Big news today: the Free Press media literacy and learning project has been selected as finalist for an International News Media Association Global Media Award in the Best Public Service Project category. The awards will be handed out in May in Berlin. This is...uh...bananas. And awesome.
Winnipeg police say a two-year-old boy who had been reported missing in an Amber Alert earlier today has been found safely.
BRANDON — A Brandon University paleontologist has helped identify dinosaur barf that’s nearly 290 million years old — and could be the oldest known example of fossilized vomit from a land-dwelling predator.
MILAN — Josh Morrissey is raring to go. Which is perfectly understandable given the way recent international hockey events have played out for the Winnipeg Jets defenceman.
The family of a woman who died following an 11-hour wait in a Winnipeg emergency room last month has added its voice to demands for a public inquiry.
A 37-year-old man has been arrested in a fatal crash last summer that killed three people, including the bassist from local indie pop band Royal Canoe.
Bud Cort, the actor best known for playing Harold in the 1971 comedy “Harold and Maude,” has died at 77.
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seeing the nyt publish a eulogy for the wapo sports dept a few years after the nyt outsourced 95% of its sports journalism to the athletic 🫠
From @bhobs22.bsky.social today ⬇️
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Family members fought through tears Monday as they stood in a provincial courtroom and shared memories of 16-year-old Eishia Hudson, who was shot and killed by Winnipeg police at the end of a 2020 vehicle chase.
the chicken carwash is about to become a chicken carwash gas station
which streaming service is going to be brave enough to finally make THE DREW CAREY SHOW available in Canada?
Residents of a Manitoba Housing block in Osborne Village say they are fed up with crime in their building and fear for their safety, a day after a resident was charged for setting fire to it.
Amidst the hustle and bustle and stress of holiday shopping, one of the world’s most literate countries chooses to keep it simple, focusing on a gift that can make you laugh, cry or expand your mind: books.
Incredibly honoured to write this obituary for the one and only Aganetha Dyck 🐝 www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
after several months of pretty challenging depression, i'm turning the corner. it's always a beautiful moment when the medicine connects, and suddenly the music sounds better, the laughs come easier and the apartment stays cleaner.
thank you to everybody who's been here: you're the reason I am
#nowreading adele wiseman's 'the sacrifice'
has any jewish person ever experienced anxiety before, or am i the first?
After 17 years at the helm of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Stephen Borys is stepping into a new field: consulting.
Yves Jarvis All Cylinders has been nominated for the #Polaris2025 #AlbumShortList, and will perform live at the Concert on Sept 16! 15%-Off Tix at link in Bio.
CBC presents the 2025 Polaris Music Prize. This year's Short List is presented by FACTOR.
I didn’t know Brendan Berg well, but he was always beyond kind whenever we crossed paths.
According to friends, meaningful connection was a common thread for the Royal Canoe bassist and his partner, Olivia Michalczuk.
Family, friends and fans are mourning the unexpected loss of two influential figures in Winnipeg’s music community.
Olivia could only tell it like it was, and anybody who met them could immediately see their immense intelligence, care and quick wit. Brendan was impossibly kind. Whenever he chatted with anyone, they were the centre of his attention. I feel very lucky to have known them. An immense loss for so many
Polaris is incredibly sadden to hear of the tragic passing of juror Olivia Michalczuk and their partner Brendan Berg of the band Royal Canoe. Polaris extends our deepest sympathies to both Olivia and Brendan's family, friends and the music lovers they touched with their enthusiasm and care.
The barricades are down at Portage Avenue and Main Street and Winnipeg’s landmark intersection will soon be officially open to pedestrian traffic for the first time in more than four decades.
Pedestrians will legally cross Portage Avenue and Main Street before the end of next week.
The city will turn a four-block stretch of Graham Avenue into a living lab when Winnipeg Transit’s network overhaul pulls buses off the downtown street.
so many so willingly speak the language of war
