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Homeless encampments, ethics report, teen killer sentencing, museum apology, sustainable film
Plus: Read to the bottom for an update on Canada's smallest town

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

 

'The optics of this are very much confusing'

Scott Billeck:

Main Street Project workers helped set up new Winnipeg homeless encampment, residents group alleges

One of Winnipeg’s oldest agencies dedicated to ending homelessness is being accused of helping people set up a riverside campsite in Point Douglas where one had recently been cleaned up.

 
 
 

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'I have learned from it'

Carol Sanders:

Khan removes MLA from critic role after ethics breach

‘I will do better’: Wharton apologizes in chamber

 
 

'We were haunted with the moans and the helpless look of hopelessness and despair in his eyes'

Dean Pritchard:

Judge sentences youth who murdered young father-to-be protecting family to seven years in custody

A Winnipeg teen fatally stabbed coming to the aid of his family as they were attacked while walking to their car after a downtown concert had learned just hours earlier he was going to be the father of a baby boy, a court heard Thursday.

 
 

'We apologize for our actions, inactions and failures'

Ben Waldman:

Manitoba Museum apologizes for holding ancestral belongings

The Manitoba Museum issued a historic apology Thursday to First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities for holding ancestral belongings, including biological and physical remains, in its collections in downtown Winnipeg.

 
 

'You can see the difference it makes in Winnipeg'

Eva Wasney:

Shooting green scenes

Love Hurts, shot in Manitoba, named most sustainable film production

 
 
 

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Local

Gabrielle Piché: Reynolds exerts ‘maximum effort’ to boost Winnipeg after quick meet with mayor
Kelly-Anne Riess: Frustration on menu as construction drags on
Dean Pritchard: ‘He sounded scared for his life:’ Witness to brutal beating death testifies
Scott Billeck: Premier praises office’s work to woo physicians to Manitoba
Chris Kitching: Chief medical officer quits, cites work environment ‘challenges’
Gabrielle Piché: Hutterite colonies embrace the manufacturing business – while staying faithful to their way of life
Joyanne Pursaga: Klein eyes tax breaks for developers in ‘under-serviced’ neighbourhoods
Erik Pindera: Masked, armed robbers terrorize elderly residents inside Crestview home
Free Press: Woman arrested for sporting goods theft spree
Morgan Modjeski: Mayoral candidates focus on public safety at Indigenous forum
 

Opinion

Mel Marginet: Is Osborne a street or a road? ‘Stroad’ status fails everyone
Tom Brodbeck: Mayoral candidates’ promises worthless without price tags, payment plans
Tom Brodbeck: A bigger police force won’t guarantee less crime
Shannon D. M. Moore and Melanie Janzen: A vote for public education
Pam Frampton: Katie Zacharia and the telling of lies
Free Press: Letters, Oct. 22
Niigaan Sinclair: Canada resorting to its tried and true playbook
Judy Waytiuk: Respectful separation: an obvious oxymoron
Editorial: Outbreak should never have happened
Kyle Volpi Hiebert: Ukraine and Russia’s other war
 

Arts & Life

Jen Zoratti: WAG-Qaumajuq names first Indigenous director, CEO
Free Press: What’s up: Improv, PettyFest, Hawksley Workman, Spooktacular hike, High Tea with Shakespeare
Maureen Scurfield: Living a lie takes a toll on whole family
Randall King: Movie preview: Winnipeg-shot biopic on Arthur Rimbaud as daring as its subject
Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press: Tom Skerritt, Emmy-winning actor with roles in ‘Picket Fences,’ ‘Alien’ and ‘Top Gun,’ dies at 93
Reviewed by David Jón Fuller: In a future of restricted freedoms, sentient appliances offer insight into the human condition
Josiah Neufeld: Church members join synagogue congregation for interfaith exchange
Ben Waldman: Winnipeg Jewish Theatre’s The Cut probes interfaith tensions
Sheldon Birnie: Concert preview: Tall Shadows brings original compositions to Faust screening
Ben Waldman: Theatre preview: pointy-eared actors to stage Shakespeare tragedy in Goblin:Macbeth
 

