The Wrap: Landfill search underway, ticket delivery, jailed over tuberculosis, Sutherland Hotel sale
Plus: the Jets encounter turbulence

Good evening. Here’s a look at what our newsroom has been working on today:

'No matter what lies ahead, we can say that we tried'

Chris Kitching:

Workers digging ‘in the right date range’ as landfill search begins

‘Intense emotion’ at site of long-awaited search for remains of serial killer’s victims Read More

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'I was being treated like a criminal'

Chris Kitching and Malak Abas:

Kinew orders end to using jail to force TB treatment after Manitoba woman’s detention

Premier Wab Kinew ordered an end Monday to using jail to force people to undergo tuberculosis treatment after a Manitoba woman infected with the disease for a third time was detained for a month. Read More

'One way or another'

Joyanne Pursaga:

Police say postal strike not delivering a break for photo-radar scofflaws

A nationwide postal strike won’t stop photo radar tickets from being delivered to Winnipeggers. The fines are being distributed by couriers throughout the Canada Post work stoppage, police confirmed Monday. Read More

Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press:

Delivery scams on the rise amid Canada Post strike, holiday shopping season

Canadians face a fresh wave of scams as fraudsters seize on the Canada Post strike to try to trick victims out of their cash. Read More

'We just need to find that right buyer'

Gabrielle Piché:

Sutherland Hotel up for sale again

Boarded-up Main Street structure requires major work for reinvention Read More

'Despite this recent swoon, the sky isn’t falling'

Mike McIntyre:

Winnipeg Jets hit patch of turbulence, but not hitting panic button

A rough patch? No question. Regression to the mean? That remains to be seen. However you wish to describe it, the last few weeks have not been kind to the Winnipeg Jets. Read More

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Local

Aaron Epp: 50 years of rare tall grass prairie celebrated

Aaron Epp: Main Street restaurant Boujee burns for the second time in one week

Chris Kitching: Kinder, gentler drug crackdown finds support, tempered expectations in Main Street area

Joshua Frey-Sam: Champion curler Meleschuk never lost his passion for the game

Zoe Pierce: Graham Avenue street art gets a refresh

Maggie Macintosh: Experiential course hailed as ‘a made-in-Manitoba triumph’

Nicole Buffie: Lac du Bonnet slowly healing from devastating fire

Erik Pindera: No critical incidents, adverse public safety events resulted from July 911 outage, Bell says in report to CRTC

Maggie Macintosh: Province allows pharmacists to prescribe birth control; more services coming, Asagwara says

Joyanne Pursaga: Mayoral race grows to 11 candidates

Opinion

Free Press: Letters, Aug. 8

Editorial: New lab a win for Winnipeg’s long game

Andrea Charron: Sending the wrong message

Gwynne Dyer: Venezuela: unfinished business for the U.S.

David McLaughlin: Israel: the new political divide?

Tory McNally: Watching while we work

Joel Schlesinger: Prospective prophets profit

Ben Sigurdson: Give tastebuds a trip around the world

Melissa Martin: Livestreamed mental-health meltdown underscores medium’s disturbing decline

Niigaan Sinclair: A measure of hope a decade after senseless death, injustice

Arts & Life

Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope

Tiago Resko: World-touring rock star comes home for street-naming

David Sanderson: Vibrant Norwood apartment garden a labour of love to honour green thumb’s late partner

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

Ben Sigurdson: Blues Brother bringing sci-fi debut this fall

Reviewed by Bill Rambo: Survival guide offers a frightening perspective on life in U.S. prisons

Reviewed by Matt Henderson: Rise of computer program Lean has changed the field of mathematics — and how we assess the truth

Reviewed by Keith Cadieux: Sisters’ retreat to haunted island lighthouse comes with a catch — a deal with the devil

Reviewed by Julie Carl: Struggling Sri Lankan refugees swindled

Reviewed by Douglas J. Johnston: Comic book legend Frank Miller shares insights on life, myth, the creative process and more

Sports

Staff: Fish go cold as Saltdogs put end to franchise record win streak

Joshua Frey-Sam: Cinderella story continues, Sea Bears bounce Bandits in Conference Final

Free Press: Goldeyes win franchise record 13th consecutive game

Grace Anne Paizen: Around the NSL: A brace of braces; Rapid rule; Jostling in the standings

Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press: Canada’s Fernandez upsets Andreeva in third-round match at NBO Toronto

George Williams: Western Warrior’s win should have come as no surprise

Grace Penner: Making new friends at Winkler Bible Camp

Joshua Frey-Sam: Best of the West in Conference final clash

Taylor Allen: Jefferson, face of the Bombers defensive line, shares game day routine

James Robson, The Associated Press: Norway’s soccer federation calls on Gianni Infantino to resign over failed World Cup plan

Business

Gabrielle Piché: Minago mining project under review with First Nation seeking funding options

Aaron Epp: $60M, six-storey Harbourview Terrace due to open in June 2028

Beatrice Dupuy, The Associated Press: Why celebrities from Zendaya to Kylie Jenner are wearing Fecal Matter

Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Canada, U.S. stock markets rise following labour data from both countries

Nick Murray, The Canadian Press: ‘Not yet strong’: Canada adds surprise 75,000 jobs in July but recovery still ongoing

Dee-ann Durbin, The Associated Press: Kellogg says it’s removing artificial dyes from cereals by the end of this year

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Anand says women are key in pursuit of shared economic growth with African countries

Gabrielle Piché: ‘Good deal of synergy’ brewing in South Osborne

Gabrielle Piché: Asian supermarket T&T to open at Polo Park

Gabrielle Piché: New Liquor Mart lets you window shop

Canada

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Speaker schedules opposition motions after Tories opt against own non-confidence vote

The Canadian Press: Negotiations between Canada Post, union still on hold

David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Decision to pause private refugee sponsorships was a ‘big surprise’ to aide groups

Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press: Cyber Monday delivering sales but some are expecting them to be down from last year

Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: Pandemic business loan program lacked ‘value for money’: auditor general

Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press: Quebec suspends international adoptions amid human rights, trafficking concerns

Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press: AFN special chiefs assembly to focus on child welfare, policing, economics

Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press: Here’s where Canadian experts stand on fluoridating drinking water

The Canadian Press: Hockey Canada invites 32 players to national junior team selection camp

World

Susie Blann, The Associated Press: Zelenskyy says NATO offer for Ukraine-controlled territory could end ‘hot stage’ of war

Natalie Meltzer And Sally Abou Aljoud, The Associated Press: Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon after fire exchanges with Hezbollah that test ceasefire’s limits

Kareem Chehayeb, The Associated Press: Syria launches counterattacks in an attempt to halt insurgency, as Iran’s top diplomat meets Assad

Jill Colvin, The Associated Press: Trump demands immediate release of Oct. 7 hostages, says otherwise there will be ‘HELL TO PAY’

The Associated Press: Arms producers saw revenue up in 2023 with the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, a new report says

The Associated Press: Protests lay bare a clash of values and interests as Georgia navigates a Russia-West standoff

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Traditional people worry Ghana anti-gay bill will target their Indigenous identities

Bill Barrow, The Associated Press: Some Democrats are frustrated over Joe Biden reversing course and pardoning his son Hunter

Molly Quell, The Associated Press: A landmark climate change case opens at the top UN court as island nations fear rising seas

John Leicester, The Associated Press: Climate solution: Sails make a comeback in shipping, to dent its huge carbon footprint

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