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Crime stats, WFPS chief retiring, drug response, volleyball’s Voth, Rita Rudner
Plus: A look at NASA's proposed Moon Base

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

 

'We’re trending in the right direction, (but) by no means is this a victory lap'

Tyler Searle:

Winnipeg’s violent crime rate drops for second year in a row

Police service’s 2025 report underscores benefit of collaboration, targeted campaigns, chief says Read More

 

Chris Kitching:

Hate crimes jump in Winnipeg in 2025

The number of reported crimes that were classified as hate-motivated by the Winnipeg Police Service more than doubled in 2025, although the true number of incidents is thought to be higher. Read More

 
 
 

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'There needs to be good plans in place … so that we can maintain good response times'

Joyanne Pursaga:

City needs more fire-paramedic stations as population grows: outgoing WFPS boss

Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service Chief Christian Schmidt says the city will need to add fire paramedic stations to ensure rapid growth in new neighbourhoods doesn’t extend already lengthy emergency-response times. Read More

 
 

'We’ve needed additional resources for a long time'

Scott Billeck:

WFPS stretched to limit by city’s around-the-clock drug OD crisis, retiring chief says

The chief of the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service says first responders attend more than one overdose call every hour, as the city’s drug toxicity crisis intensifies. Read More

 
 

'It's really a dream come true'

Joshua Frey-Sam:

Another ace for Wesmen’s Voth

Volleyball bench boss named to coaching staff for men’s national squad tourney Read More

 
 

'I like to keep evolving'

Jen Zoratti:

What’s my (punch)line?

Even after decades in standup, comedy legend Rita Rudner never stops writing new jokes Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Aaron Epp: Doors Open to Winnipeg’s mystery, history
Nicole Buffie: Manitoba makes strides on poverty, but EIA rates must increase: report
Dean Pritchard: Eight years for man who set fire to motorhome with partner locked inside
Tyler Searle: Family, SCO call for review of Dauphin hospital protocols after death of nine-year-old with broken arm
Skye Anderson: Brandon police roll out body cams
Free Press staff: Crews tackle eight out-of-control wildfires in Manitoba
Maggie Macintosh: Division unveils plans for transport and learning hub south of Perimeter
Erik Pindera: U of W prof sues social media giants Meta, X
Tyler Searle: Gunman pointed weapon at police, threatened teen hostages’ lives before officers opened fire in fatal shooting: IIU
Malak Abas: CPKC signals, communications workers on strike
 

Opinion

Noah Fry and Stuart Trew: Winnipeg can buy local
Niigaan Sinclair: Peace, justice and bringing this country together
Free Press: Letters, June 2
Erna Buffie: Don’t let fear of change determine vote
Editorial: Time for national trucking safety database
Ken Clark: Student absenteeism — attribution and action
Glen Wintrup: NDP sport bill risks marginalized communities
Dan Lett: A decision to fight from outside, rather than surrender to party politics
Bryan Oborne: Considering a unified prairie time zone
Kyle Volpi Hiebert: Putin’s imperial dream is crumbling
 

Arts & Life

Maureen Scurfield: Be honest about overwhelming work woes
Ben Waldman: Finding family, finding truth: New play unfolds in the shadow of ’60s Scoop
Free Press: Little things to make June joyous
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Jen Zoratti: Robert Pasternak's show offers big inspiration in small packages
Craig Macrae and Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press: ‘Heated Rivalry’ sets record at Screen Awards with 16 wins including best drama
Free Press Arts & Life staff: What's up: Flatlander’s Beer Fest, RWB's On the Edge, Josiah Koppanyi, Prairie Spirit and Detective! and more
Marsha McLeod: Even residential school couldn’t erase who Christina Henderson was
Conrad Sweatman: What feathered creatures signify for the health of the herd
Maureen Scurfield: Titillated titters could leave intimacy in tatters
 

