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Grant in custody, health vacancies, trash-cart backlog, Heated Rivalry, Falcons football
Plus: Every path to men’s hockey gold still goes through Canada

Good evening. The Winnipeg Jets take on the St. Louis Blues at home tonight, coming off a 2-0 loss to the Blackhawks on Monday night.

Hockey writer Ken Wiebe made his way from Chicago to Canada Life Centre today and will provide game analysis; you can find it later tonight online and in Wednesday’s print edition.

Here’s a look at what else our newsroom has been working on today:

 

'Currently Mark Edward Grant is in custody'

Tyler Searle:

Man convicted, then acquitted, of Candace Derksen’s 1984 slaying charged with recent sexual assault in Vancouver

Mark Edward Grant, the man ultimately found not guilty in the abduction and killing of 13-year-old Candace Derksen 41 years ago, is being held by the Vancouver Police Department for an incident that occurred Jan. 8. Read More

 
 
 

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'A Band-Aid on a hemorrhage'

Chris Kitching:

Province backtracks on private nurse deadline

Health authorities can continue to use agencies amid staffing shortages, health minister says Read More

 
 

'A perfect storm'

Joyanne Pursaga:

Taking out the trash… eventually

Backlog of 2,100 Winnipeg homes waiting for garbage, recycling cart replacements Read More

 
 

'Those hockey butts are very accurate'

Eva Wasney, Jeff Hamilton, AV Kitching and Jen Zoratti:

Hot stuff

Free Press writers discuss the blazing phenomenon of Heated Rivalry Read More

 
 

'I feel like it brings us closer together'

Joshua Frey-Sam:

‘It’s so much beyond football’

Falcons Football Club gets big boost from NFL Canada Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Carol Sanders: Tory health critic ‘disappointed’ after being rebuffed by health officials
Morgan Modjeski: Drug recovery centre opens office in ‘heart of the city’
Scott Billeck: Pokemon thieves clear out collectibles shop
Malak Abas: Mayoral contenders focus on recreation funding, 911, littered streets
Joyanne Pursaga: Downtown no place to be after dark, huge majority of Winnipeggers say in survey
Nicole Buffie: Citizen reports help highlight connectivity issues across southwest Manitoba
Zoe Pierce: Rural residents ‘outraged’ property owner charged after shots fired during confrontation with alleged thieves: MLA
Carol Sanders: Legal aid underfunding violates Charter, lawsuit claims
Joyanne Pursaga: Wolseley residents put down roots to save elms
Aaron Epp: A life's story: ‘Ivor the Driver’ found his calling in the ranching life
 

Opinion

Laura Rance-Unger: Multiple factors add up to difficult harvest
Niigaan Sinclair: AI poses threat to Indigenous culture, knowledge, creativity
Laura Reimer: What do we elect a school trustee to do?
Editorial: Is ‘tornado alley’ moving north?
Tory McNally: 9 to 5: workplace wake-up call still has something to say
Free Press: Letters, Sept. 12
Jen Zoratti: Goodness alive, well in N.L.-set musical
Editorial: The port of Churchill — but done right
Mac Horsburgh: Evaluating the athletic complaint process
Peter McKenna: Is Trump about to poke Quebec’s political beehive?
 

Arts & Life

Ben Waldman: Stage tells only half the story in marvellously meta show
Conrad Sweatman: Artist’s inspired work brings Red River Métis story back to Portage and Main
Maureen Scurfield: Nifty neighbours also jonesing for geniality
Reviewed by Anita Daher: Debut adult novel proves a twisty, satisfying cozy mystery
Reviewed by Jenna Boholij: Moriarty brings back Pirriwee gang in follow-up to smash hit Big Little Lies
Reviewed by Susan Huebert: Resilience of Afghan women put to the test
John Longhurst: Media centre brings faith coverage to global audience
Reviewed by Sheilla Jones: Residental school denialism tackled head on in valuable new collection of essays
Free Press: On the Night Table: Sean Burns
Reviewed by Matt Henderson: Links between video games, violence pale in comparison to their miseducative nature
 

