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What’s happening today
📽️ Bleak Week continues at the Dave Barber Cinematheque, a festival full of despairing, shocking and unpleasant cinema. Ben Waldman has the story.
Michael Haneke’s Funny Games is not very funny at all. (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
The introduction of Winnipeg Transit’s long-awaited network overhaul last June — designed to provide faster, more reliable service and increase ridership — got off to a rocky start.
“Honestly, it was a nightmare…. A lot of people couldn’t connect, they couldn’t get the (bus) times (right), we couldn’t get data,” Coun. Janice Lukes, chairwoman of public works, said Tuesday after the city released a “state of the system” report on the new network’s first year.
“That was a big hump to start and I think it was very unfortunate because I think it set a very bad tone.”
Instead of convincing more Winnipeggers to leave their vehicles at home and take the bus, the changes led to a sharp decline in ridership and revenue, among other things, and has the people behind the redesign proposing improvements. Joyanne Pursaga has the story.
(Ruth Bonneville / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Aside from her designated laundry day at an inner-city shelter, Jolene Sumner’s schedule was wide open for self-loathing in the winter.
“I felt like a loser — a big loser,” Sumner said as she described what life was like in the leadup to her fifth and final attempt to finish high school.
“I felt so embarrassed. I never wanted this for my life, for my kids.”
The 44-year-old, along with her three youngest children, found themselves homeless on New Year’s Eve.
After finding stable housing, she enrolled in the Winnipeg Adult Education Centre. When she officially completes high school on Monday she will do so as a valedictorian for the Class of 2026. Maggie Macintosh has more here.
Jolene Sumner can’t hold back her tears of joy as she wears her cap and gown. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On this date
On June 24, 1929: The Manitoba Free Press reported the Spanish government had abandoned hope that the trans-Atlantic airplane of Commander Ramon Franco had arrived safely at the Azores. In Ottawa, former federal finance minister William Stevens fielding died. Conservative A.R. Welch was elected to represent Turtle Mountain in the Manitoba legislature.
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