Boujee burns, free residence, bye-bye spoiled booze
Plus: horses trotting around town

Scott Billeck:

Dead ‘over a damn dirt bike’

Families relieved after RCMP announce arrests in Victoria Beach double homicide; RCMP ask public for more info Read More

Scott Billeck:

Downtown restaurant blaze rekindles fire fears

‘We are just devastated’: Boujee co-owner; at least five eateries torched over summer in suspected arsons Read More

Carol Sanders:

Liquor and Lotteries throws out $29K of spoiled U.S. booze

Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries has disposed of nearly $29,000 worth of spoiled U.S. booze. Read More

Joshua Frey-Sam:

Tragedy strikes high school football player

Fear teen will be paralyzed from neck down after injury suffered in last game of season Read More

Mike McIntyre:

‘This community is amazing’

Jets defensive stalwart DeMelo happy to make Winnipeg his year-round home Read More

Conrad Sweatman:

Icelanders’ Manitoba saga marks Year 150

It’s been a century-and-a-half since a couple hundred highly literate but destitute migrants arrived in what is now Gimli to build new lives focused on farming and fishing Read More

Maggie Macintosh:

CMU offers free residence for students

Canadian Mennonite University will provide incoming students with free on-campus housing, starting in 2026-27. Read More

Maggie Macintosh:

U of W emphasizes revitalizing downtown

The University of Winnipeg has charted a course for the next five years that leans heavily on its position as a member of the downtown community. A business professor, physics researcher, Indigenous s... Read More

Free Press staff:

Province launches new website for new, expectant parents

The Manitoba government launched a new parenting website Wednesday that responds to recommendations in a provincial advocate’s report on the unexpected sleep-related deaths of 145 infants. Read More

Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press:

AI chatbots make mistakes with news content nearly half of the time, says study

OTTAWA – A new report from a global alliance of public broadcasters says AI chatbots make mistakes with news content nearly half of the time. “AI assistants are still not a reliable way to... Read More

Kevin Rollason:

No-longer-popular Fort Garry Legion closing doors after 94 years

One of the city’s oldest legions will mark Remembrance Day for the last time before closing its doors. Read More

Denise Duguay:

Death lives large in these small-screen parties

As leaves fall and chimney smoke rises, there’s even more of an excuse to turn to the nearest screen for these terminal explorations, via fact and fiction, of baseball, therapy, missiles, blackjack and a very grumpy private investigator. Read More

David Sanderson:

The write stuff

Page by page, commitment to journaling pays lifelong dividends Read More

Free Press staff:

Hot-to-trot equine escapees take leisurely morning tour in Charleswood

A couple of “trot-away” — there were no reports of any galloping — steeds are back with their owners after a brief, riderless adventure in Charleswood Tuesday morning. Read More

Eva Wasney:

Coffee for a cause

Nine-year-old serves up hot drinks to raise money for CancerCare Manitoba Read More

Aaron Epp:

Common thread weaves through love, loss, healing

Shahina Siddiqui has trouble recalling the exact date — grief will do that — but she knows Riaz, her eldest son, died in the month of November. Read More

Jen Zoratti:

Sarah doesn’t drop the ball

McLachlan's eventual Fumbling Towards Ecstasy anniversary show wouldn’t be denied Read More

Rebecca Chambers:

Demolition simply not a downtown vision

Along with many other Winnipeggers, I’m grateful that someone (anyone) has some vision and the resources to envision a downtown we’d be proud of and want to spend time in, but I’m concerned the lack of co-ordination on the area as a whole has rendered parts of it palliative. Read More

Jen Zoratti:

Elbows down! CFL punts CanCon for halftime

MGK, the American musician formerly known as Machine Gun Kelly, will be headlining the Grey Cup halftime show in Winnipeg next month. This baffling choice raises many questions, such as: why isn’t the Grey Cup headliner Canadian? Especially in this, the Elbow’s Up era? Read More

Melissa Martin:

Connecting with what we consume truly nourishes

There was that morning, last weekend, where I woke up to find the air had a bite in it, that cool kiss of a fully-arrived fall. It was cold in the bedroom, and the keening wind outside suggested it was the sort of day to stay home. Read More

Joel Schlesinger:

Crush of credit

Mounting data suggests consumers may be using high-interest debt to keep rolling with punches of higher prices Read More

Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press:

‘No free lunch’: Covered call ETFs have high yields but come with a trade-off

As exchange-traded funds with covered call strategies gain momentum among retail investors, finance experts say these products come with a trade-off.   Proponents of these investments say they can be... Read More

Eva Wasney:

Meaty wisdom worth savouring

From finding a butcher to that final pinch of salt, RRC Polytech chef Jordan Carlson shares best practices on meat cookery Read More

AV Kitching:

Embracing loss and illumination for Deepavali festival of light

There’s a folder in my Gmail inbox labelled “Amma’s Recipes,” to which I’ve assigned a special colour. It contains more than 100 messages, almost all from my mother. She assigned a number to each reci... Read More

Katie Workman, The Associated Press:

A cheese lover’s cheat sheet to picking the right mozzarella for every dish

If you’ve ever wandered into the cheese section with the innocent intent of “just picking up some mozzarella,” you know it’s not that simple. What was once a single white orb in plastic wrap is now an... Read More

What’s up: Authors Adam Shoalts and Laurie Gilmore, classical music, comiccon, Begonia

Free Press staff recommend things to do this week Read More

AV Kitching:

Night terrors

Halloween attraction Six Pines a horrific experience for scream queens Read More

Holly Harris:

Earning its stripes

Stunning Life of Pi stage show brings award-winning novel to vibrant life Read More

Ben Waldman:

Theatre review: Stellar cast doubles down on hilarity in PTE's Liars at a Funeral

Dearly beloved and decidedly estranged gather for overdue hellos and forced goodbyes in Liars at a Funeral, a genial comedy about changing characters that’s carried by a perfectly selected cast faithfully committed to the undertaking. Read More

The week that was: Oct. 13 to Oct. 18

This week's news quiz topics include: RCMP officer shortage, Indigenous studies, cross-border trade representative, Icelandic history and more. Take the quiz