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The Wrap: Priest on trial, Birchwood Terrace, Wellington speed, and The Boss
Plus: Grey Cup-bound Bombers

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

 

'He did something gross to me'

Dean Pritchard:

Girl testifies priest kissed her, undressed and invited her into shower

Trial begins into 2023 sexual assault allegations on remote First Nation Read More

 
 
 

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'Why should the province pay?'

Chris Kitching:

Displaced tenants’ hotel costs still covered by taxpayers

Birchwood Terrace evacuated six months ago over structural concerns Read More

 
 

'An unacceptable level of risk'

Carol Sanders:

Councillor seeks speed-limit reduction on Wellington Crescent after cyclist killed

A Winnipeg city councillor is trying to get the speed limit lowered to 30 km/hr on a busy bike route where a cyclist was fatally mowed down by a speeding car five months ago. Read More

 
 

'Don’t be afraid to let loose'

Eva Wasney:

Bruce almighty

Springsteen fans line up for an experience they say borders on religious Read More

 
 

'It’s going to be a battle'

Jeff Hamilton:

Bombers not thinking like Grey Cup favourites

Big Blue take nothing for granted, even with Argos No. 1 QB out with injury Read More

 

Joshua Frey-Sam:

Parallels, depth headline head coaches conference

O’Shea and Dinwiddie not underestimating their Grey Cup opponents Read More

 
 

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Local

Zoe Pierce: Running for others’ lives from coast to coast in oppressive heat, smoke-filled air
Tessa Adamski: Girl pleads guilty to assaulting fellow student
Nicole Buffie: Drug site open house called off after media tipped off
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
By Tiago Resko: Rare white buffalo gets dignified sendoff
 

Opinion

Hersh Seth: Use it twice: a data centre we could support
Editorial: 911: It’s a matter of life and death
John R. Wiens: Time for a democratic reset
Erna Buffie: It isn’t ‘just the weather’
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
Free Press: Letters, July 30
Judith Dueck: No museum can tell the whole story
Stuart Williams: The alternative to natural gas-powered turbines is in the ground
 

Arts & Life

Maureen Scurfield: Drop bravado and cease silly summer spat
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
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
 

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

Kyle Duggan and Rosa Saba, The Canadian Press: Canadian Union of Postal Workers issues 72-hour strike notice to Canada Post
Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press: B.C. teen with bird flu is in critical care, infection source unknown: health officer
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press: Canada steadfast on climate plan despite Trump re-election: Guilbeault
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press: Chrystia Freeland says carbon rebate for small businesses will be tax-free
Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press: Priestman out in wake of Olympic drone-spying scandal, Herdman yet to give evidence
Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press: Former B.C. premier John Horgan, who connected with people, dies at 65
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: Federal government launching research institute for AI safety
Lyndsay Armstrong, The Canadian Press: Double-double trouble: N.S. Tories accused of vote-buying with Tim Hortons gift cards
Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press: 23 people arrested after 100 shots fired near Toronto recording studio, police say
Rianna Lim, The Canadian Press: As Toronto enters its Taylor Swift era, experts say crowd safety depends on planning
 
 

World

Wafaa Shurafa And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press: Israeli strikes kill 46 people in the Gaza Strip and 33 in Lebanon, medics say
Peter Prengaman, The Associated Press: Head of UN nuclear watchdog: ‘Dire straits dynamic’ with Iran’s nuclear program amid Mideast wars
Hanna Arhirova, The Associated Press: Russian glide bombs, drones and a ballistic missile kill 6, injure 30 in Ukraine
Chris Megerian And Jill Colvin, The Associated Press: Trump spends first week as president-elect behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago
Evens Sanon And Megan Janetsky, The Associated Press: US prohibits airlines from flying to Haiti and UN suspends flights after planes were shot by gangs
The Associated Press: Parts of Manipur state in northeast India shut down after 10 people killed by security forces
Matthew Barakat, The Associated Press: Jury awards Abu Ghraib detainees $42 million, holds contractor responsible
Ng Han Guan And Huizhong Wu, The Associated Press: Driver rams his car into crowd in China, killing 35. Police say he was upset about his divorce
Jim Gomez, The Associated Press: Typhoon batters storm-weary Philippines and displaces thousands more people as a new storm threatens
Monika Pronczuk, The Associated Press: Theater festival offers solace in Burkina Faso, a nation torn by violence
Abby Sewell, The Associated Press: Spy satellite images lead archeologists to the site of a historic battle in Iraq
 

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