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Gabrielle Piché:

City Lego seller continues to build up its business

Brick by brick, a Winnipeg Lego seller is building its third expansion — in less than two years. Read More

Aaron Epp:

Living the ice cream dream

Classic Scoop founder left lucrative job to start business offering treats on-site for parties, festivals Read More

Russell Wangersky:

An elegy for the smalls

Dad’s darkroom was a place of alchemy: dark except for the one red light that wouldn’t spoil the photographic paper, trays of developer and fixer and rinse water, the enlarger with its timer, a quiet darkened patch of peace. Read More

Caroline Plante, The Canadian Press:

Lawyer challenges Quebec’s law ending manadatory oath of allegiance to the King

A University of Ottawa law professor is challenging a 2022 Quebec law that made it optional for legislature members to swear an oath of allegiance to the King. Read More

Joyanne Pursaga:

Councillors seek new rules for elected officials facing serious charges

City charter ties council’s hands in wake of criminal allegations against Transcona councillor Read More

John R. Wiens:

Differing goals of religion, politics

Kudos to David Driedger for modelling a more appropriate and constructive role for religion in politics than the one that has become commonplace today (Take care of them; there is enough, Think Tank, … Read More

Aaron Epp:

Truckbud offers transport solutions

Ridesharing platform lets people connect with local drivers with trucks, cargo vans Read More

Joyanne Pursaga:

Gillingham promises to help level playing field for local biz if re-elected

Scott Gillingham promises to take new steps to ensure local businesses can compete for the hundreds of millions of dollars in city contracts awarded each year, if re-elected as mayor.

The campaign … Read More

Ben Waldman:

Rainbow Stage star relates to Elle Woods’ perseverance

Nearly 9,000 aspiring barristers and solicitors cross their fingers and send in their LSAT scores to Harvard University each year, but less than 10 per cent of applicants wind up on campus in Cambridg… Read More

Holly Harris:

Pink and powerful

Rainbow Stage’s Legally Blonde a lovely legal musical Read More

Jen Zoratti:

Lay of the land

Exhibition offers up 125 different ways to look at Canada Read More

Maggie Macintosh:

Coalition dismayed after U of M decides not to establish master’s in speech-language pathology

A new coalition representing students who stutter, speak with a lisp and struggle with other speech challenges is decrying the University of Manitoba’s decision to shelve plans to train in-demand clin… Read More

Erika Morris, The Canadian Press:

Inside the Montreal lab working to prepare Canada against future pandemics

MONTREAL – In a biomedicine laboratory at Polytechnique Montréal, animal protein grows in a bubbling orange solution as researchers in white lab coats take samples with large syringes.

Neatly-label… Read More

David Kron:

Let’s move forward on disability rights

Tyson Sylvester wants to study computer science.

He has the intelligence, the determination, and the ambition to succeed in post-secondary education. Like thousands of young Manitobans graduating f… Read More

Gwynne Dyer:

A grand jeté of climate-change denial

The first hurricane to hit Hawaii in 34 years. The Mediterranean on fire from Spain to Greece. ‘Heat domes’ one after another for months on end in Europe and North America. Thousands of excess deaths…. Read More

Jaider Cabarcas:

Célébrer des employés qui mettent la main à la pâte

L’immigration francophone joue un rôle grandissant dans la vitalité de Saint-Pierre-Jolys. À la Boulangerie Saint-Pierre, des employés venus de plusieurs pays contribuent à la croissance de l’entrepri… Read More

Caroline Plante, The Canadian Press:

Lawyer challenges Quebec’s law ending manadatory oath of allegiance to the King

A University of Ottawa law professor is challenging a 2022 Quebec law that made it optional for legislature members to swear an oath of allegiance to the King. Read More

Anne D’innocenzio, The Associated Press:

From Uniqlo to Zara, clothing brands try to win over Gen Z with a needle and thread

NEW YORK (AP) — Encouraging customers to mend worn clothes instead of buying new ones might seem like a self-defeating sales strategy. But in-store repairs and sewing workshops are becoming essential … Read More

Claire Rush, The Associated Press:

