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Landline outage, ex-cop sentenced, parole revoked, Date My Mate, Bombers’ Gatkuoth
Plus: Knight Rider's KITT Trans Am gets a speeding ticket

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

 

'It’s pretty serious when you lose 911 service'

Carol Sanders:

Bell MTS connects NDP minister, Tory critic, union leader… in anger over 911 outage

More than 50 people were unable to get through to 911 because of a Bell MTS service outage last month, a report to the national broadcast regulator reveals. Read More

 
 
 

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'I truly acknowledge my actions were wrong'

Dean Pritchard:

Junior WPS officer gets house arrest for crimes committed with imprisoned ex-colleague

For the price of a restaurant breakfast, a pack of smokes, can of bear spray and a knife, Matthew Kadyniuk threw away his long-pursued career as a Winnipeg police officer. Read More

 
 

'Deception for several years'

Erik Pindera:

Killer loses shot at freedom after five decades in prison

Board sends con back to prison for lying about Métis background Read More

 
 

'Genuine connection in real life'

AV Kitching:

Perfect pitch

Latest dating trend sees people hyping attributes of friend in front of crowd Read More

 
 

'I love Canadian ball'

Zoe Pierce:

‘Everybody’s welcomed me in like a family’

Bombers’ Gatkuoth feeling at home as draft pick hits turf at training camp Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Free Press staff: Crews tackle eight out-of-control wildfires in Manitoba
Skye Anderson: Brandon police roll out body cams
Maggie Macintosh: Division unveils plans for transport and learning hub south of Perimeter
Erik Pindera: U of W prof sues social media giants Meta, X
Tyler Searle: Gunman pointed weapon at police, threatened teen hostages’ lives before officers opened fire in fatal shooting: IIU
Malak Abas: CPKC signals, communications workers on strike
Carol Sanders: Kinew, Smith score points by jousting over referendum: observer
Carol Sanders: Long list of new legislation set to receive royal assent before MLAs break for summer
Tyler Searle: Family, SCO call for review of Dauphin hospital protocols after death of nine-year-old with broken arm
Joyanne Pursaga: Police-to-population ratio increases for first time since 2013
 

Opinion

Editorial: Time for national trucking safety database
Free Press: Letters, June 2
Glen Wintrup: NDP sport bill risks marginalized communities
Ken Clark: Student absenteeism — attribution and action
Erna Buffie: Don’t let fear of change determine vote
Dan Lett: A decision to fight from outside, rather than surrender to party politics
Bryan Oborne: Considering a unified prairie time zone
Kyle Volpi Hiebert: Putin’s imperial dream is crumbling
Editorial: Teens, social media and doctors’ advice
Deborah Schnitzer: The summer at home that spawned my manifesto
 

Arts & Life

Maureen Scurfield: Be honest about overwhelming work woes
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Jen Zoratti: Robert Pasternak's show offers big inspiration in small packages
Craig Macrae and Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press: ‘Heated Rivalry’ sets record at Screen Awards with 16 wins including best drama
Jen Zoratti: Even after decades in standup, comedy legend Rita Rudner never stops writing new jokes
Free Press Arts & Life staff: What's up: Flatlander’s Beer Fest, RWB's On the Edge, Josiah Koppanyi, Prairie Spirit and Detective! and more
Ben Waldman: Finding family, finding truth: New play unfolds in the shadow of ’60s Scoop
Marsha McLeod: Even residential school couldn’t erase who Christina Henderson was
Conrad Sweatman: What feathered creatures signify for the health of the herd
Maureen Scurfield: Titillated titters could leave intimacy in tatters
 

