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Hospital grey-listing, homlessness strategy, Hellebuyck hurt, Valour FC folds, hockey history
Plus: A Roman sarcophagus shows us what being "well-to-do" meant 17 centuries ago

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

 

'The members have spoken'

Malak Abas:

Vote to grey-list Thompson hospital a landslide

Nurses ‘done with unsafe working conditions,’ union says Read More

 

Dan Lett:

From allies to foes: nurses union, NDP must repair rift for sake of patients

The Manitoba Nurses Union has legitimate bones to pick with the provincial government, but on some of the issues it has identified, the appetite for confrontation and refusal to acknowledge small steps forward seems quite curious. Read More

 
 
 

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'Have you truly made a difference in people’s lives?'

Scott Billeck:

‘She’s kind of that unicorn’

The premier’s chosen leader in the fight to end chronic homelessness walked away from the job less than a year in; Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud believes she’ll have greater impact by attacking the crisis on another front Read More

 
 

'To put it plainly, it sucks'

Mike McIntyre:

Jets’ Hellebuyck sidelined with knee issue

Club’s starting goaltender to be out 4-6 weeks after receiving arthroscopic surgery Read More

 
 

'We just could not get the attendance'

Taylor Allen:

Valour FC closing its doors

After seven seasons, city’s pro soccer team is ceasing operations Read More

 
 

'The game shaped us, and we shaped it'

Brent Bellamy:

Shinny innovators

Winnipeg long at the forefront of modernizing hockey, both on and off the ice Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Joyanne Pursaga: Winnipeg church fights city for nine-foot gates amid vandalism, theft, encampments
Carol Sanders: Water-main break floods Seven Oaks hospital; dialysis nurses — including MLA — scramble to save lives
Kevin Rollason: Métis federation sues Ottawa, Manitoba over Sixties Scoop
Chris Kitching: Nightmare’s not over: wildfire officials say underground zombie winter fires could re-emerge in the spring
Tyler Searle: Local author, beloved church member dies after being hit by car in Osborne Village
Ben Waldman: Derelict historic apartment block gets makeover and thumbs up from neighbourhood
Erik Pindera: Stony Mountain prison works to remove suicide risk: judge
Free Press staff: Two dead after falling through ice in Kinosao Sipi, Pimicikamak
Kevin Rollason: Second silica sand mine proposed for southern Manitoba
Maggie Macintosh: Manitoba eyes bilingual designation ‘to be at the table’
 

Opinion

Free Press: Letters, Nov. 24
Dan Lett: Churchill’s future has looked bright in the past, then politics dimmed the lights
Joel Schlesinger: Grandparents can make lasting impact for disabled grandchildren by contributing to RDSP
Maureen Scurfield: Exercising restraint a wise move with old flame
John R. Wiens: When we choose to look away, public education suffers
Jocelyn Thorpe and Adele Perry: Investing for ourselves, and those downstream
Editorial: Artificial intelligence no replacement for real learning
Kenneth Ingram: Kinew should act on his outrage, enhance laws
Tory McNally: Not enough for individuals to recognize own emotions, they must also recognize emotions of co-workers
Paul Moist: F-bombs abound
 

Arts & Life

The Canadian Press: Celebrated ‘Inconvenient Indian’ author Thomas King says he’s not Indigenous
David Friend, The Canadian Press: Joni Mitchell to get lifetime achievement Juno, Nelly Furtado joins Hall of Fame
Hillel Italie, The Associated Press: Jimmy Cliff, reggae giant and star of landmark film ‘The Harder They Come,’ dead at 81
Ben Sigurdson: Book launch steeped in cozy, mysterious vibes
AV Kitching: Teen quartet We’re Only Here for the Snacks to release debut album on limited-edition Winnipeg-inspired vinyl
John Longhurst: Highway to bethel: Church started rolling out spiritual services to bikers back in the ‘80s
Ben Waldman: Channeling vacation and domestic vengeance
John Longhurst: New anti-hate policy for Rainbow Resource Centre after incidents
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
 

