Wildfire update, accused killer’s plea, orca exhibit, city cricket
Plus: Read to the bottom to see how North Dakota is... relieving history

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

'We need to keep our people safe'

Chris Kitching:

‘Why do we have to beg?’: desperate chiefs plead for firefighting resources

Crews battling Manitoba wildfires with ‘garden hoses’ Read More

Tyler Searle:

800 more fire evacuees expected to find refuge in Niagara Falls

City with 14,000-plus hotel rooms ‘happy to do our part’ Read More

Free Press staff:

Where to donate, how to volunteer to help Manitoba wildfire evacuees

Wildfires have forced thousands of Manitobans to flee their homes and move into temporary shelters in Winnipeg and beyond. Here's how you can help. Read More

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Carol Sanders: Retired conservation staff eager to help, but the call never comes

The Canadian Press: About 15,000 have fled Saskatchewan wildfires and more coming: Premier Moe

Malak Abas: Ottawa, Manitoba to match wildfire donations to Red Cross

Maggie Macintosh: Wildfire-affected schools exempt from Grade 12 exams: province

Steve Karnowski, The Associated Press: Canadian wildfire smoke causes ‘very unhealthy’ conditions in American Midwest and reaches Europe

'A true plea bargain'

Dean Pritchard:

Man awaiting trial in family’s slaying pleads guilty to impaired crash

A Manitoba man awaiting trial in the murders of five people, including his three young children, admitted responsibility Tuesday for a drunk driving collision that sent two people to hospital. Read More

'Some people get pretty emotional'

AV Kitching:

Immersive film allows humans to hear like orcas

Manitoba Museum’s latest exhibition invites visitors to dive deep into the waters of the Salish Sea and immerse themselves in the world of the endangered southern resident killer whales Read More

'Rooted to culture while building something new'

Zoe Pierce:

Winnipeg Wolves climbing cricket ranks

Cricket is becoming one of the fastest-growing sports in Canada, and Manitoba is no exception. In the past five years alone, the number of cricket teams in the province has more than doubled, according to Paramjit Shahi, president of the Manitoba Cricket Association. Read More

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Local

Chris Kitching: Decision on corridor for Trans-Canada twinning near Ontario border expected this fall, province says

Chris Kitching: Preserving past, pondering future of 142-year-old downtown church

Chris Kitching: Thousands of Manitobans without power following storm

Tessa Adamski: Girl pleads guilty to assaulting fellow student

Tyler Searle: Métis federation opens Louis Riel College campus

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

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

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

Graham Dunbar, The Associated Press: UEFA members to boycott FIFA competitions in protest of World Cup private investors plan

Taylor Allen: Clean game a must for Bombers to pull out win at home

Mike McIntyre: Men’s title turning into two-horse race between clubmates Fanning and Doyle

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

Business

Gabrielle Piché: Downtown Winnipeg comedy club Yuk Yuk’s closes

Gabrielle Piché: IG Wealth Management’s Portage Avenue building to be sold

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

Canada

Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press: Trump signs order to double tariffs on steel, aluminum Wednesday

David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Carney says he’ll ‘take note’ of opposition motion to table a spring economic update

Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Canada’s domestic tourism industry could net billions due to U.S. trade war: report

Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press: Indigenous services minister says First Nations support for developments ‘critical’

Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press: Federal bill includes new security powers to tighten border, immigration system

Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press: Health minister says forced addictions treatment lacks evidence, feds won’t intervene

Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: Court approves sale of Hudson’s Bay trademarks to Canadian Tire

World

Illia Novikov, The Associated Press: Russian rockets kill 4 in a Ukrainian city as Kyiv claims it damaged a key bridge

The Associated Press: Putin’s uncompromising demands emerge after the latest round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks

Mohammad Jahjouh, Samy Magdy And Fatma Khaled, The Associated Press: Gaza officials say Israeli forces killed 27 heading to aid site. Israel says it fired near suspects

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Israeli envoy pushes back as Ottawa calls out ‘disturbing’ food restrictions on Gaza

Colleen Slevin, Jesse Bedayn And Rebecca Santana, The Associated Press: US immigration authorities detain the family of the man charged in the Colorado attack

Christina A. Cassidy And Nadia Lathan, The Associated Press: Republican push for proof of citizenship to vote proves a tough sell in the states

Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press: Analysis: An outline is emerging of the US offer to Iran in their high-stakes nuclear negotiations

The Associated Press: South Korean media say liberal opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung has been elected president

Matt Ott, The Associated Press: Meta becomes the latest big tech company turning to nuclear power for AI needs

Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press: Weinstein retrial nears end as lawyers argue: sexual predator or #MeToo ‘poster boy’?

One last thing...

Jack Dura, The Associated Press:

North Dakota’s historic sites will finally have toilets that flush

Lawrence Welk didn't have a flush toilet where he grew up, but visitors to his childhood home in rural North Dakota now do. Read More

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