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Plus: Need fancy artisanal European charcoal for your next BBQ? We have you covered.

Good evening.

If you’re hurrying to Assiniboine Park to catch Ballet in the Park, hit the brakes: tonight’s performance has been cancelled due to the extreme heat.

Perhaps visit an ice-cream parlour instead? Since we published our look at scoops on offer in and around Winnipeg on Monday, readers have been sending their personal favourites to add to the list. Check our updated story for all the recommendations.

Here’s a look at what else our newsroom has been working on today:

 

'The right resource to the right call'

Malak Abas:

Mayor backs new way to handle 911 mental health, addiction calls

Report suggests switch could divert 10,000 calls away from police, firefighters, paramedics Read More

 
 
 

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'Really demoralizing'

Marsha McLeod:

Report draws link between missing Indigenous women and trafficking across Canada

A new analysis of online sex advertisements featuring Indigenous women has identified cross-country corridors that are highly indicative of sex trafficking, while revealing insight into how women and girls are exploited in Winnipeg. Read More

 
 

'It’s not meeting the needs'

Carol Sanders:

Province announces review of child welfare funding, governance

An independent external review of provincial Child and Family Services funding and its governance model, which is expected to begin this fall, is long overdue, says one Indigenous leader who described a system in crisis. Read More

 
 

'Just good, honest Italian fare'

Eva Wasney:

New culinary horizons

Sottobraccio brings Harth’s Italian flavours to new location in Osborne Village Read More

 
 

'If I go unnoticed, that means I had a good game'

Taylor Allen:

All signs point to Vanterpool being called on

Former teacher would suit up in just ninth game of three-down loop career Read More

 

Ken Wiebe:

Wilson early candidate for catch of the year

Bombers receiver’s lateral recovery still talk of the town Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Abiola Odutola: Federal agricultural science facility in Brandon dealing with Assiniboine River flood damage
Morgan Modjeski: Real-life heroes commended for bravery
Zoe Pierce: Ceremony heralds growth of active transportation network in city’s north
Tyler Searle: Fences to be installed at Whiteshell park site where brothers drowned
Carol Sanders: Temporary foreign workers rally to stay
Scott Billeck: Supervised consumption site to open Aug. 11
Erik Pindera: $129-M segregation-lawsuit deal good for Manitoba: judge
Dean Pritchard: Judge rejects house arrest request for drug trafficker
Scott Billeck: Police chief promises drug crackdown data will be made public
Free Press staff: Autopsy confirms dog attack killed animal-rescue volunteer on First Nation
 

Opinion

Conrad Sweatman: Singing the praises of fringe shows that dare to take risks
Tom Brodbeck: Police crackdown made news, but did it make a difference?
Marion Willis: Manage failure or align responses
Editorial: Progress, yes — but there’s still much to do
Gwynne Dyer: Russia: home of Potemkin nuclear bombs?
Loren Remillard: New councillors can bring new approach
Free Press: Letters, July 28
 

Arts & Life

Tiago Resko: Arjun Lal exhibition explores how society remains shaped by colonialism
Ben Waldman: Fringe festival sees highest attendance since 2019
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: CBC won’t disclose Eurovision costs as memo says Ottawa can’t order it to take part
Olga R. Rodriguez, The Associated Press: Do you toss food once the date on the label has passed? Experts say that’s often a waste
Maureen Scurfield: Ex’s stubborn persistence no laughing matter
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
 

Business

Dylan Lovan, The Associated Press: KFC founder Colonel Sanders’ signature bow tie and personal planner sell at auction
Gabrielle Piché: Pilot project targets defence contract tracking
The Canadian Press: Bell rolling out new tool to detect and flag spoofed phone calls using AI
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: ‘Drive day and night’: TFI plans to roll out driverless trucks in U.S.
Gabrielle Piché: Manitoba Innovates seeks to pump up in-person networking as artificial intelligence-created resumés become norm
 

Sports

Mike McIntyre: Men’s title turning into two-horse race between clubmates Fanning and Doyle
The Canadian Press: Félix Dolci leads six-gold day for Canada at Commonwealth Games
Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press: Amazon Prime to stream Wednesday NHL games, playoff series under Rogers deal
Graham Dunbar, The Associated Press: FIFA plan for Kushner-backed $20 billion operation to run World Cup meets fury from Europe’s UEFA
Mike McIntyre: New women’s senior champ to be crowned
 

Canada

David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Federal government launches expanded online passport renewal service
Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press: LeBlanc heading back to Washington after Trump threatens new tariffs
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press: Canadian accused of espionage in Belgium to remain in detention: prosecutor’s office
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: UNICEF Gaza chief says Israeli destruction, restrictions squandering Canadian aid
Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press: Data shows some psychiatric patients wait days in the ER for a hospital admission. Why?
Daniela Germano, The Canadian Press: Edmonton sees wettest summer on record with endless rain, flooding and mosquitoes
Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press: Councillors in rural county bordering Calgary vote to pause data centres
Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press: First load of rotting, decades-old fish sauce trucked away from abandoned N.L. plant
Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press: Over half of Canadians report behaviours that increase fraud vulnerability: survey
 
 

World

Ben Finley And Konstantin Toropin, The Associated Press: US thwarts an Iranian missile attack and launches strikes with Saudi Arabia against militias in Iraq
Rodney Muhumuza, The Associated Press: Uganda declares itself free of Ebola as Congo continues to struggle with it
Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press: A 7.1 magnitude quake hits Japan’s southern Kyushu island killing at least 3
Thomas Adamson, Mark Carlson And Emma Da Silva, The Associated Press: France orders 4,000 more evacuated as fires displace a third of a million across southwest Europe
Seung Min Kim, The Associated Press: Zelenskyy has a ‘good meeting’ with Trump at the White House as he seeks more cooperation with US
The Associated Press: Criminal gangs increasingly lure people to work in online scam centers, UN migration agency warns
John Wawrow And Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press: Defendant in Salman Rushdie stabbing declines to testify in terrorism trial
Jill Lawless, The Associated Press: The future of the UK’s renowned Lovell radio telescope is in question after a funding cut
Leah Willingham, The Associated Press: eBay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
The Associated Press: Investigators find apparent claim of responsibility after Berlin Pride attack
 

One last thing...

Matthias Schrader, The Associated Press :

In pictures: In a German forest, 2 brothers keep the ancient tradition of charcoal burning alive

HASSELFELDE, Germany (AP) — Immo Feldmer carefully tipped smoldering charcoal into a tall mound of earth to kick off the ancient tradition of coal burning. The inside of the mound was tightly stack... Read More

 
 

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