Sports

Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe: Jets mailbag: Ironing out the crease, the defensive corps and new additions on readers’ minds
Ken Wiebe: Jets searching for consistency as they fall from playoff position
Mike McIntyre: Winnipeg Jets goalie won’t be making many changes as he takes over top role
Ken Wiebe: Jets on the outside looking in at season’s quarter mark
Laurie Nealin: Mission accomplished in Austria for Winnipeg pair
The Associated Press: Ukraine-born sumo wrestler Aonishiki is the first from his country to win a top championship
Mike McIntyre: Mistakes costly as Jets fall to Hurricanes
Taylor Allen: Five Manitoba curling teams vying to represent Canada at Winter Olympics
Ken Wiebe and Mike McIntyre: Jets’ Lowry honoured to continue representing’ great community’
Joshua Frey-Sam: Vikings’ McGregor growing into all-around player
 

Business

Gabrielle Piché: American small-business coalition rings tariff alarm, Manitoba peers echo response
Free Press staff: First cohort completes new LiDAR, xR training program
Aaron Epp: CanTalk Canada rings in 3 decades of improving links via language interpretation, translation services by phone
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Stocks gain on tech rally and expectations of a cut from the U.S. Federal Reserve
Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press: Less intense telecom competition leading to milder Black Friday promos: executives
The Canadian Press: Scotiabank and Davivienda receive regulatory approval for deal
Aaron Epp: Budget ‘resonates with Manitoba,’ national finance minister tells Winnipeg business community
Gabrielle Piché: Manitoba First Fund, Emend Vision Fund prep $10M for local startups
Gabrielle Piché: Risk of recession in 2026 seen as ‘low’: IG Wealth report
Free Press staff: Surgical tech pioneer to be honoured
 

Canada

Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press: ‘Life and death’: Chief tells of trauma and bravery in grizzly attack on B.C. pupils
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Canada Post reaches deal in principle with union, strike suspended
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: Canada Post says another bailout needed as it continues to bleed cash
Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: Court approves Hudson’s Bay plan to auction its royal charter; $18M bid expected
Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press: How crypto raiders tortured B.C. family with waterboarding, sex assault, in $2M heist
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Carney in South Africa as concerns grow over U.S. boycott of G20
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Canada cuts back spending on fighting infectious diseases at G20 in South Africa
Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press: Dairy, whiskey, wine and steel: American industries weigh in on trade pact review
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Carney wraps United Arab Emirates visit with pledge of $70B investment in Canada
 
 

World

Illia Novikov And Barry Hatton, The Associated Press: Zelenskyy says Ukraine faces a stark choice and risks losing American support over US peace plan
Pan Pylas, The Associated Press: UK politician sentenced to over 10 years for accepting bribes to make pro-Russia statements
Susan Montoya Bryan, The Associated Press: A drying-up Rio Grande basin threatens water security on both sides of the border
Dyepkazah Shibayan And Mark Banchereau, The Associated Press: Gunmen abduct more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers in attack on Nigerian Catholic school
Jon Gambrell And Sheikh Saaliq, The Associated Press: Indian fighter jet crashes during a demonstration flight at Dubai Air Show, killing the pilot
Rod Mcguirk, The Associated Press: Coroner says Australian extremists who killed police officers had shared delusional disorder
Thomas Adamson, The Associated Press: France will investigate Musk’s Grok chatbot after Holocaust denial claims
Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press: Japan OKs $135 billion stimulus package to help revive its sluggish economy
Michelle L. Price, The Associated Press: Trump and Mamdani go from adversaries to allies after White House meeting
Mark Sherman, The Associated Press: Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased
 

One last thing...

Justin Spike, The Associated Press:

Archaeologists lift the lid on a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus hidden beneath Budapest

A remarkably well-preserved Roman sarcophagus has been unearthed in Hungary’s capital, offering a rare window into the life of the young woman inside and the world she inhabited around 1,700 years ago. Read More

 
 

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