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Carney-Trump meeting, school vaping, best local restaurants, Jets prep for Stars — and score downtown
Plus: Read to the bottom if you feel like screaming about *gestures broadly at everything*

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

 

'It takes two to tango'

The Canadian Press:

Carney says he pushed back against Trump in private on ’51st state’ notion

Canada will never become a U.S. state, Prime Minister Carney declared to President Donald Trump in public and private during White House meetings both leaders described as productive and cordial. Read More

 

Chris Megerian, The Associated Press:

Canada’s Carney becomes the latest foreign leader to get the Trump treatment in the Oval Office

WASHINGTON (AP) — A meeting between the leaders of Canada and the United States is not usually considered a high-stakes showdown, but there was little ordinary about this one. Here was newly ... Read More

 

Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press:

Fact-checking Carney’s first face-to-face meeting with Trump

Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump met with reporters at the White House, Trump made a few claims alongside his other comments. Here's how some of them measure up. Read More

 
 
 

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'We can’t blame the children'

Maggie Macintosh:

Schools urged to help prevent vaping, offer support to teens amid epidemic

The Manitoba Lung Association says schools must create designated corners that offer resources about the harms of vaping and help on quitting because of the alarming increase in teenage users. Read More

 
 

'There’s more confidence and pride in the city'

Chris Kitching:

Downtown bars, restaurants scoring with huge assist from Jets

Excited hockey fans bringing energy, enthusiasm, cash into embattled core Read More

 
 

'We’re in some new territory'

Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe:

Jets look to outshine Stars

Final Central Division clash a first-time post-season matchup Read More

 
 

'We’ve always prided ourselves on our restaurant scene'

Eva Wasney:

Three Winnipeg restaurants on Canada’s 100 best list

The 2025 Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants list was released Monday and includes local fine dining spots Deer + Almond, Yujiro Japanese Restaurant and Nola. Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Free Press staff: Safety upgrades at Whiteshell park to begin soon
Dean Pritchard: Foster mom pleads guilty to assault that left six-year-old-girl paralyzed
Joyanne Pursaga: Proposed Transcona development — which could add 20,000 people — gets thumbs down from residents
Malak Abas: WRHA directs three care homes to accommodate surge of hospital patients
Maggie Macintosh: Coalition dismayed after U of M decides not to establish master’s in speech-language pathology
Joyanne Pursaga: Gillingham promises to help level playing field for local biz if re-elected
David Sanderson: Trailblazing Western Scrap Metals heavy-equipment operator relishes role at massive crane’s control
Joyanne Pursaga: ‘Disrespectful’: residents frustrated after Wyatt arrives hour late to committee meeting
Nicole Buffie: WPS officer won’t be charged with bloodying nose of man in custody, IIU decides
Scott Billeck: Men’s recovery home dedicated to ‘homeless hero’ Faron Hall’s memory
 

Opinion

Tom Brodbeck: Presumption of innocence important when politicians criminally charged, but so is public confidence
Judy Waytiuk: A message to Mark: Don’t. Back. Down.
Editorial: Making the right move on rail lines
Gwynne Dyer: The Gaza charade
Kyle Volpi Hiebert: Europe anxious as ever about immigration
Free Press: Letters, Aug. 14
John R. Wiens: Differing goals of religion, politics
Editorial: Dealing with what’s left behind … in the cloud
David Kron: Let’s move forward on disability rights
Erna Buffie: Democracy is a civic election issue
 

Arts & Life

Holly Harris: Rainbow Stage’s Legally Blonde a lovely legal musical
Ben Waldman: Inman launching new album at WECC
Alison Gillmor: The Wrong Girls is sweet and shaggy, but dazed and confused stoner comedy is hard to get right
Aaron Epp: Classic Scoop founder left lucrative job to start business offering treats on-site for parties, festivals
Tiago Resko: Fusion pop-up coming to street food festival
Eva Wasney: Nola chef earns national award
Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press: Ravi Jain won Canada’s top theatre prize worth $100K. Now he’s giving the money away
Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press: What’s canon in ‘Paw Patrol’? Canadian mega-franchise tackles creative questions as its world expands
Free Press: What's up: art show, Streat Feast, RWB Revealed, Burt Block Party, Bouchra
Benjamin Waldman: Revered Broadway rail anchors Winnipeg’s resilient skateboarding scene
 

