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Iran ceasefire, affordable housing project, crash survivor, Scott Oake, Tiny Beautiful Things, Artemis astronauts
Plus: The world's oldest known land animal, a tortoise named Jonathan, is still alive — despite what you may have heard

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

 

'A workable basis on which to negotiate'

Bassem Mroue, Jon Gambrell And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press:

US and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire as Trump pulls back on threats

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump pulled back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran late Tuesday, as the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that includes the reo... Read More

 

Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press:

‘War crimes’: Iranian Canadians horrified by Trump’s latest threat to destroy Iran

TORONTO - Foad Farhani was driving to work Tuesday morning when his wife called him in tears while reading U.S. President Donald Trump’s post on Truth Social threatening the existence of thei... Read More

 

Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press:

Feds looking at how to ‘cushion the blow’ as gas prices rise amid Iran war: Carney

OTTAWA - The federal government is looking at ways to support Canadians as oil prices rise amid the ongoing war in the Middle East, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday. Oil prices have surged s... Read More

 
 
 

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'It's going to be transformative'

Scott Billeck:

‘Coming to the city’s aid again’: Shoal Lake inks historic housing deal

Feds, city, province join forces with First Nation to build 150 apartments in St. James Read More

 
 

'I feel like God was really showing me that he was by my side'

Nicole Buffie:

Winkler woman who survived Dominican bus crash fights for compensation

Forty-four-year-old feels lucky after near-death experience Read More

 
 

'You know, I abhor these long farewell tours'

Mike McIntyre:

‘I’m really shocked at the response’

Accolades pour in for Scott Oake ahead of impending sendoff Read More

 
 

'I knew that I would have to be pushed outside my comfort zone'

Ben Waldman:

Spoonfuls of sugar

Nia Vardalos’s stage adaptation finds the beauty in book of advice columns Read More

 
 

Making history on the dark side of the moon

Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press:

Artemis II astronauts make long-distance call to the space station as they head home from the moon

HOUSTON (AP) — Still aglow from their triumphant lunar flyby, the Artemis II astronauts made more history Tuesday: calling their friends aboard the International Space Station hundreds of tho... Read More

 

Photography by NASA:

Welcome to the dark side

Artemis II crew captures eclipse, Earthrise, far side of moon during lunar flyby Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Free Press: Free Press columnist named Canada’s best
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press: Manitoba Métis president rebukes AFN chief over call for withdrawal of treaty
Joyanne Pursaga: City considers framework to give preference to local firms in wake of Sals situation
Scott Billeck: Province to exempt convenience, ‘mom-and-pop’ stores from charging PST
Dean Pritchard: Man accused of violently assaulting ex used reasonable force, judge rules
Kevin Rollason: Peguis chief cautiously optimistic after river crests
Erik Pindera: Woman pleads for tips on who killed her brother, 15 years after his death
Tyler Searle: Winnipeg man charged with uttering death threats to PM facing new charges
Tyler Searle and Erik Pindera: Slaying victim one of three women that sought court protection from accused killer one day before death
Tyler Searle: Family donates 636 acres of peatlands near Elma to nature conservancy
 

Opinion

Niigaan Sinclair: Schools honouring my father will help make Canada a more inclusive place
Tom Brodbeck: Short-sighted decision reduces post-secondary access, saves province little money
Jerrad Peters: Moneyball — Scottish Premier league style
Alex Passey: Changing a broken economic system
Editorial: Postal service’s future looking dim
Free Press: Closing a health-care loophole
Riley Enns: Learning to embrace poetry
Dan Lett: Crown wrongheaded to pursue case against man for mom’s slaying
Free Press: Letters, April 24
Tom Brodbeck: City failed to read the room before ditching Sals
 

Arts & Life

Han Guan Ng And Chan Ho-him, The Associated Press: At Beijing auto show, Chinese carmakers flaunt new technologies as global competition heats up
The Canadian Press: Federal government gives $6.22 million over next two years to athletes’ mental health
Ben Sigurdson: Show your local independent bookstore some love
Free Press: Poets explore our relationship with land and water
Conrad Sweatman: Stirring oratorio pays homage to Indigenous veterans
Ben Waldman: Wordless puppet show explores father-daughter ties
David Sanderson: Versatile drummer has no regrets he’s always marched to his own beat
Alison Gillmor: Controversial aspects of King of Pop’s life story ignored, results fall flat
Conrad Sweatman: Get ready for the bare-knuckle round — Debaters returns to Winnipeg Comedy Festival
Maureen Scurfield: Take things slower the second time around
 

