Eva Wasney
@evawasney.bsky.social
Exciting writer (aka food, arts and life reporter) for the Winnipeg Free Press. She/her. 💌: eva.wasney@winnipegfreepress.com
I wrote 12 of ‘em! It’s a massive team effort that I can’t believe we pull off every year 🎭📝
Eva Wasney@evawasney.bsky.social · 2w agoThe @winnipegfreepress.com's intrepid team of reviewers has watched and rated every single production at this year's @winnipegfringe.bsky.social. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Find all 164 reviews here: www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/fringe
The @winnipegfreepress.com's intrepid team of reviewers has watched and rated every single production at this year's @winnipegfringe.bsky.social. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Find all 164 reviews here: www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/fringe
Ne-Yo and Akon put on a very fun, very fast co-headlining show in Winnipeg last night. There was pyro and aerials and costume changes so many hit songs. Basically musical theatre set in a 2000s nightclub. My ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2 review for @winnipegfreepress.com: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Hip-hop heavyweights Ne-Yo, Akon share top billing at sold-out Winnipeg show
The country music crossover has become a rite of passage for pop stars.
winnipegfreepress.com
A companion column to @evawasney.bsky.social’s excellent AI news piece: journalism is for people. It should be done by people. Humans can’t keep doing “more with less.” Instead of turning to AI, might be time to do less with way more. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Opinion: Credible journalism takes time, effort, human intelligence
winnipegfreepress.com
Upfeat’s response to this story is wild. They deleted the library renovation “coverage” mentioned here. The librarian I spoke to was deeply disturbed to have a quote attributed to her that she never said. But sure, making stuff up about real people and places is a net good…
Eva Wasney@evawasney.bsky.social · 4mo agoBoring News is marketed as a solution to declining local news in Canada. In reality, the website is AI news slop filled with errors, made up quotes and fake photos. My story for the @winnipegfreepress.com: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Boring News is marketed as a solution to declining local news in Canada. In reality, the website is AI news slop filled with errors, made up quotes and fake photos. My story for the @winnipegfreepress.com: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
False information, misleading images rife in Manitoba-based AI-driven 'news' service
In a rapidly evolving media landscape, the rise of Boring News, an AI-generated news outlet, highlights the growing tension between technology and journalism. While it aims to fill local news gaps acr...
winnipegfreepress.com
It's almost the weekend, which means it's time to read this can't-look-away, bonkers story about a Winnipeg business, known for coupon aggregation, that has churned out tens of thousands of AI-generated stories in recent months. By @evawasney.bsky.social www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
False information, misleading images rife in Manitoba-based AI-driven 'news' service
In a rapidly evolving media landscape, the rise of Boring News, an AI-generated news outlet, highlights the growing tension between technology and journalism. While it aims to fill local news gaps acr...
winnipegfreepress.com
I know it's only April, but I am pretty sure this @evawasney.bsky.social piece will top my Favourite Freep Stories of the Year list. #heatedrivalry @hrnews.bsky.social @winnipegfreepress.com www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Royal Winnipeg Ballet featured in popular Heated Rivalry fan-fiction series
A Heated Rivalry-Royal Winnipeg Ballet crossover was not on Christopher Stowell’s 2026 bingo card. The ballet company’s new artistic director was surprised and delighted to learn about a piece of popu...
winnipegfreepress.com
Finding every excuse to continue writing about Heated Rivalry for Winnipeg's paper of record. In today's @winnipegfreepress.com: a story about the RWB's starring role in a piece of popular HR fanfic by @opalapparition.bsky.social www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Royal Winnipeg Ballet featured in popular Heated Rivalry fan-fiction series
A Heated Rivalry-Royal Winnipeg Ballet crossover was not on Christopher Stowell’s 2026 bingo card. The ballet company’s new artistic director was surprised and delighted to learn about a piece of popu...
winnipegfreepress.com
Del Barber has hung up his guitar and gone all in on pizza. The singer-songwriter is now the proud owner-operator of a wood-fired pizza shop in the tiny town of Inglis. My @winnipegfreepress.com story below 👇🍕 www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Manitoba singer-songwriter trades life on the road to open small-town pizza parlour
Singer-songwriter Del Barber is working with a new creative medium: pizza. The Juno-nominated artist has stepped away from his music career to open a wood-fired pizza shop in the little town of Inglis...
winnipegfreepress.com
It’s official, Winnipeg has been selected to host the 2027 Juno Awards.
Winnipeg Free Press@winnipegfreepress.com · 5mo agoThe Juno Awards are coming back to Winnipeg.
