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Drug sweep, Oake centre, free transit, Nakba exhibition, massage therapy, NHL draft
Plus: An alpine museum devoted to St. Bernards

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

 

'The goal has to be to break the cycle'

Scott Billeck:

Community frustration led to drug sweep: police chief

‘Every day we hear from residents, business owners and community leaders’ about use of illicit substances on city streets Read More

 

Scott Billeck:

Drug consumption site full opening delayed till August

Winnipeg’s first supervised drug consumption site will not fully open until August. In a joint statement released Friday, the Manitoba government and Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre of Winnip... Read More

 
 
 

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'This place has changed my life'

Melissa Martin:

Recovering, together

Respect, unconditional care drive Bruce Oake Recovery Centre staff as they lead participants from the darkness, despair of addiction Read More

 
 

'It’ll be a bumpy ride'

Joyanne Pursaga:

Transit says it’s short $6.5M to provide free rides for youth year round

Pilot project reduced to seven months, capped at 30,000 passes Read More

 

Tom Brodbeck:

City report makes it easy to see why more riders getting off bus

If Winnipeggers had expected the city’s sweeping transit network overhaul to produce major improvements in service by now, the latest report offers a sobering reality check. Read More

 
 

'A visual conversation between the present and the past'

Eva Wasney:

Palestinian Canadians share keepsakes, memories in CMHR’s Nakba exhibition

Fouad Sahyoun was four years old when his family fled their home in Haifa amid bombardment from encroaching Israeli paramilitary forces in 1948. “We took a few suitcases and (some) money and we wen... Read More

 

Stephen Borys:

Ensuring context accompanies complex history requires courage, strengthens public trust

Museums have never had the capacity to tell every story. Every exhibition is an act of selection. Every gallery is shaped by choices — what to include, what to emphasize and, inevitably, what must rem... Read More

 
 

'There’s no safeguards'

Malak Abas:

Punishment after trauma

Winnipeg woman who has accused massage therapist of sexual assault says difficult situation made worse by absence of authority to regulate industry in Manitoba Read More

 
 

'I’m still listening'

Mike McIntyre:

Cheveldayoff open to Hellebuyck trade

Jets GM confirms there have been offers for club’s franchise netminder Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Joshua Frey-Sam: Another summer of fun at Roseau River Bible Camp
Skye Anderson: Drug court helps break addiction’s bleak cycle
Janine LeGal: A Life's Story: Advocate Lucien Loiselle celebrated the French connection in Manitoba
Malak Abas: Popular low-price grocery program celebrates first year
Morgan Modjeski: Main Street crash involving motorcycle linked to speeding
Scott Billeck: Outreach centre rife with drug use, needles, but daycare, community members say safety concerns go unheard
Nicole Buffie: Ontario wildfire smoke upends campers, shifts into Winnipeg
Nicole Buffie: ‘Weather whiplash’ leaves Winnipeg businesses sore
Tiago Resko: Legion celebrates 100 years with surge in memberships
Morgan Modjeski: Animal rescue worker reportedly killed in dog attack
 

Opinion

Editorial: A whack-a-mole approach to a complex problem
Joel Schlesinger: Bearing other people’s burdens
Tory McNally: Ethics isn’t about big scandals it’s about little decisions made each day
Russell Wangersky: Wood’s wonders a highlight of summer’s DIY delights
Paul Deegan: Canada Post and the fate of community newspapers
Laura Rance-Unger: Kernza clicks some boxes to turn back clock
David McLaughlin: Making deals with ‘the Donald’
Dennis Hiebert: The decline of the liberal arts
Jen Zoratti: Reimagined Little House still shot through with the truth
By Melissa Martin: Fringe a reminder we’re all playwrights and performers in our own lives
 

Arts & Life

Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #3: You have died of too much theatre
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
John Longhurst: Soccer game days treated as religious events by some
Maureen Scurfield: Don’t let hubby’s meltdown ruin family fun
Reviewed by Cheryl Girard: Deeply moving stories explore notions of loss, home
Reviewed by Gene Walz: Birds’ evolution from feathery, winged dinosaurs chronciled in riveting, well-researched account
Harriet Zaidman: Mother’s moods fluctuate like a kite in the wind
Reviewed by Barry Craig: Brit businessman turned to smuggling looted artifacts in the chaos of Cambodia’s genocide
Reviewed by Donald Benham: Shakespearean drama of tech titan’s time away from Apple chronicled
Reviewed by Douglas J. Johnston: Unsolved murder a vivid window into political unrest in 1960s-era France
 

