The Wrap: Infighting among outreach groups, Shaarey Zedek re-opening, new frontier for farming
Plus: A different side of Kids in the Hall's Bruce McCulloch

New documents shed light on what was happening behind the scenes when Winnipeg’s mayor issued a cryptic warning this summer to outreach groups not to interfere in first responders’ work at homeless encampments.

It appears the implied conflict wasn’t only between first responders and outreach teams but also the advocates themselves. Katrina Clarke reports.

When Winnipeggers think about their city — from the shape of downtown to house prices and road conditions — they have a dim view of the future and little confidence in the mayor’s ability to fix it.

A Free Press-Probe Research poll finds most Winnipeggers think things are getting worse in the city and don’t believe Mayor Scott Gillingham or city council can make progress on solving the problems. Kevin Rollason reports.

Artificial intelligence, robotics and high-tech surveillance are becoming increasingly integrated in farming practices, and Manitoba has become a research hub, developing a 5,500-acre commercial seed farm dedicated to testing new products. More change is coming to the province’s agriculture sector; Gabrielle Piché has the story.

Anticipation is building in the Winnipeg Jewish community as the official date for the reopening of Congregation Shaarey Zedek draws near.

Costs to renovate the building, constructed in 1949, topped $17 million. About $3 million of that amount came from the provincial government, with the rest raised through a fundraising campaign.

The renovations can be first viewed Sept. 29 at 4 p.m. during a special dedication ceremony, to which members and the public are invited. John Longhurst reports.

Get him away from the rink and you’ll likely find Kaapo Kähkönen preparing a fancy meal or sampling a fine wine.

Kähkönen is now hoping his good taste extends beyond grub and grapes to his choice of hockey clubs after signing a one-year contract with the Winnipeg Jets this past summer. The 28-year-old Finnish goaltender talked to sportswriter Mike McIntyre in a one-on-one chat.

You might think you know Bruce McCulloch from his sketch-comedy days in The Kids in the Hall.

But in Tales of Bravery and Stupidity — the one-man storytelling show he’s bringing to Winnipeg for early and late performances at the Park Theatre on Tuesday — McCulloch, 63, shows up as himself in a work that’s revealing, poignant and, of course, very, very funny.

McCulloch chatted with arts writer and columnist Jen Zoratti about the storytelling, his good friend Gord Downie and why comedy needn’t be described as “surprisingly” moving.