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Lake America, new gym curriculum, police retail overtime, 7-Eleven replacements, Hellebuyck trade
Plus: Painting the town red. Tomato red.

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

 

'I think everybody here thinks it’s a little sad'

Carol Sanders:

‘Not his best work,’ Kinew says of Trump’s order to rename Lake Ontario

An executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America is “sad,” Premier Wab Kinew says. Read More

 

Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press:

‘Then, now and always’: Carney says it will always be Lake Ontario after Trump order

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canadians know Lake Ontario will always be known by its original name, after U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to change it to Lake America. Read More

 
 
 

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'We’ve got to include everybody'

Maggie Macintosh:

Physical activity ‘for every single child’

Manitoba announces phys-ed curriculum overhaul; students must show up to gym class to graduate high school Read More

 
 

'The people of Winnipeg deserve nothing less'

Chris Kitching:

Premier, mayor voice support for decision to end police officers’ OT retail-security shifts

Premier Wab Kinew and Mayor Scott Gillingham are backing the police chief’s decision to end the option for officers to work overtime shifts providing security at retail stores. Read More

 

Dan Lett:

End of retail ‘gravy train’ should get more police boots on the ground

If Winnipeg Police Service Chief Gene Bowers has his way, the “Superstore gravy train” is going to be derailed. Read More

 
 

'A very critical piece of the urban fabric'

Tiago Resko:

Life after 7-Eleven

New businesses start to creep up in former Winnipeg Slurpee shops Read More

 
 

'No update at this time'

Ken Wiebe:

‘Moving on is the best path forward’

Jets’ Hellebuyck trade request marks pivotal moment for the franchise Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Free Press staff: Accused grandparent scammer charged with sex crimes involving minor
Carol Sanders: Manitoba PCs choose interim leader as Khan blasts Tory MLAs
Carol Sanders: Khan cites infighting, quits as Tory leader
Maggie Macintosh: Orange Shirt Day project fits students to a tee
Melissa Martin: ‘We belong… and we are giving back”: Sikh celebration enlivens downtown Winnipeg
Gabrielle Piché: Perfumer battling city hall to keep his shop open
Morgan Modjeski: Province to acquire campground near former residential school
Maggie Macintosh: Teacher barred for ‘repeated boundary-crossing conduct’
Scott Billeck: Retiree sues neighbour over alleged dog attack
Nicole Buffie: Province announces free daycare for low-income families
 

Opinion

Deborah Schnitzer: Picking berries, sharing wonders in a muted woodland
Emily McMillan and Akaash Maharaj: Canadians do not want to sacrifice nature for development
Ben Wickstrom: Dealing now with increasing judicial dangers
Editorial: Legislation needed on vacant buildings
Free Press: Letters, Sept. 29
Gwynne Dyer: The Brazilian election
Jordan Laidlaw: AI, animals and us
Niigaan Sinclair: Canada resorting to its tried and true playbook
Editorial: Discrediting independent media is the game plan
Judy Waytiuk: Respectful separation: an obvious oxymoron
 

Arts & Life

Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press: SOCAN sues Suno, alleges AI company copies Canadian music without paying creators
Sheldon Birnie: Museum warehouse holds the history of electrical power in Manitoba
Maureen Scurfield: Chalk surprise gift up to lust, not love
AV Kitching: Winnipegger’s attic boutique bucks fast-fashion habits
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Conrad Sweatman: For the LARPers of Misthaven, adventuring is serious business
Malak Abas: Local Muslims, Indigenous people hold interfaith event
Sheldon Birnie: Comic creator unleashes talent with book bound for festival
Ben Waldman: Concrete doc befits brutalist Winnipeg
Sheldon Birnie: Seven Oaks tour blends ghastly theatrics and local history
 