Business

Gabrielle Piché: MMF warns prospectors, developers to consult — or else
Gabrielle Piché: Key construction at new Lynn Lake gold mine begins after fire-driven delay
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Basic materials stocks weigh on TSX, as U.S. markets gain and oil prices rise
Aaron Epp: Do It Differently leadership event centred on creativity, curiosity
Aaron Epp: Robinson Lighting prepares to celebrate 90 years as family-run business with gala event in glittering showroom
Malak Abas: Winnipeg acknowledges ‘generous, philanthropic’ family with honorary road renaming
Free Press staff: Archangel Fireworks packs up longtime Pembina location for new home on McGillivray
The Canadian Press: Scotiabank buying U.S. commercial bank MapleMark
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Tech stocks send TSX higher, U.S. markets also up amid hopes of U.S.-Iran deal
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Economists pour cold water on recession talk after Canada’s economy stalls in Q1
 

Sports

Joshua Frey-Sam: Spurr claims first individual win, Lafleche holds off Hayden at Match Play Championship
Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe: Potential Jets homecoming in the works for Doan
Mike McIntyre: Goldeyes getting it going
Ken Wiebe and Mike McIntyre: A tale of third trips (to the Stanley Cup final)
Andrew Dampf, The Associated Press: Serena Williams is coming back to tennis at 44, returning to the sport she dominated for decades
The Associated Press: Claude Lemieux’s brain will be donated to Boston University’s CTE Center, his family says
George Williams: Raise a glass to My Kinda Delite
Taylor Allen: Randolph among Bomber cuts
Joshua Frey-Sam: Sea Bears bit by Mamba late, drop back-to-back games
Taylor Allen: Better showing for Bombers backup Elgersma
 

Canada

Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: National artificial intelligence strategy to be released next week, Carney says
Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press: Sizzle or fizzle? Here’s what to expect this summer, according to The Weather Network
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Liberals prepare to lose climate champion as Guilbeault plans to quit Commons
Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press: German utility to buy one million tonnes of LNG per year from Ksi Lisims project
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Ottawa negotiating purchase of Saab GlobalEye surveillance planes: Carney
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: Flight attendants union urges government to reject airlines’ claims on unpaid work
Eli Ridder, The Canadian Press: N.B. residents file claim against ‘sickening’ smell from Covered Bridge chip factory
Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press: Female politicians in Saskatchewan to get own washroom, 110 years later
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Chinese foreign minister’s visit to Canada a ‘positive sign’: trade minister
Thomas Laberge, The Canadian Press: Quebec legislature members denounce Carney’s comments on Clarity Act
 
 

World

Baraa Anwer And Mariam Fam, The Associated Press: Hajj pilgrims perform rituals in soaring heat as Eid al-Adha celebrations begin
Aamer Madhani And Konstantin Toropin, The Associated Press: US military conducts another strike against Iran after Trump says Iran is ‘negotiating on fumes’
Wafaa Shurafa And Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press: Hamas confirms that Israeli airstrikes killed its new military leader in Gaza City
The Associated Press: Zelenskyy asks Trump for more US air defense help against Russian missile attacks, Kyiv says
Rodney Muhumuza, The Associated Press: Uganda closes its border with Congo, where suspected cases of a rare Ebola type are surging
Gerald Imray, The Associated Press: Why Trump’s allegations that white people are being persecuted in South Africa have been denied
Jill Lawless, The Associated Press: UK cyberspying chief calls AI ‘an unstoppable force’ and warns about Russia
Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press: A warmer world creates bigger and more damaging hailstones, study says
Justin Spike And Molly Quell, The Associated Press: Hungary’s parliament votes to remain a member of the International Criminal Court
The Associated Press: Jill Biden says she feared Joe Biden was having a stroke during disastrous 2024 debate
 

One last thing...

Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press:

NASA lays out moon base plans with landers, buggies and drones at the top of the list

NASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the Artemis II's record-breaking lunar flyaround. Read More

 
 

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