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

 

'An intervention that’s going to help keep people safe'

Chris Kitching:

‘Different approach’: look inside Winnipeg’s new detox centre

Facility will hold people high on long-lasting drugs as long as 72 hours Read More

 
 
 

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'Force that was unlawful and unreasonable'

Dean Pritchard:

Restaurant owner started fight, but man accused in fatal beating went beyond self-defence, Crown tells court

A Winnipeg man accused of beating Kyriakos Vogiatzakis to death outside his St. James-area restaurant nearly two years ago is expected to argue he was acting in self-defence, a court heard Monday. Read More

 
 

'This creates a dangerous precedent'

Joyanne Pursaga:

Civic officials concerned about ‘veto’ in Municipal Board decision on city-owned, Granite-leased parking lot

The Manitoba Municipal Board’s decision on a hotly debated plan to build affordable homes at a Granite Curling Club parking lot is triggering fears it could set a dangerous precedent for city projects and leases. Read More

 
 

Mark Carney’s first budget passes

Kyle Duggan and David Baxter, The Canadian Press:

Carney Liberals narrowly survive crucial budget vote, preventing winter election

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government narrowly survived a crucial budget vote Monday evening, one that could have sent Canadians to the polls this winter but instead propped up the mi... Read More

 
 

'More competition should lead to lower prices'

Gabrielle Piché:

Freedom Mobile to launch Manitoba wireless network in 2026

Freedom Mobile will build a wireless network in Manitoba starting next year, following a promise the Toronto-headquartered company it made upon entering the province in 2024. Read More

 
 

'It never hits a good spot'

Ken Wiebe:

Samberg’s return seamless

D-man’s hockey smarts a welcome addition to Jets blue line Read More

 
 

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Local

Carol Sanders: Social housing supporters, biz community want to see action in throne speech
Dan Lett, Tom Brodbeck and Julia-Simone Rutgers: Supervised drug consumption site to open in January
Dean Pritchard: Judge finds woman with schizophrenia not criminally responsible in stabbing death of 14-month-old son
Kevin Rollason: Coalition says Hydro rate proposal ‘higher than necessary’
Scott Billeck: Encampment residents defiant as new policy takes effect
Carol Sanders: Two midwives hired in Selkirk, province announces
Nicole Buffie: Cousins sue city, townhouse owner, property manager over fatal 2024 fire
Kevin Rollason: Harvest Manitoba expands weekend snack program in province
Free Press staff: Winnipeg firefighters busy Sunday, early Monday
Gabrielle Piché: New Manitoba Computer and Gaming Museum powers up
 

Opinion

Peter McKenna: Why are women and young girls being murdered in Mexico?
Maureen Scurfield: Counselling can help with cottage conundrum
Nichelle Desilets: Doctor retention needs focus in year ahead
Editorial: Running out of sewage options — quickly
Judy Waytiuk: Almost Armageddon: a personal history
Free Press: Letters, Nov. 18
Maureen Scurfield: Future life need not be either/or proposition
Free Press: Letters, Nov. 17
Editorial: Can a political leader change his stripes?
Melissa Martin: Marianne, Martha and the Grey Cup spirit
 

Arts & Life

Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Denise Duguay: Sentimental journeys into holiday season
Ben Sigurdson: Fallis’s latest novel finds strange parallels in Mali gold-mine dispute
Ben Waldman: Artist with Parkinson’s prolific output celebrated with upcoming exhibitions
Conrad Sweatman: U of M chemist earns award for work on new drug candidate for treating Lou Gehrig’s disease
Reviewed by Donald Benham: Some of Manitoba’s most explosive political incidents given short shrift in new anthology
Eva Wasney: Paisley proves his truck still works
Martin Zeilig: Local author Harriet Zaidman‘s young-adult novel set amid abortion debates of 1983 Winnipeg
 

Sports

Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press: Riders offensive lineman Ferland expects long Grey Cup celebrations in Saskatchewan
Judy Owen, The Canadian Press: Alouettes agonize over coming up just short in tight Grey Cup ‘battle’
Joshua Frey-Sam: Former Bombers find more Grey Cup glory with Roughriders
Taylor Allen: Riders roll to Grey Cup
Taylor Allen: Bombers president/CEO Miller receives Commissioner’s Award
Ken Wiebe: Weak link or menace? Lowry finding his game after lengthy absence to start season
Ken Wiebe: ‘Inconsistent’ Jets drop Flames in OT
Taylor Allen: Roots, resilience, and the road to the Grey Cup
Melissa Martin: Canada’s Cup runneth over
Joshua Frey-Sam: O’Shea, Walters staying put with Bombers
 

Business

Aaron Epp: Maple Leaf workers at Winnipeg plant vote in favour of strike
Gabrielle Piché: World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia representatives tour Manitoba capital
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Bank of Canada expected to move to sidelines amid inflation ‘messiness’
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Consumers facing new scam threats this holiday season: BMO’s financial crimes head
Aaron Epp: ‘Not a traditional retailer’: Appelt’s Diamonds’ personalized approach has served Manitoba since 1938
Gabrielle Piché: CFL colours light up local hospitality sector
Free Press staff: AI leads list of emerging trends in real estate: PwC report
Aaron Epp: Aviation, wellness entrepreneurs honoured at VIBE Awards
 

Canada

Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Premiers say they had positive meeting with PM, hint that tariff relief is coming
Rianna Lim, The Canadian Press: ‘The system felt bigger than me’: Supports needed as youth crimes rise, advocates say
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: Big drop in snowbirds heading to U.S. this winter, as many look overseas instead
Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press: Survivor disheartened that Canada may fail to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040
Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press: Alberta tables bill to add citizenship mark, health-care numbers to driver’s licences
Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press: TD Bank settles human rights complaint by B.C. Muslim-Indigenous man
Fakiha Baig, The Canadian Press: Alberta minister of arts, culture and Status of Women apologizes for using expletive
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press: Chief finds missing jacket adorned with honours, family history in Montreal airport
The Canadian Press: Hollywood star Richard Gere brings Tibet advocacy to Parliament Hill
 
 

World

Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press: UN approves the Trump administration’s plan for the future of Gaza
Illia Novikov, The Associated Press: Drone strikes Turkish tanker in Ukraine’s Odesa, where US natural gas will go
Kevin Freking And Chris Megerian, The Associated Press: In reversal, Trump says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files
Wafaa Shurafa And Kareem Chehayeb, The Associated Press: Most of Gaza’s schools are destroyed and hundreds of thousands of children cannot go back to class
Sam Mednick, The Associated Press: Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody have surged. A prison guard describes rampant abuse
Seth Borenstein, Anton L. Delgado And Melina Walling, The Associated Press: Nations hit by natural disasters tell ministers at climate talks to act
Julhas Alam, The Associated Press: Former Bangladesh leader Hasina sentenced to death for crackdown on uprising that ousted her
Ope Adetayo And Dyepkazah Shibayan, The Associated Press: Gunmen abduct 25 girls from a high school in northwestern Nigeria
Baba Ahmed, The Associated Press: Timbuktu’s famed manuscripts escaped al-Qaida but the threat remains
Claire Rush, The Associated Press: Off-duty pilot who tried to cut a flight’s engines midair won’t serve prison time, judge rules
 

One last thing...

Safiyah Riddle, The Associated Press:

Baby sea otter is reunited with mother in central California after dramatic rescue

When a lost baby otter was heard wailing off California’s coast, marine mammal rescuers turned to an unconventional tool: a Bluetooth speaker. Read More

 
 

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