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• Police to name Buffalo Woman, serial killer’s only unidentified victim

  26-03-2025 16:07 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The Winnipeg Police Service has confirmed it will announce the identity of Buffalo Woman, the lone unidentified victim of serial killer Jeremy Skibicki, at a news conference Wednesday afternoon. Indigenous […]
  
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• Hydro’s practice of paying union leaders’ salaries questioned

  26-03-2025 12:22 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MANITOBA Hydro continues to pay the salaries and benefits of union leaders despite its bleak financial picture as well as the ballooning provincial government deficit. Ratepayers are on the hook […]
  
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• Renovate existing housing: reuse what we’ve got

  26-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  I take daily neighbourhood walks with my dog. There are several unoccupied homes on our route. In speaking with neighbours, I’ve learned one of these is owned by the bank. […]
  
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• Proximity can help ease difficult domestic split

  26-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I’m too old at 47, to be in a complicated mess like this. My wife suggested an open-marriage deal when our sex life went dry nine years […]
  
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• Oh, deer: Riverview resident fears backyard squatters will attract coyotes, spread disease

  26-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A RIVERVIEW resident who watched as nine deer settled in her backyard last weekend wasn’t exactly fawning over the close encounter with wildlife. Eileen Metz, who has lived at her […]
  
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• Making the best of a chaotic year ahead

  26-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Provincial budgets are never written in stone. They are, for the most part, projections of how much government expects to raise in taxation revenue, fees and transfer payments, and where […]
  
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• It’s time to create a single unifying vision for Canada

  26-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Mark Carney did the right thing by calling an election quickly after becoming Liberal leader and prime minister. For one, it spares us the incessant yipping of the Conservative bench […]
  
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• Councillor optimistic part of forest along Seine will survive after sale

  26-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A 20-acre forest advocates have lobbied to preserve for at least 14 years has been sold to a developer. But as fights over the future of other local urban forests […]
  
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• Faith a way to counter anxiety

  26-03-2025 06:30 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Don’t be anxious about what you will eat or what you will wear. That’s what Jesus says in Matthew, chapter six.
  That’s easy for Jesus to say! He wasn’t living in Canada in March 2025 with threats of tariffs rising and falling every other day.
  
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• All eyes on Ovechkin

  26-03-2025 02:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The Alex Ovechkin show rolled into town Tuesday with the pursuit of hockey history taking centre stage at Canada Life Centre. “It’s kind of a rock star tour right now,” […]
  
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• ‘Our mission and goals are aligned’

  26-03-2025 01:47 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A Winnipeg advertising technology company is one step closer to launching its product in Canada after acquiring a startup based in Kingston, Ont. Taiv Inc. purchased Local Reach in a […]
  
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• Bergen recruited to help Tory win Winnipeg riding

  26-03-2025 00:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Candice Bergen, a controversial former MP for a rural Manitoba riding, has been enlisted to help a Tory candidate snag the Winnipeg seat held by retiring Liberal Dan Vandal.
  
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• Ex-ombudsman hired back by province to tackle homelessness

  25-03-2025 23:21 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  After leaving the Manitoba government for the private sector, a former ombudsman and civil service commissioner is back for more — in what may be her toughest role yet. Charlene […]
  
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• Striking Métis and Michif CFS workers demand wage parity

  25-03-2025 22:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Workers with the Métis and Michif CFS agencies went on strike Tuesday to back their demand for wage parity with their provincial counterparts. About 100 workers carried signs that read […]
  
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• Groundbreaking ceremony marks start of Lynn Lake gold mine

  25-03-2025 19:43 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Toronto-based Alamos Gold Inc. turned sod today in Lynn Lake for the first new mine in Manitoba in 15 years. The $1-billion project, located more than 1,000 kilometres north of […]
  
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• Minor ethics breaches not enough to hurt Kinew’s soaring popularity

  25-03-2025 19:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  When your worst transgression is failing to disclose that you accepted charter flights to two Grey Cup games, it’s easy to see why Premier Wab Kinew and his NDP government […]
  
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• Former RM official charged with financial crimes a no-show in court, at RCMP detachment

  25-03-2025 19:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A former municipal official charged with financial crimes is now wanted on an arrest warrant after she failed to appear in court twice this week. Amber Fisher, 40, is accused […]
  
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• Alberta Premier Smith defends US comments, saying she’s not asking for election interference

  25-03-2025 16:31 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Alberta's premier stood in the house Monday to defend asking U.S. officials to not impose promised tariffs during the federal election because the levy threat was hurting her preferred choice, the federal Conservatives.
  
