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Airport development, hockey coach sentencing, Minneapolis shooting, artist resale rights, Bombers contract extension
Plus: Your dog may be quietly eavesdropping on your conversations

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

 

'This is a place that’s open for business'

Tyler Searle:

Winnipeg courts WestJet as home for multimillion-dollar maintenance facility

Airports Authority offers to pay for wastewater, traffic upgrades to help lure business Read More

 
 
 

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'Opportunistic and predatory'

Dean Pritchard:

‘We are defined by our choices’

Lawyers push for six years for ex-hockey coach who sexually abused teen Read More

 
 

'Outraged and sad and angry'

Melissa Martin:

Beyond belief

Video record of ICE killing Minnesota mom lays bare Trump’s disgraceful lies Read More

 

Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press:

Protesters, ICE face off with tensions high in Minneapolis after fatal shooting

MINNEAPOLIS - Protesters in Minneapolis shouted during a tense standoff with masked federal agents Thursday as public anger over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs En... Read More

 
 

'This is long overdue'

Eva Wasney:

Resale law getting touch up

Visual artists to earn royalties when work resold on secondary market Read More

 
 

'Winnipeg gave me a chance'

Taylor Allen:

‘Happy to be able to be with such a great fan base’

Bombers’ Holm becomes highest paid American DB in CFL with two-year extension Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press: First Nations, Norwegian family unite to honour adventurer’s life and legacy
Maggie Macintosh: ‘You vote with your bike’: cyclists celebrate freedoms, call for increased safety
Morgan Modjeski: Impaired driving victim honoured
Morgan Modjeski: West Kildonan Industrial residents call for speed bumps after child hit by truck
Joyanne Pursaga: Proposed Transcona development — which could add 20,000 people — gets thumbs down from residents
Maggie Macintosh: Coalition dismayed after U of M decides not to establish master’s in speech-language pathology
Joyanne Pursaga: Gillingham promises to help level playing field for local biz if re-elected
David Sanderson: Trailblazing Western Scrap Metals heavy-equipment operator relishes role at massive crane’s control
Carol Sanders: HSC weapons scanners effective, needed at other hospitals: nurses union
Janine LeGal: A Life's Story: Woman fought for better outcomes for others amid cancer fight
 

Opinion

Editorial: A better approach, but not yet enough
Free Press: Letters, Aug. 17
Laura Cameron: Lasting legacy or pining for a pipe dream?
Jerry Storie: Take advantage of hydroelectric potential
Carina Blumgrund: Where paths cross
Hersh Seth: City hall and fairness for the future
Russell Wangersky: An elegy for the smalls
Jen Zoratti: Don’t delete organ concert tickets when scrubbing digital life
Tory McNally: Meetings accomplish something that an email never could while respecting people’s time, building relationships
Laura Rance-Unger: The effects of El Nino on crop prices, production
 

Arts & Life

Conrad Sweatman: Opera group hits pub to stage shows for sophisticated palates
Maureen Scurfield: Best to fess up about grandkid-sitting fatigue
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Anne D'innocenzio, The Associated Press: From Uniqlo to Zara, clothing brands try to win over Gen Z with a needle and thread
John Longhurst: Churches make collective gift toward fostering reconciliation
Reviewed by Candida Rifkind: Creepy, poignant graphic novel a small-town coming-of-age horror story
Reviewed by Brandi Field: Human cost of AI bubble outweighs tech’s potential
Reviewed by Matt Henderson: Rise of social media reflects rise of self-promotion — to the detriment of genuine storytelling
Benjamin Waldman: Revered Broadway rail anchors Winnipeg’s resilient skateboarding scene
 

Sports

Taylor Allen: Hometown hero hits CEBL championship clinching shot
Mike McIntyre: Murphy helps Goldeyes battle back to beat Explorers
Joshua Frey-Sam: Sea Bears finish on top
Taylor Allen: Oliveira shines in win over Redblacks, Collaros rocked again
Taylor Allen: Bombers manage to hand Redblacks another loss
Grace Anne Paizen: Around the NSL: Quarterfinal upset; Wild win; Rapid still human
GEORGE WILLIAMS: All eyes on Brachetto ahead of Downs’ yearling sale
Joshua Frey-Sam: Sea Bears staff a who’s who of hustlers in the hoops community
Joshua Frey-Sam: Sea Bears confident in turnaround despite CEBL series being cancelled
Mike McIntyre: Pitcher Bourassa picks up where he left off after return from Mexican club
 

Business

Aaron Epp: Manitoba family finalist for cattle producers environmental award
Gabrielle Piché: Manitoba prepares project pitches for investment summit
Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press: S&P/TSX composite, U.S. markets end the Friday trading day lower
Gabrielle Piché: City Lego seller continues to build up its business
Aaron Epp: Classic Scoop founder left lucrative job to start business offering treats on-site for parties, festivals
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: Anxious Canadian firms bet Trump will buckle before 50% tariff deadline
Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press: What’s canon in ‘Paw Patrol’? Canadian mega-franchise tackles creative questions as its world expands
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Gas price rebound expected to send inflation higher in July
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Insolvencies jumped 11.5% annually in June, Canada’s bankruptcy monitor shows
Aaron Epp: Ridesharing platform lets people connect with local drivers with trucks, cargo vans
 

Canada

Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press: Calls for caution as Carney prepares to meet Xi amid new global political order
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: What Trump’s aspiration to conquer Greenland means for Canada
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Carney to travel to Qatar next week alongside trips to China, Switzerland
Dayne Patterson, The Canadian Press: Calgarians urged to commit to three fewer toilet flushes as water crisis continues
Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press: Kashechewan First Nation evacuation plans will prioritize 500 vulnerable people: feds
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: RCAF commander reports progress on filling recruitment, retention gaps
Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press: Victims’ families mark six-year anniversary of Flight PS752 downing in Iran
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press: Conservative MP accuses students of free speech attack after campus event cancelled
Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press: Rogers puts $50M to address excessive screen time among teens and tweens
 
 

World

Lisa Mascaro And Kevin Freking, The Associated Press: House passes bill to extend health care subsidies in defiance of GOP leaders
Rebecca Santana, Tim Sullivan And Giovanna Dell'orto, The Associated Press: Anger and outrage spills onto Minneapolis streets after ICE officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good
Illia Novikov, The Associated Press: Russian drone strikes cause major blackouts in two regions of Ukraine
Regina Garcia Cano, Megan Janetsky And Matias Delacroix, The Associated Press: Venezuela releases imprisoned opposition figures and activists, which Trump says US requested
The Associated Press: Russia harshly condemns US seizure of oil tanker, warns of a spike in tensions
Aamer Madhani And Claudia Ciobanu, The Associated Press: Denmark, Greenland envoys met with White House officials over Trump’s call for a ‘takeover’
The Associated Press: Internet access and telephone lines in Iran cut out after demonstrators join protest called by exiled crown prince
Ted Anthony, The Associated Press: China and Japan, uneasy neighbors in East Asia, are at odds again
María Verza, The Associated Press: Mexico boasts sharp decline in homicides, but analysts urge caution
Kareem Chehayeb, The Associated Press: Lebanon’s financial recovery will rest on security and political reforms, economy minister says
 

One last thing...

Adithi Ramakrishnan, The Associated Press:

Some gifted dogs can learn new toy names by eavesdropping on owners

Scientists already knew some smart dogs could learn the names of their toys from playtime with their owners. Now they've discovered the pups can also learn new names by eavesdropping. Read More

 
 

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