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Plus: Ever find a few coins in your couch? How about a few hundred in a field?

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

 

'A complex community'

Gabrielle Piché:

The centre of attention

Positive anticipation is growing about major housing developments underway in Winnipeg’s downtown Read More

 
 
 

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City at a crossroads

Tom Brodbeck, Rebecca Chambers, Niigaan Sinclair and Brent Bellamy:

Is a better Winnipeg on the horizon?

Four Free Press columnists weigh in on the challenges ahead and how the city can become better. Read More

 
 

'Dynacare won’t be able to staff their labs'

Carol Sanders:

Unhappy Dynacare staff refuse OT shifts; doors could be closed at clinics with Saturday hours

Some Winnipeg Dynacare sites normally open on Saturday were closed last week, and may continue to be because staff are refusing to pick up overtime shifts after they were forced back to work amid a labour dispute with the company. Read More

 
 

'There is hope. And possibility'

Patrick Nolan:

Scaling new heights of possibility

Shoal Lake Lodge a manifestation of reconciliation in action Read More

 
 

'There really isn’t anything like it'

Conrad Sweatman:

The light fantastic

Nuit Blanche ready to wow in city’s core Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Morgan Modjeski: Province hires 17 psychiatrists to work in Winnipeg, Selkirk
Scott Billeck: Tenants slam Alta.-based landlord, protest rent increases
Malak Abas: Flammable gas culprit of 2024 Transcona home explosion: police
Joyanne Pursaga: Around city hall
Joyanne Pursaga: Gillingham outlines big plan for Seine River in a second-term as mayor
Morgan Modjeski and Malak Abas: Portage Avenue stabbing victim staggered into nearby store for help
Kelly-Anne Riess: Couple’s jaundiced start, 70-year bond with Victoria Hospital behind $536K memorial donation
Connor McDowell: Several mayors bow out of fall’s municipal elections
Maggie Macintosh: U of W marks 10 years of Indigenous education requirement
 

Opinion

Tom Brodbeck: Voter turnout suggests most of us don’t care who makes decisions about city services that affect our daily lives
Rafiq Andani: Three wait times, one patient: resources matter
Hersh Seth: After 30 years of film policy, what does Manitoba actually own?
Editorial: Two U.S. presidents, and America’s decline
Free Press: Letters, Sept. 25
 

Arts & Life

Jen Zoratti: U of W marks gallery’s anniversary with group alumni exhibition
Randall King: Baruchel soulful in role as frustrated Canuck daredevil
Maureen Scurfield: Sequestered skivvies seem like last straw
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
 

Business

Gabrielle Piché: Ledohowski among new entrants to Manitoba Business Hall of Fame
Aaron Epp: Chamber hears about the business of belonging
Gabrielle Piché: Restaurants ‘under pressure’
Free Press staff: Governments fund AI training for aerospace, manufacturing workers
Gabrielle Piché: Global prediction markets, local presence
 

Sports

Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe: A Canadian team lifting the Cup just one of several storylines to tee up NHL season
Ryan Desjarlais: Flop wedge needed at Phantom Lake Golf Club
Joshua Frey-Sam: Crusaders football celebrates 95th anniversary
Jerrad Peters: Friendlies more of a juggle for Team Canada bench boss than homecoming
Grace Anne Paizen: Around the NSL: A corner to remember; De Filippo’s boot; a highlight-reel brace
Taylor Allen: Bombers still hold playoff fate in their own hands
Ken Wiebe: No more Jets 1.0 or 2.0: League announces all eras of Winnipeg’s club to be merged
Joshua Frey-Sam: East St. Paul product’s next wheelchair basketball chapter in Spain’s best men’s division
Mike McIntyre: Jets focus on power play and penalty kill as shortened pre-season winds down
Taylor Allen: No guaranteed spots on team's fantasy football league roster for Bombers vets
 

Canada

Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press: ‘Zero chance’ U.S. attacks Canada, Alaska governor tells conference
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: B.C. attorney general seeks Criminal Code change after Tumbler Ridge AI chat report
Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press: Trump’s trade czar says he sees no urgent need to get a trade deal with Canada
The Canadian Press: Quebec City man charged with making death threats against Prime Minister Mark Carney
The Canadian Press: Canadian charged with voting fraud in the U.S. for casting ballot in 3 elections
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Labour bill will test limits of Ottawa’s power to quash strikes: experts
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press: Ex-RCMP intelligence official convicted in secrets case has been granted day parole
The Canadian Press: Defence minister downplays PM’s comments on prospect of U.S. military action
Eli Ridder, The Canadian Press: Eastern Canada business leaders call for ‘single economy’ between Atlantic provinces
Erika Morris, The Canadian Press: CSIS contacted as U.S. interference claims swirl in Quebec election
 
 

World

The Associated Press: UN adds 61 companies to settlements blacklist over alleged Palestinian rights violations
Kaitlyn Huamani, The Associated Press: Federal court says Pentagon can label Anthropic a supply chain risk
Hanna Arhirova And Barry Hatton, The Associated Press: Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he urged Trump to enlist China’s help in ending Russia’s invasion
Cara Anna, Farnoush Amiri And Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press: Iran proposes a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in 7 days if the US meets its conditions
Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press: Private spacecraft falls back to Earth after failing to rescue aging NASA telescope
The Associated Press: Final results of Russia’s tightly managed vote give a record high parliament seats to Kremlin party
Munir Ahmed And Abdul Qahar Afghan, The Associated Press: 13 Afghan Taliban personnel killed in overnight border clash, Pakistan says. Kabul denies the claim
Eugene Garcia, The Associated Press: Hurricanes in the Pacific threaten Hawaii and Mexico with floods and high surf
Hallie Golden And Jocelyn Noveck, The Associated Press: CNN left off Air Force One for Trump’s upcoming trip, White House signals in new media restriction
Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: MapQuest GM goes where his app says: Lake Ontario
 

One last thing...

Kirsten Grieshaber, The Associated Press:

Amateur archaeologist finds Germany’s biggest hoard of ancient Roman silver coins

BERLIN (AP) — An amateur archaeologist who discovered several Roman silver coins in a field in western Germany realized he had stumbled upon something bigger when his metal detector kept beep... Read More

 
 

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