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• Wife right to feel left out of major decision

  25-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I bought a beautiful cabin this week for us and came home to tell my new wife the big surprise. She said, “How dare you! While you […]
  
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• More work needs to be done on Seal River

  25-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The Manitoba Lodges and Outfitters Association (MLOA) has received the feasibility study from the Seal River Watershed Alliance (SRWA) for their proposed Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA). It answers […]
  
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• Man charged in weekend homicide convicted in previous assaults of victim

  25-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A Norway House First Nation woman slain in Winnipeg this past weekend once told Crown prosecutors she lived in fear of the man now accused of killing her. Stephanie Anderson-Paupanekis, […]
  
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• Locally produced renewable energy is the right call

  25-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  At the start of Premier Wab Kinew’s government’s mandate, it signalled it would work to get Manitoba to a net-zero electricity grid by 2035. With 99 per cent of the […]
  
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• Hello voters: it’s time to do your job

  25-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Well, here we go. But this time, perhaps it’s going to be just a little bit different. Sunday, the federal election began, and political parties immediately jumped across the starting […]
  
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• Five temporary TV escapes from reality

  25-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  If art will, indeed, save us, these five very different shows have as good a chance as any to provide at least temporary relief from the current state of affairs. […]
  
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• Axing the tax — for what?

  25-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Manitobans are famously thrifty. We’ll drive across town for a deal on Bothwell cheese, track gas prices down to the cent, and happily line up to save four cents a […]
  
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• Trump and Martin Luther: How to live a Christian life in this current world

  25-03-2025 06:30 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  When I look back at my sermons from 2015 to 2020, more of them subtly point to a certain American president than I care to admit. And now, with Donald Trump in the White House again, I have an opportunity to write about him again.
  
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• ‘Full circle to the retailer we really respect’

  25-03-2025 02:05 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A Winnipeg clothing company and Toronto-based retailer are taking their vendor partnership to the next level. MPG (Mondetta Performance Gear), the athleisure brand started by Mondetta Clothing Inc. in the […]
  
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• Pollard Banknote buys California bingo electronics maker for $14.4M

  25-03-2025 01:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Winnipeg-based Pollard Banknote Ltd. announced Monday it is purchasing California company Pacific Gaming LLC, a maker of electronic bingo card devices and other bingo management systems. Pollard Banknote has risen […]
  
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• Producers cast wary eyes on trade horizon

  25-03-2025 01:48 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Seeding season is coming fast, but Chinese tariffs are already here. And for Sally Parsonage, geopolitical tensions are making it difficult to commit to 730 acres of canola. “I’ve thought […]
  
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• Federal election expected to cost $570M, chief electoral officer says

  25-03-2025 01:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Elections Canada predicts the federal election will cost taxpayers roughly $570 million as the agency looks to boost turnout among student and Indigenous voters.
  
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• Bargains, nostalgia the pull for shoppers as Hudson’s Bay begins liquidation sales

  24-03-2025 23:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Darlene Dowhy shed a few tears while she waited for the Bay to open its doors at Polo Park Monday morning.“It’s history, right?” she told the Free Press. “You used to go with your mom, your dad, to the Bay downtown… those memories. I’m very emotional.”It marked the beginning of the end for the venerable department-store chain in Winnipeg and most of the rest of Canada, as all but six of Hudson’s Bay’s 96 locations — including at Polo P
  
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• Party surprised by MP Maguire’s decision not to run

  24-03-2025 19:56 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BRANDON — Larry Maguire’s decision not to seek re-election as MP was a ‘surprise,’ the president of his party’s electoral riding association says. Maguire, who was first elected in Brandon-Souris […]
  
