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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

Maggie Macintosh: City’s Jews mark sombre milestone as anniversary of Oct. 7 attacks near
Aaron Epp: Grade 2 teacher spends summers running community kitchen at Holy Names House of Peace
Free Press staff: Two charged in Stony Mountain prison killing
Dean Pritchard: Man accused of dangerous driving in couple’s death granted bail
Maggie Macintosh: Tour delves into city’s Black history
Kevin Rollason: Friday storm brings hail, more rain on horizon
Erik Pindera: Seeking pre-trial release in Manitoba reveals a complex, often chaotic court process
John Longhurst: Helping seniors simplify through AI
John Longhurst: Institute launched to train Manitoba organizations to identify, combat antisemitism
Joyanne Pursaga: Technology to clear way for emergency vehicles touted as lifesaver
 

Opinion

Niigaan Sinclair: Taglines aside, First Nations investment could nearly double Canada’s economy
Dan Lett: Solution to national bail problem requires information that doesn’t exist
Alison Gillmor: Simulated starlet lacks real appeal
Jerrad Peters: Eagles winning against big teams on big stages
Tory McNally: Career pathing in flat organization: growing without climbing
David McLaughlin: New economic plan: false hope, false assumptions
Joel Schlesinger: What spirit animal are you?
Laura Rance: No easy answers for farm nutrient management equation
Tim Kist: Profitable audit: how to increase value intensity of your brand
Dr. Guillaume Poliquin: Building a better complaints system for Manitobans
 

Arts & Life

Holly Harris: Lost purpose, passion in poetic pandemic play
Ben Waldman: MTYP’s Gather investigates how COVID-type separation affects connection
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Aaron Epp: Maxime’s to shutter after 4 decades of service
John Longhurst: Church attendance surges for people born between 1997 and 2012 in Canada, U.S., U.K.
Ben Sigurdson: Sheldon Oberman mentorship seeks emerging writers
Conrad Sweatman: Harvesting conversation and curiosity from BreakOut West
AV Kitching: Designer taps traditional techniques to preserve Métis culture
Colleen Zacharias: Homegrown solution
 

Sports

Taylor Allen: Pride on the pebble: Keystone Rainbow Curling League celebrates 20 years
Mike McIntyre: Jets limping into regular season
Ken Wiebe: Jets rally to earn a 5-4 shootout victory over Flames, but DeMelo and Perfetti leave early
Mike McIntyre: Book closes on Jets training camp
Ken Wiebe: Jets’ strong foundation poises club for an encore
Joshua Frey-Sam: Bisons look to bounce back to winning ways despite injured Tachinski
George Williams: Kindness the key to Danelson’s decades of Assiniboia Downs success
Taylor Allen: A young Team McDonald look to the future with changing of old guard
Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe: Road to the Stanley Cup set to begin
Joshua Frey-Sam: Souris product named to 15s Dream Team after World Cup rugby performance
 

Business

Tyler Searle: Theft falls off at city Liquor Marts
Carol Sanders: Manitoba’s hourly minimum wage ticks up 20 cents
Kevin Rollason: Partnership working on shipping Manitoba-mined potash to global markets through Port of Churchill
Aaron Epp: Croft Music plays finale after century-plus in business
Aaron Epp: Custom metal fabrication firm NJ Industries Inc. builds reputation on customer loyalty
Aaron Epp: Organization renamed as Manitoba Queer Chamber of Commerce Inc.
Aaron Epp: Manitoba GDP forecast to rise by 1% in 2025
David Sanderson: Analogue audio format the latest to undergo a digital-age revival
Mike McIntyre: Jets ticket sales continue to improve
Kevin Rollason: Manitoba Hydro posts $63M loss after another dry year, expects more red ink in spring
 

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 Brown, whose family... Read More

 
 

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