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Downtown safety, Sals update, Seven Oaks sex charges, Transcona trampoline park, and finally – golf!
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Good evening. Here’s a look at what our newsroom has been working on today:

 

'I was just so impressed by the model'

Nicole Buffie:

Winnipeg’s downtown safety partnership viewed as model for other cities

Representatives in Victoria, Edmonton, Toronto and Kenora, Ont., have met with DCSP leaders to learn how the foot patrol and resource system could be duplicated in their cities, which are also dealing with the scourge of homelessness and addictions. Read More

 
 
 

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'Man, this came out of nowhere'

Malak Abas:

Offended Winnipeggers don’t like the taste of city golf courses’ food order

The decision to replace Salisbury House with a U.S.-based food-service company’s fare at two city-owned golf courses has left a foul taste in the mouths of some councillors, customers and Manitoba’s Tory leader. Read More

 

Gabrielle Piché:

PCs chew out NDP over food contract with U.S.-based firm

The Progressive Conservatives say a government contract awarded to a multibillion-dollar U.S. firm should have been given to a Manitoba company. Read More

 
 

'Hit me up for smoke and rides'

Dean Pritchard:

Former Seven Oaks School Division worker pleads guilty to sex, luring offences involving female youths

Matthew Mousseau appeared in Winnipeg court Wednesday and pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation and one count each of luring, accessing child sexual abuse material, voyeurism, indecent exposure and providing liquor to minors. Read More

 
 

'We’ve pulled out all the stops'

Aaron Epp:

Jump for joy, ‘swinging from the rafters’

Apex Adventure Plex expands Western Canada trampoline park footprint, opens east Winnipeg location Read More

 
 

'It felt like it was never going to happen'

Joshua Frey-Sam:

Local golf courses ‘sitting pretty’

Warm weather welcome as most greens set to fully open by Saturday Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Morgan Modjeski: West Kildonan Industrial residents call for speed bumps after child hit by truck
Joyanne Pursaga: Proposed Transcona development — which could add 20,000 people — gets thumbs down from residents
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
Carol Sanders: HSC weapons scanners effective, needed at other hospitals: nurses union
Janine LeGal: A Life's Story: Woman fought for better outcomes for others amid cancer fight
Taylor Allen: Five-star review of Winkler Bible Camp
Zoe Pierce: Firefighter’s death fuels cancer fight
Free Press staff: Safety upgrades at Whiteshell park to begin soon
 

Opinion

Hersh Seth: City hall and fairness for the future
Russell Wangersky: An elegy for the smalls
Jen Zoratti: Don’t delete organ concert tickets when scrubbing digital life
Tory McNally: Meetings accomplish something that an email never could while respecting people’s time, building relationships
Laura Rance-Unger: The effects of El Nino on crop prices, production
Riley Enns: Reading, writing, religion
David McLaughlin: Good deal or no deal? Carney’s crucible
Editorial: Fighting tariffs with the power of boycotts
Melissa Martin: Corroded Arlington overpass yields way for new hope of spanning urban chasm
Ben Sigurdson: Get out and about, have a sip at local beer, wine events
 

Arts & Life

Anne D'innocenzio, The Associated Press: From Uniqlo to Zara, clothing brands try to win over Gen Z with a needle and thread
John Longhurst: Churches make collective gift toward fostering reconciliation
Reviewed by Candida Rifkind: Creepy, poignant graphic novel a small-town coming-of-age horror story
Reviewed by Brandi Field: Human cost of AI bubble outweighs tech’s potential
Reviewed by Matt Henderson: Rise of social media reflects rise of self-promotion — to the detriment of genuine storytelling
Benjamin Waldman: Revered Broadway rail anchors Winnipeg’s resilient skateboarding scene
Holly Harris: Rainbow Stage’s Legally Blonde a lovely legal musical
Maureen Scurfield: Ratcheting up heat can lead to cold feet
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Ben Sigurdson: Obama to talk formative books in new podcast
 

Business

Aaron Epp: Manitoba family finalist for cattle producers environmental award
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
Aaron Epp: Classic Scoop founder left lucrative job to start business offering treats on-site for parties, festivals
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: Anxious Canadian firms bet Trump will buckle before 50% tariff deadline
Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press: What’s canon in ‘Paw Patrol’? Canadian mega-franchise tackles creative questions as its world expands
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
 

Sports

Taylor Allen: Bombers manage to hand Redblacks another loss
Grace Anne Paizen: Around the NSL: Quarterfinal upset; Wild win; Rapid still human
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
 

Canada

Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press: Senator blames Trump administration’s ‘insulting’ rhetoric for tourism slump
Liam Casey and Allison Jones, The Canadian Press: Ford says Ontario has sold controversial private jet at no loss
David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Carney says the U.S. can’t dictate the terms of trade talks ahead of CUSMA review
Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press: Expert says it’s time for Canada to amp up efforts to educate Americans on trade
Sarah Ritchie and David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Former Tory leader to Poilievre: forget the floor crossings, focus on policy
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: MacKinnon rejects Conservative’s call to leave some committee control to opposition
Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press: B.C. tourists smile at Mexico pyramid. Behind them, a gunman, moments before killing
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: Air Transat cutting 1,000 flights due to high jet fuel costs
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press: Minister won’t commit to national flood insurance program in near future
 
 

World

Menelaos Hadjicostis, The Associated Press: AP Exclusive: Cyprus president says the EU needs a clear playbook on helping members under attack
Jon Gambrell And Jamey Keaten, The Associated Press: US military says it seizes another oil tanker associated with Iran
Hanna Arhirova, The Associated Press: Ukraine wants a Zelenskyy-Putin summit to jolt stalled US-led peace efforts
Lorne Cook, The Associated Press: EU close to approving a $106B loan for Ukraine after months of deadlock
María Verza And Megan Janetsky, The Associated Press: Mexico’s government keeps contradicting itself over role of CIA agents in Chihuahua operation
The Associated Press: UK passes bill that will eventually ban cigarette purchases
Dyepkazah Shibayan, The Associated Press: Alleged coup plotters in Nigeria plead not guilty to treason and terrorism
Emma Burrows, The Associated Press: Most serious cyberattacks against the UK now from Russia, Iran and China, cyber chief says
Bernard Condon, The Associated Press: Trump media company replaces ex-congressman Nunes as CEO after stock plunge that wiped out billions
 

One last thing...

Matt O'brien, The Associated Press:

A robot is beating human pros at table tennis. Its maker calls it a milestone for machines

A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study that shows how advances in... Read More

 
 

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