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More stormy weather, mayor’s year-end reflections, crash conviction, student absenteeism, carbon capture, Bombers’ Demski
Plus: Feeling sleepy? Catch a quick nap while flying or swimming

Good evening. The Winnipeg Jets play in Denver tonight and it’s expected to be a tough go for the visitors, who have lost 15 of their last 21 games. The Avalanche, meanwhile, have just two regulation losses in their first 33 games.

Hockey writer Mike McIntyre is at Ball Arena and will provide game analysis on our website later tonight and in tomorrow’s print edition.

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

 

'It was one of our worst storms'

Malak Abas:

Blizzard cripples Winnipeg Transit operations; more than 200 buses stuck in the snow, 71 had to be towed

As many as half of all buses that hit the road during the blizzard that pummelled Winnipeg Thursday got stuck in the snow. Read More

 

Nicole Buffie:

Winnipeg schools reopen as teachers warned to report to work

Unions push for updated policy from school divisions once severe weather predicted Read More

 

Free Press staff:

Another Alberta clipper hits Winnipeg

Another winter storm has hit southern Manitoba, closing some schools and hampering visibility on the roads a day after a blizzard hammered the area. Read More

 
 
 

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'We can’t kick the can down the road'

Joyanne Pursaga:

Mayor says city council showed ‘courage’ in 2025

No regret about large tax and fee hikes; mum about platform for fall election Read More

 
 

'We were going fast, like, too fast'

Dean Pritchard:

Judge convicts man who switched seats with driver after collision that killed cyclist

A Winnipeg man who admitted taking the driver’s seat following a high-speed collision that killed cyclist Rob Jenner has been found guilty of leaving the scene of a fatal accident. Read More

 
 

'You coming to school today?'

Maggie Macintosh:

The back-to-class battle

Inner-city outreach workers take on truancy one student at a time Read More

 
 

'It’s not a science experiment anymore'

Julia-Simone Rutgers:

Hope or hype?

Deep Sky says unique carbon-capture facility eyed for southwestern Manitoba will help ‘save our planet’; critics call technology high-risk and under-researched Read More

 
 

'This is obviously where I wanted to be'

Taylor Allen:

‘We have a lot of good football left to be played’

Bombers’ Demski excited to ink two-year contract extension with club Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Skye Anderson: Brandon police roll out body cams
Free Press staff: Crews tackle eight out-of-control wildfires in Manitoba
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

Ben Waldman: Finding family, finding truth: New play unfolds in the shadow of ’60s Scoop
Free Press: Little things to make June joyous
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
Marsha McLeod: Even residential school couldn’t erase who Christina Henderson was
Conrad Sweatman: What feathered creatures signify for the health of the herd
 

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
 

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
 

Canada

Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: Mark Carney shakes up roster of deputy ministers heading into the holidays
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Union says funding early retirement plan through pensions would be ‘borderline theft’
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press: Canada to begin formal talks with U.S. in January on review of free trade deal
Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press: Alberta Next panel recommends ditching RCMP, referendum to quit CPP
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press: Judge says Freedom Convoy organizer Chris Barber gets to keep his truck
Rob Drinkwater, The Canadian Press: Former UCP member announces new Progressive Tory Party of Alberta
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: MPs ask Anand to get answers from Israel after West Bank delegation blocked
The Canadian Press: Weeks before total insured losses from B.C. flooding are tallied: insurance bureau
Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press: Quebec doctors vote in favour of deal, premier names new health minister
Aaron Sousa, The Canadian Press: Alberta to launch trial in 2026 increasing some rural highway speeds to 120 km/h
 
 

World

Michael R. Sisak, Eric Tucker And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press: Justice Department releases limited set of files tied to Epstein sex trafficking investigation
Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press: UN’s grim week: 6 peacekeepers and an interpreter killed, while 10 more staffers detained in Yemen
Harriet Morris, The Associated Press: Putin tells his annual news conference that the Kremlin’s military goals in Ukraine will be met
Claudia Ciobanu And Illia Novikov, The Associated Press: Ukrainian and Polish presidents show unity against Russia, address historical tensions
Wafaa Shurafa And Adam Geller, The Associated Press: Hypothermia claims newborn in Gaza and more babies are at risk, doctor says
Wafaa Shurafa, The Associated Press: Israeli fire kills at least 5 Palestinians in Gaza, a hospital in the enclave says
Kimberlee Kruesi, Maryclaire Dale And Heather Hollingsworth, The Associated Press: Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing was once a physics student
Keiran Smith And Steve Markham, The Associated Press: A sunrise crowd gathers at Bondi Beach in solace and defiance after a massacre
Carlos Valdez, The Associated Press: Bolivia’s largest cities brought to standstill by transportation strike over fuel price hike
Ed White, The Associated Press: Life ring, lifeboat piece from Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck sell at auction for $150,000
 

One last thing...

Christina Larson, The Associated Press:

Nodding off is dangerous. Some animals have evolved extreme ways to sleep in precarious environments

Animals that navigate extreme conditions and environments have evolved to sleep in extreme ways — for example, stealing seconds at a time during around-the-clock parenting, getting winks on the wing during long migrations and even dozing while swimming. Read More

 
 

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