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Best of 2023

Free Press writers weigh in with highlights from 2023.

Eva Wasney / Winnipeg Free Press North Star Drive In’s Bacon Cheese Dog is the best and the cheapest glizzy sampled.

Savouring the year that was

If you don’t already have an appetite, you will after reading this list of highlights from our Tasting Notes series

Eva Wasney 4 minute read Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023

Free Press Top 10 Manitoba sports stories of ‘23

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Free Press Top 10 Manitoba sports stories of ‘23

Taylor Allen 9 minute read Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023

The time has come to once again unveil the Free Press sports department’s Top-10 Manitoba Sports Moments of the Year.

It’s been an annual holiday tradition since 2020 and the decisions haven’t gotten any easier as there’s no shortage of stories deserving of recognition.

Sports Editor Jason Bell and reporters Mike Sawatzky, Jeff Hamilton, Mike McIntyre, Ken Wiebe, Joshua Frey-Sam and yours truly voted on the top sports happenings of the past 12 months from athletes and teams with ties to our province. Without further ado, here’s our list.

1. Einarson wins fourth straight ScottiesYou could argue it was the most important game in Manitoba’s rich curling history.

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Canada’s Skipper Kerri Einarson in action during the bronze medal match between Canada and Sweden of the LGT World Women’s Curling Championship at Goransson Arena in Sandviken, Sweden, Sunday, March 26, 2023. (Jonas Ekstromer / TT News Agency via The Associated Press)
Canada’s Skipper Kerri Einarson in action during the bronze medal match between Canada and Sweden of the LGT World Women’s Curling Championship at Goransson Arena in Sandviken, Sweden, Sunday, March 26, 2023. (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency via AP)
Orion Remoquillo, a grade 12 student who volunteers with students with special needs (centre, orange shirt), poses for a photo with some of the students he volunteers with at Garden City Collegiate. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)

Ace Burpee’s Top 100 Most Fascinating Manitobans for 2023

Ace Burpee 24 minute read Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023
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Winning words

Fiction, non-fiction, poetry and more: Free Press book reviewers pick their top titles for 2023

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Free Press reviewers pick their favourite albums of 2023

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Free Press reviewers pick their favourite albums of 2023

Free Press staff 6 minute read Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023

There were thousands of albums in numerous genres and sub-genres released in 2023. Every week, Free Press reviewers John Kendle, Keith Black and Holly Harris each write about one of them.

As the year winds to a close, they sifted through 12 months’ worth of new releases, weighing star ratings, staying power and repeated listens, to bring you their top 10 picks.

Top 10 pop/rock/roots albums

1. Boygenius, The Record — Three supremely gifted solo artists — Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus — unite to create an album that joyously and joyfully celebrates friendship, intimacy, honesty, intimacy and, most of all, the fact that love is love. Simply sublime.

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