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Chief medical officer resigns, construction woes, Hutterite manufacturing, new WAG head, outstanding Bombers, the mayor and the movie star
Plus: A livestream of adorable puppies

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

 

'We are disappointed to learn he is leaving'

Chris Kitching:

Chief medical officer quits, cites work environment ‘challenges’

Manitoba’s provincial chief medical officer is resigning from his position at Shared Health, citing the role’s demands and work environment challenges in an email viewed by the Free Press.

 
 
 

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'A lot of people think I’m closed'

Kelly-Anne Riess:

Frustration on menu as construction drags on

Months of sidewalk work, water main repairs leave owner of longtime Portage Avenue eatery struggling to pay bills

 
 

'You have to be diversified'

Gabrielle Piché:

Commerce with a common voice

Hutterite colonies embrace economic innovation, diversification

 
 

'I’m thrilled and also very humbled'

Jen Zoratti:

WAG-Qaumajuq names first Indigenous director, CEO

John Mahli Lawa’ Hampton has been selected to take the helm of Canada’s oldest civic art gallery, WAG-Qaumajuq announced Thursday.

 
 

'What I’m actually gonna remember … are the guys that I got to play with'

Taylor Allen:

Oliveira, Holm among Bombers’ most outstanding players

No one would use the word “outstanding” to describe this year’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers. And while the Bombers have not lived up to expectations through 17 games, there are a few players who have shined through the ups and downs of the 2026 campaign.

 
 

A 'really nice gentleman'

Gabrielle Piché:

Reynolds exerts ‘maximum effort’ to boost Winnipeg after quick meet with mayor

Ryan Reynolds wasn’t wearing his Deadpool suit, but that didn’t stop Mayor Scott Gillingham from wanting to talk about films with the Vancouver-born Hollywood movie star.

 
 
 

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Local

Morgan Modjeski: Builder beefs up security after string of blazes
Dean Pritchard: ‘He sounded scared for his life:’ Witness to brutal beating death testifies
Scott Billeck: Premier praises office’s work to woo physicians to Manitoba
Joyanne Pursaga: Klein eyes tax breaks for developers in ‘under-serviced’ neighbourhoods
Erik Pindera: Masked, armed robbers terrorize elderly residents inside Crestview home
Free Press: Woman arrested for sporting goods theft spree
Maggie Macintosh: Henderson crosswalk has glaring safety gap, say researchers months after pedestrian killed
Malak Abas: Klein, Gillingham trade jabs over megaproject
 

Opinion

Editorial: Alberta sees its way through the fog
Tim Sale: Hydro is getting ahead of itself
Free Press: Letters, Oct. 23
Alan Menkis: Don’t let good health reforms fade or fossilize
Gwynne Dyer: Bibi, the ‘anti-Bibi’ and the ‘wanna-Bibis’
Mel Marginet: Is Osborne a street or a road? ‘Stroad’ status fails everyone
Tom Brodbeck: A bigger police force won’t guarantee less crime
Shannon D. M. Moore and Melanie Janzen: A vote for public education
Free Press: Letters, Oct. 22
Editorial: Outbreak should never have happened
 

Arts & Life

Ben Sigurdson: Family history, solo sojourns paved path for celebrated author’s latest novel
Conrad Sweatman: Rocky Horror star prepared for a rude reception in all the best ways
Maureen Scurfield: Persistent ex much more than just a pest
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Free Press: What’s up: Improv, PettyFest, Hawksley Workman, Spooktacular hike, High Tea with Shakespeare
Maureen Scurfield: Living a lie takes a toll on whole family
Randall King: Movie preview: Winnipeg-shot biopic on Arthur Rimbaud as daring as its subject
Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press: Tom Skerritt, Emmy-winning actor with roles in ‘Picket Fences,’ ‘Alien’ and ‘Top Gun,’ dies at 93
Ben Waldman: Winnipeg Jewish Theatre’s The Cut probes interfaith tensions
Sheldon Birnie: Concert preview: Tall Shadows brings original compositions to Faust screening
 

