School violence, HSC assault, Klinic firings, firebombing, care-home food, Milt Stegall, more Fringe
Plus! Read to the bottom for a cute nuisance that outnumbers the people in a North Dakota city

Maggie Macintosh:

Reading, writing, punching, kicking

Incidents of violence are surging in Manitoba schools, with educational assistants bearing the brunt of student-on-staff attacks Read More

Dean Pritchard:

Accused in HSC sex assaults found not criminally responsible in 2017 for attacking dad

A Winnipeg man charged in a string of sexual assaults at Health Sciences Centre has a history of mental illness and in 2017 was found not criminally responsible for a violent attack on his father while in the grip of a psychotic episode. Read More

Matthew Frank:

Klinic directors fired days after scathing report released

Three senior-level directors have been fired from an inner-city health centre, the Free Press has learned. Read More

Tyler Searle:

Swan River radio network back on air after firebombing, but staff live in fear

A radio and news network that broadcasts to small-town Manitoba is back on the air, days after its Swan River studio was nearly destroyed in a targeted firebombing. Read More

Janine LeGal:

From unpalatable to appalling

The state of long-term care home food is tough to stomach for many residents and their loved ones Read More

Jeff Hamilton:

Bombers legend Stegall reflects on grief, loss and healing in Winnipeg return

When legendary Blue Bombers receiver Milt Stegall arrived in Winnipeg Friday morning, it was more than a homecoming to the city where he became a football icon. Read More

Jen Zoratti:

Fringe needs you more than ever… and vice versa

Art is a labour of love, to be sure — but it’s still labour. It deserves to be recognized, supported and compensated as such. Otherwise, all our art will be fed to us via an algorithm on a screen and, without artists, won’t look much like art at all. Read More

Sonya Ballantyne:

Savage love story will have you wrestling with all the feels

Geoffrey Owen Hughes has more than 30 years of experience dressing up as wrestling superstar Macho Man Randy Savage, attending his first event as the “Macho Manitoban” at a screening of Wrestlemania 8 at a restaurant in 1992. Read More

Free Press review team:

Fringe reviews #3: You’re sinking in quicksand. Someone calls it immersive.

Bob Marley, Crabs Gone Wild, Eleanor's Story, Fanaddict, Glitterbomb, Jimmy Hogg, New Wave Your Behaviour, Oversharer, Rewritten, Singing Psychic Game Show Read More

Free Press review team:

Fringe reviews #4: You attempt to sneak out but the exit is now part of the set

1 Small Lie, Alana and Kaibo, The Apricot Tree, Berlin Waltz, Eggshells, I Fucked Up and I'm Sorry, Jack Goes to Therapy, The Redmeption of Heracles, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Wuthering Frights Read More

Free Press review team:

Fringe reviews #5 : You sit down at the Cube Stage and wake up in the beer tent

The Dirty Bucket Comedy Show, Fiji, Iago Vs Hamlet, Pool (No Water), The Raunchy Romp, Reviewing the Free Press 2, Rob and Jenny's First Date, Shakespeare: Say it!, Small Fish, Stacey-Jean: Life Lines Read More

Winnipeg Free Press:

Winnipeg Fringe Festival: 2025 show reviews

Not sure what to see? All of the Free Press’s reviews will be published here.  Find a show and click to read its review. Read More

Jack Dura, The Associated Press:

Ground squirrels are taking over a North Dakota city and officials are not amused

There are likely more Richardson's ground squirrels than people in Minot, North Dakota. “I'm not going to exaggerate: They're by the millions out there," says one school official. Read More