Business

Gabrielle Piché: Ottawa tabs $19.5M for defence-sector firms
Aaron Epp: WEL Manitoba builds community encouraging early-stage investors
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press: What you need to know about the new Enbridge LNG pipeline approval
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Veterans Affairs ending Commissionaires’ $330M federal contracting right
Anne D'innocenzio, The Associated Press: The Iran war could drive up costs for petroleum-derived products like clothes and crayons
Aaron Epp: Winnipeg to host three-day World Indigenous Business Forum in late October, delegates can expect ‘Manitoba experience’
Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press: Manitoba crypto companies say provincial plans would put them out of business
Free Press staff: 2026 Manitoba Champions Awards winners list
Aaron Epp: Apex Adventure Plex trampoline park opens first Winnipeg location
Wyatte Grantham-philips, The Associated Press: Warner Bros shareholders approve Paramount’s $81 billion takeover of the Hollywood giant
 

Sports

Mike McIntyre: Moose leave it till late, but stay alive
Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press: Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid good to go in Game 3 after ankle roll
Grace Anne Paizen: Around the PWHL: Record-setting highlights and what to watch on Super Saturday
Charlotte Glorieux, The Canadian Press: Lane Hutson and Habs take over ‘next station’ announcements in Montreal metro
Grace Anne Paizen: Decorated footy veterans Scott, Gale spearheading push for NSL club
Taylor Allen: Accomplished curler Harris unable to land spot with women’s contender
Mike McIntyre: Nighthawks complete sweep
Tim Reynolds, The Associated Press: NBA postseason guide: Schedule, stories, betting odds, how to watch and more
Joshua Frey-Sam: Spring temperatures welcome as most golf courses set to fully open by Saturday
The Associated Press: 4 tickets to World Cup final are listed on FIFA’s resale site for more than $2 million
 

Canada

Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press: Federal government wants court to toss out human rights decision against RCMP
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: Carney defends high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City
Aaron Sousa, The Canadian Press: ‘Payoff day’: Jenni Gibbons on watching Artemis II crew make lunar history
Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press: Bill to criminalize forced or coerced sterilization could have unintended consequences: physicians
Erika Morris, The Canadian Press: Death of unhoused migrant in Montreal was avoidable, community workers say
Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press: Trade agreement talks unlikely to be resolved by July 1: U.S. trade representative
David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Pivotal Terrebonne byelection sees preliminary 20% voter turnout in advance polls
Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press: These patients without drug coverage are eagerly awaiting generic Ozempic in Canada
David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Almost a third of police probes of diplomatic missions see subjects leave Canada
Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press: ‘Tyranny of the minority’: Court hears injunction bid on Alberta separation petition
 
 

World

Edith M. Lederer And Farnoush Amiri, The Associated Press: Russia and China veto watered-down UN resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz
Huizhong Wu, The Associated Press: Inside a huge compound on Thailand-Cambodia border where 10,000 workers scammed people globally
Kareem Chehayeb, The Associated Press: Lebanon buries a Christian official killed in an Israeli strike as anti-Hezbollah anger surges
Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press: Judge tosses PETA’s lawsuit against the American Kennel Club over dog breed health
Mike Schneider, The Associated Press: Environmental groups urge appeals court panel to lift halt on closing Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The Associated Press: High school principal shot in leg after confronting man with a gun, Oklahoma sheriff says
Travis Loller, The Associated Press: US still wants to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, despite new agreement with Costa Rica
The Associated Press: Turkey’s parliament debates a bill to restrict access to social media for children under 15
Andrea Rodríguez, The Associated Press: Hundreds of Cuban women rally against US energy blockade as crisis deepens
Eric Tucker, The Associated Press: Only Trump knows why he replaced Bondi as attorney general, new leader of Justice Department says
 

One last thing...

Brian Melley, The Associated Press:

World’s oldest known tortoise still very much alive despite rumor to the contrary

LONDON (AP) — Reports on April Fools' Day of the death of the world’s oldest living land animal — a 193-year-old tortoise called Jonathan — were greatly exaggerated. Jonathan is still kicking — alb... Read More

 
 

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