Sports

Taylor Allen: Bombers exact revenge in Banjo Bowl, lose Collaros to injury
Mike McIntyre: Blown save sees Goldeyes season slip away
Ryan Desjarlais: Roblin links a hidden gem
Taylor Allen: DAZN hires former Bombers QB Streveler as CFL, NFL analyst
Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press: Blue Jays fall to Orioles in opener of critical three-game series
Grace Anne Paizen: Around the NSL: Record broken; standings rocked; Calgary a wild watch
George Williams: Mechanic Susie helps turn jockey standings around at Assiniboia Downs
Taylor Allen: It all comes down to the Banjo Bowl
Joshua Frey-Sam: American takes men’s senior title, Manitoban Fanning finishes third
David Sanderson: What it means to be green… in a city beholden to the blue and gold
 

Business

Aaron Epp: Winnipeg-produced podcast Careers Under Construction keeps rolling for Pederson Group
Gabrielle Piché: Mining, mineral exploration projects ramp up, First Nations training lags
Aaron Epp: Denim-focused firm Duer sets up Winnipeg shop
Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press: Stellantis signs MOU on Brampton, Ont., plant as talks with union break down
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: TSX rises on tech strength, U.S. stock markets also climb
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Roots reports Q2 loss, sets date for shareholder vote on privatization deal
Gabrielle Piché: Manitoba-Canada Defence Alliance unveiled
Gabrielle Piché: Manitoba’s economic growth this year dogged by ‘uncertainty’: report
Brett Bundale, The Canadian Press: Canada’s economic growth expected to rebound, but risks remain on the horizon: report
Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press: CRTC moves forward with changes to make it easier to compare internet plans
 

Canada

David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Carney says beefing up Arctic security key to solving Greenland crisis
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Carney calls on middle powers to band together in World Economic Forum speech
Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press: Carney takes cautious approach to Trump’s invitation to join ‘Board of Peace’
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Justin Trudeau, Katy Perry make appearance at World Economic Forum
Charlotte Glorieux, The Canadian Press: ‘I’m traumatized’: Terrified Haitians in U.S. make dangerous journey to Canada
Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press: Agriculture minister says first exports of canola seed and beef soon going to China
Nono Shen and Aaron Sousa, The Canadian Press: B.C. parents honour ‘brave’ Piper James, found dead in Australia circled by dingoes
Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press: Alberta Opposition NDP calls on Smith to reconvene legislature over hospital crisis
Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press: B.C. extortion ‘hunt’: 7 charged, 9 expelled, 111 facing immigration investigations
Nono Shen, The Canadian Press: B.C.’s balmy January brings out blossoms, but a cold snap could put plants in peril
 
 

World

Lorne Cook, The Associated Press: As faith in the US fades a year into Trump 2.0, Europe tries to end a reliance on American security
Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy And Sam Metz, The Associated Press: Baby dies from cold in Gaza as leaders meet to discuss Trump’s Board of Peace
Kamila Hrabchuk, The Associated Press: Russia batters Ukraine’s power grid again as officials seek momentum in US-led peace talks
The Associated Press: The crackdown on demonstrators in nationwide protests in Iran killed at least 4,029 people, activists say
Joseph Wilson And Suman Naishadham, The Associated Press: Barcelona commuter train crashes, killing 1, days after deadly train collision in Spain
Rod Mcguirk, The Associated Press: Australia’s Parliament passes gun restrictions and anti-hate speech law after Bondi shooting
Nayara Batschke, The Associated Press: Chile fights wildfires that killed 19 and forced massive evacuations
The Associated Press: Bulgaria’s left-leaning president Rumen Radev says he is stepping down
Rod Mcguirk, The Associated Press: Surfer bitten in 4th shark attack off Australia’s east coast in 3 days
Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press: Researchers find Antarctic penguin breeding is heating up sooner, and that’s a problem
 

One last thing...

Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press:

Rivals US and Canada could put North American dominance on display at the Olympics in Milan

Canada has won every major international men's hockey tournament featuring a the NHL's best players over the past 16 years, a run that includes the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. With Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar joining forces for the first time on the same sheet of ice, the nation known as the cradle of the sport goes into the Milan Cortina Olympics next month as the gold medal favorite. Read More

 
 

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