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Winnipeg Free Press photographers took thousands of pictures in 2019. Here is a look at some of our best from the past year.
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
A cyclist makes their way through the slushy streets in Wolseley during the first snowfall of the year in Winnipeg on Oct. 10.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Winnipeggers listen to the announcements before the annual New Year's Day Polar Bare Run at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg on Jan. 1.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Snow carver, Lyle Peters, from Steinbeck, works on some sculptures on Jan. 4, the day before the grand opening of Clint and Angie Masse's snow maze, A Maze in Corn, near St. Adolphe.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Wanda Kolida escapes the harsh winter temperatures at Fools & Horses on Jan. 29.TREVOR HAGAN/ WINNIPEG PRESS
Brothers, Zacharie and Ezechiel Janichon, 2, get dressed up for the last day of Festival du Voyageur on Feb. 24.DANIEL CRUMP / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Fans cheer as wrestler Joey Ryan showboats for them during a Winnipeg Pro Wrestling fight at the Sherbrook Inn on Feb. 28.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Logan Smith performs Joyeuse in the Class 3479 Cello Solo 20th/21st Century Composers, Grade 4 during the Winnipeg Music Festival at Young United Church on March 3.TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Brothers Gurjeet Singh and Harshmeen Singh have a snowball fight near the University of Winnipeg on March 13.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Caiden Sol, 10 (left), and Santonio Fiore, nine, react to the bucket of water tipping onto them at the city’s first indoor splash pad at Seven Oaks Pool on March 28.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
A grieving member of the community cries at a vigil on March 22 at the crosswalk on Isabel Street and Alexander Avenue where four-year-old Galila Rezene Habtegergish and her mother Genet were struck. Galila died later in hospital.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Strong currents push a paddle boarder north as he slips under the Bergen Cutoff Railway Bridge on April 19 as temperatures soared up to near 20 C.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
A double exposed portrait of poet Erin O’Hara for the nature-themed 2019 edition of National Poetry Month in the Winnipeg Free Press. The double-exposure was done in camera using a Canon 5Dmk3 camera.TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Members of Kiss tribute band, Last Kiss, catch a cab outside the convention centre on April 13.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Manitoba’s first men’s synchronized/artistic swimming team practises on the deck at the Pan Am Pool on April 6. Eleven fathers/husbands formed the team in February to support their daughters/wives in the Aquatica Synchro Club.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Rick DeBruyn practises on the pool deck with Manitoba’s first men’s synchronized/artistic swimming team at the Pan Am Pool in April.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
People wait outside Lighthouse Mission on Good Friday before the start of a traditional holiday meal at the soup kitchen.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Dogs and thier owners spend some time together at Westview Park, a.k.a. Garbage Hill, on May 14.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Feliza Axalan walks down the pier on a deserted beach in Matlock on June 25.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Winnipeg Jets' first round draft pick, Ville Heinola, signs six-year-old Jaxx Kornelsen's jersey while his mother, Tiffany, watches during development camp the Bell MTS Iceplex on June 24.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Two-year-old Jace Keeper decides that he doesn't like the pony ride as his uncle, Rocky Hudson, holds him up and Barry Sanderson leads the animal at Aboriginal Day festivities at the Freighthouse Community Centre on June 21.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Festival goers seemed oblivious to threatening clouds while waiting for Death Cab for Cutie during the Winnipeg Folk Festival on July 11.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Emergency personnel attend to a fatal train/truck incident on the Headingley train bridge on Aug. 26.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Manitoba PC Party leader Brian Pallister said during a news conference in at the Dakota Family Foods in August that his government would repeal legislation restricting Sunday and holiday shopping if re-elected in September.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Stylist Kitty Bernes (left) and makeup artist Megan Wilson do touch-ups on Alexa Dirks, a.k.a. Begonia, while shooting a music video at the Burton Cummings Theatre in September.MIKE SUDOMA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Forever Bicycles, made up of 1,275 bikes, by Al Weiwei was one of the most popular and intricate pieces at the Nuit Blanche Festival in September.RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Rev. Patrick Woodbeck and his shoulder tattoo of a celtic cross in the sanctuary of Windsor Park United Church, where he is the minister. Woodbeck holds workshops about tattoos and their connection to faith and spirituality.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Elton John brought his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour to the city for two shows in October.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Police talk to a resident on Manitoba Avenue regarding a shooting that had occurred in the area on Oct. 27.A pedestrian makes her way through some tree branches on Albert Street following an early season snowstorm in October. (John Woods / Free Press files)MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Sugar beet farmer Jay Gudajtes pulls some beets out of his flooded fields for testing near Drayton, N.D. on Oct. 24.TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Preparations were underway at Mosaic Stadium in Regina on Oct. 25, the day before the Winnipeg Jets and Calgary Flames played in the Heritage Classic.Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press. Poppy Blanket Project volunteers put the finishing touches on the blanket on Nov. 2. The blanket was placed during the Remembrance Day service at the convention centre.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
The Golden Boy ready for his close-up at the Manitoba Legislative Building on Nov. 13.Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press. Metis leaders and community members gathered on the grounds of the St. Boniface cathedral on Nov. 16 for a ceremony commemorating the life and vision of Métis leader Louis Riel.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Evelyn Hart rehearses on Nov. 18 prior to starring in the Royal Winnipeg Ballet show Four Old Legs.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Ron Mazur, of OURS Winnipeg (Outdoor Urban Recreational Spaces – Winnipeg), in Crescent Drive Park on Nov. 20. Several community groups and neighbourhood associations, including OURS Winnipeg, have banded together to lobby city council to increase the city's urban forestry budget.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Bombers fans celebrate the Grey Cup win at Portage and Main on Sunday, Nov. 24.RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Chris Streveler shows off the Grey Cup during a downtown parade in November to celebreate the championship win by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Winnipeg Police Officers and fire crews view the damage on a stolen fire truck that was stopped under the Donald Street Bridge on Nov. 29.