Business

Gabrielle Piché: MMF warns prospectors, developers to consult — or else
Gabrielle Piché: Key construction at new Lynn Lake gold mine begins after fire-driven delay
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Basic materials stocks weigh on TSX, as U.S. markets gain and oil prices rise
Aaron Epp: Doors Open to Winnipeg’s mystery, history
Aaron Epp: Do It Differently leadership event centred on creativity, curiosity
Aaron Epp: Robinson Lighting prepares to celebrate 90 years as family-run business with gala event in glittering showroom
Malak Abas: Winnipeg acknowledges ‘generous, philanthropic’ family with honorary road renaming
Free Press staff: Archangel Fireworks packs up longtime Pembina location for new home on McGillivray
The Canadian Press: Scotiabank buying U.S. commercial bank MapleMark
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Tech stocks send TSX higher, U.S. markets also up amid hopes of U.S.-Iran deal
 

Sports

Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe: Potential Jets homecoming in the works for Doan
Mike McIntyre: Goldeyes getting it going
Ken Wiebe and Mike McIntyre: A tale of third trips (to the Stanley Cup final)
Andrew Dampf, The Associated Press: Serena Williams is coming back to tennis at 44, returning to the sport she dominated for decades
The Associated Press: Claude Lemieux’s brain will be donated to Boston University’s CTE Center, his family says
George Williams: Raise a glass to My Kinda Delite
Taylor Allen: Randolph among Bomber cuts
Joshua Frey-Sam: Spurr claims first individual win, Lafleche holds off Hayden at Match Play Championship
Joshua Frey-Sam: Sea Bears bit by Mamba late, drop back-to-back games
Taylor Allen: Better showing for Bombers backup Elgersma
 

Canada

Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press: Judge quashes Alberta separation petition, Smith calls ruling ‘anti-democratic’
David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Artemis II crewmates say space exploration depends on nations working together
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: Federal government spent more than $800M on AI agreements over 3 years
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Ottawa asks defence industry for options on replacements for aging tank fleet
Nicole Ireland and Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press: What we know about hantavirus now that people linked to outbreak are back in Canada
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Ottawa asks defence industry for options on replacements for aging tank fleet
The Canadian Press: Over $500,000 worth of jewelry stolen in Toronto armed robbery: police
The Canadian Press: Several oilfield workers sent to hospital after bus rollover in northwestern Alberta
Thomas Laberge, The Canadian Press: Quebec tables bill allowing people to obtain domestic violence history of partners
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Around 6,200 public servants apply for early retirement as deadline looms
 
 

World

Natalie Melzer And Adam Schreck, The Associated Press: UAE denies Netanyahu secretly visited the country during the Iran war
Hanna Arhirova And Barry Hatton, The Associated Press: Russia fires 800 drones at Ukraine despite recent talk by Putin and Trump of possible peace
Joseph Wilson, The Associated Press: Russian ship that sank near Spain in 2024 may have carried nuclear reactor parts
Paul Wiseman And Chan Ho-him, The Associated Press: US and China seek to repair damage from tariff war that sent trade into a freefall
Thomas Adamson, The Associated Press: France confines more than 1,700 on British cruise ship in Bordeaux after gastroenteritis outbreak
Corey Williams, The Associated Press: Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in US after hantavirus outbreak
Joeal Calupitan, Aaron Favila And Jim Gomez, The Associated Press: Gunfire breaks out in Philippine Senate where authorities tried to arrest a senator
Pan Pylas And Danica Kirka, The Associated Press: King Charles III lays out UK government agenda as Starmer’s job hangs in the balance
The Associated Press: Netanyahu’s coalition takes first step toward new elections in Israel
Michael R. Sisak And Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press: Appeals court spares Trump from paying $83 million defamation award to E. Jean Carroll – for now
 

One last thing...

Dave Collins, The Associated Press:

Museum’s ‘Knight Rider’ replica car got a speeding ticket. It hasn’t gone anywhere in years

It's a mystery on the streets of New York City. What traffic law violator with unpaid fines is driving a black Pontiac Trans Am that looks like the car with the talking computer from the 1980s TV series “Knight Rider" — and even has the same license plate? Read More

 
 

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