The Wrap returns: Lemay Forest, Eyolfson running, SCT welding, and warming huts

Good evening and happy new year!

We’re back with the regular format of your evening newsletter, The Wrap, highlighting the great journalism produced by the Winnipeg Free Press newsroom.

Tonight the Winnipeg Jets host the Anaheim Ducks, with puck drop just as we hit “send” on tonight’s newsletter. If the Jets win tonight, goaltender Connor Hellebuyck will become just the 30th goaltender in NHL history to have at least 300 wins and 40 shutouts.

Hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe are at the arena; you can find their news and analysis pieces on our website later tonight and in tomorrow’s print edition.

Here’s what we’ve been working on today:

'We don’t play games in trying to acquire land'

Joyanne Pursaga and Kevin Rollason:

New offer to buy Lemay Forest

Conservancy aims to buy land from developer for more than $5M Read More

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'He’s got a tough row to hoe'

Carol Sanders:

Emergency doc throws his stethoscope back into political ring

Former Liberal MP Eyolfson taking another run despite party’s plummeting popularity under Trudeau’s leadership Read More

'We get to see him every day in everything he created'

Aaron Epp:

‘Man of steel with the heart of gold’

Family carries on legacy of SCT Welding, Laser & Manufacturing Co. founder who came to Canada with little, built business with annual revenue of $12M Read More

'An ephemeral evolution'

Conrad Sweatman:

A back-to-nature birchbark-basket warming hut to grace Winnipeg's river trail

Jaimie Isaac and Suzanne Morrissette’s work will soon grace the Nestaweya River Trail. They are the invited artists for this year’s Warming Huts competition, the flagship annual event that attracted 140 submissions from designers and architects across the world this year. Read More

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Local

Joyanne Pursaga: Status change would ease burden on animal services: Santos

Scott Billeck: City gets $4M from federal Housing Accelerator Fund

Gabrielle Piché: Kinew says watchdog could enforce proposed social media ban

Tyler Searle: College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba apologizes to Indigenous people

Scott Billeck: Councillors identify weakness in homeless camp enforcement

Erik Pindera: Lumi the lynx finds new home at Assiniboine Park Zoo

Marsha McLeod: Winnipeg-based organization resolute in its global mission — protecting children from online pedophiles

Maggie Macintosh: Early childhood educators discuss First Nations students’ needs

Nicole Buffie: Uniform decision takes military out of Pride march

Carol Sanders: PST shift sparks confusion for retailers

Opinion

Free Press: Letters, June 4

Editorial: School zones and speed: a bad mix

Rafiq Andani: Treating the fever while ignoring the infection

Jerry Storie: Seize control of drug supply, rather than seizing drugs

Joel Schlesinger: Investors can roll dice on emerging technologies that may or may not shape future, portfolios’ net worth

Kyle Volpi Hiebert: Putin’s imperial dream is crumbling

Niigaan Sinclair: Peace, justice and bringing this country together

Tom Brodbeck: Judge health care by results, not whether it’s for profit

Dan Lett: Poilievre might want to tone down glee over slumping economy

Tory McNally: Overcoming workplace conflicts, setting boundaries can create professional resilience

Arts & Life

Josiah Neufeld: Exhibit helps tell story of Sikh immigrant who put life on line

Jen Zoratti: Winnipeg artist’s House on Fire chronicles fallout of grandmother’s MK Ultra experience

AV Kitching: Forks business brings dirty soda — trendy, sweet, cream-topped concoctions — to customers

Ben Waldman: Shakespeare takes a spa day

Free Press: What’s up

Maureen Scurfield: Enlist tech tactics to get at troubling truth

Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope

Ben Waldman: Gallery’s new executive director happy to be leading ‘amazing institution’

Free Press: Little things to make June joyous

AV Kitching: Exhibition takes Canadian history of Chinese oppression from the archives into the light

Sports

Grace Penner: Goldeyes hosted second school game of the season Wednesday

Joshua Frey-Sam: ‘Knows what it takes to win’: Fan favourite Scott back with the Sea Bears

Tim Reynolds, The Associated Press: Jalen Brunson scores 30 and Knicks finish on 11-0 run, steal Game 1 from Spurs with 105-95 win

Taylor Allen: Iowa rookie at the centre of it all for Bombers

Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press: TV deal, new rules, playoff expansion define CFL commissioner Johnston’s first year

Mike McIntyre: Goldeyes look to weather early season storm as bullpen thins

Tim Reynolds, The Associated Press: The basketball-crazed Philippines will have a champion when these NBA Finals are over

Aaron Beard, The Associated Press: The Golden Knights are rolling, eager to stretch streak to 8 straight in Game 2 of Stanley Cup Final

Ken Wiebe and Mike McIntyre: A tale of third trips (to the Stanley Cup final)

Mike McIntyre: Nighthawks captain enters St. Cloud State career on heels of Centennial Cup win

Canada

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: Canada set to preside over G7 in 2025 — what that means and what’s at stake

Sarah Ritchie and David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Former Liberal cabinet minister Marco Mendicino not running in next election

David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Possible scenarios that could play out in Ottawa as the Liberal government teeters

Claire Rush, The Associated Press: An orca that carried her dead calf for weeks in 2018 is doing so once again

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press: China slams Canada human-rights criticism as ‘hypocritical farce of double standards’

Rosa Saba, The Canadian Press: Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs earned $13.2 million on average in 2023: report

The Canadian Press: In the news today: Feds watering down key promise: gun-control group

Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press: B.C. teen with avian flu deemed no longer infectious, taken off supplemental oxygen

Rianna Lim, The Canadian Press: ‘We had so many hopes’: Syrian refugee family reflects on nearly a decade in Canada

Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press: Hardy Canadians take the plunge in icy New Year’s Day tradition

World

Photography by The Associated Press and The Canadian Press: Welcome, 2025: Ringing in the new year around the globe

Wafaa Shurafa And Fatma Khaled, The Associated Press: Israeli airstrike hits a Gaza humanitarian zone as Netanyahu OKs a delegation to talks in Qatar

Eric Tucker, Jim Mustian, Kevin Mcgill And Jack Brook, The Associated Press: FBI says driver in New Orleans rampage acted alone and was ‘100%’ inspired by Islamic State group

Tara Copp, Alanna Durkin Richer, Colleen Long And Ty Oneil, The Associated Press: Soldier shot self in head before Cybertruck exploded outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, officials say

Kim Tong-hyung, The Associated Press: South Korean investigators attempt to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol

Michael Liedtke, The Associated Press: Apple to pay $95 million to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of eavesdropping

The Associated Press: A data company has figured out which airlines fly on time most often

Brian Melley, The Associated Press: ‘Dinosaur highway’ tracks dating back 166 million years are discovered in England

Lauran Neergaard, Laura Ungar And Mike Stobbe, The Associated Press: 5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared

Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press: Meet the Danish-Swedish farmdog, the newest breed in the American Kennel Club’s lineup

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