With the right preparation, international trips with babies are possible and even fun

Traveling with babies and toddlers can be daunting for parents. Questions about air travel, what to pack and safety are often top of mind, especially on long-distance flights and international trips…. Read More

Erik Pindera:

Opaskwayak restorative justice court to give offenders opportunity to ‘heal’

The Manitoba government, provincial court and Opaskwayak Cree Nation are signing a memorandum of understanding today to establish a community-led court focused on Indigenous restorative justice princi… Read More

Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press:

Elections Canada says 40% of people in Indigenous communities voted federally in 2025

OTTAWA – More than 40 per cent of registered electors living in Indigenous communities voted in the federal election last year, a new Elections Canada report shows.

The highest level of voter parti… Read More

Niigaan Sinclair:

Indigenous peoples are deeply invested in Canada

First Nations voters have only been allowed the legal right to cast a ballot in Canadian elections since 1960, but many in the past — perhaps rightly — felt a sense of complicity in the country’s colonization or, worse, that voting didn’t make a difference. Not anymore. Read More

Craig Lord, The Canadian Press:

Insolvencies jumped 11.5% annually in June, Canada’s bankruptcy monitor shows

OTTAWA – Insolvencies in Canada are floating around levels not seen since the global financial crisis more than 15 years ago, new data shows.

The Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcies releas… Read More

Nick Murray, The Canadian Press:

Feds reports progress on climate adaptation but climate groups say it isn’t enough

OTTAWA – Three years after it formally launched its national climate adaptation strategy, the federal government says Canadians are more aware of the risks and more resilient to flooding, wildfires an… Read More

Grace Penner:

The scoop on lawn bowling

A beginner’s guide to the game, from the jack to the skip Read More

Ben Waldman:

City skaters’ gnarly narrative

In spite of official efforts down the decades to ban boarding on urban streets, a resilient local scene long revolved around a revered rail on Broadway Read More

Timon Johnson, The Canadian Press:

Fact File: Experts douse viral claim that wildfires caused by ‘weather manipulation’

A post on X featuring a video compilation of wildfires has received hundreds of thousands of views. The post claims “technocratic elites” are manipulating the weather and creating wildfires across the… Read More

Joshua Frey-Sam:

CEBL Finals opener put on ice

Unsafe conditions force Sea Bears, Honey Badgers into winner-take-all game here Saturday Read More

Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press:

Canada’s social media ban for under-16s likely to face Charter challenge, experts say

OTTAWA – The federal government is likely to face a constitutional challenge to its proposed ban on social media for kids under 16, some experts say.

On Friday, France’s top court struck down that … Read More

Paolo Santalucia, The Associated Press:

Nero’s Bridge emerges from Tiber River as Rome faces water crisis

ROME (AP) — The remains of an ancient bridge have emerged in Rome’s Tiber River, near St. Peter’s Basilica, as weeks with virtually no rain caused water levels to plunge.

The bridge — known as Nero… Read More

Zoe Pierce:

U of M exhibition brings ancient Roman Egyptian documents to life

Two thousand years ago, people in Roman Egypt wrote letters, kept receipts, made lists and dealt with the everyday bureaucracy of life. Some of those pieces of ancient life are now on display in Winnipeg. Read More

Tiago Resko:

Telling a trailblazer’s story

Volunteer helps keep Nellie McClung’s legacy alive Read More

Josh Funk And Rio Yamat, The Associated Press:

Broken engine parts shattered the Ryanair plane window that a man’s head got sucked into: NTSB

Broken engine parts shattered a window on a Ryanair flight shortly after takeoff in Greece last month, causing a man’s head to be sucked through the opening before fellow passengers pulled him back in… Read More

David Sanderson:

Crushing it

Trailblazing Western Scrap Metals heavy-equipment operator relishes role at massive crane’s control Read More

Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press:

From the Plate to the Mic: Several former Blue Jays active in baseball podcast space

TORONTO – The post-season hangover lasted a lot longer than Toronto Blue Jays fans expected this year.

A slow start coupled with mid-season struggles nearly derailed the 2026 campaign for Canada’s … Read More