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Mountie shooting, fatal crash, Trump’s tariffs, Churchill hotel, deaf curling
Plus: What's on at this year's New Music Festival

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

 

'He was crying for help'

Chris Kitching:

‘They should have kept him and made sure he was safe’

Widow of mentally ill man angry at health-care system Read More

 
 
 

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'Systemic failure, plain and simple'

Tyler Searle:

Bride-to-be killed in crash ‘touched everyone’s life’

Portage mayor demands bail reform after man charged with impaired driving Read More

 
 

'Everyone sees this as a lose-lose situation'

Gabrielle Piché, Martin Cash and Aaron Epp:

‘We have to get ready for the worst’

Manitoba business leaders draw up defence plans but still face many unknowns after months of Trump's tariffs talk, threats Read More

 
 

'It’s a perfect fit'

Gabrielle Piché:

Northern accommodations

Blueberry Inn adds 16 new, much-needed rooms to Churchill offerings amid increasingly busy tour seasons Read More

 
 

'We’re doing something right'

Joshua Frey-Sam:

Quietly going about their business

Team Kluchnik uses Manitoba Open to prepare for World Deaf Curling Championships Read More

 
 

'Top athletes of music-making'

Conrad Sweatman:

Shifting sounds

New Music Festival always morphing and evolving with the times and tastes Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Free Press staff: Firing of ex-lacrosse association official was fair: court filing
Erik Pindera: Bison didn’t meet requirements for towing contract: city
Maggie Macintosh: ‘It will probably be in the best shape that it’s ever been in’: Mantario Trail set to reopen in June
Maggie Macintosh: Man in critical condition after Transcona single-vehicle rollover
Nicole Buffie: Linking Hope creates nonprofit connections to build a better future
Kevin Rollason: Census data does much more than determine population
Free Press staff: Driver injured after hitting water truck on Cavalier Drive
Julia-Simone Rutgers: Proponents of solar power push for provincial infrastructure investment to boost grid resilience
Free Press staff: MPI commits to truth, reconciliation with improved services for Indigenous Peoples
Nicole Buffie: Hermanos raises curtain on new chapter
 

Opinion

Editorial: A referendum question designed to confuse
Free Press: Letters, May 25
Dodie Jordan: Winnipeg families deserve real solutions for drug crisis
Alan H. Menkis: For the patient, where does the buck stop?
Brad Oswald: Colbert exits late night on defiantly joyful note
Jen Zoratti: Empower youth by giving them tools to stay safe online
Jan Burzlaff: Despite discrimination, Winnipeg proved to be good fit for Jews fleeing Holocaust
Jen Zoratti: Pushing back against AI’s‘inevitability’
Tory McNally: Youth unemployment more than just an economic statistic
Joel Schlesinger: Investor strange love
 

Arts & Life

Conrad Sweatman: Emerging film fest fosters creativity, community
Maureen Scurfield: May need bawdier boy for brash body banter
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
John Longhurst: Religious groups must keep careful eye on artificial intelligence
Reviewed by Matt Henderson: Manitoba’s newspapers portrayed province as rife with untamed potential — to the detriment of the Indigenous community
Mitch Calvert: It’s time to start simplifying for success
Alison Gillmor: Expressive power, emotional encounters: A closer look at Rothko’s Brown and Blacks in Reds
David Sanderson: Quartet of vintage ventures makes the old new on Main Street
Ben Waldman: Improv co-conspirators reuniting for frenetic weekend comedy blitz
 

Sports

Mike McIntyre: Goldeyes shrug off shaky start to sweep series with Milwaukee
Taylor Allen: Bombers’ pre-season opener a mixed bag
Ken Wiebe: After quitting hockey twice, Oakbank’s Tabin flying high as Walter Cup champ
Joshua Frey-Sam: Volleyball a lifeline for Manitoba Bisons’ Dadash-Adeh
Ben Little: Sea Bears feast on River Lions
Mike McIntyre: Goldeyes offence comes alive in battering of Milkmen
GEORGE WILLIAMS: Assiniboia Downs trainer pulls a card for the ages
Grace Anne Paizen: Around the NSL: Wild draw Roses; Wulf Rises to the occasion; Rapid on a roll
Taylor Allen: Five Winnipeg Blue Bombers players to watch as pre-season kicks off
 

Business

Aaron Epp: Pappas Greek Food and Steak closes after three decades of serving Winnipeg
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press: Motion Picture Association slams CRTC rules on Canadian content investment
Aaron Epp: Aviva Natural Health Solutions part of added foundation to build up Christian charity
Gabrielle Piché: Adverse weather slows pace of seeding to below 5-year average
Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press: S&P/TSX ends slightly higher, U.S. markets also close in positive territory
Ben Sigurdson: Craft beer landscape is shifting, but it’s not all bottoms up
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: CRTC triples streamers’ financial contributions to Canadian content
Free Press staff: Manitoba Blue Cross opens Winkler service centre
Gabrielle Piché: Optimism greets Manitoba’s India trade office proposal
Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press: S&P/TSX composite ends higher, U.S. markets recover from earlier losses
 

Canada

Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press: ‘We will not hesitate’: Canada prepares to hit U.S. with billions in tariffs
Anja Karadeglija and Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press: Chrystia Freeland, Mark Carney emerge as top contenders in Liberal leadership race
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press: Group says disability benefit at risk unless Ottawa moves quickly on regulations
Craig Wong, The Canadian Press: Bank of Canada could have been clearer about pandemic measures: review
Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press: BMO, National Bank withdraw from banking climate alliance ahead of Trump inauguration
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: Ahead of U.S. TikTok ban, Canadians flock to Chinese ‘RedNote’ app
The Canadian Press: Supreme Court to decide next week whether to hear challenge to Quebec secularism law
The Canadian Press: Two officers charged in Highway 401 wrong-way crash that killed four: SIU
The Canadian Press: Mother orca still pushing body of dead calf off Vancouver Island, 10 days after death
Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press: Canadian animator and National Film Board pioneer Robert Verrall dies at 97
 
 

World

Samy Magdy, Wafaa Shurafa And Josef Federman, The Associated Press: Israel’s Cabinet approves a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of dozens of hostages
Isabel Debre, The Associated Press: How the deal to pause the Israel-Hamas war could unfold
Rebecca Boone, Gene Johnson, Christopher L. Keller, Claudia Lauer And Amy Taxin, The Associated Press: Homes were burning and roads already jammed when Pacific Palisades evacuation order came, AP finds
Zeke Miller, The Associated Press: Trump’s swearing-in will move inside the Capitol Rotunda because of intense cold weather
Paul Wiseman, The Associated Press: IMF sees steady global growth, but warns that Trump tariff, tax and deportation plans cloud outlook
Alan Suderman, The Associated Press: Bitcoin soars past $100,000 ahead of possible early action on crypto by Trump
Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press: SpaceX launch accident likely caused by fire that sent trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean
Mogomotsi Magome, The Associated Press: South African miner describes horrors for those who spent months underground
The Associated Press: New Pompeii excavation reveals a large private thermal complex built 2,000 years ago
Wyatte Grantham-philips And Mae Anderson, The Associated Press: For TikTok users, mourning, frustration and clinging to hope as TikTok ban looms
 

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