Free Press Head Start for Nov. 7

Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press:

‘This is the time’: Cree woman hopes to amplify Indigenous youth voices as advocate

WINNIPEG - Sherry Gott spent her childhood watching her grandmother care for people in Sapotaweyak Cree Nation in Manitoba. Gott's grandmother was there to help usher new lives into the world and s... Read More

Police investigate weekend assaults

TWO men were stabbed, a woman was shot, and two people were assaulted from Friday to Sunday, Winnipeg police say. Read More

Aaron Epp:

Harvest of passion, hope for global hunger relief

Most people see the initials BMW and think of luxury automobiles, but Audrey Paschke and Jill Tripp think of farming. Read More

Joshua Frey-Sam:

Limoges the OT hero for Moose

The Manitoba Moose got out of their own way and got the job done. Read More

Taylor Allen:

Bombers so bad he almost quit

Neufeld dismayed with trade to Winnipeg 10 years ago, but much has changed Read More

Mike McIntyre:

Jets near top of standings with 4-0 win over Blackhawks

The Winnipeg Jets are going streaking. And the red-hot squad has become one of the early surprises of the young NHL season, surging near the top of the standings. Read More

Ben Waldman:

As a Jewish fan, do I cancel Kanye and Kyrie Irving?

As a Jewish teenager in the year 2011, two things I cared about were the National Basketball Association and Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Read More

Deborah Schnitzer:

Memory may be mutable, but insights last a lifetime

When I was a just-new 60-something, I gave a presentation at a retirement community complex located in Winnipeg’s West End. It was based on a novel I had written that had found some favour: two women in their 70s face losses: one suffering a broken hip from a fall; one devoted to her ailing lover and suffering the clearer sense that the life they have built running a dress shop can no longer be maintained. Read More

Holly Harris:

Former WSO director Andrey Boreyko welcomed like a long-lost hero

One thing became abundantly clear during the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra latest (A)bsolute Classics concert offered Saturday night: its decades-long love affair with former music director Andrey Boreyko has never wavered nor waned over the years, with the celebrated maestro welcomed like a long lost hero to its podium to lead the aptly titled “Boreyko, Tchaikovsky and Falla.” Read More

Joshua Frey-Sam:

Bridging the financial gap for south-Winnipeg renters

The Bridgwater will offer affordable units for growing neighbourhood Read More

Martin Cash:

Uphouse acquires Dooley PR to become one-stop agency

Uphouse, one of the city’s growing ad agencies has acquired Dooley PR allowing them, they say, to better meet the communication and marketing needs of the modern world. Read More

Editorial:

Province should consider all harm-reduction options

It has been a period of celebrating and cringing for local harm-reduction advocates. Read More

Shelley Cook:

‘Heart work’ that heals families

The six-storey apartment on Gaylene Street, just off Pembina Highway, is not spectacular from the outside, but it represents a new beginning for many First Nations families. Read More

Brent Bellamy:

Gaboury favoured organic, regionalist style

When Étienne Gaboury died a few weeks ago at the age of 92, Manitoba lost one of its most prominent, most beloved, and arguably its greatest architect. Read More