The Wrap: Jets attendance, U.S. tariffs, diesel buses, snow clearing and the Brat Cat Mead Co.

Good evening. The Winnipeg Jets attempt to turn the tables tonight against the Vegas Golden Knights, a team that has bested them seven consecutive times in the regular season. Hockey writer Ken Wiebe will provide game analysis from the rink on our website later tonight and in tomorrow’s print edition.

Here’s a look at what else our newsroom has been working on today:

'Our goal is to be sold out every night. We’re not there.'

Mike McIntyre:

‘We need to fill the building’

Jets get creative in effort to attract corporate support Read More

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'Shock and awe'

Carol Sanders:

Manitoba girds itself for tariff battle with Trump

Premier Wab Kinew has warned that Manitoba must brace for “shock and awe” when the second presidency of Donald Trump begins next month. Read More

Anja Karadeglija and Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press:

Canada preparing retaliatory tariffs, as Ford threatens to cut off energy to U.S.

Canada is preparing retaliatory tariffs in response to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's threat to levy a 25 per cent import tax on all Canadian goods, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatened to withhold the province's energy, which it exports to five states. Read More

'It’s a pretty big change'

Joyanne Pursaga:

Icy reaction to city’s snow-clearing pilot project

Reduced plowing on residential streets part of 2025 budget Read More

Joyanne Pursaga:

City forced to detour on road to zero-emission buses

Winnipeg Transit’s ambitious target to switch its entire fleet from diesel to zero-emission buses by 2045 is up against a major roadblock. Read More

‘Oh, this is nice, it’s refreshing’

Ben Sigurdson:

Plenty of buzz

Brat Cat celebrates one year of fun, fizzy and refreshing session meads Read More

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Local

Tyler Searle: Métis federation opens Louis Riel College campus

Malak Abas: South Osborne residents fail in bid to prevent construction of 131-unit apartment tower

Erik Pindera: Province, MPI want court to toss Tesla bid for review of exclusion from EV rebate program

Chris Kitching: IIU clears WPS officers who fired shots at stolen truck in 2025 West End incident

Dean Pritchard: Crown wants 20-year sentence for man who sexually abused young girls

Erik Pindera: Hydro, governments could face class action suit over lengthy power outage

Zoe Pierce: Running for others’ lives from coast to coast in oppressive heat, smoke-filled air

By Tiago Resko: Rare white buffalo gets dignified sendoff

Chris Kitching: Preserving past, pondering future of 142-year-old downtown church

Morgan Modjeski: Province urged to lead effort to prevent dog maulings

Opinion

Conrad Sweatman: Singing the praises of fringe shows that dare to take risks

Paul G. Thomas: Understanding the police HQ inquiry

Tory McNally: Great workplace shorts debate: time to free knees

Judith Dueck: No museum can tell the whole story

Stuart Williams: The alternative to natural gas-powered turbines is in the ground

Editorial: Critical analysis of Manitoba Hydro plans may be frustrating, but it’s necessary

Pam Frampton: Saying goodbye to a friend I never met

Gage Haubrich: Bracket creep: A stealthy tax increase

Tom Brodbeck: Police crackdown made news, but did it make a difference?

Free Press: Letters, July 29

Arts & Life

Eva Wasney: Living the strongman life means special training for special strength

Mike McIntyre: Cross Lake pro blueliner walks away from sport he loves to live and work in northern community he loves even more

Conrad Sweatman: In an apartment above the Sherbie, famous local artists line the walls

David Sanderson: For unique Menno-centric take on Free Press, satirist mines her jibes between the lines

Jen Zoratti: Cultural consultation gives Indigenous stories strength in Netflix’s new Little House on the Prairie

Tiago Resko: Arjun Lal exhibition explores how society remains shaped by colonialism

Eva Wasney: Sottobraccio brings Harth’s Italian flavours to new location in Osborne Village

Tiago Resko: WAG wraps exhibition showcasing fine art of a sweet bike

Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press: Man convicted in terrorism trial over the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie