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• Wesmen finish fifth at nationals

  24-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BRANDON — The University of Winnipeg Wesmen did what got them a Canada West men’s volleyball title and the No. 1 ranking in the country on Sunday. They scored at […]
  
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• The Bay — a piece of history becomes history

  24-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Some view it as lamentable. Others see it as simply inevitable. In truth, the recently accelerated demise of the Hudson Bay Company’s last remaining department stores is full measures of […]
  
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• Love letter makes it clear marriage is sunk

  24-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My husband was going through his old boxes in the basement, but then got an emergency call from work and had to take off. I went downstairs […]
  
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• Is Chief Peguis Trail extension worth the price?

  24-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The City of Winnipeg is currently considering a report on the extension of Chief Peguis from Main Street west to Brookside Boulevard. I find it hard to believe that a […]
  
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• In a time of crisis, compassion is the only way forward

  24-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Last week I returned from visiting South Sudan, a country where millions of people rely on life-saving international assistance. And yet, this is a place where people experiencing significant need […]
  
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• Carbon taxes, pollution, and the U.S. tariff threat

  24-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  In a stunning reversal, newly minted Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney dramatically moved away from Justin Trudeau’s marquee commodity-based carbon tax. Except, it turns out he did not actually “eliminate” […]
  
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• Bobcats claw their way to the top

  24-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BRANDON — Grant Wilson raised his hands and a primal scream towards the Healthy Living Centre rafters. Not two seconds later, his Brandon University Bobcats coaching staff did the same […]
  
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• Heading into a federal election, here’s a look at Manitoba’s political landscape

  23-03-2025 20:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Manitoba, with its 14 ridings, isn’t a make-or-break battleground for the national parties, but new dynamics are expected to play out here.
  
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• Doctor convicted of sexual assaults loses bid to regain medical licence

  23-03-2025 16:55 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A Manitoba regulatory body has rejected the efforts of a former Winnipeg doctor convicted of multiple sexual assaults against his patients to regain his license to practice medicine. The College […]
  
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• Past traumas trumped by trans present

  22-03-2025 08:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  In jaye simpson’s deeply affecting second collection, a body more tolerable (Arsenal Pulp, 88 pages, $20), the speaker attempts to come to terms with the griefs and traumas of her […]
  
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• Fraud fatigue

  22-03-2025 08:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The premier of Saskatchewan had to issue a statement this month that he was not involved in promoting a fraudulent cryptocurrency website. Fraudsters had used artificial intelligence to create deep […]
  
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• France next on Activate expansion map

  22-03-2025 08:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Interactive gaming firm Activate’s global footprint continues to grow. Earlier this week, the Winnipeg-based company announced a partnership to expand into France, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Portugal. France […]
  
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• Focusing on the things that really matter

  22-03-2025 08:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Will next month’s federal election be a Seinfeld one — about nothing — or a serious one about the future path of the country? We’ve had Seinfeld elections before. Try […]
  
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• First defensive strategy for farmers, processors: aggressive review of costs

  22-03-2025 08:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  There is little doubt the imposition of punishing tariffs on sales to U.S. customers casts a chill over the entire Canadian agriculture and food sector. However, when researchers with the […]
  
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• Feds give $9.5 million to Prairie arts organizations

  22-03-2025 08:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The Royal Winnipeg Ballet has about 2.25 million new reasons to dance. The civic institution is one of eight Manitoba and five Saskatchewan arts organizations getting a share of about […]
  
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• Convention centre vows‘committed’ to payback

  22-03-2025 08:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The City of Winnipeg will spend another $1.44 million this year on a loan payment for the convention centre expansion. A finance memo to city council notes the city will […]
  
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• Closing the door on election falsehoods

  22-03-2025 08:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Provincial legislation to crack down on disinformation is well-intended and might be of absolute necessity during an era in which consensus reality is in trouble. But the pertinent question is: […]
  
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• Canada waking up, looking North to access global markets

  22-03-2025 08:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  It’s taken a would-be U.S. autocrat making noises about Canada becoming the 51st state to awaken the country’s focus on some things Canadians have taken for granted. If, in fact, […]
  
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