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Hydro ruling, tornado alerts, short-term rentals, Hellebuyck, Roberta Bondar art
Plus: Hear ye, hear ye: Canadian woman competing in world town crier championship

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

 

'Canada breached its fiduciary duty to OCN'

Nicole Buffie:

Federal Court awards OCN $27M, 62 years after construction of hydro dam

Ottawa knew project would hurt First Nation’s way of life, judge rules Read More

 
 
 

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A perfect storm of issues

Malak Abas:

Alert-system operator asks CRTC to consider ‘device-based geofencing’ to avoid unnecessary weather warnings

The Weather Network’s parent company wants Canada to consider changes to how it warns the public about dangerous weather after Manitobans received a landslide of emergency alerts in the midst of a massive June thunderstorm. Read More

 
 

'More teeth for enforcement'

Joyanne Pursaga:

City wants short-term rental unit property owners to report all emergency-service responses

New rules could require the owners of short-term rental units, such as Airbnbs and VRBOs, to tell the city every time an emergency responder is called to their properties. Read More

 
 

In a holding pattern

Ken Wiebe:

Summer-long stalemate drags into fall

Suspension on the horizon for Hellebuyck as pre-season set to start Read More

 
 

'I think that probably stars were always in my future'

Jen Zoratti:

Astronaut’s solo photo exhibition is for the birds

Roberta Bondar’s solo exhibition Patterns and Parallels: The Great Imperative to Survive is on now at the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery at Canadian Mennonite University until Oct. 10. Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Joyanne Pursaga: Klein launches mayoral campaign with pledge to make Winnipeg safest city in Canada
Free Press staff: Police officer faces charges of domestic assault
Dean Pritchard: ‘She was looking to destroy me’: convicted harasser faces new charges
Scott Billeck: United Way, other charities fight for dollars as donor base shrinks
Scott Billeck: Safety review calls for improved security at Siloam Mission
Scott Billeck: Siloam Mission, WFPS discussing on-site paramedic to reduce staggering number of emergency calls
Maggie Macintosh: Fiddling and a jig mark ceremony to rename Wolseley-area school
Maggie Macintosh: ‘Parental rights’ issue resurfaces
Carol Sanders: Manitoba abandoning spring, fall clock changes
Melissa Martin: ‘A new future’: city dentist Cholakis donates $2M to school of dental hygiene
 

Opinion

Tom Brodbeck: Desperate Poilievre wants Canadians to believe the sky is falling when it’s just cloudy outside
Free Press: Letters, Sept. 18
Dan Lett: Kinew delivered what most of us wanted; now we’ll have to deal with the consequences
Gwynne Dyer: Space war and other distractions
Editorial: Finding the balance on short-term rentals
Morris Beardy: Building Northern Manitoba right
Jessica Scott-Reid: We used to love a good thunderstorm
Al Vigier: Winnipeg, economic diversity and risks from AI
Tom Brodbeck: Canada-U.S. trade relationship is broken, but the damage can — and will — be repaired
Kate Kehler: Winnipeg and choosing its future direction
 

Arts & Life

Sheldon Birnie: Winnipeg author relies on typewriter collection to punch out manuscripts
Maureen Scurfield: His blissful kiss is well worth the risk
Sheldon Birnie: Sean Burns and company head to Sidestage to celebrate album
Free Press: What’s up: Carleton/Sinclair launch, Mitchell Fenton, country music, Esteban Seunarine, art of the sacred
By Sheldon Birnie: Lauded Manitoba author chronicled life in the Interlake
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Ben Waldman: Hurdy-gurdy show coming to St. Norbert Arts Centre
Conrad Sweatman: Quilt tradition from Underground Railroad period big part of new exhibition
AV Kitching: Putting together annual fashion show takes many hard-working hands
 