Sports

GEORGE WILLIAMS: All eyes on Brachetto ahead of Downs’ yearling sale
Joshua Frey-Sam: Sea Bears staff a who’s who of hustlers in the hoops community
Joshua Frey-Sam: Sea Bears confident in turnaround despite CEBL series being cancelled
Mike McIntyre: Pitcher Bourassa picks up where he left off after return from Mexican club
Jerrad Peters: Mourinho’s return to Real Madrid a classic rebound
Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press: Who is Victor Montagliani, the Canadian who could challenge for FIFA’s top job?
Grace Penner: Ready to roll: Bowls Manitoba looking to grow the game
Grace Penner: The scoop on lawn bowling
Mike McIntyre: Bringing home a Fish: Group of local baseball fans open doors to Goldeyes
Joshua Frey-Sam: CEBL disputes cancellation being a black eye for league
 

Business

Gabrielle Piché: Manitoba prepares project pitches for investment summit
Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press: S&P/TSX composite, U.S. markets end the Friday trading day lower
Gabrielle Piché: City Lego seller continues to build up its business
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: Anxious Canadian firms bet Trump will buckle before 50% tariff deadline
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Gas price rebound expected to send inflation higher in July
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Insolvencies jumped 11.5% annually in June, Canada’s bankruptcy monitor shows
Aaron Epp: Ridesharing platform lets people connect with local drivers with trucks, cargo vans
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: Cultural sector urges Carney not to scrap streamers’ Cancon financial contributions
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Avoid these common RESP withdrawal mistakes
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: TSX rises nearly 100 points on tech stocks, U.S. markets also positive
 

Canada

Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press: Conservatives choose Andrew Scheer as interim Opposition leader in Parliament
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: Canada Post could be headed for another strike later this month
Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press: Defence in hockey players’ trial suggests complainant wanted ‘wild night’ with group
Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press: Family keeping hope as search continues for missing boy and girl in rural N.S.
Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press: Danielle Smith dismisses Doug Ford’s warning against separatist threats from Alberta
The Canadian Press: Quebec sovereigntist party cheers on possible referendum in Alberta
Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press: Saskatchewan NDP to introduce anti-separation bill that aims to amend rules
The Canadian Press: Competition Bureau sues Canada’s Wonderland over alleged ‘drip pricing’
Ashley Joannou and Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press: ‘We will emerge stronger’: Legislator praises resilience after festival attack
Allison Jones, The Canadian Press: Ontario ethics watchdog closes Greenbelt-related inquiry
 
 

World

Munir Ahmed, Sheikh Saaliq, Riazat Butt, Rajesh Roy And Aijaz Hussain, The Associated Press: India fires missiles on Pakistan. Islamabad calls it an ‘act of war’
The Associated Press: Ukraine drone attacks briefly shut down Moscow’s international airports
Julia Frankel, The Associated Press: Gaza aid dries up as Israeli blockade enters a third month
Elena Becatoros And Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press: Israel says it has disabled Yemen’s main airport with airstrikes against rebels
Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press: Cardinals wrap up pre-conclave meetings still uncertain about who should follow Pope Francis
Kirsten Grieshaber, The Associated Press: Who is Friedrich Merz, the man who has been elected Germany’s next chancellor?
The Associated Press: Russia says Putin will travel to China in August
Suzan Fraser And Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press: Turkey thwarted another attack with pagers in Lebanon last year, officials say
Jack Dura, The Associated Press: Wildfires burn thousands of acres on tribal lands in North Dakota
Michael R. Sisak And Michael Balsamo, The Associated Press: The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them
 

One last thing...

Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press:

‘Clearly, it’s needed’: Hundreds let it all out at ‘euphoric’ scream event in Toronto

In a unique display of communal catharsis, hundreds gathered in Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods Park for a "group scream" aimed at releasing pent-up emotions amid personal and global turmoil. Read More

 
 

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