-home kits yet
The Canadian Press: Ailing Pope Frances appoints new Archbishop of Vancouver
 

World

Susie Blann, Hanna Arhirova And Vasilisa Stepanenko, The Associated Press: US and Ukraine near an economic deal with mineral rights but no security promise, officials say
Josef Federman And Abby Sewell, The Associated Press: Israel and Hamas agree on new exchange, leaving fragile ceasefire intact
Wafaa Shurafa And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press: Medics say 6 babies have died from the cold in Gaza as displaced people shelter in tents and rubble
Tia Goldenberg, The Associated Press: Freed Israeli hostage held onto faith to get through months of captivity in Gaza
Nayara Batschke And Matias Basualdo, The Associated Press: Power outage leaves most of Chile in darkness for hours
Steven Grattan, The Associated Press: In Rome, talks to protect Earth’s biodiversity resume with money topping the agenda
Stephen Mcgrath And Vadim Ghrida, The Associated Press: French fugitive ‘The Fly’ is extradited to France after his arrest in Romania
Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking And Matt Brown, The Associated Press: House GOP pushes ‘big’ budget resolution to passage, a crucial step toward delivering Trump’s agenda
The Associated Press: The Latest: Elon Musk renews threat to fire federal workers despite pushback from various agencies
Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press: Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a threat to Earth, scientists say
The Associated Press: Starbucks is cutting some ‘less popular’ drinks from its menu. Here’s what will be removed next week
 

One last thing...

Elsie Chen, The Associated Press:

‘Puppy Mountain’ photo draws onlookers to a Chinese riverside

When Shanghai-based designer Guo Qingshan posted a vacation photo on Valentine’s Day and captioned it “Puppy Mountain,” it became a sensation in China and even created a tourist destination. Guo ha... Read More

 
 

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