Business

Gabrielle Piché: Gerdau recycling workers on strike
Gabrielle Piché: Winnipeg chamber chair seeks to get creative
Gabrielle Piché: Opaskwayak Cree Nation tabs up to $20 million to get into aerospace, defence manufacturing
Aaron Epp: Winnipeg’s failing grade starting point, not final word: CFIB
Alex Lambert: Province pitches soybean crushing plant to potential investors
Aaron Epp: Canadian manufacturers look to North
Chan Ho-him And E. Eduardo Castillo, The Associated Press: As the world debates the risks of AI, China closes the technology gap with the US
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: AI finance is here, but scaling hurdles abound: fintech execs
The Canadian Press: S&P/TSX composite down more than 100 points, U.S. markets also edge lower
The Canadian Press: CPP Investments and Brookfield launch $50B fund to invest in big Canadian projects
 

Sports

Ryan Desjarlais: Pars a plenty in The Pas
Taylor Allen: Former Bombers linebacker Gauthier enjoying career as electrician
Mike McIntyre: Jets vets weigh in on franchise goalie Hellebuyck not reporting to training camp
Ken Wiebe: Day 1 of Jets training camp in the books with pairings essentially cemented
Mike McIntyre: Jets GM insists club’s not working under any deadline in netminder’s trade request
Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press: US Olympic gold medal-winners asking for trades shakes up the NHL landscape
Noah Trister, The Associated Press: NHL star Alex Ovechkin says he’s ‘for peace and love’ after appearing in ad for Putin-aligned party
Doug Feinberg, The Associated Press: WNBA returns after a 3-week World Cup break, with 4 games left and seeding at stake
Jordan Stoopler, The Canadian Press: Felix Auger-Aliassime leads Canada into Davis Cup tie vs. France in Quebec City
Cassidy Dankochik: Big off-season trade bolsters Pistons
 

Canada

Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Harper says Canada had ‘no choice’ but to walk away from U.S. trade talks
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Carney, Harper make the case for Canada at inaugural investment summit
The Canadian Press Staff, The Canadian Press: Carney wants private investors to run Canada’s four largest airports
Nick Murray and Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Carney heads to France seeking deeper ties with EU on defence, trade and people
The Canadian Press, The Canadian Press: Visa travel rules part of talks with European Union, Carney says
Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press: Alberta premier’s office blames byelection loss on vote split; others say referendum
Timon Johnson, The Canadian Press: Fact File: Misleading claim links vandalism of U.S. visitor’s truck to recent tension
Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press: B.C. wildfires hit Indigenous reserves harder, human rights report says
The Canadian Press: Calgary man arrested after threat on YouTube to kill Prime Minister Mark Carney
The Canadian Press: Nova Scotia family horrified to learn they buried a stranger’s remains
 
 

World

The Associated Press: Saudi crown prince goes to Egypt for support against Houthi strikes, and other Mideast developments
Liudas Dapkus, The Associated Press: NATO jets shoot down drone over Lithuania and Russian ship fires flares at Danish helicopter
Matthew Lee, The Associated Press: US strips millions in military aid from Europe and Mideast to back Trump-aligned nations in Americas
Ahmad Mantash, The Associated Press: Israeli airstrikes on a village in southern Lebanon kill 12 people, including 2 children
Lorne Cook, The Associated Press: EU chief sets out her vision for Europe’s future in a key speech watched by Canada’s Mark Carney
Brian Melley, The Associated Press: Inquiry blasts hospital for failure to protect babies after nurse Lucy Letby convicted of 7 murders
Steven Sloan And Ashraf Khalil, The Associated Press: Kennedy Center will close for renovations after judge blocks returning Trump’s name to building
Eric Tucker, The Associated Press: FBI chief Kash Patel defends hiring policy changes on prostitution, bestiality at fiery hearing
The Associated Press: Prince Harry and Meghan move children to new school over security concerns
Jean-yves Kamale, The Associated Press: Police fire tear gas to break up Congo protests against constitutional changes
 

One last thing...

Eli Ridder, The Canadian Press:

25-year-old New Brunswick town crier to compete at world tournament in the U.K.

A 25-year-old New Brunswick woman only a few months into her new job as a town crier is getting ready to compete at a world tournament of her peers — many of them twice her age. Read More

 
 

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