MPI rate hike, HSC patient dies, church fire, Trudeau fires back at Trump, Jets’ player fractured larynx
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'That’s not the way to set insurance rates'

Nicole Buffie:

Auto insurance rates going up by 5.7 per cent

PUB rejects MPI’s 3 per cent hike request, board ‘not confident’ amount would be enough to chip away at massive deficit Read More

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'It takes an incident like this for people to sit up and take notice'

Chris Kitching:

Middle-aged man dies in Health Sciences Centre ER waiting room eight hours after arriving by ambulance

Ward over capacity with very sick patients, hospital bottleneck preventing access to urgent treatment areas, facility’s top executive says Read More

'Quite frustrating'

Tyler Searle:

Vacant church fire latest in city’s growing crisis

Point Douglas parish a total loss; ‘I’m… desensitized’: church secretary Read More

'Canada should be incredibly nervous'

Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press:

Not a ‘snowball’s chance in hell’ of Canada becoming 51st state: Trudeau

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau clapped back Tuesday at Donald Trump's escalating claims that Canada would be better off if it became the 51st state, and has called for an in... Read More

'A dangerous situation'

Mike McIntyre:

Jets’ Miller recovering from fractured larynx; NHLers remain slow to adopt neck protectors

Hockey’s latest scary neck injury is hitting home for the Winnipeg Jets. Just don’t hold your breath on it changing anything when it comes to player safety. Read More

'Easy to prepare, and tastes great!'

Eva Wasney:

Now we’re cooking!

Return of Homemade means a feast of local recipes Read More

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Local

By Melissa Martin: ‘Strong sense of unity’

Nicole Buffie: Winnipeg team behind national LGBT monument spent six years bringing it to fruition

Nicole Buffie: Former Shared Health CEO worked one month in 2025 before firing, got nearly $1M in compensation

Chris Kitching: Executive exodus continues at Shared Health with three recent departures

Morgan Modjeski: City inundated with thousands of complaints after launch of new transit system

Scott Billeck: Frustration mounts as drug raids sweep problems out of downtown, into West End

Morgan Modjeski: Residents fear mailbox crime sprees

Nicole Buffie: ‘Pie Lady’ was a straight-shooter and the life of the party

Grace Penner: Sunshine Fund guarantees a little magic in the summer

Joyanne Pursaga: ‘Unsafe for children’: Mayoral candidate Vogiatzakis promises to ramp up security in public parks

Opinion

Melissa Martin: Bridging gaps, helping ease the strain

Free Press: Letters, Aug. 22

David McLaughlin: The trolls inside the Conservative tent

Niigaan Sinclair: Kinew’s message for PM: don’t back down

Gwynne Dyer: Slavery: Getting the history wrong

Jason Alderson: Resilience and asking too much

Jen Zoratti: Roadside giants towering symbols of Canada’s quirkiness

Editorial: Properly funding legal aid is key to fair trials

Tory McNally: Time for things that matter

Ben Sigurdson: Plenty of alternatives to U.S. wines on the shelves

Arts & Life

Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope

Tiago Resko: Cinematheque celebrates LGBTTQ+ director’s catalogue

Free Press: The view from here: Phyllis Green. Boob Tree, 1975

Dayne Patterson, The Canadian Press: Alberta lets the dogs out, recruits more canine muscle in fight against mussels

John Longhurst: Canada experiencing religious decline

John Longhurst: Members of Baha’i faith suffer intense persecution in Iran

David Sanderson: Wooed by wood, Cedarella founder takes pride in handcrafted designs

Sharon Chisvin: Ahava Rabba’s alternative service attracts alternative Jews

Conrad Sweatman: Winnipeg’s postwar architecture well-documented by online archive

Ben Sigurdson: Free Press literary editor picks noteworthy Canadian fiction and non-fiction titles to watch for this fall

Sports

Mike McIntyre: Swede leads Manitoba Open, Winnipegger sits 33rd

Joshua Frey-Sam: The good, bad and record setting performance in Bombers loss to Elks

Mike McIntyre: Five-way tie for first means Manitoba Open is still up for grabs

Mike McIntyre: Brandon’s Nachtigall comes up short of Canadian Mid-Am title

Mike McIntyre: Winnipegger just one shot off the lead after opening round at Manitoba Open

Joshua Frey-Sam: Bombers offence stalls in 22-19 loss to Elks

Rob Maaddi, The Associated Press: Tempers are flaring, fists are flying around the NFL during joint practices

Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press: ‘It’s a dream come true’: WNBA games in Canada still surreal for Olympian

Grace Penner: Silver linings at Canadian Lawn Bowling Championships

Grace Penner: Fish briefs

Business

Gabrielle Piché: Climate change, capable ships could extend Churchill shipping season by months, studies show

Tiago Resko: Summer flooding sinks some fall harvest hopes

Seung Min Kim And Jesse Bedayn, The Associated Press: Trump announces plan to lower beef prices, but ranchers and some Republicans are already balking

Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: TSX gains more than 250 points as investors brush off U.S. trade risks

Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: Possible new Roots owner threads plan for global growth

Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: How a little known government agency helped crack Canada’s biggest art fraud

Gabrielle Piché: ‘How can we grow back the herd in Canada?’

Chris Kitching: Don’t buy U.S. booze if, when it’s back on Liquor Mart shelves: Kinew

Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press: Shoppers flock to the frozen aisle as fresh vegetable prices soar: Loblaw

Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: WestJet ordered to scrap weight cap on power wheelchairs

Canada

Nick Murray, The Canadian Press: As Liberals set up leadership race, members differ on how the leader should be picked

Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press: Bank CEO worries shift to political uncertainty as mortgage risks ease

Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press: David Eby among premiers heading to Washington to tamp down Trump tariff threat

Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: CRA to continue with capital tax changes despite prorogation: Finance Department

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Biden praises Trudeau as friend but other leaders remain mum on his resignation

The Canadian Press: Canada Post returns to full service for domestic parcels; letters still delayed

Lyndsay Armstrong, The Canadian Press: As walking pneumonia rates drop among Canadian children, flu and RSV are back

The Canadian Press: Advocate urges empathy after Quebec woman allegedly abandons newborn outside in cold

Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: Meta’s move away from fact checking may allow wider spread of misinformation: experts

World

Ken Moritsugu, The Associated Press: Tibet earthquake kills at least 126 people and leaves many trapped

Will Weissert And Zeke Miller, The Associated Press: Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal

Jill Lawless, The Associated Press: Elon Musk helped Trump win. Now he’s looking at Europe, and many politicians are alarmed

Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press: Trump says he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico. Can he do that?

Sarah El Deeb And Malak Harb, The Associated Press: Long silenced by fear, Syrians now speak about rampant torture under Assad

Hannah Fingerhut And Ben Finley, The Associated Press: The polar vortex brings its bitter cold to the Southern US

Ellen Knickmeyer, The Associated Press: US transfers 11 Guantanamo detainees to Oman after more than two decades without charge

Thomas Adamson, Sylvie Corbet And Elaine Ganley, The Associated Press: Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader known for fiery rhetoric against immigration, dies at 96

Rick Callahan, The Associated Press: 30 years after discovery of remains, DNA could identify all of a serial killer’s victims

John Rogers, The Associated Press: Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86

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