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Essential reads for December 29, 2020

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Community of chaos

Squalid, sorrow-filled Main Street strip-area tent settlement remains a home for street family

Ryan Thorpe, Photography by John Woods
12/29/2020 12:00 PM
9 minute read

Katie May:

Health-care workers sacrifice holidays to keep Christmas staffing stable

A red (COVID-19 positive) intensive care unit at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mikaela MacKenzie - POOL</p>

Niigaan Sinclair:

Another new year starts with hope

Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs from left, Rob Alfred, John Ridsdale, centre and Antoinette Austin, who oppose the Costal Gaslink pipeline take part in a rally in Smithers B.C., on Friday January 10, 2020. The Wet'suwet'en peoples are occupying their land and trying to prevent a pipeline from going through it. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson</p>

Carol Sanders:

Jeers, cheers after province buries 'death taxes,'

RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Photos of the oldest headstone at St. John's Cathedral Cemetery, at 135 Anderson Avenue. WHAT: A tour of the historic Cathedral and cemetery. This is for a signature piece on the St. John's Cathedral Cemetery, for a series on cemeteries. WHO: Tour giver is named Rene Jamieson who gives tours on some of the most noteworthy gravestones. See Bill Redekop's story. July 06, 2016</p>

Cody Sellar:

Frozen rivers offer rosy-cheeked respite for pandemic shut-ins

Erika Hoskins and Kerry Bosko get ready Tuesday for a skate on the Assiniboine River rink created by river lot owners in the area. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)

Jen Zoratti:

Looking back with 2020 vision

MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>Frank Conway fat bikes along the Seine River near John Bruce Park.</p>

Mike McIntyre:

Jets' Chevy at maximum RPM

Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff will have some money to use this summer to upgrade the team's roster. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)</p>

Brexit breakthrough comes with costs

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives for a media briefing in Downing Street, London, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. Britain and the European Union have struck a provisional free-trade agreement that should avert New Year's chaos for cross-border commerce and bring a measure of certainty to businesses after years of Brexit turmoil. The breakthrough on Thursday came after months of tense and often testy negotiations that whittled differences down to three key issues: fair-competition rules, mechanisms for resolving future disputes and fishing rights. (Paul Grover/Pool Photo via AP)

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