Business

Gabrielle Piché: State of the Nations event to highlight Indigenous mining plans
Aaron Epp: New tour firm seeks to display ‘hidden gem’
Gabrielle Piché: Manitoba association pitches CentrePort for national food terminal
Free Press staff: First Manitoba-U.K. Defence Summit begins
Gabrielle Piché: Global prediction markets, local presence
Gabrielle Piché: Restaurants ‘under pressure’
Barbara Ortutay And Kelvin Chan, The Associated Press: A look at AI doomsday scenarios that researchers say could put humanity at risk
Gabrielle Piché: Ledohowski among new entrants to Manitoba Business Hall of Fame
Aaron Epp: Chamber hears about the business of belonging
Free Press staff: Governments fund AI training for aerospace, manufacturing workers
 

Sports

Patrick Nolan: Shoal Lake Lodge a manifestation of reconciliation in action
Mike McIntyre: Jets pick up netminder as relatively new 23-man roster announced
Taylor Allen: Bombers look to lock in to post-season chase after dropping game to Argos
Ken Wiebe: Jets defenceman spent whole summer working on getting to the next level
Ken Wiebe: Is another goalie on Jets’ wish list?
Joshua Frey-Sam: East St. Paul product’s next wheelchair basketball chapter in Spain’s best men’s division
Joshua Frey-Sam: Crusaders football celebrates 95th anniversary
Ken Wiebe: Special teams woes hurt Bombers in loss to Argos
Taylor Allen: Bombers let another one slip away and face pivotal issue
Joshua Frey-Sam: Bison kicker Turner named captain, shows she belongs
 

Canada

Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: Discoverability, not French-language labels, the issue in’ trade talks: LeBlanc
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Ottawa’ seafood tariffs risked the ‘start down an unfortunate road,’ industry warned
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: Flight controllers allegedly punched out early before Air Canada plane crash
Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press: Saskatchewan says new data centres must be Canadian and supply own power
Charlotte Glorieux, The Canadian Press: Fréchette says Trump is her main adversary as Quebec election campaign gets underway
Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press: Elections BC allows petition seeking Indigenous law’s repeal to proceed
Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press: No prison absences for man who kidnapped, killed five-year-old Alberta girl
Kelvin Chan, The Associated Press: Canada is bolstering its defense industry as US relations fray. A boom is on for local contractors
The Canadian Press: 30 Canadians and permanent residents among missing after floods in Nepal, Tibet
Eli Ridder, The Canadian Press: Canadian firm plans New Brunswick TNT plant to double NATO’s explosives supply
 
 

World

Michelle L. Price, The Associated Press: US goals have shifted after 6 months of Iran war. The Strait of Hormuz is now a top concern
Kareem Chehayeb And Sam Mcneil, The Associated Press: Iran scrambles to sustain trade as US threatens to sanction countries that refuse to break ties
Hanna Arhirova, The Associated Press: Russia bombards Kyiv and other cities in onslaught testing Ukraine’s defenses
Emma Burrows And Ben Finley, The Associated Press: Exclusive: US Patriot missile stocks in Europe are ‘beyond critical’ due to Iran war, officials say
Steve Peoples And Jill Colvin, The Associated Press: As midterm elections approach, Republican candidates weigh how closely to align with Trump
Jennifer Mcdermott, The Associated Press: Satellite images show bedrock and glacier collapsed on Nepal-China border, then rivers flooded
Jovana Gec And Dusan Stojanovic, The Associated Press: Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities, dies as a prisoner at 84
Barbara Ortutay And Wyatte Grantham-philips, The Associated Press: Time limits and a midnight cutoff: Meta’s new rules for kids go further, but critics say not enough
Cybele Mayes-osterman, The Associated Press: Beluga whale dies at Chicago aquarium days after coming from Canada park in rescue effort
Jim Vertuno, The Associated Press: Florida grand jury finds DeSantis administration misused $10 million, but no charges filed
 

One last thing...

Alicia León And Suman Naishadham, The Associated Press:

The epic La Tomatina food fight drew foreigners to paint a small Spanish town red

BUÑOL, Spain (AP) — Thousands of revelers — including many lured by a Bollywood film — descended on a small Spanish town on Wednesday for the annual La Tomatina food fight, where they painted Buñol red with tons of overripe tomatoes. Read More

 
 

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