Animal attack, health classes, MMF and Fort Garry Hotel, WAG catwalk show, Morrissey on Hellebuyck
Plus: Gonna need a bigger pillow to get this to the Tooth Fairy …

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

'He was bit really bad'

Chris Kitching:

‘Kind and gentle giant’

Man, 21, killed in animal attack on Manitoba First Nation Read More

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'These are things that kids are dealing with'

Maggie Macintosh:

Menstruation, consent move up in sex-ed lesson plan

More than 100 Manitoba schools participate in new health curriculum pilot Read More

'The price just went too high'

Carol Sanders:

MMF walks away from bid to buy Fort Garry Hotel

The Manitoba Métis Federation won’t buy the historic Fort Garry Hotel, President David Chartrand said Monday. Read More

'Just the most fabulous outerwear on the planet'

AV Kitching:

Northern style

WAG-Qaumajuq, CBC series partner for runway show Read More

'Nobody knows if he’s going to be here or not'

Ken Wiebe:

‘I love being here and I love being a Jet’

Defenceman Morrissey focused on season ahead Read More

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Local

Aaron Epp: ‘In Normandy, we remember’

Janine LeGal: An aim to bring everyone together

Conrad Sweatman: Signs of local neo-Nazi recruiting efforts spark concern

Tom Brodbeck, Rebecca Chambers, Niigaan Sinclair and Brent Bellamy: Is a better Winnipeg on the horizon?

Melissa Martin: A calm and compassionate spirit

Carol Sanders: Unhappy Dynacare staff refuse OT shifts; doors could be closed at clinics with Saturday hours

Morgan Modjeski: Province hires 17 psychiatrists to work in Winnipeg, Selkirk

Maggie Macintosh: Gordon Bell students relish — ‘of all things’ — new pickleball courts

Scott Billeck: Tenants slam Alta.-based landlord, protest rent increases

Malak Abas: Flammable gas culprit of 2024 Transcona home explosion: police

Opinion

Free Press: Letters, Sept 26

John R. Wiens: Public versus private schooling

Jen Zoratti: Winnipeg a character all its own onscreen

Ben Sigurdson: Prost! Raise a glass to Oktoberfest

Editorial: Time for the PUB to review Winnipeg water rates

Joel Schlesinger: Perfecting profitability

Tory McNally: Happy email debt forgiveness day

Gwynne Dyer: The never-ending, continuing war in Ethiopia

Kyle Volpi Hiebert: Middle Eastern version of NATO off to rocky start

Russell Wangersky: The wheels on the bus burned down, down, down…

Arts & Life

Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope

Reviewed by Bill Rambo: Massey Lectures author argues housing should be a right — not a commodity

Reviewed by Matt Henderson: Coalescence of dangerous forces requires the rest of us to be our best selves

Holly Harris: New series terrific addition to RWB repertoire

Conrad Sweatman: WSO kicks off season pairing Beethoven, Tchaikovsky

John Longhurst: Whether it’s coffee or tea, think of what’s holy

Ismael Mukhtar: Historic milestone for Muslim community

Ben Sigurdson: New novelists dominate $70K fiction short list

Maureen Scurfield: ‘Scared to Snitch’ could take subtler approach

Free Press: On the Night Table: Colin James

Business

Gabrielle Piché: Ledohowski among new entrants to Manitoba Business Hall of Fame

Aaron Epp: Chamber hears about the business of belonging

Gabrielle Piché: Restaurants ‘under pressure’

Free Press staff: Governments fund AI training for aerospace, manufacturing workers

Gabrielle Piché: Global prediction markets, local presence

Aaron Epp: Quintex absorbs Mat Master in family-friendly transaction

Eva Wasney: Manitoba’s small oil, gas sector lists 31 ownerless sites — far cry from thousands in Alberta, Saskatchewan

Aaron Epp: Lake Life Powersports buzzes into expeditious expansion

Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: NDP leader says Ottawa breaking labour law as Bank of Canada strike nears 100 days

Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Federal government defends closure of seven research facilities

Sports

Joshua Frey-Sam: Bison kicker Turner named captain, shows she belongs

Ken Wiebe: Special teams woes hurt Bombers in loss to Argos

Taylor Allen: Bombers let another one slip away and face pivotal issue

Ken Wiebe: Four Jets clear waivers to join Moose

Taylor Allen: Blue Bombers whiff on their opportunities to put game away

Mike McIntyre: Jets’ brass warming up to El Nino?

GEORGE WILLIAMS: Longshot triggers massive payout for second straight week

Joshua Frey-Sam: Crusaders football celebrates 95th anniversary

Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe: A Canadian team lifting the Cup just one of several storylines to tee up NHL season

Ryan Desjarlais: Flop wedge needed at Phantom Lake Golf Club

Canada

Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Three PMs: Carney recruits Chrétien, Harper to kick off investment summit

Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Politicians, CEOs pitch Canada’s fundamentals in bid to attract investment

Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press: Carney’s investment summit draws protests by Indigenous leaders, eco groups

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: EU announces Ottawa office for more parliamentary exchanges with Canada

The Canadian Press: Border authorities have deported 111 due to extortion violence since last August

David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Ottawa says it ended refugee residency sponsor exemption over ‘integrity concerns’

Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: Google to begin using age assurance tech to identify underage accounts in Canada

Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: Bell AI data centre expansion in Sask. announced at investment summit

Dayne Patterson, The Canadian Press: Calgary landfill with weeklong fire flouted waste storage bylaws: judge

Timon Johnson, The Canadian Press: Fact File: Trump claim that Canada stalled Gulfstream approval misleading

World

Samy Magdy, The Associated Press: Saudi pipeline hit by drones will be out of service for weeks, further restricting oil flow

The Associated Press: Houthis seize 2 strategic Red Sea islands, and other Mideast developments

Claudia Ciobanu, Elise Morton And Hanna Arhirova, The Associated Press: Zelenskyy says Ukraine will pause strikes on Russia if Kremlin spares critical infrastructure

Dasha Litvinova, The Associated Press: Some Russians are fleeing abroad, citing draft fears and a loss of freedom

Josh Boak, The Associated Press: Trump calls AI risks a ‘hoax,’ says there is a ‘SICK conspiracy’ against AI and data centers

Matthew Daly, The Associated Press: EPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants

Nicholas Riccardi And Matt Brown, The Associated Press: Democrats and activist groups plan to push back if Trump tries to interfere in midterm elections

Savannah Peters, The Associated Press: A Christian pastor called Arapaho ceremonies ‘idol worship.’ Now the tribe wants her church gone

Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press: Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms

One last thing...

Jamie Stengle, The Associated Press:

Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area

Brigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the San Francisco Bay Area when something that didn't look like the rocks she'd been studying caught her eye. It turned ... Read More

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