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Bail reform, emergency room capacity, WAG staycation, Jets inconsistency
Plus: The colonel behind the home plate hopes to inspire your plate

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

 

'Bail reform makes it almost a presumption of guilt'

Dean Pritchard:

Provincial court judge takes aim at misinformed, ‘insulting’ bail reform debate

The ongoing debate over bail reform is “insulting” to judges and chips away at a cornerstone principle of Canadian justice — the presumption of innocence, a Winnipeg judge said last week. Read More

 

Dan Lett:

Frequent delays in tech-deficient court system contribute to bail concerns

Last week, the federal government (once again) delivered a bail reform package that it promised would make Canada safer. It is unlikely to work, but not for the reasons you think. Read More

 

Tyler Searle:

‘Significantly high failure rate’

Majority wearing ankle monitors rearrested for breaching conditions or committing additional crimes, data show Read More

 
 
 

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'The whole week was horrible'

Carol Sanders:

Overcapacity HSC emergency department forced to declare ‘surge’

Nurse reports worst shifts in 10-plus years at hospital; young adults moved to Children’s Hospital ER Read More

 
 

The art of being here

Jen Zoratti:

Home is where the art is

WAG-Qaumajuq exhibit explores Canadians’ penchant for staycations Read More

 
 

'Keep hammering it home'

Ken Wiebe:

Tightening rivets key for Jets to flourish

Inconsistency has plagued the club over season-opening stretch Read More

 
 

News Quiz

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The week that was: Oct. 20 to Oct. 25

This week's news quiz topics include: Scattered Seeds market, American booze, the local music scene and more. Take the quiz

 
 
 

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Local

Alex Lambert: Brandon council asks province for power over speed limit
Free Press staff: 2025 Manitoba Champions Awards winners list
Morgan Modjeski: Bird Lake man says freeing moose from ice a ‘rush’
Chris Kitching: Thrift store owners urge province to extend security rebate in wake of persistent theft, vandalism
Maggie Macintosh: Brainstorming session proposes solutions to alarming rate of student absenteeism
Tyler Searle: Lightning strikes skylight, sparks ‘freak’ house fire
Gabrielle Piché: Rural paramedics ‘burned out,’ union says; data shows job vacancies nearly doubled in two years
Scott Billeck: Peguis residents, volunteers bolster flood defences as Fisher River overflows
Carol Sanders: Shortage of housing for Indigenous seniors in city raising concerns ahead of northern flood, fire evacuations
Joyanne Pursaga: St. Vital Park duck pond to get new design before $3-M rehabilitation in 2027
 

Opinion

Editorial: Postal service’s future looking dim
Alex Passey: Changing a broken economic system
Free Press: Closing a health-care loophole
Riley Enns: Learning to embrace poetry
Dan Lett: Crown wrongheaded to pursue case against man for mom’s slaying
Free Press: Letters, April 24
Tom Brodbeck: City failed to read the room before ditching Sals
Tyler Slobogian: Tax break misses Manitoba’s small businesses
Editorial: Where did political ethics go?
Shannon D.M. Moore and Melanie Janzen: Children’s rights in education
 

Arts & Life

Alison Gillmor: Controversial aspects of King of Pop’s life story ignored, results fall flat
Ben Waldman: Wordless puppet show explores father-daughter ties
Conrad Sweatman: Stirring oratorio pays homage to Indigenous veterans
Maureen Scurfield: Take things slower the second time around
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press: ‘Heated Rivalry’ wins Peabody Award for presenting non-toxic side of masculinity
Wyatte Grantham-philips, The Associated Press: Warner Bros shareholders approve Paramount’s $81 billion takeover of the Hollywood giant
Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press: Drake, the Weeknd, Bieber among Spotify’s most-streamed artists of all time
Conrad Sweatman: Get ready for the bare-knuckle round — Debaters returns to Winnipeg Comedy Festival
Kelvin Chan, The Associated Press: One Tech Tip: Logging on at a cafe? Privacy and security guidelines for remote workers
 

