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Cop’s guilty plea, MLA sues premier, school patrols, Langside Grocery, Cheveldayoff on Jets’ tailspin
Plus: Meet the three breeds joining the dog-show world

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

 

'I only touch your stuff'

Dean Pritchard:

Disgraced former WPS officer pleads guilty to drug-trafficking charge

Longtime constable awaiting sentence on lengthy list of corruption charges Read More

 
 
 

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'Reckless, false and defamatory'

Erik Pindera:

MLA ousted from NDP caucus sues premier, cabinet minister for defamation

Former New Democrat MLA Mark Wasyliw is suing Premier Wab Kinew, his natural resources minister and another NDP caucus member, alleging the trio conspired to defame him as an excuse to oust him from the party. Read More

 
 

'I like keeping people safe'

Maggie Macintosh:

Donning the vest since 1936

Young crossing guards take up safety tradition Read More

 
 

'It kind of feels like a homecoming'

Malak Abas:

Check out the renovated Langside Grocery

Neighbourhood hot spot joins other West Broadway businesses under new management Read More

 
 

'Didn’t necessarily see it coming'

Mike McIntyre:

Few concrete answers for Jets’ tailspin

GM Cheveldayoff continues to preach patience despite club’s basement status Read More

 
 

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The Week That Was: Dec. 29 to Jan. 3

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Local

Zoe Pierce: Missing pet tortoise found at Oak Hammock Marsh
Malak Abas: Long-awaited supervised drug consumption site opens quietly after months of loud opposition
Morgan Modjeski: Mom grieves loss of daughter, 4, on Long Plain First Nation
Joyanne Pursaga: Governments pledge ‘storefront success’ with downtown grants
Maggie Macintosh: Fun drop-in last chance to mentor grads of inner-city school with excellent track record
Josiah Neufeld: Quaker movement fuelled by a fierce sense of social justice
Nicole Buffie: Winnipeg couple feels flush after highway porta-potty scare
Carol Sanders: Experts working to address HSC cyberattack: health minister
Erik Pindera: Transcona councillor faces new sex assault charge
Zoe Pierce: Ducks Unlimited makes province’s largest-ever conservation-land purchase
 

Opinion

Gwynne Dyer: AI bio-weapons loom
Melissa Martin: Quiet opening fitting for controversial site
Tom Brodbeck: Poilievre’s simplistic bluster a desperate bid for attention in a serious moment for nation
Jason M. Sutherland: Gridlock by design: no excuses for bed backlog
Free Press: The circle of life — garden-sized
Free Press: Letters, Aug. 12
Free Press: Letters, Aug. 10
Editorial: Signs the Carney approach is working
David McLaughlin: Israel: the new political divide?
Tom Brodbeck: City’s crisis-response proposal makes too much sense for province to ignore
 

Arts & Life

Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press: Google unveils latest Pixel phones with slimmer cameras and more AI features
Ben Sigurdson: Blues Brother bringing sci-fi debut this fall
Colleen Barry, The Associated Press: Extreme heat is reshaping Italy’s sparkling wine industry with early harvests and nighttime picking
Maureen Scurfield: Put in the work to find fulfilling relationship
Ben Waldman: Winnipeg pooches get time in spotlight in Rainbow Stage production of Legally Blonde
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Ben Sigurdson: A new chapter: Renamed Winnipeg Book Festival takes to The Forks this fall
Maria Sherman, The Associated Press: Blues ‘enthusiast’ Morgan Freeman’s album covers 100 years of the genre
Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press: The pods are heading north: Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ is coming to Canada
Maria Sherman, The Associated Press: Taylor Swift, Lyle Lovett and more are headed for Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
 

