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Supervised consumption site, seclusion rooms, police stations, artists on AI, state of the arts, World Cup draw
Plus: Fleeting blossoms that won’t appear again for generations

Good evening. The Winnipeg Jets are battling the Buffalo Sabres for the second time in five days in a game that’s underway now at Canada Life Centre. The Sabres won 5-1 in the previous matchup.

Catch up on the game result and analysis later tonight on our website and in tomorrow’s print edition.

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

 

'It’s a collection of unknowns'

Carol Sanders:

Manitoba reveals second proposed site for supervised drug-consumption facility

Businesses near Henry Avenue location express safety concerns; community consultation sessions scheduled next week Read More

 
 
 

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'The... revolving door of crisis and crisis responding is turning faster'

Nicole Buffie:

Intervention by isolation

As incidences of violence and psychosis increase, use of seclusion rooms in health-care settings play critical role Read More

 
 

'Bring that connection back to the community'

Joyanne Pursaga:

City’s district police stations will reopen to public next year, chief says

Winnipeggers will soon be able to connect with officers face-to-face at four district police stations, and the city’s police chief believes a fifth site should be added in the future. Read More

 

Joyanne Pursaga:

City’s police chief wants body-worn camera program in new year

While there is no funding for the initiative in the city’s 2026 preliminary budget, Winnipeg Police Service Chief Gene Bowers said it is a priority. Read More

 
 

'The joy of art is both in the process and the choices the artist made'

Gabrielle Piché:

Generative AI puts squeeze on creative community

Fewer commission jobs, content theft among new technology wave of worries for writers, artists, designers Read More

 
 

'Massive decrease in cultural production'

Conrad Sweatman:

State of the arts

Manitoba’s cultural sector is struggling… and thriving Read More

 
 

'There's opportunity there but some big challenges'

Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press:

Canadian men to face Switzerland, Qatar and possibly Italy at 2026 World Cup

Canada's draw for next summer's World Cup started well but finished with a twist of the tail. Read More

 

Jerrad Peters:

Canada’s Group B full of exciting storylines

Apologies to Wales, Northern Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina, but how cool would it be to have the Canadian men’s national team open a home World Cup against Italy in Toronto? (It wasn’t really a question. The only answer is “super cool.”) Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Nicole Buffie: Devoted matriarch made most of cards she was dealt
Joshua Frey-Sam: Cheer Board’s elves busy at work with warehouses packed to the brim
Scott Billeck: Parents miffed by lack of communication about sex offender involved in school incident
Dean Pritchard: Judge rejects RCMP officer’s appeal of unsafe driving conviction
Free Press staff: Boys, 14, arrested after student stabbed at Portage Collegiate Institute
Scott Billeck: Encampment clearing strains agency beyond its limits: Street Links director
Free Press staff: Two charged in stabbing outside ‘costume social’
 

Opinion

Tory McNally: Modern day resumé writing
Joel Schlesinger: How the pinch steals Christmas
Shannon D.M. Moore and Jennifer Watt: Education and gender-based violence
Tim Kist: Are customers aware of value you provide? They need to be
Maureen Scurfield: Find yourself a little romance in the night sky
Editorial: Leader dissolving before our eyes
Jen Zoratti: An intimate understanding of Oxford’s Word of the Year
Kate Fenske: We’re done accepting ‘good enough’
David McLaughlin: Federal minister leaves, on principle
Russell Wangersky: Step out of yourself to truly take in nature
 

Arts & Life

Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
David Sanderson: Plant-based desserts that have even non-vegans asking for seconds
David Pitt: Far-future fiction feels brilliantly ambitious
Reviewed by Dave Williamson: Updike’s correspondence chronicled in expansive, enlightening collection
Reviewed by Graeme Voyer: KGB archivist’s deceit both personal, political
Ben Sigurdson: Spotify’s top 2025 audiobooks led by romance, fantasy
John Longhurst: Vatican correspondent writes book of lament
Reviewed by Jess Woolford: Giuffre’s quest for justice lives on in posthumous memoir
Reviewed by Andrea Geary: Poisoned water plot propels Penny’s latest
Reviewed by Alison Gillmor: Travel writer turned wary spy back in action in Boyd’s 1960s thriller
 

Sports

Ken Wiebe: Jets struggles continue with beating in Edmonton
Taylor Allen: Manitoban posts sub-2:20 time in first marathon
Ken Wiebe: Pearson, Koepke bulge the twine, Comrie solid between pipes as Jets dump Sabres to end slump
Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe: Avalanche stand at NHL summit
Grace Anne Paizen: PWHL storylines from Week 2
Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press: B.C. soccer legend Christine Sinclair says World Cup 2026 ‘feels real’ after draw
Howard Fendrich, The Associated Press: Everyone is in the toughest World Cup group. Just ask the coaches
 

Business

Free Press staff: Winnipeg entrepreneurs make Forbes list
Wyatte Grantham-philips And Matt Ott, The Associated Press: Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Economy adds 54,000 jobs in ‘perplexing’ November labour report
Gabrielle Piché: Core chasing ‘cleanest neighbourhood’ title
 

Canada

Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press: Carney, Trump and Sheinbaum talk trade at 2026 World Cup draw in Washington D.C.
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Hundreds of federal public servants warned this week of job cuts
David Friend, The Canadian Press: Canadian-born renegade architect Frank Gehry dies at 96
Jim Bronskill and Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Feds to proceed with promised review of firearms classification regime, minister says
David Baxter, The Canadian Press: More than 10,000 CBSA removal warrants active for more than a year
Jack Farrell and Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press: Almost one-quarter of all Alberta MLAs facing citizen-led recall petition drives
Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press: Judge calls Alberta bill on referendum drives undemocratic, disrespect to rule of law
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: NDP MP Kwan accuses Liberals of ‘fearmongering’ over defence export bill
Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press: Search for grizzly behind ‘extraordinary attack’ on B.C. school group is called off
Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press: Health Canada recalls glucose monitors that may give patients incorrect readings
 
 

World

Aamer Madhani And Illia Novikov, The Associated Press: US, Ukraine officials say they’ll meet for 3rd day after progress on creating a security framework
Molly Quell, The Associated Press: ICC prosecutor says Putin warrant won’t disappear even if Ukraine peace talks are successful
Rajesh Roy And Aijaz Hussain, The Associated Press: Putin and Modi hold talks and announce expansion of Russia-India trade ties
Michelle L. Price, The Associated Press: Trump’s security strategy slams European allies and asserts US power in the Western Hemisphere
Rebecca Santana, The Associated Press: Trump administration will expand travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says
David Bauder, The Associated Press: Another line of attack: White House sets up a hall of shame for news outlets
Seung Min Kim, The Associated Press: FIFA gives Trump a peace prize in a departure from its traditional focus on sport
Kelvin Chan, The Associated Press: EU hits Elon Musk’s X with 120 million euro fine for breaching bloc’s social media law
 

One last thing...

Eléonore Hughes And Lucas Dumphreys, The Associated Press:

Decades-old palm trees in Rio de Janeiro flower for the first — and only — time

Towering talipot palms in a Rio de Janeiro park are flowering for the first and only time in their lives, decades after famed Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx introduced them in the 1960s. Read More

 
 

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