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• Efforts underway in school divisions to address safety concerns

  23-05-2026 01:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  School leaders say they’re staffing up, scaling training and prioritizing post-incident debriefs to address employees’ concerns about violence.
  
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• Manitoba Tories say former leadership candidate can’t run under party banner in Turtle Mountain

  04-06-2026 01:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives won’t allow the man who nearly won the party leadership in 2025 to seek the nomination in Turtle Mountain. “The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba has advised […]
  
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• Security incidents down at Millennium Library — but police calls up

  04-06-2026 00:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  The number of unsafe incidents at Millennium Library fell by more than a third in early 2026, amid calls for further security measures. There were 35 per cent fewer incidents […]
  
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• Uniform decision takes military out of Pride march

  04-06-2026 00:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Pride Winnipeg’s president says 17 Wing Winnipeg’s decision not to send a military contingent to this year’s pride parade because of a ban on uniforms shows the military’s true colours. […]
  
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• Status change would ease burden on animal services: Santos

  03-06-2026 21:47 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Winnipeg animal services doesn’t pay for itself and may soon no longer be expected to do so. A new staff report calls on city council to dissolve the animal services […]
  
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• Children living with disabilities deserve better

  03-06-2026 21:10 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Let me paint a picture for you — that of a child with learning and behavioural challenges, struggling to be fully included at school. A caregiver seeking advocacy to access […]
  
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• Poilievre might want to tone down glee over slumping economy

  03-06-2026 20:10 via winnipegfreepress.com
  It was hard to pin down in exact terms the tone of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s comments. Addressing reporters in Ottawa earlier this week, Poilievre was cranking up the political […]
  
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• Youth unemployment more than just an economic statistic

  23-05-2026 09:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  For many young Canadians, getting a first job is no longer a simple rite of passage. It has become a source of stress, frustration and uncertainty about the future. Across […]
  
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• Spring readings aplenty ahead of summer lull

  23-05-2026 09:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  The summer months may be relatively quiet for book launches and related events, but this coming week sees a raft of author events taking place. McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park […]
  
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• Religious groups must keep careful eye on artificial intelligence

  23-05-2026 09:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Programmers, computer scientists and software, mechanical, data and prompt engineers — these are some of the professions behind the creation of artificial intelligence. Should theologians and faith leaders also be […]
  
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• Pushing back against AI’s‘inevitability’

  23-05-2026 09:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  There is a great scene in a recent episode of the HBO Max comedy Hacks, in which comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), takes a meeting with a Tech Bro who […]
  
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• Picking the right target

  23-05-2026 09:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Last week, Premier Wab Kinew commented about the possibiliity of banning YouTube for teachers, quickly sparking conversation across the profession. I disagree — for reasons that span both systemic underfunding […]
  
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• Investor strange love

  23-05-2026 09:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Risk and reward seem like polar opposites. Yet when it comes to investing, greater risk yields greater potential reward. The other side of that coin, however, is the greater the […]
  
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• Grounding of the Snowbirds example of military’s treatment

  23-05-2026 09:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  This column is irrationally angry. Furious, even. Born of deep frustration and irritation with my government. Not any one government but successive governments. Not because of something they did, but […]
  
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• Can’t a fridge just be a fridge?

  23-05-2026 09:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  I don’t want it. I know this is going to sound a lot like “old man shakes fist at clouds,” but I don’t want it. Nor do I need it. […]
  
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• Banning YouTube removes tools from schools

  23-05-2026 09:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  It’s been a long time since the norm for audio-visual presentations in classrooms took the form of a slide projector, or a TV cart with a VHS player and a […]
  
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• A Seal River proposal for all Manitoba’s needs

  23-05-2026 09:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  On Nov. 9, 2017, I stood in the Manitoba legislature and made a proposal whose time had not yet arrived. I asked the chamber to protect the entire Seal River […]
  
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• Assiniboia Downs trainer pulls a card for the ages

  23-05-2026 04:50 via winnipegfreepress.com
  IT was only a matter of time. And not much of it. Five-time leading trainer Jerry Gourneau shot to the top of the trainer standings this week on the strength […]
  
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• Sea Bears feast on River Lions

  23-05-2026 04:46 via winnipegfreepress.com
  It was a magical night at Canada Life Centre — both as the theme night, and for the roaring crowd of 6,700. Fans had much to cheer about as the […]
  
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• Outrage over Northland Tales program hypocritical

  23-05-2026 04:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Progressive Conservative MLA Wayne Ewasko was suspended from the Manitoba legislature earlier this month for yelling at Premier Wab Kinew: “You’re drunk, you’re drunk. I thought you quit drinking.” I […]
  
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• Combat in the classroom

  23-05-2026 01:50 via winnipegfreepress.com
  The majority of teachers in a new Probe Research study reported both the prevalence of violence and severity of incidents has increased since they joined the profession. Early years and veteran teachers, along with those working in Winnipeg, were the most likely to report worsening conditions.
  
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• City in hot water with West End businesses over leak

  23-05-2026 00:45 via winnipegfreepress.com
  West End business owners say the city left them high and dry by shutting off their water for days and keeping them in the dark while a leak was being investigated.
  
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• Scouting the best of the Bombers’ next

  23-05-2026 00:26 via winnipegfreepress.com
  The Winnipeg Blue Bombers play their first tune-up on Saturday when they meet the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon.
  
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• To have and to hold

  23-05-2026 00:15 via winnipegfreepress.com
  A Winnipeg church is celebrating 100 years of weddings by inviting married couples of all beliefs to reaffirm their commitment at a “mass vow renewal” service on June 20.
  
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• Driver injured after hitting water truck on Cavalier Drive

  22-05-2026 23:30 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Winnipeg police are investigating a serious crash that injured at least one person in St. James Friday afternoon. A Hyundai Kona was wedged under the back of a water truck […]
  
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• Number of new measles cases trending down

  22-05-2026 23:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Manitoba’s number of new confirmed measles cases is trending downward, but it’s still difficult to predict when the outbreak could end, a top public health official told the Free Press Friday.
  
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• Ottawa pumps $47M into housing for Manitoba communities

  22-05-2026 22:26 via winnipegfreepress.com
  The federal government is pumping $47 million into secure rental units in Selkirk, Winkler, Flin Flon and Cross Lake. “We’re not just building homes, we’re building communities,” Northern and Arctic […]
  
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• Retro-active

  22-05-2026 22:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  There’s something new/old going on in the heart of downtown Winnipeg.Since the beginning of April, 468 Main St. has been home to four businesses specializing in retro clothing, furniture and housewares.
  
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• New Portage hospital to offer breast cancer screening, mammograms

  22-05-2026 22:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  The new hospital in Portage la Prairie is slated to have screening and diagnostic mammography services when it opens in spring 2027. Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara made the announcement Friday. […]
  
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• Bread, milk… and ID? Beleaguered biz could eye Liquor Mart model

  22-05-2026 19:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Not long ago, the idea of lining up and showing identification before entering a retail store in Winnipeg would have seemed absurd. That was something people associated with high-security government […]
  
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