Sports

Greg Beacham, The Associated Press: A blockbuster $12.5B deal as Josh Kushner and Bob Iger agree to buy the Lakers, AP source says
Hannah Schoenbaum, The Associated Press: Britain’s Andy Green sets another speed record, this time in a hydrogen-powered car
The Associated Press: High school football player in Arkansas practices with a venomous snake in his helmet
David Brandt, The Associated Press: Former NFL QB Matt Hasselbeck part of latest CTE frontier – diagnosing brain disease in the living
John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press: Brett Bateman’s Major League Baseball career off to fast start with Toronto Blue Jays
Ken Wiebe: It’s been a winding journey to the pros for PWHL’s first Manitoban bench boss
Mike McIntyre: Fish ‘punch back’ to crush Canaries
Ian Harrison, The Associated Press: Blue Jays right-hander Trey Yesavage has knee surgery but could return this season, manager says
Joshua Frey-Sam: Get to know your Canadians in the CEBL Finals
Joshua Frey-Sam: Sea Bears battle Honey Badgers for CEBL crown
 

Business

Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: Air Canada shares jump after it sells 25% stake in Aeroplan for $2.5 billion
The Canadian Press: S&P/TSX composite index up in late-morning trading Wednesday, U.S. markets mixed
Gabrielle Piché: A Winnipeg home with a mountain view? You won’t find a real one, but AI-generated visual suggests otherwise
Free Press staff: Downtown records net zero business loss
Aaron Epp: A mission to make hearing care easier to access
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: Cargojet pilots notch major wage hike, as company stresses productivity gains
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: TSX edges up and adds to record high while U.S. markets lose ground
Gabrielle Piché: Manitoba-made technology earns faith of investors across Canada
Aaron Epp: U of M medical student launching MediLuxe Scrubs Ltd.
Free Press staff: Steinbach Credit Union names interim CEO
 

Canada

David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Freeland steps down as Canada’s Ukraine envoy, will resign as MP soon
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Carney arrives in Paris for talks with Ukraine’s allies about security guarantees
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Experts say Canada should co-ordinate Western Hemisphere response to Maduro’s ouster
Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press: Alberta’s Danielle Smith says Maduro capture outlines urgency of West Coast pipeline
Allison Jones, The Canadian Press: Ford vows to remove Crown Royal from LCBO to protest plant closure
Dayne Patterson, The Canadian Press: Calgary mayor says risk of more water main breaks ‘new reality’ until line replaced
Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press: Quebec students must address teachers as ‘Mr.’ and ‘Ms.’ under new civility rules
Fakiha Baig, The Canadian Press: ‘Frostbite capital’: Efforts to reduce frostbite amputations underway in Edmonton
Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press: Peace by Chocolate and NuttyHero products added to pistachio recall due to salmonella
 
 

World

Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister And Eric Tucker, The Associated Press: Maduro says ‘I was captured’ as he pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges
The Associated Press: Swiss police identify all 116 people injured in deadly New Year’s bar fire
Illia Novikov, The Associated Press: Zelenskyy replaces Ukraine’s security chief and hires a Canadian economic adviser
Wafaa Shurafa And Sally Abou Aljoud, The Associated Press: 5-year-old and her uncle killed in airstrike in Gaza as Israel says it targeted an imminent threat
Dánica Coto And Andrea Rodríguez, The Associated Press: Cuba faces uncertain future after US topples Venezuelan leader Maduro
Valerie Gonzalez, The Associated Press: Jury seated in trial for ex-officer accused in police response to Uvalde school shooting
Anselm Gibbs, The Associated Press: Tiny Caribbean islands reach deal with US government to accept asylum-seekers
Ali Swenson And Lauran Neergaard, The Associated Press: US cuts the number of vaccines recommended for every child, a move slammed by physicians
Matthew Lee, The Associated Press: US expands list of countries whose citizens must pay up to $15,000 bonds to apply for visas
 

One last thing...

Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press:

Unleash the hounds! And terriers and lapdogs. The American Kennel Club adds 3 breeds

Three more dog breeds have joined the American Kennel Club's roster of recognized breeds. One is a terrier named for a U.S. president, another is a toy dog from Cold War-era Russia, and the third is a centuries-old French hunting hound. Read More

 
 

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