Sports

Mike McIntyre: Nighthawks complete sweep
Taylor Allen: Harris pivots to seek mixed results
Taylor Allen: CEBL championship win still resonates with Sea Bears’ Tilmon
Ken Wiebe: Newly-signed defenceman Brown brings confidence to Moose roster
Andrew Dampf, Graham Dunbar And Seung Min Kim, The Associated Press: Italy dismisses replacing Iran at the World Cup after suggestion by Trump official
Grace Anne Paizen: Decorated footy veterans Scott, Gale spearheading push for NSL club
Joshua Frey-Sam: Bisons’ Dyck, Lenz to attend Vancouver’s invite-only combine
The Associated Press: 4 tickets to World Cup final are listed on FIFA’s resale site for more than $2 million
The Associated Press: Oilers’ Connor McDavid downplays injury, but he also has no points in first two playoff games
David Brandt, The Associated Press: Players say MLB’s robot umpires are shrinking the strike zone
 

Business

Aaron Epp: Winnipeg to host three-day World Indigenous Business Forum in late October, delegates can expect ‘Manitoba experience’
Aaron Epp: Apex Adventure Plex trampoline park opens first Winnipeg location
Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press: Manitoba crypto companies say provincial plans would put them out of business
Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press: High school job seekers skewing unemployment rate: CIBC
Free Press staff: MTA announces 2026-27 board of directors
Dee-ann Durbin And Mike Householder, The Associated Press: Researchers have spent decades breeding better potatoes for chips, and their work isn’t done
Anne D'innocenzio, The Associated Press: The Iran war could drive up costs for petroleum-derived products like clothes and crayons
Aaron Epp: Manitoba company Nexom puts East St. Paul treatment technology demonstration facility in international spotlight
Gabrielle Piché: Report on state of rural Manitoba’s economy ‘exciting work’
Aaron Epp: Winnipeg startup charts path to connections
 

Canada

Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Ford says he won’t apologize for anti-tariff ads that scuttled trade talks with U.S.
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press: Prime Minister Carney says he plans to meet with Chinese President Xi at APEC
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Conservatives press Liberals on cost of living as reports show food bank use soaring
David Baxter and Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Ottawa hopes Canadian labour will support building agenda, Hajdu says
Lisa Johnson and Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press: Alberta government passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike
Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press: Canada’s status as a country without endemic measles can now be revoked
Allison Jones, The Canadian Press: Ontario to scrap fixed election dates, raise donation limit to $5,000 under new bill
Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press: Bloc Québécois candidate who lost by one vote loses bid to have election cancelled
Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press: ‘Shocking’ data shows more treatment needed for youth with opioid use disorder: doctors
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press: ‘Courageous and strong’ B.C. man dies three weeks after fighting off grizzly bear
 
 

World

John Myers Jr. And Dánica Coto, The Associated Press: Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica and threatens to be the island’s strongest recorded storm
The Associated Press: Putin brandishes a new nuclear-powered missile as he digs in over Russia’s demands on Ukraine
Samy Magdy And Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press: Hamas expands search for the remains of hostages in Gaza
Kareem Chehayeb, The Associated Press: Conflicting accounts emerge after UN peacekeepers shoot down Israeli drone
Samuel Petrequin And Nicolas Garriga, The Associated Press: Suspects arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum
Nalova Akua And Ngala Killian Chimtom, The Associated Press: World’s oldest president, Paul Biya, wins Cameroon election at 92
Nicolas Vaux-montagny And Sylvie Corbet, The Associated Press: Ten people face trial accused of cyberbullying French president’s wife Brigitte Macron
Isabel Debre, The Associated Press: Big win in midterm vote for Argentina’s President Milei boosts markets and vindicates Trump
Steven Grattan, The Associated Press: Uncontacted Indigenous groups could vanish within a decade without stronger protections, experts say
Lauran Neergaard, The Associated Press: Here’s what happens to your body when clocks ‘fall back’ an hour
 

One last thing...

Fatima Raza, The Canadian Press:

Was that Colonel Sanders behind home plate at the Blue Jays game?

A man sitting behind home plate looking very much like founder of KFC — right down the white suit, hair, mustache and Van Dyke beard — became a viral sensation during Saturday night's Game 2 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Read More

 
 

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