{"id":369175381,"date":"2022-07-22T14:19:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T19:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/biographies\/sheldon-birnie"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:57:02","slug":"sheldon-birnie","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/biographies\/sheldon-birnie","title":{"rendered":"Sheldon Birnie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sheldon Birnie is a reporter\/photographer for the <em>Free Press Community Review<\/em>. 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