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Good evening. Here’s a look at what our newsroom has been working on today:

 

'The issue is... beyond the doors of our emergency department'

Nicole Buffie:

Security costs soar on health care’s front lines

Manitoba’s regional authorities spent over $35M last year in the ongoing, increasingly expensive effort to keep beleaguered health-care workers safe Read More

 
 
 

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'I put the sprinkler on my home, and locked the door and left'

Chris Kitching:

‘I hope that we don’t lose the town’: Snow Lake residents get mandatory evacuation order

About 1,100 residents forced out as wildfire threatens community Read More

 

Malak Abas:

MMF command centre gives evacuees ‘retail therapy’

Donations line walls of McGregor Street building, where people can grab essentials, get online and eat a hot meal Read More

 
 

'There are a lot of untrained and unskilled people driving semi-trucks'

Gabrielle Piché:

The long haul to trucking safety

Tragedies on our highways signal urgent need for driver-training standards and professionalization of the industry Read More

 
 

'This is definitely going to become a reality for us'

Zoe Pierce:

Air quality warnings impacting Manitoba amateur, professional athletes alike

Track and Field Championships cancelled over wildfire smoke Read More

 
 

'All of Winnipeg was here'

Eva Wasney:

Heart and soul

Singer-songwriter Kelly Bado’s music imbued with the richness of her culture Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Erik Pindera: Police track down owner of sweltering dog in vehicle after parking lot confrontation, issue animal abuse, traffic tickets
Malak Abas: Rollins becomes fifth councillor to bow out of fall election
Chris Kitching: On eve of Folklorama, Ghana pavilion scrambles to replace stolen outfits
Chris Kitching: Hydro scrambling to restore power to remaining 4,500 customers after storm; some outages will continue into Saturday
Tiago Resko: Embarking on backyard photo expedition benefits science, conservancy says
Tyler Searle: Chinese newcomers protest over delays in security screening clearance
Free Press staff: Police say pellet-style gun used in mosque attack
Melissa Martin: The bountiful harvest: Thousands of visitors flock to St. Norbert Farmers’ Market every Saturday
Free Press staff: What’s open, what’s closed, what’s up in Winnipeg on Terry Fox Day
Carol Sanders: Government wants public input on use of AI
 

Opinion

Ben Sigurdson: Smoke taint new reality in wine as world burns
Dan Lett: Finding flaws in mayor’s proposed fourth crisis response service
Niigaan Sinclair: Giant Tiger decision creates giant void for desperate population
Melissa Martin: While Osborne Village hub has transitioned from church to community space, entrenched issues persist
Tory McNally: Great workplace shorts debate: time to free knees
Joel Schlesinger: Banks seek to implement AI tools for customers … who love them until they don’t work
Laura Rance-Unger: Automation reaches new heights on farm
Peter McKenna: Plus ça change … VLTs and online sports gambling
Cordella Friesen and Noëlle DePape: Keep free youth transit simple
Marwa Suraj: Take action before emergency declarations
 

Arts & Life

Dayne Patterson, The Canadian Press: Alberta lets the dogs out, recruits more canine muscle in fight against mussels
Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press: Simu Liu and Jeremy Lin are bringing hoops and hope to Markham
Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press: A discarded SpaceX rocket is on a high-speed collision course with the moon
Maureen Scurfield: Plan to stay busy with overseas sweetheart
Eva Wasney: Kreviazuk, in her own voice
AV Kitching: City has plenty of frozen dessert oases to discover
Conrad Sweatman: Get a little culture: Folklorama celebrates 55 years
David Sanderson: For unique Menno-centric take on Free Press, satirist mines her jibes between the lines
Janine LeGal: Toba Centre here to help kids who’ve suffered the unimaginable
Eva Wasney: Living the strongman life means special training for special strength
 

Sports

John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press: Schneider: Toronto Blue Jays’ next moves ‘murky’ ahead of MLB trade deadline
Ken Wiebe: Bombers defence still holds hope season can be turned around
Taylor Allen: Fatigue no excuse for Bombers’ dismal play
The Canadian Press: Canada earns two judo golds, Warner claims decathlon silver at Commonwealth Games
Ben Little: Wanderers centennial transcends the pitch
Taylor Allen: Brown goes down, so do Blue
Graham Dunbar, The Associated Press: Pressure rises on Infantino and FIFA’s World Cup investor plan as adviser resigns and Asia opposes
Graham Dunbar, The Associated Press: Senior FIFA executive says staff were deceived over Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan
Grace Penner: Winnipeg's Ivo Thiessen among Canada's top young squash players
Mike McIntyre: Fanning captures second straight senior’s title, while Martens’ provincial victory 27 years in the taking
 

Business

The Canadian Press: Alberta RCMP charge man with theft, forging documents in cattle rustling case
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Canadian and U.S. markets move in opposite directions amid earnings, economic data
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Canada on track for solid economic rebound in Q2, early data suggest
The Canadian Press: Federal government reports $1.4B deficit for its April-May period
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: ‘Existential’: Community papers struggling to survive amid Canada Post flyer delivery
Gabrielle Piche: Vacant Bay store on road to redevelopment, St. Vital Centre owner says
Scott Billeck: Human toll of drug crisis hurts everyday citizens, too: biz leader
Free Press staff: Province picks CancerCare facility construction manager
Gabrielle Piché: Ottawa tabs $10.2M for AI development, use in Manitoba
The Canadian Press: Premiers Smith, Ford unveil proposed west-east oil pipeline route
 

Canada

Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Liberals table bill to speed up approvals for major ‘national interest’ projects
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press: AFN to hold emergency meeting with chiefs on major projects bill
Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press: Don’t know if you’ve been vaccinated against measles? Get a shot, doctors urge
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Canada’s jobs market ‘treading water’ as unemployment rate rises to 7% in May
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press: New federal bill aims to improve labour mobility, eliminate internal trade barriers
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Many Canadians losing confidence in future of trade relationship with U.S.: Poll
David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Carney defends inviting Modi to G7 as probe of Nijjar’s killing continues
Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press: ‘Need to evacuate the summit site’: Wildfire possibility part of G7 summit planning
Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press: Bible group called 911 about man later arrested in ramming of Vancouver arena
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press: Supreme Court of Canada says babysitter must be acquitted in toddler’s death
The Associated Press: Man once convicted in Minnesota of supporting al-Qaida is now charged in Canada for alleged threats
 
 

World

Wafaa Shurafa, The Associated Press: Gaza marks the start of Eid with outdoor prayers in the rubble and food growing ever scarcer
Hanna Arhirova And Vasilisa Stepanenko, The Associated Press: Deadly Russian bombardment of Ukraine further dampens hopes for peace
Mark Banchereau, The Associated Press: Wagner Group leaving Mali after heavy losses but Russia’s Africa Corps to remain
Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Lindsay Whitehurst And Ben Finley, The Associated Press: Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the US, charged with transporting people in the country illegally
Chris Megerian, The Associated Press: Trump and Musk break up, and Washington holds its breath
Bernard Condon, The Associated Press: Musk could lose billions of dollars depending on how spat with Trump unfolds
Fabiano Maisonnave, The Associated Press: As UN climate talks loom, Brazil’s Amazon forest loses in May an area larger than NYC
Niniek Karmini, The Associated Press: Less spending, high prices and fewer animal sacrifices at this year’s Eid al-Adha celebrations
 

One last thing...

Kim Cook, The Associated Press:

Neon dreams and nature scenes make for two very different home decor trends in 2025

Home decor’s got a split personality this year: Call it “city glow” and “cottage flow.” Read More

 
 

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