Business

Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: Fans, basements, BBQs: experts offer ways to reduce your summer electricity bill
Aaron Epp: WEL Manitoba investment fund signs on with Canadian company in push to meet province’s menstrual products mandate
Dee-ann Durbin, The Associated Press: World Cup beer sales are hopping. Brewers hope the stout demand outlasts the tournament
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Canadian, U.S. markets down amid tech weakness and rising oil prices
Josh Funk, The Associated Press: FAA says Boeing can resume self-certifying its jets as airworthy
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press: Saab says pilot training will take place in Canada if Ottawa buys Gripen jets
Gabrielle Piché: ‘You never know’: Via Rail’s on-time performance lacking in North
Aaron Epp: Black, immigrant entrepreneurs seek growth, support at summit
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Gold prices weigh on Canada’s stock market while AI drags Wall Street lower
The Canadian Press: N.L. First Nations chief seeking a reversal of fur product ban on Etsy
 

Sports

Carrie Serwtnyk: Trump’s graceless own goal sabotaged World Cup’s spirit of fair play
Joshua Frey-Sam: Sea Bears defeated by Surge, but buoyed by clearance of Moon
GEORGE WILLIAMS: Overlooked Really Ralis now the local favourite for Manitoba Derby
Grace Anne Paizen: Around the NSL: Welcome to footypeg; Rapid on top; Canadian Champ to be crowned
Ken Wiebe: Blue Bombers’ Reese picks up the pieces
Ronald Blum, The Associated Press: MLB restricts dugout iPad use to prevent AI help with strategy. Ottavino says Mets were involved
Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press: Quebec government approves interior renovation for Montreal’s Olympic Stadium
Tim Reynolds, The Associated Press: Argentina and Spain will play for the World Cup trophy and, in a first, the winner gets rings
Rob Maaddi, The Associated Press: NFL suspends Arizona Cardinals executive indefinitely for violating league’s gambling policy
Taylor Allen: Five storylines: Bombers head into nation’s capital to face a must-win Ottawa team
 

Canada

David Baxter and Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: PM Carney says 24 Sussex to be restored with fundraising campaign, design competition
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Situation in Venezuela after earthquakes ‘horrific’: Anand
Canadian Press Staff, The Canadian Press: Canada has no plans to open embassies in Iran or Venezuela, Anand says
Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: Most Canadian teens have seen violence, gore online: survey
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press: Police misconduct information must be disclosed in criminal case, Supreme Court says
The Canadian Press: Senior leaders of Edmonton-based infantry battalion reinstated after investigation
Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press: B.C. jury rejects explanations of ex-husband, guilty of murdering Tatjana Stefanski
The Canadian Press: StubHub World Cup ticket complaints under investigation in B.C.
The Canadian Press: 18-year-old arrested one month after body found in Kanesatake septic tank
 
 

World

Juan Arráez And Dánica Coto, The Associated Press: Venezuelans sleep in cars and under trees as they question where they’ll live after the earthquakes
The Associated Press: Ukraine unleashes one of its heaviest drone bombardments of Russia
Ben Finley, Abby Sewell And Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press: Israel and Lebanon sign framework agreement with US in ‘first step’ toward peace, Rubio says
Collin Binkley And Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press: US strikes Iran in response to a drone attack on a ship
Rod Mcguirk, The Associated Press: Australia plans to strengthen laws banning children from social media
Derek Gatopoulos, The Associated Press: Greece bets on space technology to contain wildfires in a global first
Simina Mistreanu, The Associated Press: Small aircraft crashes into Beijing’s tallest building, according to flight tracking service
Fadi Tawil And Abby Sewell, The Associated Press: Massive Shiite crowds mark the holy day of Ashoura against backdrop of Iran-Israel-US war fallout
Danica Kirka, The Associated Press: King Charles III will not live at Buckingham Palace after completion of costly refurbishment
Adithi Ramakrishnan, The Associated Press: A large, harmless asteroid will zip past Earth this weekend
 

One last thing...

Jez Fielder, The Associated Press:

St. Bernard dogs still roam the Swiss Alps as part of this ‘living museum’ and its breeding program

At the Great St. Bernard Pass high in the Swiss Alps, the eponymous dogs still walk the same mountain paths their ancestors patrolled for hundreds of years to find travelers buried beneath the snow. Read More

 
 

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