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• Meera Sodha’s recipe for vegan gözleme

  16-09-2017 10:30
  These Turkish stuffed flatbreads are almost as easy to make as they are to eatAs a child, I loved watching my mother make chapatis: her hands rhythmically rolling the balls of dough; the click of her wedding ring each time the pin moved under it; the thwack as the dough hit the pan, sending a tiny cloud of blackened flour flying; a tower of hot chapatis quickly forming in the background.Although I can recreate those same chapatis in my own kitchen, I can’t replicate the experience. Which i
  
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• ‘Dynacare sucks:’ premier muses about bringing lab services back into public system after strike halted

  09-09-2026 17:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Manitoba’s premier said the province is looking at bringing diagnostic lab services back into the public system rather than continuing to contract Dynacare, declaring the for-profit company “sucks.” “Maybe we’ll […]
  
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• Why our democracy depends on your vote

  09-09-2026 09:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Some years ago, I did some pretty in-depth research on ancient Athens and its democratic system of government as part of a documentary film I was pitching. It was actually […]
  
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• Forgo faceoff and augment wife’s self-esteem

  09-09-2026 09:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I’m married to a woman who’s older than I am, and it’s the second marriages for both of us. She’s beautiful, even after having what she calls […]
  
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• Finding my way through the ‘odd uneven time’

  09-09-2026 09:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  I am taking a turn in the garden with a cup of tea on a Friday morning. It is 16 C in St. John’s but feels warmer in the stillness. […]
  
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• Double climate whammy hits home

  09-09-2026 09:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  It’s a bit of a one-two punch. First, the show-and-tell of what global warming could be bringing us. Then, the fact we’ve already failed our best chance of halting climate […]
  
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• DNA on beer can helps solve killing

  09-09-2026 09:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Two years after 74-year-old James Monaghan was stabbed in his Sherburn Street home, DNA found on a beer can led police to his killer. Shara Harper, 29, pleaded guilty to […]
  
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• Climate: ‘No good outcomes’

  09-09-2026 09:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ‘EL NIÑO is being supersized before our eyes,’ United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said last week. “The science leaves no room for doubt: the planet is in uncharted waters, and […]
  
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• Bumps in the road as students collect free bus passes

  09-09-2026 04:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Alexis Enns left her guidance counsellor’s office empty-handed, but no less excited about starting Grade 12 — even though she still didn’t know how she would get there or her […]
  
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• White great out of the gate

  09-09-2026 02:59 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  David White didn’t set any expectations entering this week. The St. Charles golfer knew he had the game to keep up with a talented field across four days, but wouldn’t […]
  
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• Wawanesa step closer to Ontario firm acquisition

  09-09-2026 02:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company has gotten regulatory approval to acquire Ontario-based Everest Insurance Company of Canada. The deal, first announced in March, is expected to close by the end […]
  
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• Goldeyes open three-game playoff series in Fargo

  09-09-2026 02:15 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The Winnipeg Goldeyes return to post-season action Wednesday night since their trip to the Miles Wolff Cup Final in 2024. First pitch in Game 1 of the West Division series […]
  
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• Councillors say Main Street Project scuttles other agency’s efforts to house homeless

  09-09-2026 01:57 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A Winnipeg outreach agency that’s been largely shut out of government funding says it has found housing for more people in the last five months than Manitoba’s homeless strategy that began last year.
  
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• Text of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘Forward Guidance’ video

  09-09-2026 00:55 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Transcript of Prime Minister Mark Carney's remarks in a video released Tuesday after retaliatory tariffs on the United States came into effect.
  
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• Wearing the Maple Leaf lived up to the hype for DeMelo

  09-09-2026 00:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  When Dylan DeMelo stepped into the dressing room and saw his name and number on the back of a Team Canada namebar, that’s when things really sunk in. The Winnipeg […]
  
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• No reason to panic about city’s projected $29-M shortfall: councillor

  08-09-2026 23:47 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The City of Winnipeg expects to end this year with a nearly $29-million shortfall in its tax-supported operating budget, as costs for fuel, snow-clearing and other expenses pile up. The […]
  
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• Pointing fingers at Tories three years after election tiresome, accomplishes nothing

  08-09-2026 20:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  There is a point in every government’s life when blaming the previous government stops being an explanation and starts becoming an excuse. For Manitoba’s NDP government, that point has arrived. […]
  
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• Affordable housing development in Winnipeg, Swan River gets boost

  08-09-2026 17:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A new government partnership will aim to speed up home construction in Winnipeg and Swan River, with a goal to produce at least 740 affordable housing units. The Build Canada […]
  
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• Dynacare workers on strike across Manitoba over wage dispute

  08-09-2026 16:07 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Dynacare laboratory technicians and technologists are now on strike after contract negotiations with the private company stalled Friday, bringing operations at all Manitoba locations to a halt. The company, which […]
  
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• Time to ditch role as ex’s emotional crutch

  08-09-2026 09:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I mourn the end of summer every fall, but this year it’s far worse. My partner (a man, like me) broke up with me and my menagerie […]
  
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• The first day of school is a promise

  08-09-2026 09:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  This week, thousands of Manitoba students will walk through school doors carrying backpacks filled with new supplies, new hopes and, for some, new worries. For parents and caregivers, this may […]
  
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• Fund full-day kindergarten for all

  08-09-2026 09:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Children entering kindergarten are starting school this fall. While the 2.5-hour kindergarten day commonly found in Manitoba schools sounds like a pleasant transition to the school system, in truth it […]
  
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• Fanning takes aim at Canadian title on home course

  08-09-2026 09:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Todd Fanning would love to make this a September to remember. The decorated Manitoba golfer — who added a second straight provincial senior men’s championship to his impressive resumé earlier […]
  
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• Canadians do not want to sacrifice nature for development

  08-09-2026 09:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pledge to build faster — “Build, baby, build” — helped propel the Liberals to victory, but his government’s push to fast-track major development projects by cutting […]
  
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• All that glitters … could work here

  08-09-2026 09:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Sometimes, it’s hard to even suggest a change, because it seems there is always a plethora of people ready to tell you that your idea just won’t work. But a […]
  
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• Dauphin ER reopening ‘monumental team effort’

  08-09-2026 04:55 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  DAUPHIN — The emergency department at Dauphin Regional Health Centre reopened Monday morning after a closure of just over two months, restoring 24-7 emergency services to Dauphin and surrounding communities. […]
  
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• Parts of River Heights hammered by storm

  08-09-2026 00:54 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A powerful storm cut a swath of destruction through River Heights on Sunday, leaving much of the area without power. Thankfully, nobody was hurt in the storm. Yet by the […]
  
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• ‘We belong… and we are giving back”: Sikh celebration enlivens downtown Winnipeg

  06-09-2026 23:34 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Downtown Winnipeg came alive with vibrant sights, sounds, and scents on Sunday, as Manitoba’s Sikh community flocked to Memorial Park to celebrate its annual Nagar Kirtan procession and festival. This […]
  
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• Smith’s pretzel logic confuses

  05-09-2026 09:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith had both sides of her mouth working overtime on Aug. 30, when she spoke at an event in Calgary to commemorate Alberta Day, the annual celebration […]
  
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• Paper trail

  05-09-2026 09:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WHAT IT IS: Copy Paperis a 2014 textile-based piece by Ontario-born, Winnipeg-based artist Kristin Nelson, currently on view at WAG-Qaumajuq as part of the exhibition Terra Cognita/Incognita. Of the 125 […]
  
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