Tobacco settlement, restaurant fires, mayor performs, Vilardi signs, 25 more activities
Plus: Read to the end to see why Crankshaft is visiting Winnipeg

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

'A tiny investment… that will make a massive difference'

Carol Sanders:

Manitoba urged to use Big Tobacco cash to combat youth addiction

A coalition is urging the Manitoba government to use some of its Big Tobacco settlement to set up a research and education foundation to prevent the next generation from being addicted to nicotine. Read More

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'It’s pretty scary'

Scott Billeck:

Two restaurant fires could be linked to protection racket hit list targeting immigrants, family member fears

What first looked like random vandalism now appears to be part of a troubling pattern, says the family behind two Winnipeg Thai restaurants hit by attacks in the last month Read More

'You laugh and you cringe'

Joyanne Pursaga:

Mayor thrilled to be publicly and hilariously mocked by Martin Short's Jiminy Glick

The questions were absurd, random and insulting during Winnipeg mayor Scott Gillingham's interview by Martin Short's fictitious character Jiminy Glick, as part of the Great Outdoors Comedy Festival at Assiniboine Park Saturday evening Read More

'I always wanted to be back in Winnipeg'

Mike McIntyre:

‘It feels like home to me’

Vilardi locked in long-term after career-best season with Jets Read More

'Get a fresh perspective'

AV Kitching:

Bored meeting, part 2

In our second instalment of things to do this summer, show your kids shooting stars and play live-action Angry Birds, among other ideas Read More

News Quiz

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The week that was: July 15 to 21

Test your city savvy! This week: Churchill, scrap metal, Klinic, Fringe Fest, Crankshaft Take the quiz

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Local

Scott Billeck: No link found between deaths, plasma donations: Health Canada

Nicole Buffie: Baby black bears orphaned after mother killed

Scott Billeck: Search for missing Ukrainian refugee detailed, methodical

Gabrielle Piché: Shared Health lacks data to predict future staffing needs

Photography by Ruth Bonneville: In photos: Winnipeg bakers prepare for Easter

Erik Pindera: School division hit with second lawsuit over sex offences

Dean Pritchard: Judge delays sentencing for hockey coach convicted of sexually assaulting player

Tyler Searle: Convicted mail bomber loses parole-denial appeal

Erik Pindera: Interlake paramedic disciplined, fined for misconduct

Tyler Searle: Bank says $343-K error was city law firm’s, asks court to dismiss lawsuit

Opinion

Joel Schlesinger: Latest smartphone app launch for young do-it-yourself investors points to industry trending toward no commissions on trades

Scott Forbes: Folly of Canada’s oil, gas addiction clear

Editorial: Trying to read the budgetary tea leaves

Gwynne Dyer: On alliances

David McLaughlin: Pallister portrait shows more of the man

Laura Rance: Farmland values continue inexorable rise

Jen Zoratti: Gimme a break with supporting burnout culture

Tim Kist: Winning rhythm of review, refocus, recharge

Maureen Scurfield: Grieving competition anything but healthy

Tory McNally: Long weekends change time off equation

Arts & Life

Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope

Reviewed by Jess Woolford: Dark fantasy explores the demands of being human — and our perfectly imperfect creations

Reviewed by Sara Harms: Stunning stories explore families’ untreated mental illnesses

John Longhurst: Moderator offers vision for future of United Church

Sharon Chisvin: Interfaith bridge-builder Khalid Mahmood honoured

Ben Sigurdson: Grandmother’s memoir lands Colby a Kobzar

Reviewed by Douglas J. Johnston: Golden state governor’s uneven past, tussles with Trump chronicled in frank, fresh prose

Reviewed by Joseph Hnatiuk: NATO (including Canada) anything but peacekeepers in world conflict: author

Reviewed by Alison Gillmor: Wayward prairie scholar reconstructs ancient text as his life falls apart in Martel’s profound prose

David Pitt: Paperbacks: Virginia family entangled with thugs

Sports

Mike McIntyre: Winkler-product records first career major league hit, walk-off RBI single

Grace Anne Paizen: Around the PWHL: Playoff picture; Fantastic Fillier; Green Monster for MVP?

