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Shifting tariffs, Bay restructuring, Dunstone on Brier, and remembering our food critic

Good evening.

Luke Schenn is making his debut with the Winnipeg Jets in tonight’s tilt with the New York Rangers. Mike McIntyre will provide game analysis on our website later this evening and in tomorrow’s print edition.

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

 

'The rules of the game are constantly being changed'

Gabrielle Piché:

CUSMA exemption confusion abounds

‘What’s our next step?’: Manitoba firms attempt to follow bouncing tariffs, clarify product rules of origin Read More

 

Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press:

White House says Trump dropping plan to double steel, aluminum tariffs

WASHINGTON - After another chaotic day in Canada-U.S. relations, U.S. President Donald Trump dropped his threat to double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum imports after Ontario agreed to pause a... Read More

 
 
 

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More on tariff battles

David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Poilievre wants to impose 50 per cent metal tariffs on U.S. after latest Trump threat
Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press: What you need to know about U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum set for Wednesday
Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press: Canada’s dairy industry says tariffs less scary than threats to supply management
The Canadian Press: Confused about tariff deadlines? Here’s what we know right now
Paul Wiseman And Josh Boak, The Associated Press: US factories likely to feel the pain from Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs
Terry Chea And Amy Taxin, The Associated Press: California almond growers grapple with uncertainty as new tariffs could hit exports
 

'I’d hate there not to be a Hudson’s Bay'

Chris Kitching:

Nostalgic but unsurprised city shoppers ponder possible last Bay Days

The fate of the last Bay stores in the city — at CF Polo Park and St. Vital Centre — and dozens more across Canada is uncertain, after the country’s oldest retailer filed for creditor protection in a bid to remain in business. Read More

 
 

'She did love her notoriety'

Jen Zoratti:

Incognito and incomparable

Oldest-school influencer and restaurant critic Marion Warhaft helped form and inform Winnipeg’s food scene Read More

 
 

'We fell short, but it was still a phenomenal week'

Joshua Frey-Sam:

Dunstone remains optimistic despite loss in Brier final

A 5-3 loss to Alberta’s Brad Jacobs in Sunday’s men’s national curling championship final continued to sting for Winnipeg-born Matt Dunstone's on Tuesday. It’s the second time in three years Dunstone lost in the gold-medal game. But he believes there’s plenty of reason for optimism about what’s ahead for his Manitoba team. Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Chris Kitching: Preserving past, pondering future of 142-year-old downtown church
Nicole Buffie: Drug site open house called off after media tipped off
Zoe Pierce: Running for others’ lives from coast to coast in oppressive heat, smoke-filled air
Tessa Adamski: Girl pleads guilty to assaulting fellow student
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
 

Opinion

John R. Wiens: Time for a democratic reset
Editorial: 911: It’s a matter of life and death
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

Eva Wasney: Sottobraccio brings Harth’s Italian flavours to new location in Osborne Village
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
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
 

Canada

Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: Federal Liberals and Tories now in a dead heat, new poll indicates
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press: Incoming prime minister Mark Carney says he has put his assets in a blind trust
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Liberal leadership race raises questions about possible fundraising ‘loophole’
The Canadian Press: Resort confirms Kicking Horse gondola fell one metre to ground, 8 on board
The Canadian Press: Measles exposure at Montreal Canadiens game at the Bell Centre: public health
Rosa Saba, The Canadian Press: Loblaw, George Weston settle bread price-fixing class-action lawsuits
The Canadian Press: B.C. says U.S. has paused Columbia River Treaty talks as trade tensions grow
The Canadian Press: B.C. shop fined $1m for selling ‘natural’ health products containing Cialis, Viagra
The Canadian Press: 55 years after it began, Regina Folk Festival shuts down for good, citing money woes
Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press: ‘A time of effort and sacrifice’: 5 years since COVID-19 declared a global pandemic
 
 

World

Matthew Lee, The Associated Press: US resumes military aid and intelligence sharing as Ukraine says it is open to a 30-day ceasefire
Samya Kullab And John Leicester, The Associated Press: Deterrence is a key issue as army chiefs from 30-plus countries talk about a Ukraine force
The Associated Press: Middle East latest: Israel kills 8 Palestinians in Gaza as Hamas says ceasefire talks resume
Jim Gomez, The Associated Press: Arrested Philippine ex-President Duterte to face legacy of thousands killed in drug crackdown
Nasser Karimi And Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press: China, Iran and Russia hold joint naval drills in Mideast as tensions rise between Tehran and US
Danica Kirka, The Associated Press: Polls close in Greenland’s capital for parliamentary election as Trump seeks control
Jill Lawless, The Associated Press: UK police arrest captain of cargo ship on suspicion of manslaughter over North Sea collision
Corey Williams, The Associated Press: 4 charged in death of 5-year-old boy ‘incinerated’ in hyperbaric chamber explosion
The Associated Press: FBI joins search for US college student who vanished in Dominican Republic on spring break
Chris Megerian, The Associated Press: Trump selects a new Tesla on White House driveway to show support for Elon Musk
Misper Apawu, The Associated Press: Photo essay: ‘We don’t have anywhere to go.’ In Ghana, rising seas, powerful waves sweep away homes
 

One last thing...

Todd Richmond, The Associated Press:

Explorers discover wreckage of cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior storm more than 130 years ago

Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. Read More

 
 

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