The latest scoop from the Free Press

Gabrielle Piché:

‘Just the way the future goes’

Longtime Pembina Highway fixture Cambridge Hotel to shutter Nov. 5 to make room for mixed-use complex Read More

Malak Abas:

Landlord hit with $9K fine after booting tenants

More penalties possible in probe of illegal mass eviction at College Ave. block Read More

Carol Sanders:

$1.4-billion typo on government website raises eyebrows

A billion-dollar typo on the province’s website may have left some Manitobans wondering how deep the government’s pockets — or problems — go. Read More

Nicole Buffie:

Winnipeg School Division apologizes to Jewish community over statement displayed during in-service

The Winnipeg School Division has apologized to the Jewish community for a “deeply disturbing” slogan displayed during a division-wide professional development seminar this week. Read More

Chris Kitching:

Great expectations, massive challenges

Winnipeg’s next police chief will need to focus on more than law enforcement Read More

Julia-Simone Rutgers:

Flocking to the city

With the giant Canada goose species no longer in danger of extinction, urban amenities offer the ideal habitat for the migrating birds Read More

Tom Brodbeck:

Province had no choice but to avert health worker strike… with money it doesn’t have

For a health-care system that already operates at near-disastrous levels, a strike by front-line workers would have plunged hospital and home-care services into absolute chaos. Read More

Dan Lett:

Property-tax spending driving Winnipeg in the wrong direction

Something’s got to give. This year has been — in my humble, anecdote-based opinion — one of the most challenging for driving in and around Winnipeg. Rush hour is more intense, starts earlier and la... Read More

Niigaan Sinclair:

Shampoo, rinse, repeat: that’s Manitoba’s criminal justice system

There’s a popular saying that says “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” It means if a different result is desired, the processes that ... Read More

Free Press staff:

Ride-hailing service Lyft preps for Winnipeg launch

Another ride-hailing company is en route to Winnipeg. Lyft is looking for drivers. The San Francisco-based firm began advertising Wednesday. It already has Canadian operations in Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and cities within southwestern Ontario. Read More

Joyanne Pursaga:

Several 7-Eleven stores in city signal imminent closures after company’s summer crime-fuelled threat

In the wake of fears that rampant theft could lead to the closure of up to 10 Winnipeg 7-Eleven stores, some locations may now be preparing to shut down. Read More

Tyler Searle:

’Their days of hiding in the shadows are coming to an end’

With hundreds of arrests, police praise violent offender unit; announce most-wanted website Read More

Gabrielle Piché:

‘We have big plans’: WestJet CEO bullish on Winnipeg

New routes and growing operations were among the topics WestJet Airlines leadership planned to cover during a recent trip to Winnipeg. Read More

Joel Schlesinger:

Gambling with finances

Online sports betting rising problem seen by fintech side; steady stream of Manitobans seek debt help when game goes too far Read More

Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press:

Can’t afford to go out? Don’t let your budget break up your friendships

As many Canadians continue to feel the pressure on their budget from the high cost of living, they're having to make tough choices in how they spend their money. This could include having to forgo going out with friends, which could lead to tensions between friends or lost friendships. Read More

Yushu Zhu, Assistant Professor, Urban Studies and Public Policy, Simon Fraser University; and Hanan Ali, Assistant Researcher, Housing Policy, Urban Studies Program, Simon Fraser University, The Conversation:

What’s behind Canada’s housing crisis? Experts break down the different factors at play

Canadians are in the grip of a deepening housing crisis, yet not everyone agrees on what exactly the housing crisis is. The common narrative focuses on an affordability crisis for homeownership, attributed to either excessive demand from immigrants and foreign buyers or a lack of supply. Read More

Rosa Saba, The Canadian Press:

Inflation, interest rates eroded Canadians’ purchasing power since 2022: PBO report

OTTAWA - Inflation and higher interest rates have eroded Canadians' purchasing power since 2022, particularly for lower-income households, a new report from the parliamentary budget off... Read More

Eva Wasney:

Prêt à commander

St. B university cooks up tasty French language classes Read More

Martin Cash:

U of M strategic research plan: ‘bold’ goals, Indigenous focus

At the University of Manitoba’s Environmental Conversation Lab, Stéphane McLachlan’s team is very much tuned into the principle of the school’s new five-year strategic research plan that calls for championing research by, for and with Indigenous peoples. Read More

Ben Waldman:

Behind the music

Historian John Einarson donates trove of archives to university, looks back at life in new book Read More

Staff:

Bisons suffer first defeat of season in blowout loss to U of S

SASKATOON — Running back Ryker Frank rumbled for 163 yards on 23 carries and two touchdowns and quarterback Anton Amundrud passed for 293 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead the Saskatchewan Huskie... Read More

Mike Sawatzky:

Ex-WHLers eager to join herd

Bisons hockey coach adds former juniors in overhaul Read More

Maggie Macintosh:

First Nations education centre celebrates growth on 25th anniversary

’It’s important that we have our own people to teach our own values, our own languages, our own histories’ Read More

Aaron Epp:

Indispensable help when the clock is ticking

Trained search-and-rescue volunteers play important role assisting law enforcement when people go missing Read More

Malak Abas:

Superheroes, movie characters walk on hospital’s outside walls to brighten young patients’ lives

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… Manitoba’s health minister? If you saw Superman, Batman or the Blue Bombers mascot climbing down the Health Sciences Centre Children’s Hospital walls Friday, you do... Read More

Eva Wasney:

Raw look at pop-up

Challenges of building winter restaurant on the river explored in new doc Read More

Eva Wasney and Ben Sigurdson:

Tasty tidbits: Goose flight dinners, wine, audio cookbooks, local brews, updated digs

Dinner and a migration GOOSE Flight Dinners are underway now until Oct. 19 at FortWhyte Alive’s Buffalo Stone Café. Enjoy a selection of seasonal dishes made with ingredients from the on-site farm an... Read More

Gabrielle Piché:

Gourmet food store opens at The Forks

‘Dream come true’: Grocery steps in for one-year pilot at The Forks Market Read More

Ben Sigurdson:

Cooler temperatures call for hearty, full-bodied wines

A sample of whites and reds to ring in the fall season Read More

What’s up: WSO Pops, Halloween flicks, Donovan Woods, drawing workshop, Ritchot Textiles

Free Press staff recommends things to do this week Read More

Conrad Sweatman:

Moving pictures

Rosemary Gallery designed to travel Read More

Aaron Epp:

Monster horror chiller theatre

For more than quarter-century, Six Pine Haunted Attractions has put family at heart of scary fun Read More

The week that was: Sept. 30 to Oct. 7

This week: Seniors scammed, cyclist complaint, construction timelines, building a city for young adults, and Manitoba minerals. Take the quiz