Olga R. Rodriguez, The Associated Press: Do you toss food once the date on the label has passed? Experts say that’s often a waste

Sports

Grace Penner: Soccer facility gets $750K from province for upgrades

Grace Penner: Trailblazer Kati Tabin brings PWHL championship trophy home to share success, inspire next generation

Ken Wiebe: Bombers receiver’s lateral recovery still talk of the town

Free Press: Sweet sendoff for apprentice jockey

Grace Penner: Winnipegger Bairos-Novak medals at wheel gymnastics worlds

Cassidy Dankochik: Carillon baseball team takes third straight MJBL title

Mike McIntyre: Fanning captures second straight senior’s title, while Martens’ provincial victory 27 years in the taking

Taylor Allen: Clean game a must for Bombers to pull out win at home

The Canadian Press: Canada’s Sarah Mitton repeats as women’s shot put champion at Commonwealth Games

Josh Dubow, The Associated Press: Macklin Celebrini gets 5-year, $94M extension from the Sharks in the NHL’s richest deal ever

Business

Gabrielle Piché: Downtown Winnipeg comedy club Yuk Yuk’s closes

Free Press staff: Manitoba receives top marks for reducing internal trade barriers

Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Canadian, U.S. markets drop as oil prices rise amid continued Middle East fighting

Dylan Lovan, The Associated Press: KFC founder Colonel Sanders’ signature bow tie and personal planner sell at auction

Gabrielle Piché: Pilot project targets defence contract tracking

The Canadian Press: Bell rolling out new tool to detect and flag spoofed phone calls using AI

Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press: ‘Drive day and night’: TFI plans to roll out driverless trucks in U.S.

Gabrielle Piché: Manitoba Innovates seeks to pump up in-person networking as artificial intelligence-created resumés become norm

Leah Willingham, The Associated Press: eBay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask

Aaron Epp: Qualico celebrating 75 years of growth, success since its first development of 13 bungalows in River Heights

Canada

Alessia Passafiume and Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press: Canada can’t say when it will clear 140,000 backlogged cases for First Nations kids

Nick Murray, The Canadian Press: Housing unaffordability still rising despite billions in government measures: PBO

The Canadian Press: Settlement reached in complaint over Canada Post layoffs as strike hits four weeks

David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Missing ‘lost Canadians’ deadline creates ‘unknowable’ number of new citizens: feds

Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press: Canada says it wants to slash its emissions in half by 2035. Will that be enough?

Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press: Some epilepsy patients worry their seizures will return amid medication shortage

Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press: Canada not a significant source of fentanyl flowing into U.S., CBSA says

Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press: Stricter penalties, rules needed to combat copper wire theft, telecoms tell senators

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Ontario mulls U.S. booze ban as Trump brushes off Ford’s threat to cut electricity

Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: The Body Shop Canada to close more stores as it prepares for new owner

World

The Associated Press: Israeli strike in Gaza kills 25 people as US makes new push for a ceasefire

Illia Novikov, The Associated Press: Russian forces edge closer to a key eastern Ukraine city in intense fighting, officials say

Lorne Cook, The Associated Press: NATO chief warns that Putin wants long-term confrontation with Europe after Ukraine

Evens Sanon, The Associated Press: Haiti’s new prime minister promises security to a country reeling from recent massacres

Claudia Lauer, The Associated Press: McDonald’s employee who called 911 in CEO’s shooting is eligible for a reward, but it will take time

Carla K. Johnson, The Associated Press: Some breast cancer patients can avoid certain surgeries, studies suggest

Colleen Long, The Associated Press: Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency

Didi Tang, The Associated Press: China’s Xi is likely to decline Trump’s inauguration invitation, seeing it as too risky to attend

Cathy Bussewitz, The Associated Press: Working Well: When holidays present rude customers, taking breaks and the high road preserve peace

Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press: Nearly half of US teens are online ‘constantly,’ Pew report finds

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