Scene setters The best photos from Free Press photojournalists in 2024 Posted: Last Modified: Updates

It feels like 2024 has flown by far too quickly. Understandably, some might feel this year didn’t go by fast enough. Regardless of how one might feel about 2024, our staff photographers were around the city and province to capture some of the best and compelling images of this year.

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It feels like 2024 has flown by far too quickly. Understandably, some might feel this year didn’t go by fast enough. Regardless of how one might feel about 2024, our staff photographers were around the city and province to capture some of the best and compelling images of this year.

MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS FILES Speedskater Kai Peacock leads the pack on the Susan Auch Oval at the Cindy Klassen Recreation Complex in January.
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Speedskater Kai Peacock leads the pack on the Susan Auch Oval at the Cindy Klassen Recreation Complex in January.

JOHN WOODS / FREE PRESS FILES Firefighters battle a West End apartment blaze in March.
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Firefighters battle a West End apartment blaze in March.

JOHN WOODS / FREE PRESS FILES Tae ku Park (left) takes on Aurele tcheh Nde in the 68-74 kilogram men’s final at the National Taekwondo Championships in March.
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Tae ku Park (left) takes on Aurele tcheh Nde in the 68-74 kilogram men’s final at the National Taekwondo Championships in March.

MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES Edward Ambrose (left) wipes his eyes while he and Richard Beauvais (right) listen to Premier Wab Kinew’s apology at the Manitoba Legislative Building in March. Ambrose and Beauvais were born on the same day at the same hospital in Arborg in 1955. They were sent home with the wrong families. The error was discovered more than six decades later via at-home ancestry DNA tests.
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Edward Ambrose (left) wipes his eyes while he and Richard Beauvais (right) listen to Premier Wab Kinew’s apology at the Manitoba Legislative Building in March. Ambrose and Beauvais were born on the same day at the same hospital in Arborg in 1955. They were sent home with the wrong families. The error was discovered more than six decades later via at-home ancestry DNA tests.
JOHN WOODS / FREE PRESS FILES Oak Park Raiders player Jarno Tuomola celebrates his goal against the St. Paul’s Crusaders during the Winnipeg High School Hockey League finals in March.
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Oak Park Raiders player Jarno Tuomola celebrates his goal against the St. Paul’s Crusaders during the Winnipeg High School Hockey League finals in March.

JOHN WOODS / FREE PRESS FILES A young attendee helps welcome spring at the Party for the Planet at The Leaf in April.
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A young attendee helps welcome spring at the Party for the Planet at The Leaf in April.

MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS FILES Kara Ritchot (centre) and her cousins look through their eclipse glasses at the solar eclipse viewing party at The Leaf in April.
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Kara Ritchot (centre) and her cousins look through their eclipse glasses at the solar eclipse viewing party at The Leaf in April.

MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS FILES Micah (left) and Alexa Bouw bottle-feed a calf named Bryce at Edie Creek Angus farm near Anola in May.
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Micah (left) and Alexa Bouw bottle-feed a calf named Bryce at Edie Creek Angus farm near Anola in May.

RUTH BONNEVILLE / FREE PRESS FILES Jackson Grusko, 3, gets a closer look at the Boy with The Boot sculpture at Assiniboine Park in May.
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Jackson Grusko, 3, gets a closer look at the Boy with The Boot sculpture at Assiniboine Park in May.

RUTH BONNEVILLE / FREE PRESS FILES Erika Berthelot has developed postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, which affects her ability to work.
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Erika Berthelot has developed postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, which affects her ability to work.

MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES Breaststroke swimmer Kelsey Wog trains at the U of M in May. The two-time Olympian retired from international competition after the Summer Games in Paris this year.
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Breaststroke swimmer Kelsey Wog trains at the U of M in May. The two-time Olympian retired from international competition after the Summer Games in Paris this year.

MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES Artist Kal Barteski works on her majestic polar bear mural at Balmoral Hall School in May.
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Artist Kal Barteski works on her majestic polar bear mural at Balmoral Hall School in May.

BROOK JONES / FREE PRESS FILES Twins Josie Miller (left) and Olivia Miller suit up for the St. James A’s in May, as part of the first all-female team to compete in Winnipeg’s 15U AA baseball league.
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Twins Josie Miller (left) and Olivia Miller suit up for the St. James A’s in May, as part of the first all-female team to compete in Winnipeg’s 15U AA baseball league.

RUTH BONNEVILLE / FREE PRESS FILES Winnipeg Sea Bears guard Scottie Lindsey practises in the centre circle at the Canada Life Centre in June.
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Winnipeg Sea Bears guard Scottie Lindsey practises in the centre circle at the Canada Life Centre in June.

RUTH BONNEVILLE / FREE PRESS FILES Kids enjoy the city’s What’s Up Camp in Island Lakes in July.
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Kids enjoy the city’s What’s Up Camp in Island Lakes in July.

JOHN WOODS / FREE PRESS FILES Winnipeg Sea Bears player Justin Wright-Foreman (left) collides with a Calgary Surge opponent during CEBL action in July.
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Winnipeg Sea Bears player Justin Wright-Foreman (left) collides with a Calgary Surge opponent during CEBL action in July.

NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS FILES Charles Lauder, aka Sleepy the Clown, performing a trick at John H. Coulter Park in August, celebrates 30 seasons of clowning around.
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Charles Lauder, aka Sleepy the Clown, performing a trick at John H. Coulter Park in August, celebrates 30 seasons of clowning around.
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS FILES Former jockey Alyssa Selman enjoys time with her horses west of Carman in August.
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Former jockey Alyssa Selman enjoys time with her horses west of Carman in August.

NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS FILES Pure Stock racer Rob Mcfadzean looks over his car after a crash at Victory Lanes Speedway in August.
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Pure Stock racer Rob Mcfadzean looks over his car after a crash at Victory Lanes Speedway in August.

BROOK JONES / FREE PRESS FILES Audience members lock lightsabres at the world première of the Ojibwa version of Star Wars: A New Hope in August.
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Audience members lock lightsabres at the world première of the Ojibwa version of Star Wars: A New Hope in August.

JOHN WOODS / FREE PRESS FILES Winnipeg Goldeyes pitcher Mitchell Lambson bears down during action against the Sioux City Explorers in August.
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Winnipeg Goldeyes pitcher Mitchell Lambson bears down during action against the Sioux City Explorers in August.

NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS FILES Members of Marcedes Myran‘s family comfort each other while on a break outside the Law Courts in August. The family was part of a packed courtroom that was present for the sentencing of convicted serial killer Jeremy Skibicki who was responsible for the deaths of Myran and three other Indigenous women.
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Members of Marcedes Myran‘s family comfort each other while on a break outside the Law Courts in August. The family was part of a packed courtroom that was present for the sentencing of convicted serial killer Jeremy Skibicki who was responsible for the deaths of Myran and three other Indigenous women.
JOHN WOODS / FREE PRESS FILES Andrew Desjarlais sits by a memorial for close friend Tammy Bateman in Fort Rouge Park where she died after being hit by a police cruiser in September.

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Andrew Desjarlais sits by a memorial for close friend Tammy Bateman in Fort Rouge Park where she died after being hit by a police cruiser in September.

NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS FILES A man drives his car through a protest decrying the death of an Indigenous woman struck by a police cruiser at Portage and Main in September.

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A man drives his car through a protest decrying the death of an Indigenous woman struck by a police cruiser at Portage and Main in September.

JOHN WOODS / FREE PRESS FILES Curator Patrick Mahon surveys the exhibit “Sheila Butler: Other Circumstances“ in September. The retrospective on the Winnipeg-based artist was held at the University of Manitoba‘s School of Art gallery.
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Curator Patrick Mahon surveys the exhibit “Sheila Butler: Other Circumstances“ in September. The retrospective on the Winnipeg-based artist was held at the University of Manitoba‘s School of Art gallery.
MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES Winnipeg artist Laura Lewis at her solo exhibition, The In-Between, at Gallery 1C03 in September.
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Winnipeg artist Laura Lewis at her solo exhibition, The In-Between, at Gallery 1C03 in September.

RUTH BONNEVILLE / FREE PRESS FILES Bresara Window Cleaning employees work on the curved glass facade of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights from an aerial lift in October.
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Bresara Window Cleaning employees work on the curved glass facade of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights from an aerial lift in October.

MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES In October, Clarence Woodhouse holds up a t-shirt that says “Innocent” on it to the media as he leaves court with family and his lawyers after being acquitted and declared innocent of the killing that took place in Winnipeg in 1973.
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In October, Clarence Woodhouse holds up a t-shirt that says “Innocent” on it to the media as he leaves court with family and his lawyers after being acquitted and declared innocent of the killing that took place in Winnipeg in 1973.
JOHN WOODS / FREE PRESS FILES The rising moon is captured alongside the Esplanade Riel in October.

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The rising moon is captured alongside the Esplanade Riel in October.

MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES Tofunmi Olukanye-David, 8, waves the Maple Leaf after officially becoming a Canadian citizen in October.
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Tofunmi Olukanye-David, 8, waves the Maple Leaf after officially becoming a Canadian citizen in October.

MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS FILES Central Park comes to life as the sun sets in October.
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Central Park comes to life as the sun sets in October.
CHERYL HNATIUK / FREE PRESS FILES U of M Bisons kicker Maya Turner was named a Canada West football all-star in November, the first woman to receive the honour.
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U of M Bisons kicker Maya Turner was named a Canada West football all-star in November, the first woman to receive the honour.

MIKE SUDOMA / FREE PRESS FILES Crew members cover the ice surface at Canada Life Centre in preparation for Bruce Springsteen’s concert in November.
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Crew members cover the ice surface at Canada Life Centre in preparation for Bruce Springsteen’s concert in November.

JOHN WOODS / FREE PRESS FILES River East Kodiaks players and coaches celebrate defeating the St. Paul’s Crusaders to win the provincial AAAA varsity volleyball title in December.
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River East Kodiaks players and coaches celebrate defeating the St. Paul’s Crusaders to win the provincial AAAA varsity volleyball title in December.

JOHN WOODS / FREE PRESS FILES Rubble piles up as the demolition of the Portage and Main barricades begins in December.
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Rubble piles up as the demolition of the Portage and Main barricades begins in December.
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