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Church fence, pedestrian death, wildfires in winter, tariff outcry, Jets’ progress report
Plus: From Manitoba... to the moon

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

 

 

'A fence isn’t solving all those concerns'

Joyanne Pursaga:

North End church says prayer for fence

Parish fights city for nine-foot gates amid vandalism, theft, encampments Read More

 
 
 

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'The next thing he hit her'

Tyler Searle:

Local author, beloved church member dies after being hit by car in Osborne Village

Ninth pedestrian to die after being hit on Winnipeg streets in 2025 Read More

 
 

'We’ll have to be very watchful next spring'

Chris Kitching:

Nightmare’s not over

Wildfire officials say underground zombie winter fires could re-emerge in the spring Read More

 
 

'A lose-lose situation'

Gabrielle Piché:

‘We really hope for it to stop’

American small-business coalition We Pay the Tariffs rings alarm, Manitoba peers echo response Read More

 
 

'We are exactly what our record says we are'

Ken Wiebe:

Jets on the outside looking in at season’s quarter mark

Trademark consistency, attention to detail noticeably absent after hot start Read More

 
 

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Local

Aaron Epp: Misericordia Angel Squad alights Tuesday
John Longhurst: Steinbach church hopes LGBTTQ+-friendly holiday performance welcoming for all
Aaron Epp: ‘We cannot treat pedestrian deaths as business as usual’
Erik Pindera: Senator predicts court challenge for Winnipeg detox centre
Erik Pindera: Man who turned himself in after abusing daughters gets 12 years
Erik Pindera: Staff shortage forces province to reduce traffic court, ticket-payment hours in Winnipeg
Free Press staff: Inquest called into man’s death 
Kevin Rollason: Stealing thieves’ thunder: private security has made theft at Steinbach job sites disappear
Chris Kitching: Hydro to cut down more than 260 trees on stretch of Selkirk Avenue
Janine LeGal: Transit employee charity boosts morale by serving others
 

Opinion

Maureen Scurfield: Walk back your harsh words for a happier holiday
Editorial: Doctor’s notes: a practice overdue for cancellation
Deborah Schnitzer: The hunt to find outliers of store-bought sameness
Free Press: Letters, Dec. 1
Ron Thiessen: Protecting nature, culture and Churchill’s tourism economy
Judy Waytiuk: Ukraine, explained by someone who knows
Gwynne Dyer: Destroying the rule of law
Jen Zoratti: You don’t really need to get matching sweaters
Niigaan Sinclair: Carney tries to be slick but pipeline games won’t end well
Joel Schlesinger: Philanthropic legacy
 

Arts & Life

Eva Wasney: Eat and greet
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Holly Harris: Theatre review: Adaptation of beloved holiday film a sweet treat
David Sanderson: Lego-lovers work to build creative community, block by block
Conrad Sweatman: Celebrating catalogue of Canada’s finest jazz musician
Janine LeGal: Accomplished artist, musician and entrepreneur who designed clothes for breast cancer patients always put others before herself
Ben Waldman: Student production grapples with fascism
Alison Gillmor: Legal ‘show’ courts weighty contempt
 

Sports

Mike McIntyre: Winnipeg Jets GM Cheveldayoff discusses team’s early struggles, veterans and prospects
Mike McIntyre: For the Jets that’s ‘one in a row’
Taylor Allen: More heartbreak for Dunstone
Taylor Allen: ‘They are the best team’
Reviewed by Gilbert Gregory: Legendary Flyers enforcer chronicles highs and lows on and off the ice in new memoir
Taylor Allen: It’s do or die for Dunstone
Mike McIntyre: Milic thrown to the wolves
Grace Anne Paizen: The Backcheck
Taylor Allen: Homan survives late push from Black
Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe: Rocking Raleigh as a Hurricane
 

Business

Aaron Epp: Selling trucks, building relationships
Gabrielle Piché: Manitoba ad agency AiEO puts focus on ‘new internet’ of AI results
Gabrielle Piché: Province’s Indigenous mining, mineral exploration sector gets federal boost
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Economists warn surprise GDP growth in Q3 masks weakness in Canada’s economy
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Stock markets rise, turning the page on a tumultuous month for equities
Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press: How ‘Heated Rivalry,’ Crave’s ‘spicy, gay hockey show,’ became a global TV player
Gabrielle Piché: Mapping future critical mineral exploration
Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press: Concerns raised about AI-powered toys and creativity, development as holiday shopping peaks
Aaron Epp: Osborne Village BIZ touts community ambassador program success
Gabrielle Piché: Drill samples point to cesium deposit: Grid Metals
 

Canada

Nick Murray and Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: ‘He should care’: Conservatives slam Carney on Trump comments
The Canadian Press, The Canadian Press: MPs swipe at Carney’s claim that Canada has no feminist foreign policy
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press: Premier Eby tells Carney it’s unacceptable B.C. has been cut out of pipeline talks
Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press: Alberta bill allows doctors to toggle between public and private pay for surgeries
Nono Shen, The Canadian Press: Two grizzlies caught in Bella Coola, B.C.; DNA tests may confirm any link to attack
Miriam Lafontaine, The Canadian Press: Ottawa announces $35 million for 30 oral health training programs across Canada
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Budget watchdog calls for more transparency after Liberals shift fiscal anchors
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press: Health minister noncommittal on pharmacare, says expert report isn’t binding
Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press: Nine of Alberta Premier Smith’s UCP legislature members facing recall petitions
David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Migrants rights groups call on government to withdraw border security bill
 
 

World

Yehor Konovalov And Evgeniy Maloletka, The Associated Press: Ukraine peace plan darkens the mood across a war-torn nation
Fadi Tawil, The Associated Press: Thousands mourn Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli airstrike
Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press: U.S. directs its embassies in Western nations to scrutinize ‘mass migration’
The Associated Press: Thai woman found alive in coffin after being brought in for cremation
Ben Finley, The Associated Press: Top US military adviser visits Caribbean as Trump ramps up pressure on Venezuela
Mauricio Savarese, The Associated Press: Brazil’s Bolsonaro says ‘hallucinations’ led him to violate ankle monitoring and cause his arrest
By Samy Magdy, The Associated Press: Sudan’s top general rejects US-led ceasefire proposal, calling it ‘the worst yet’
Eric Tucker, The Associated Press: Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
Samuel Getachew, The Associated Press: Volcano erupts in northern Ethiopia, sending ash plumes toward Yemen and Oman
Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press: Boeing’s troubled capsule won’t carry astronauts on next space station flight
 

One last thing...

Malak Abas:

U of M over the moon about satellite’s lunar launch

A milk-carton sized satellite built by Manitoba researchers will go where no Canadian spacecraft has gone before — the moon’s orbit. Read More

 
 

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