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Border crossers sentenced, sex-offender charged, former Manitobans in Minnesota, Children’s Museum finances
Plus:
Read to the bottom,
Poems on the Underground,
observes 40 years

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

 

'This was a stupid mistake'

Erik Pindera:

Manitoba judge jails two U.S. men caught in ‘unsophisticated’ attempt to get friends illegally over border

Two American citizens arrested at the Emerson border last year after they were caught trying to help their Cuban friends illegally cross into Canada have been sentenced to a year in a Manitoba jail. Read More

 
 
 

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'There is no silver bullet'

Chris Kitching:

New charges for convicted sex offender who changed name

Accused displayed ‘classic predatory grooming behaviours’: police Read More

 
 

'It’s just really heartbreaking'

Scott Billeck:

Waiting to exhale

Former Manitobans living in Minnesota wracked with fear, disgust as turmoil continues to unfold Read More

 
 

'We want to inject more value into the guest experience'

Eva Wasney:

Serious times at play palace

Children’s Museum forced to tighten financial belt, fundraise Read More

 
 

'Countries that terrorize their citizens shouldn’t be allowed to host international events'

Jerrad Peters:

Ball begins to roll on World Cup boycott

Movement gaining ground in Italy fuelled by spectre of ICE at Olympics Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Carol Sanders: Manitoba PC leader Khan survives confidence vote
Carol Sanders: Khan quits as Tory leader, leaves caucus to sit as independent
Carol Sanders and Nicole Buffie: Kinew adds cabinet portfolio to focus on first responders
Joyanne Pursaga: Mayoral candidates roll out pledges
Maggie Macintosh: Orange Shirt Day project fits students to a tee
Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press: Cost of living front and centre as Manitoba legislators set to return Tuesday
Dean Pritchard and Morgan Modjeski: Bathhouse owner upset after judge grants bail to man accused in foiled bombing
Kelly-Anne Riess: Ottawa commits $8.1 million for downtown Y redevelopment
Gabrielle Piché: Perfumer battling city hall to keep his shop open
Erik Pindera: Crown seeks two years for mother convicted of failing to provide necessaries of life
 

Opinion

Niigaan Sinclair: Canada resorting to its tried and true playbook
Editorial: Discrediting independent media is the game plan
Judy Waytiuk: Respectful separation: an obvious oxymoron
Paul G. Thomas: Wab Kinew as ‘communicator in chief’
Gwynne Dyer: The never-ending, continuing war in Ethiopia
Tom Brodbeck: No more playing around, make 30 km/h school zones permanent
Hersh Seth: After 30 years of film policy, what does Manitoba actually own?
Joel Schlesinger: Back to school means increased costs for parents, post-secondary students
Niigaan Sinclair: How to make National Day for Truth and Reconciliation personal
Tory McNally: Happy email debt forgiveness day
 

Arts & Life

Conrad Sweatman: For the LARPers of Misthaven, adventuring is serious business
Malak Abas: Local Muslims, Indigenous people hold interfaith event
Sheldon Birnie: Museum warehouse holds the history of electrical power in Manitoba
Sheldon Birnie: Comic creator unleashes talent with book bound for festival
Ben Waldman: Concrete doc befits brutalist Winnipeg
Sheldon Birnie: Seven Oaks tour blends ghastly theatrics and local history
Jen Zoratti: U of W marks gallery’s anniversary with group alumni exhibition
Colleen Zacharias: Learn to make natural plant dyes and more at the Manitoba Fibre Festival
Conrad Sweatman: WSO kicks off season pairing Beethoven, Tchaikovsky
Maureen Scurfield: Uncaring hubby fell flat at first hurdle
 

Sports

Mike McIntyre: Jets pick up netminder as relatively new 23-man roster announced
Taylor Allen: Bombers look to lock in to post-season chase after dropping game to Argos
Ken Wiebe: Jets defenceman spent whole summer working on getting to the next level
Ken Wiebe: Is another goalie on Jets’ wish list?
Patrick Nolan: Shoal Lake Lodge a manifestation of reconciliation in action
Joshua Frey-Sam: East St. Paul product’s next wheelchair basketball chapter in Spain’s best men’s division
Joshua Frey-Sam: Crusaders football celebrates 95th anniversary
Ken Wiebe: Special teams woes hurt Bombers in loss to Argos
Taylor Allen: Bombers let another one slip away and face pivotal issue
Joshua Frey-Sam: Bison kicker Turner named captain, shows she belongs
 

Business

Gabrielle Piché: State of the Nations event to highlight Indigenous mining plans
Aaron Epp: New tour firm seeks to display ‘hidden gem’
Gabrielle Piché: Global prediction markets, local presence
Gabrielle Piché: Restaurants ‘under pressure’
Barbara Ortutay And Kelvin Chan, The Associated Press: A look at AI doomsday scenarios that researchers say could put humanity at risk
Gabrielle Piché: Ledohowski among new entrants to Manitoba Business Hall of Fame
Aaron Epp: Chamber hears about the business of belonging
Free Press staff: Governments fund AI training for aerospace, manufacturing workers
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
 

Canada

Nicole Thompson and Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press: Canadian comedy giant Catherine O’Hara dead at 71
The Canadian Press: “A rare gift for comedy and heart”: Reaction to the death of Catherine O’Hara
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press: Conservatives vote to keep Pierre Poilievre as leader after speech in Calgary
Kelly Geraldine Malone and Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: Trump threatens tariffs, decertification on Canadian-made aircraft
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press: Ottawa wins Federal Court appeal allowing single-use plastics ban to stand
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: U.S. faceoff with Cuba could put Canada ‘in a vise grip’: former ambassador
Dayne Patterson, The Canadian Press: Experts say treason definition depends if you’re holding Criminal Code or dictionary
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Canada denied Jeffrey Epstein permission to visit B.C. in 2018: documents
Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press: Alberta separatist says members of Smith’s caucus have signed referendum petition
Stéphane Rolland, The Canadian Press: Extreme cold disrupts Hydro-Québec exports to Massachusetts during spike in power use
 
 

World

Eric Tucker, Michael R. Sisak And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press: Justice Department releases largest batch yet of Epstein documents, says it totals 3 million pages
Mike Corder, The Associated Press: Dutch premier-in-waiting says Trump’s Greenland ambitions are a ‘wake-up call’ for Europe
Didi Tang And Sam Mcneil, The Associated Press: Pushed by Trump, US allies are resetting relations with China
Michael Biesecker, Rebecca Santana And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press: The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into the killing of Alex Pretti
Kimberlee Kruesi And Holly Ramer, The Associated Press: Protesters close schools and stores during a nationwide strike against Trump’s immigration policies
Sam Metz And Julia Frankel, The Associated Press: What to know about Gaza’s Rafah crossing, set to open Sunday
Jaimie Ding And Ali Swenson, The Associated Press: Newsom files a civil rights complaint against Dr. Oz over allegations of hospice fraud
Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press: The Westminster dog show is turning 150. Here’s what has – and hasn’t – changed over time
Dánica Coto, The Associated Press: Anger and anguish spread across Cuba as it learns of Trump’s tariff threat on those who provide oil
Michael R. Sisak And Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press: Judge bars federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against Luigi Mangione
 

One last thing...

Jill Lawless, The Associated Press:

London’s Poems on the Underground celebrates 40 years of bringing verses to commuters

LONDON (AP) — Can a few lines of verse, make commuting less worse? That, in essence, is the question asked four decades ago by Judith Chernaik, an American writer in London who wonder... Read More

 
 

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