Business

Ronald Blum, The Associated Press: With lockout looming, the World Series could be Major League Baseball’s last games for a while
Gabrielle Piché: ‘Big win’ kept ag tariffs off table: trade rep
Brett Bundale, The Canadian Press: Ottawa gives Stelco owner 15 days to address alleged violations or face legal action
Aaron Epp: Thompson terminal ‘will help unlock’ North
Free Press staff: Winnipeg business closure scare leads Hydro to reschedule planned outage
Gabrielle Piché: Hydro eyes EV charging mitigation amid electricity shortfall forecast
Giada Zampano, The Associated Press: Millions in cheese revenue lost as protest torpedoes Italy’s buffalo mozzarella output
Sophie Austin And Wyatte Grantham-philips, The Associated Press: Zuckerberg makes deal with Meta to help him pay billionaire tax if it passes
Rio Yamat, The Associated Press: Airbnb guests no longer have to wash the dishes or strip the beds at checkout
Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press: Soaring diesel prices squeeze already tight agriculture margins: Farm Credit Canada
 

Sports

Ken Wiebe: Another strong outing from Skinner, but Jets unable to lock down lead
Grace Anne Paizen: Around the NSL: Everything comes down to the final week of the regular season
Taylor Allen: Bombers must win against Lions in potential playoff preview
Ronald Blum, The Associated Press: World Series preview: Surprising Brewers-Rays matchup will open with Jacob Misiorowski’s record heat
Mike McIntyre: Puck set to drop on Heritage Classic festivities
Joshua Frey-Sam: Ottawa earmarks additional $60M for national sport organizations
The Canadian Press: World juniors pre-tournament schedule set with six Alberta cities to host 12 games
Steve Megargee, The Associated Press: Christian Yelich’s simple World Series message for title-less Brewers: Expect to be here
Rob Maaddi, The Associated Press: Rays’ World Series lineup is a mixture of star power and role players who do whatever it takes to win
Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press: Former NHL player and longtime Rangers fan favorite Ron Duguay dies at 69
 

Canada

Suzan Fraser, The Associated Press: Canada and Turkey forge trade and defense deals as Carney looks beyond US
Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press: Tumbler Ridge conspiracy suspect James Bryant pleads not guilty in U.S. court
The Canadian Press: Weather, time of day factors in probe of deadly Wainwright military base fire
Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press: Referendum fallout: Guthrie says Smith is finished; separatist organizer stays loyal
The Canadian Press: Some referendum questions flip to ‘no’ as the count continues in Alberta
The Canadian Press: Ottawa tells its diplomats not to meet with U.S. midterm candidates
David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Conservatives call for cuts to permanent residency admissions in immigration plan
Aaron Sousa, The Canadian Press: Canadian convicted in U.S. terror plot gets 50 more years for stabbing prison staff
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Some government websites still down in response to security risk
The Canadian Press: Skunk in downtown Vancouver that bit people tests positive for rabies
 
 

World

The Associated Press: Powerful earthquake in China’s Tibet region collapses hundreds of homes and kills at least 16 people
Derek Gatopoulos, The Associated Press: Russian missiles pound Kyiv as Moscow says over 800 Ukrainian drones downed
Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press: Iran says 7 oil tankers attacked in the Strait of Hormuz as fears grow of a return to war
Ope Adetayo, The Associated Press: First Ebola patients in Nigeria and Kenya might have crossed paths at Uganda airport
Evelyne Musambi, The Associated Press: Gunfire and chaotic scenes in Kenyan border town as hundreds flee Ethiopia
Jessica Hill, Wufei Yu And Mead Gruver, The Associated Press: Colorado, Utah communities flood as yet more moisture saturates US Southwest
Eléonore Hughes, The Associated Press: Spooked by Bolsonaro, Brazil’s left takes to social media and the streets pushing for Lula win
Samuel Petrequin And Sylvie Corbet, The Associated Press: Thousands gather in Paris after a court lifts a protest ban despite fears of new violence
Kaitlyn Huamani And Emma Burrows, The Associated Press: What to know about the AI-detected security bug impacting wide swaths of the internet
Kimberlee Kruesi, The Associated Press: ‘Looksmaxxing’ streamer known as Clavicular pleads not guilty to rape charge
 

One last thing...

Stefanie Dazio, The Associated Press:

Need a smile? This livestream features 6 puppies all day long

Every wiggle and wobble, every snuffle and squeak of six newborn puppies snuggling together in Finland is captured by cameras monitoring their development in the first weeks of their lives. For science, of course.

 
 

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