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Daycare violence, homelessness strategy, stolen bikes, inner-city program, St. Vital plans, soccer funding
Plus: Medieval combat for the modern age

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

 

'Just really unfortunate, all around'

Maggie Macintosh:

Daycare grapples with five-year-old’s outbursts, choking incidents

Parents appeal for province to intervene Read More

 
 
 

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'We don't give up on people'

Scott Billeck:

Hundreds being housed: minister

Almost 250 people moved from city encampments under provincial strategy Read More

 
 

'It would be incredible to have them back'

Chris Kitching:

Men cycling across Canada for charity have bikes stolen in Winnipeg

Thomas Clark and Valentin Duquenne were devastated after their bikes went missing outside CBC Manitoba’s headquarters, but uplifted by the outpouring of support from Manitobans afterward. Read More

 
 

'They will change the North End'

Zoe Pierce:

Building community

Inner City Youth Alive changes lives, one program at a time, in Winnipeg's North End Read More

 
 

'I’m… super bullish on Winnipeg'

Gabrielle Piche:

‘We want to create an experience’

St. Vital Centre owner says vacant Bay store on road to redevelopment Read More

 
 

'An investment… in the future of sport'

Grace Penner:

Soccer facility gets $750K from province for upgrades

Ralph Cantafio Soccer Complex the presumed home of NSL franchise Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Taylor Allen: Five-star review of Winkler Bible Camp
Zoe Pierce: Firefighter’s death fuels cancer fight
Maggie Macintosh: Coalition dismayed after U of M decides not to establish master’s in speech-language pathology
Free Press staff: Safety upgrades at Whiteshell park to begin soon
Dean Pritchard: Foster mom pleads guilty to assault that left six-year-old-girl paralyzed
Joyanne Pursaga: Proposed Transcona development — which could add 20,000 people — gets thumbs down from residents
Malak Abas: WRHA directs three care homes to accommodate surge of hospital patients
Janine LeGal: Indomitable spirit
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
 

Opinion

Laura Rance-Unger: The effects of El Nino on crop prices, production
Jen Zoratti: Don’t delete organ concert tickets when scrubbing digital life
Riley Enns: Reading, writing, religion
David McLaughlin: Good deal or no deal? Carney’s crucible
Editorial: Fighting tariffs with the power of boycotts
Hersh Seth: City hall and fairness for the future
Melissa Martin: Corroded Arlington overpass yields way for new hope of spanning urban chasm
Russell Wangersky: An elegy for the smalls
Ben Sigurdson: Get out and about, have a sip at local beer, wine events
Tory McNally: Meetings accomplish something that an email never could while respecting people’s time, building relationships
 

Arts & Life

Maureen Scurfield: Ratcheting up heat can lead to cold feet
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Reviewed by Candida Rifkind: Creepy, poignant graphic novel a small-town coming-of-age horror story
John Longhurst: Churches make collective gift toward fostering reconciliation
Ben Sigurdson: Obama to talk formative books in new podcast
Harriet Zaidman: Seafarer plans party in belly of a whale
Holly Harris: Rainbow Stage’s Legally Blonde a lovely legal musical
Ben Waldman: Inman launching new album at WECC
Alison Gillmor: The Wrong Girls is sweet and shaggy, but dazed and confused stoner comedy is hard to get right
Aaron Epp: Classic Scoop founder left lucrative job to start business offering treats on-site for parties, festivals
 

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
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
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: Cultural sector urges Carney not to scrap streamers’ Cancon financial contributions
 

Sports

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
Jerrad Peters: Mourinho’s return to Real Madrid a classic rebound
Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press: Who is Victor Montagliani, the Canadian who could challenge for FIFA’s top job?
Grace Penner: Ready to roll: Bowls Manitoba looking to grow the game
Grace Penner: The scoop on lawn bowling
 

Canada

Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press: Forced labour or leverage: What Trump’s new tariffs are really about
The Canadian Press: WestJet offers customers chance to make changes ahead of possible strike
Jack Farrell and Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press: ‘Too big to rig’: Alberta separation petition succeeds with 223K verified signatures
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Critics accuse Ottawa of ignoring human rights as it signs trade deal with Ecuador
The Canadian Press: Yves-François Blanchet has regained control of his X account, which had been hacked
The Canadian Press staff, The Canadian Press: Canada-only event held to mark Gordie Howe bridge opening as questions linger on deal
Nono Shen and Marissa Birnie, The Canadian Press: ‘Like a hurricane’: Clinton, B.C., residents flee for their lives from wildfire
Erika Morris, The Canadian Press: Jury hears tape of New York police search for murdered Montreal girl
The Canadian Press: B.C.’s unionized nurses to end job action provincewide to review recommendations
 
 

World

Matthew Perrone, The Associated Press: Outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite linked to 4 more states
Caroline Blumberg, Samuel Petrequin And Joseph Wilson, The Associated Press: More than 200,000 people flee raging wildfires in France and Spain, some escaping by boat
Sarah El Deeb, The Associated Press: Bridges and infrastructure hit as US struck deeper inside Iran
Illia Novikov, The Associated Press: Russian ballistic strike kills 10 after Ukraine’s Zelenskyy hosts US company making Patriots
Kim Tong-hyung, The Associated Press: UNESCO adds West Bank site and Lebanese castles to World Heritage List despite Israeli objections
Darlene Superville And Collin Binkley, The Associated Press: Trump says the US will investigate EU trade practices, claiming the bloc unfairly fined tech giants
Elaine Kurtenbach And Chan Ho-him, The Associated Press: New US tariffs linked to claims of foreign forced labor dismay and anger trading partners
Sheikh Saaliq And Shonal Ganguly, The Associated Press: Indian activist Wangchuk ends 26-day hunger strike as ‘Cockroach’ protesters vow to press on
The Associated Press: Ford recalls more than half a million Broncos in Canada, U.S. due to engine fire risk
 

One last thing...

Yesterday we brought you the Lumberjack World Championships out of Wisconsin — today we cross the pond for the International Medieval Combat Federation’s annual world championship in Denmark.

James Brooks, The Associated Press:

With swords, axes and shields, fighters go head-to-head in medieval combat world championship

SPØTTRUP, Denmark (AP) — With swords, axes and shields, competitors from 30 countries are going head-to-head in the grounds of a Danish fortress in a modern version of old-fashioned battle. ... Read More

 
 

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