Mayoral race heats up, QDoc billing, MPI winter tire program, Goldeyes in playoffs
Plus: Your first look at our new $20 bill

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

'Both of these candidates will be very aggressive'

Malak Abas:

Klein put on defensive as mayoral run made official

Gillingham, union, cabinet minister take shots on candidate’s record, character Read More

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'Services provided… did not align with what is eligible'

Chris Kitching:

QDoc patients in tight spot over billing dispute

Online clinic tells users province changed payment rules, province disagrees Read More

'Realigning the program with its original intent'

Nicole Buffie:

MPI restricts loan program to winter tires only

Mechanics say it will have negative consequences Read More

'Clinching a spot is just the first step'

Mike McIntyre:

Fish swimming in success

Goldeyes back in playoffs, attendance on the rise Read More

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Local

Free Press staff: What’s open, what’s closed, what’s up in Winnipeg on Labour Day

Malak Abas: Insurance money spent, family waits for provincial flood aid

Scott Billeck: Councillors want city to revamp homeless camp approach

Erik Pindera: Shared Health urges surgical patients to get tests ASAP as Dynacare strike looms

Carol Sanders: ‘Quite a journey’: dozens move into transitional housing downtown

Nicole Buffie: Woman died while getting wisdom teeth out; case raises questions about transparency of dental association

Morgan Modjeski: Man who pleaded guilty to killing three cats dies before sentencing

Maggie Macintosh: Class delayed a day after mould found in Tyndall Park school

The Canadian Press: Loon design wins for next Manitoba specialty licence plate, province says

Carol Sanders: $8.7-million detox centre called ‘high-priced drunk tank’

Opinion

Tory McNally: Discourse we’d rather avoid

Joel Schlesinger: Back to school means increased costs for parents, post-secondary students

Editorial: Smith’s pretzel logic confuses

Free Press: Letters, Sept. 5

Laura Rance-Unger: Agriculture sector wary of ‘strong headwind’ from south

Tim Kist: Controlling pace of response path to success

Peter John Manastyrsky: Canada’s first Ukrainian pioneers

Rebecca Chambers: Culture, language confront the almighty algorithm

Peter McKenna: Will Cuba become the new Panama?

Gwynne Dyer: ‘Come September…’

Arts & Life

John Longhurst: Billboard evangelism may look outdated but group says it’s effective

Allison Gillmor closer look: Paper trail

Colleen Zacharias: Are you dyeing to try?

Ben Sigurdson: Lobster, syrup on Dafoe prize long list menu

Reviewed by Susan Huebert: Serial killers’ kids convene in dark psychological thriller

Reviewed by Julie Carl: Socialite dying to die can’t find a killer

Reviewed by Chris Smith: Minnesota paddler’s many adventures in Boundary Waters, Canadian Shield chronicled

Reviewed by Barry Craig: Facing life in U.S. prison for drug trafficking, former inmate found purpose in books

David Pitt: Bundled Bourdain thrillers a delight

Maureen Scurfield: Career, domestic shake-up could bode well

Business

Gabrielle Piché: Brewers question province’s plan for trade missions to open markets

Aaron Epp: ‘Soapy disco’ for your ride

Gabrielle Piché: Export supports, loans part of Manitoba efforts to back businesses amid U.S. trade war

Gabrielle Piché: Feds direct funds from Regional Tariff Response Initiative to Manitoba companies grappling with shifting supply chains

Brett Bundale, The Canadian Press: Tariffs have some mom-and-pop manufacturers considering move to United States

Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: August jobs report ‘disappointing’ but too soon to sound the alarm: economists

Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Stock markets slide amid the release of labour data in Canada and the U.S.

Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: Lululemon shares plunge after profit drop, forecast downgrade

Lia Lévesque, The Canadian Press: Denying EI to women laid off after maternity leave is unconstitutional: appeal court

Aaron Epp: Canada’s first drive-thru-only McDonald’s opens in Winnipeg

Sports

George Williams: Mighty Mikee returns to Assiniboia Downs in grand fashion with 23-length victory

The Canadian Press: Botched Edmonton Marathon costs 13 runners shot at Boston Marathon

John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press: Five Things: Kawhi Leonard trade’s potential impact on Clippers and Raptors

Doug Feinberg, The Associated Press: WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert to retire in December after transformative and tumultuous tenure

Ken Wiebe: Expect intense back-to-back clash from Bombers, Riders

Anne M. Peterson, The Associated Press: FIFA accuses European body UEFA of ‘smear campaign’ in filing related to World Cup sell-off plan

Ken Wiebe: Work ethic pays off for Bombers special teams demon

The Associated Press: Hugh Jackman aims to buy into soccer club Norwich that’s a division rival of Ryan Reynolds’ Wrexham

The Canadian Press: Amazon Prime Video unveils 27-game ‘Wednesday Night Hockey’ schedule

The Canadian Press: Curling Canada adopts World Curling rulebook, including new double-touch rule

Canada

Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Carney pushes back on Trump administration claims about collapse of trade talks

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Carney says he’ll tell Putin to end Ukraine war if Trump welcomes him to G20 summit

Erika Morris, The Canadian Press: Incumbent Quebec minister directs F-word at Trump in radio interview

Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Ottawa spending $4.7B on new made-in-Canada Via Rail passenger cars

The Canadian Press: Eby blames OpenAI for new Tumbler Ridge lawsuits, says it walked away from mediation

The Canadian Press Staff, The Canadian Press: Global Affairs working to collect DNA from families of missing Canadians in Nepal

Paola Loriggio and Kathryn Mannie, The Canadian Press: Widespread power outages remain after damaging storms slam southern Ontario

Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: Ontario fines SeatGeek $25,000 under ticket resale law that aims to prevent scalping

The Canadian Press: Man fined $27,000 for feeding bears, coyotes near popular trail in Metro Vancouver

The Canadian Press: Snowbirds to fly iconic CT-114 jets for final time at Grey Cup in Calgary

World

Matthew Lee, Samy Magdy And Farnoush Amiri, The Associated Press: Trump turns to a dual economic and military approach in latest attempt to squeeze Iran

The Associated Press: Iran targets Kuwait in retaliation for US bombardments, and other Mideast news

Jocelyn Noveck, The Associated Press: Gloria Steinem, defining symbol of women’s movement and eloquent advocate for equality, dies at 92

Mark Vancleave, Hallie Golden, R.j. Rico And Tim Sullivan, The Associated Press: The gunman in a deadly Minneapolis shooting had left a long trail of warning signs

Emma Burrows, The Associated Press: Finland runs Europe’s biggest civil defense exercise since the end of World War II

Shristi Kafle, The Associated Press: Trading food for medicine and crossing the river by zip line are part of life in Nepal flood zone

Leah Willingham And Mike Casey, The Associated Press: Lindsay Clancy trial ends without a verdict for a sixth day after drama in the courtroom

Jamie Stengle, The Associated Press: Man sentenced to 20 years over a ‘Texas Killing Fields’ case, decades after dozens of bodies found

One last thing...

Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press:

Bank of Canada unveils new $20 note, the first to feature King Charles

King Charles III is now the fourth monarch to appear on a Canadian banknote after the Bank of Canada unveiled the final design for a new $20 bill that will go into circulation early next year. Read More

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