Mike McIntyre: Moose in playoff hunt

Ken Wiebe and Mike McIntyre: Jets look forward to playing old head coach as club lands in Columbus

Ken Wiebe: Jets’ playoff hopes dimming with loss to Dallas Stars

Joshua Frey-Sam: Star guard/forward Teddy Allen returns to Sea Bears after abrupt departure in 2024

Ken Wiebe: ‘I feel great on the ice’: Barron back as Jets face off against Dallas

Joshua Frey-Sam: Goodbye, Goldeyes — hello, Manitoba Mosquitoes

R.j. Rico, The Associated Press: After crash, Tiger Woods told deputy he was ‘talking to the president,’ body camera shows

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press: Mickelson pulls out of the Masters, which will be without Lefty and Woods for first time since 1994

Business

Malak Abas: Papiiro opens doors, journals in Village

Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Energy stocks help lift S&P/TSX composite, U.S. markets mixed

Aaron Epp: April Fools’ Day jokes highlight real-life issues, joys of local small businesses, owners say

Aaron Epp: Manitoba gross domestic product growth modest in 2026: Deloitte

Aaron Epp: Winnipeg company’s web series in spotlight at international Shorty Awards

Cathy Bussewitz, The Associated Press: Stopgap measures aren’t enough to halt rising gas prices as the world scrambles for more oil

Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press: Oil shock manageable but prices reflect assumption that conflict will end soon: BMO

Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: Stock markets continue to rise on hopes of end to Iran war, oil prices move lower

Aaron Epp: Harmony Aesthetics banks on cryogenic storage, preservation, future utilization of hair follicle stem cells

Malak Abas: Swan River-based cosmetics brand seeks ‘bigger breakthrough’

Canada

David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Canada joins 24 nations calling on Israel to end war in Gaza, aid restrictions

Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: U.S. senator in Ottawa urges Carney to quickly repeal digital services tax

Liam Casey and Allison Jones, The Canadian Press: Mixed reaction from First Nations after premiers’ meeting about major projects

Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press: Advocates work to put health care on the radar as premiers meet in Ontario

David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Expert group says the next six months are ‘crucial’ for major projects bill success

Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press: Father charged with murder in New York in death of Montreal nine-year-old

The Canadian Press: Inmate charged with first-degree murder in death of serial killer Robert Pickton

Nono Shen, The Canadian Press: Murder probe after boy, 15, stabbed to death on downtown Vancouver street

Matthew Scace, The Canadian Press: ‘Full box of emotions’: Rebuild progress slow in Jasper one year after wildfire

World

Emma Burrows And Illia Novikov, The Associated Press: Russia launches a major aerial attack on Kyiv hours before high-level talks on support for Ukraine

Wafaa Shurafa, Melanie Lidman And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press: Israeli forces push into parts of a central Gaza city that the war had largely spared

Alex Veiga, The Associated Press: Tech company CEO resigns after controversy over video captured at Coldplay concert

Ghaith Alsayed And Kareem Chehayeb, The Associated Press: Evacuations begin in Syria’s Sweida as days of deadly clashes ease

The Associated Press: UN concerned by Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women and girls for dress code violations

Julhas Alam, The Associated Press: A Bangladesh air force jet crashes into a school in Dhaka, killing at least 27 people

Bill Barrow, The Associated Press: Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition

Gracey Wakari, The Associated Press: Number of people saved from burning Indonesian ferry rises to 575, rescuers say

Jack Dura And Margery A. Beck, The Associated Press: A pilot made sharp turn to avoid a B-52 bomber over North Dakota, then took to the mic to explain

Fringe Fest

Our team has filed their reviews on every production at the Fringe (except one that opened today).

See what they thought of the 140+ shows at this year’s Choose Your Own Adventure-themed fest, which runs to July 27.

Winnipeg Free Press: Winnipeg Fringe Festival: 2025 show reviews

Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #1: It all started when you chose seat B7

Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #2: Your destiny awaits in a warehouse basement

Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #3: You’re sinking in quicksand. Someone calls it immersive.

Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #4: You attempt to sneak out but the exit is now part of the set

Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #5 : You sit down at the Cube Stage and wake up in the beer tent

Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #6: You enter the venue and immediately trip over the fourth wall

Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #7: You misread the venue number. The door locks behind you.

Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #8: You decide to exit, pursued by a bear

Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #9: You tread on the boards. If you strut, go to Act IV

Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #10: A street performer convinces you to join the circus

Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #11: Your only way out is through the lighting booth

Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #12: You blink and the clown is closer

Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #13: You took the flyer from the mime; there’s no turning back now

Free Press review team: Fringe reviews #14: The actors identify you as the playwright after the show

One last thing...

Kevin Rollason:

Crankshaft comes to Winnipeg

Comic strip characters — big Bombers fans — visit city beginning Monday in Free Press Read More

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