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Holy Trinity’s future, supervised consumption site, problem dogs, strongman competition, Bombers
Plus: Diving for people's submerged treasures

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

 

'How might it further contribute to the downtown?'

Chris Kitching:

Preserving past, pondering future of 142-year-old downtown church

First phase of heritage renewal project identifies more than $7M needed for ‘critical’ repairs; officials unsure where money will come from Read More

 
 
 

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'It was cancelled because of the media leak'

Nicole Buffie:

Drug site open house called off after media tipped off

Local business owners are miffed an open house for the upcoming supervised consumption site was cancelled after the media found out about it and interest swelled. Read More

 
 

'We need to… stop talking and start acting'

Morgan Modjeski:

Province urged to lead effort to prevent dog maulings

Advocates want co-ordinated approach following fatal attack on rescue worker Read More

 
 

'Everybody and their grandma wants to be a strongman now'

Eva Wasney:

Path to power

Living the strongman life means special training for special strength Read More

 
 

'Where we’re at in the standings… that’s not enough for us'

Taylor Allen:

Clean game a must for Bombers to pull out win at home

Club faces rookie pivot, desperate Lions team hunting for second victory of season Read More

 

Ken Wiebe:

‘Be on the same page and get it done’

Bombers Oliveira preaches collective unit to turn team’s offence around Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Tyler Searle: Métis federation opens Louis Riel College campus
Malak Abas: South Osborne residents fail in bid to prevent construction of 131-unit apartment tower
Erik Pindera: Province, MPI want court to toss Tesla bid for review of exclusion from EV rebate program
Chris Kitching: IIU clears WPS officers who fired shots at stolen truck in 2025 West End incident
Dean Pritchard: Crown wants 20-year sentence for man who sexually abused young girls
Erik Pindera: Hydro, governments could face class action suit over lengthy power outage
Zoe Pierce: Running for others’ lives from coast to coast in oppressive heat, smoke-filled air
By Tiago Resko: Rare white buffalo gets dignified sendoff
Alex Lambert: Rivers restoration projects get a funding boost
Carol Sanders: Manitobans will feel pinch of feds' early retirement plan: union leader
 

Opinion

Judith Dueck: No museum can tell the whole story
Stuart Williams: The alternative to natural gas-powered turbines is in the ground
Editorial: Critical analysis of Manitoba Hydro plans may be frustrating, but it’s necessary
Pam Frampton: Saying goodbye to a friend I never met
Gage Haubrich: Bracket creep: A stealthy tax increase
Free Press: Letters, July 29
 

Arts & Life

Tiago Resko: WAG wraps exhibition showcasing fine art of a sweet bike
Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press: Man convicted in terrorism trial over the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie
The Canadian Press: Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen to publish account of Artemis II mission
Maureen Scurfield: Leave lonely lake life and get back to busy
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
 

Business

Gabrielle Piché: Downtown Winnipeg comedy club Yuk Yuk’s closes
Free Press staff: Manitoba receives top marks for reducing internal trade barriers
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Canadian, U.S. markets drop as oil prices rise amid continued Middle East fighting
Gabrielle Piché: Pilot project targets defence contract tracking
 

Sports

Cassidy Dankochik: Carillon baseball team takes third straight MJBL title
Mike McIntyre: Fanning captures second straight senior’s title, while Martens’ provincial victory 27 years in the taking
The Canadian Press: Canada’s Sarah Mitton repeats as women’s shot put champion at Commonwealth Games
Josh Dubow, The Associated Press: Macklin Celebrini gets 5-year, $94M extension from the Sharks in the NHL’s richest deal ever
The Canadian Press: Toronto Raptors to host NBA pre-season games in Quebec City, Vancouver
The Canadian Press: Vancouver picks preferred partner for Major League Baseball expansion bid
Mike McIntyre: Men’s title turning into two-horse race between clubmates Fanning and Doyle
 

Canada

Dayne Patterson and Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press: Body of 11-year-old Calgary boy missing for two weeks found in water pipe
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: WestJet, flight attendants sign wind-down plan ahead of possible strike
The Canadian Press staff, The Canadian Press: Carney pushes back on calls to use energy as leverage in U.S. trade talks
Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press: No word on return for Clinton, B.C., residents as fire burns watershed, power lines
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press: Feds hope $1.9B for new Via Rail fleet, assembly plant leads to better service
Catherine Morrison and David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Carney says government has ‘taken back control’ of immigration
Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: Average Canadian data breach costs and detection times are rising: IBM report
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Liberals block hearings on Gordie Howe bridge deal as government MP admits confusion
Eli Ridder and Devin Stevens, The Canadian Press: New Brunswick politician says he learned lesson after using AI for speech
 
 

World

Qassim Abdul-zahra And Konstantin Toropin, The Associated Press: US launches strikes on Iranian targets a day after it foiled missile attack on American forces
Hanna Arhirova And Barry Hatton, The Associated Press: Ukraine says it hits 2 major Russian oil refineries hours after Zelenskyy’s meeting with Trump
Renata Brito, The Associated Press: Hundreds of migrants are swimming from Morocco to the Spanish territory of Ceuta
Natalie Melzer, Abby Sewell And Julia Frankel, The Associated Press: Fringe Israeli settler group is sneaking into Syria to try to claim land for a Jewish outpost
Lauran Neergaard And Ali Swenson, The Associated Press: Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
Mike Stobbe, The Associated Press: Study suggests the threat of mold-associated illnesses may be underappreciated
Marc Levy And Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press: Elon Musk’s xAI sues Minnesota over its first-in-the-nation law banning ‘nudification’ technology
Eva Van Dam, Jamey Keaten And John Leicester, The Associated Press: Wildfires near Bordeaux bring more troubles to France’s wine industry
Steven Grattan, The Associated Press: After Venezuela’s quakes, experts say environmental and health risks have just begun
Chan Ho-him, The Associated Press: US bans foreign-made humanoid robots, targeting China over national security
 

One last thing...

Devin Stevens, The Canadian Press:

N.S. metal detector operator dives to find Louisiana man’s submerged wedding band

When Louisiana’s Jeff Daglaris lost his wedding ring at the bottom of a Nova Scotia lake, he turned to the internet for advice and the answer was simple: call Nate McLagan. Read More

 
 

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