Sports

Ronald Blum, The Associated Press: With lockout looming, the World Series could be Major League Baseball’s last games for a while
Grace Anne Paizen: Around the NSL: Everything comes down to the final week of the regular season
Taylor Allen: Bombers must win against Lions in potential playoff preview
Ronald Blum, The Associated Press: World Series preview: Surprising Brewers-Rays matchup will open with Jacob Misiorowski’s record heat
Mike McIntyre: Puck set to drop on Heritage Classic festivities
Joshua Frey-Sam: Ottawa earmarks additional $60M for national sport organizations
The Canadian Press: World juniors pre-tournament schedule set with six Alberta cities to host 12 games
Steve Megargee, The Associated Press: Christian Yelich’s simple World Series message for title-less Brewers: Expect to be here
Rob Maaddi, The Associated Press: Rays’ World Series lineup is a mixture of star power and role players who do whatever it takes to win
Taylor Allen: Oliveira, Holm among Bombers’ most outstanding players
 

Business

Gabrielle Piché: ‘Big win’ kept ag tariffs off table: trade rep
Brett Bundale, The Canadian Press: Ottawa gives Stelco owner 15 days to address alleged violations or face legal action
Aaron Epp: Thompson terminal ‘will help unlock’ North
Free Press staff: Winnipeg business closure scare leads Hydro to reschedule planned outage
Gabrielle Piché: Hydro eyes EV charging mitigation amid electricity shortfall forecast
Giada Zampano, The Associated Press: Millions in cheese revenue lost as protest torpedoes Italy’s buffalo mozzarella output
Sophie Austin And Wyatte Grantham-philips, The Associated Press: Zuckerberg makes deal with Meta to help him pay billionaire tax if it passes
Rio Yamat, The Associated Press: Airbnb guests no longer have to wash the dishes or strip the beds at checkout
Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press: Soaring diesel prices squeeze already tight agriculture margins: Farm Credit Canada
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: Canada Post CEO touts ‘early signs’ of recovery even as financial woes persist
 

Canada

The Canadian Press: Police dismantle alleged fraud ring that targeted car dealerships in 5 provinces, including Manitoba
Matthew Scace, The Canadian Press: G7 finance ministers show ‘proof of unity’ with joint statement at summit: Champagne
David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Israeli ambassador meets with Canadian officials after summons from foreign minister
The Canadian Press: Canada Post union calls for halt to overtime as deadline passes with no agreement
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Most Canadians feel attached to their home, though only half trust governments: poll
The Canadian Press: Western premiers agree to develop new economic corridors, call for federal support
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press: Supreme Court won’t review decision to send seized material to U.S. authorities
Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press: TD Bank cutting 2% of workforce as part of restructuring effort
Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press: Former world junior hockey player tears up at ex-teammates’ sexual assault trial
David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Conservative MP launches petition to end temporary foreign worker program
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: A delegation of U.S. senators is in Ottawa Friday to meet with Prime Minister Carney
 
 

World

Mohammed Jahjouh, Wafaa Shurafa, Sarah El Deeb And Sam Mednick, The Associated Press: Gaza’s main hospital is overwhelmed with children in pain from malnutrition
Eric Tucker, Michael Kunzelman And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press: Court papers say suspect in embassy killings declared, ‘I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza’
The Associated Press: Live updates: Israel lets food into Gaza even as its forces attack a hospital, Palestinians say
The Associated Press: No new direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks are scheduled, Kremlin says
Kim Tong-hyung And Hyung-jin Kim, The Associated Press: North Korea’s second naval destroyer is damaged in a failed launch attended by Kim
Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press: Get ready for another busy Atlantic hurricane season, but maybe not as crazy as 2024
Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press: Mahmoud Khalil permitted to hold newborn son for the first time despite government objections
Collin Binkley And Michael Casey, The Associated Press: Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students
Amanda Seitz And Michelle L. Price, The Associated Press: RFK Jr.’s MAHA report raises concerns about vaccines, American foods and prescription drugs
Fatima Hussein And Alan Suderman, The Associated Press: Stop making cents: US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny
 

One last thing...

Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press:

As ‘smallest town in Canada’ empties out, former residents recall its vibrant past

Tilt Cove, N.L., was once home to a thriving copper mine that attracted workers and their families from all over Canada. Now the community is home to just four people, all of whom agreed earlier this year to relocate.

 
 

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