Free Press Head Start for June 5

Malak Abas:

Community agencies brace for summer of street drug fallout

The staff at Resource Assistance for Youth knows what to do when someone is at risk of overdose. The colloquial term is “nodding off” — an opioid or heroin-induced state of drowsiness. Without prop... Read More

The Canadian Press:

Keep health crisis on the agenda: docs to premiers

OTTAWA - The Canadian Medical Association and 14 other organizations representing health workers are urging premiers to keep health care at the top of the agenda at their next meeting i... Read More

Aaron Epp:

Devoted to the dash

Winnipegger’s weekly commitment to people at Lighthouse Mission one way to make impact between the dates on his headstone Read More

Jeff Hamilton:

The last cut is the deepest

Blue Bombers say goodbye to Liegghio Read More

Joshua Frey-Sam:

Breezy’s Kuntz hasn’t met his match in three years

YOU’d be hard-pressed to remember the last time Braxton Kuntz lost a provincial golf tournament. That’s because it’s been nearly three years since the 19-year-old phenom out of Breezy Bend has failed ... Read More

Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press:

Paul Maurice and Bruce Cassidy coaching in Stanley Cup Final shows value of experience

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The joy Paul Maurice felt on the morning of the start of the Stanley Cup Final was also tinged with sadness. The veteran coach knew there were only at most seven more games left to pl... Read More

Eddie Pells, The Associated Press:

Heat dominate Nuggets in 4th quarter of NBA Finals again, and this time get the win

DENVER (AP) — It was a popular theme before the NBA Finals started — about how the Nuggets, an up-tempo team with fresh legs that could exploit the mile-high altitude in Denver, would h... Read More

Alan Small:

Summer of support: Ticket-buyers ultimately decide future of Winnipeg’s arts scene

There were many reasons to celebrate on June 1 at the Mayor’s Luncheon for the Arts, the annual gathering of Winnipeg’s arts groups, community leaders, business people and political elite. The awar... Read More

Deborah Schnitzer:

Experiencing the mother of all reality checks

I remember being in what I felt was the 10th or 11th month of a second pregnancy while living in Fisher River Cree Nation in Manitoba’s southeastern Interlake. We had been living there for eight years. My husband was the school’s principal and I was the mother of an almost four-year-old, travelling back and forth to Winnipeg trying to finish a doctorate. Read More

Joshua Frey-Sam:

Getting pumped

East Exchange adding 65 more apartment units with opening of Pumphouse West Read More

Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press:

BoC may have to raise rates again, economists say

OTTAWA - Momentum in the Canadian economy is spurring speculation that a rate hike is on the way, but economists don't expect the Bank of Canada to pull the trigger this week. ... Read More

Editorial:

The political theatre of referenda on taxes

It was, one supposes, intended as a bold declaration, a signal to supporters that hers will be a no-nonsense kind of government. Read More

Tom Brodbeck:

Hydro freeze danger signs on campaign trail

Manitoba’s NDP is promising to freeze electricity rates for two years if the party wins the next provincial election, slated for Oct. 3. You can file that one under “good politics” but “bad policy.... Read More

Shelley Cook:

Scrappy and mean, but full of love

One day, about five and a half years ago, I was scrolling through Instagram stories when I saw a random post from a friend who was trying to help a couple rehome their cat. She shared a picture of a cute little senior calico with splotches of white, black and orange fur, asking if anyone wanted to adopt a new friend. Read More