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Foster parents charged, new airport openings, Bombers on rule changes, Stephanie Ballard remembered
Plus: Read to the bottom for a moose-terious discovery

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

 

'It’s devastating news'

Chris Kitching:

Foster parents charged, accused of assaulting children in their care

One child in hospital with life-threatening injuries; children’s advocate says review in motion Read More

 
 
 

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'They’re damaging anything, because it’ll bring politics here'

 

'You get a lot of fun surprises with that'

Gabrielle Piché:

‘Yes, we are real’

Winnipeg airport lands genome sequencing testing outpost Read More

 
 

'It didn’t sit well with me at the time — like I ate something bad'

Taylor Allen:

‘I don’t think they fully thought of the impact’

Bombers not convinced over drastic CFL changes Read More

 
 

'Stephanie was our matriarch'

Jen Zoratti:

Prolific choreographer, mentor ‘a champion for dance’

Stephanie Ballard, the glamorous, sharp-witted Winnipeg contemporary dance icon, is being remembered as a community builder who believed deeply in art and the people who make it. Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Zoe Pierce: Search continues for brothers feared drowned at Nutimik Lake
Carol Sanders: Four candidates at play in The Pas-Kameesak byelection
Scott Billeck: Plan being developed to tackle drug use, homelessness near church
Nicole Buffie: STARS moves to Brandon to fill gap after Dauphin hospital closure
Chris Kitching: Big spike in catalytic converter thefts
Dean Pritchard: Woman pleads guilty to beating teens, injecting them with drugs
Malak Abas: Safe-walks program around downtown venues to launch after pleas from WSO performers
Morgan Modjeski: Local fans feel ‘Spanish euphoria’
Morgan Modjeski: Parents praise water-safety education
Erik Pindera: Bishnoi Gang active in Manitoba
 

Opinion

Dan Lett: Homeless standstill can’t be addressed until province, city collaborate
Ben Sigurdson: Uncorked: Maximize your wine-buying dollars
Jen Zoratti: Reimagined Little House still shot through with the truth
Editorial: A team — and league — of our own
Tory McNally: Ethics isn’t about big scandals — it’s about little decisions made each day
Dan Lett: Cool yourself, not your car: time to stop denying climate change
Free Press: Letters, July 20
Alex Passey: Time to open our eyes about AI
Kyle Volpi Hiebert: Britain gets new prime minister — again
Peter George: Manitoba’s inspiration economy
 

Arts & Life

Wyatte Grantham-philips, The Associated Press: Judge says Paramount and Warner must halt merger for at least two weeks, granting states’ request
Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #16: I need an extra show
Reviewed by Dave Williamson: Exploration of Stein’s time in Paris proves wildly entertaining, defying classification
Alison Gillmor: Christopher Nolan crafts modern epic, brings wartime saga home
Josiah Neufeld: Mosque’s restorative justice program helps newcomers find their way
Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press: ‘I’ve finally made it to the Horseshoe’: Shania Twain plays Toronto bar that once eluded her
Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press: Award-winning Canadian humorist Morley Torgov dies at 98
Free Press review team: Our five-star fringe reviews: Final boss defeated
Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #7: Quicksave before the next show
Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #9: Farming for fringe gold
 

Sports

Grace Penner: Manitoba sports hall inductee thrilled to see his former athletes join coaching ranks
R.j. Rico, The Associated Press: The World Cup is over. Here’s where to get your next soccer fix
Taylor Allen: Bombers battle back to beat Redblacks in OT
Joshua Frey-Sam: Lightning strikes again as Canada picks up second rugby win in Winnipeg in 33 years
Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press: Brooke Henderson engaged, says life off the golf course fuelled recent success on it
Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press: Roughrider player had alcohol, cannabis in SUV going wrong way before deadly crash
Taylor Allen: Bombers fortunate to escape with win
Tales Azzoni, The Associated Press: How Spain built a soccer identity that conquered the world
Mike McIntyre: Jets’ Perfetti motivated to prove his worth following ‘life-changing’ contract
The Associated Press: FIFA investigates Argentina players confronting Spain’s on-field World Cup celebrations
 

Business

Gabrielle Piche: Winnipeg-based software company’s enrolment tracking platform finds receptive audience south of border
Aaron Epp: WestJet adding two new direct flights from Winnipeg to warm-weather destinations
Aaron Epp: WEL Manitoba investment fund signs on with Canadian company in push to meet province’s menstrual products mandate
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: TSX down more than 300 points amid inflation data, U.S. stock markets also negative
Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press: Read this before you break up with your Big Six bank
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Economists see encouraging signs in June inflation report beyond gas price break
Nicole Buffie: ‘Weather whiplash’ leaves Winnipeg businesses sore
Reviewed by Donald Benham: Shakespearean drama of tech titan’s time away from Apple chronicled
Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: Fans, basements, BBQs: experts offer ways to reduce your summer electricity bill
Dee-ann Durbin, The Associated Press: World Cup beer sales are hopping. Brewers hope the stout demand outlasts the tournament
 

Canada

Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press: Next phase of government’s assault-style firearm buyback to begin in Nova Scotia
The Canadian Press: Search expands for missing five-year-old boy in southern Alberta
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Canada waited too long to diversify trade from U.S., BoC governor says
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Canada drops 2 appeals of U.S. anti-dumping duties on softwood lumber
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Canada won’t split its submarine contract between suppliers: Carney
Brenna Owen and Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press: Wall of hay bales constructed around B.C. ostriches ahead of CFIA cull
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: MPs set to push Champagne to clarify budget timing at finance committee
David Friend, The Canadian Press: Jimmy Kimmel salutes ‘valiant’ Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan on his late-night return
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: Privacy watchdogs say TikTok’s efforts to protect kids were ‘inadequate’
Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: Canadian-resident return trips from U.S. in July was down 32.4 per cent
 
 

World

Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press: Trump tells UN recognizing Palestine as a state rewards Hamas
The Associated Press: The Latest: Trump says he now believes Ukraine can take back all of its land after Zelenskyy meeting
The Associated Press: Girl shot in the head in Minneapolis church attack is making ‘miraculous’ progress, family says
Samy Magdy And Wafaa Shurafa, The Associated Press: As Western nations recognize Palestinian statehood, Palestinians doubt its impact
Wafaa Shurafa And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press: Israel destroys evacuated health center in Gaza City, medics say
Tom Murphy And Michelle Chapman, The Associated Press: Trump’s unfounded claims heap new stress on household brand name Tylenol
Lorne Cook, The Associated Press: NATO warns Russia it will use all means to defend against airspace breaches after Estonia incursions
Christine Fernando, The Associated Press: Immigration agent who shot man in Chicago-area traffic stop says injuries were ‘nothing major’
David Fischer, The Associated Press: Ryan Routh is found guilty of trying to assassinate Trump at Florida golf course
Michael R. Sisak And Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs now sober and humbled, his lawyers tell judge as they ask for lighter sentence
 

One last thing...

The Associated Press:

Maine wardens rescue moose trapped for hours in abandoned well

PEMBROKE, Maine (AP) — A bull moose that fell into an abandoned well in Maine was pulled to safety during an elaborate five hour rescue. The operation happened Wednesday after Cole Br... Read More

 
 

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