“No one cares. Oh, really? Then why is there — and this is real — a full, multi-chapter work of Heated Rivalry fanfic set at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet during Nutcracker season, written by someone who isn’t even from here?“ my column from Saturday: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Opinion: Chalamet’s comments about art asinine
winnipegfreepress.com
Just when you think things are bad, a story like this comes along. Great work, @evawasney.bsky.social !
Winnipeg Free Press@winnipegfreepress.com · 6mo agoXander Woodley is spending his fourth period filling orders.
ICYMI: @mikemcintyrewpg.bsky.social is in Milan covering the Olympics with our mini mascot, Scoop 🗞️ LOOK AT HIS LITTLE BOOTIES!!
Mike McIntyre@mikemcintyrewpg.bsky.social · 6mo agoScoop and I getting in a bit of sightseeing here in Milan before rolling up the sleeves and getting back to work for @winnipegfreepress.com
I wrote about our girl, Catherine O’Hara and her singular brilliance. Also a reader said this article was the best part of his weekend and he likes sports, so. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Opinion: Catherine O’Hara flipped tropes, brought humanity to every role
winnipegfreepress.com
In today's @winnipegfreepress.com: A very insightful convo about the allure and cultural importance of #HeatedRivalry with my fellow arts reporters @nuchablue.bsky.social, @jenzoratti.bsky.social and sports reporter @jeffkhamilton.bsky.social 🍑 🏒 🔥
Winnipeg Free Press writers discuss the blazing phenomenon of Heated Rivalry
Everyone is talking about Heated Rivalry. It’s no exaggeration to say that the gay hockey romance from Jacob Tierney (Letterkenny, Shoresy) — based on Rachel Reid’s Game Changers novels about the…
buff.ly
From the La Presse site: info.lapresse.ca/a-propos/not... I'd say the FP is doing pretty well considering our arts & life team has approx seven writers, one of which is part-time (me). Really upsetting to read this when we bust our guts to find and write the stories we do. Merry Christmas.
Mary's Elm@thewolseleyelm.bsky.social · 8mo agoWinnipeg is alive with art: writers, theatre, music, exhibits, happenings, visual art. But you wouldn’t know it from the @winnipegfreepress.com Arts & Life section. Other than the occasional nods, it's mostly U.S. celebrity filler. We’re more than that. Tell our stories.
I mean we have one of the few remaining books sections in the country, featuring local reviewers and books. I reported on local writing all year, both in my section and in arts and life, including a roundup on 10 notable local books from 2025 (which could have easily been 20) running Monday. 🤷
In addition, to the Free Press’s daily coverage, the Free Press Community Review weekly newspapers also cover small, local arts groups of all sorts — from amateur theatre troupes to local square-dancing clubs to shops specializing in manga comics. fpcommunityreview.com
Our Communities – Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
fpcommunityreview.com
Also, to echo this, I highly recommend looking at the actual paper. The website will push through wire; the physical paper has local arts stories every day. FREQUENTLY we're the only outlet covering stuff.
Eva Wasney@evawasney.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe're a team of 7 staff members covering all the mediums mentioned above, as well as reviews of said mediums, literature, food/drinks, film, dance. The list goes on. Like every media company, we also run wire stories with national and international content. Please don't conflate the two.
Free Press arts and life reporter here 👋 Just checked our back-end stats and we published more than 1,000 local arts stories this year. Our landing page is full of current local arts stories. This is inaccurate and, frankly, hurtful. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Mary's Elm@thewolseleyelm.bsky.social · 8mo agoWinnipeg is alive with art: writers, theatre, music, exhibits, happenings, visual art. But you wouldn’t know it from the @winnipegfreepress.com Arts & Life section. Other than the occasional nods, it's mostly U.S. celebrity filler. We’re more than that. Tell our stories.
Looking for holiday baking inspo? Find 12 inventive cookie recipes from @winnipegfreepress.com readers at the link below 🍪 🎄 buff.ly/6Wn5fzo
Homemade Holidays – Winnipeg Free Press
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
winnipegfreepress.com
Hey hey! The @winnipegfreepress.com reviewers picked their best books of 2025. (I picked @shteyngart.bsky.social's Vera, or Faith and Maria Reva's Endlings.)
Winnipeg Free Press@winnipegfreepress.com · 8mo agoAmidst 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.
Jon Hamm has been spotted at local restaurants and sports games while filming in the city this fall. Which made me wonder: how do celebs find out where to go and what to do in Winnipeg? Some insights from movie industry insiders in this @winnipegfreepress.com story. buff.ly/4OhZ8TB
Winnipeg works at being a welcoming but low-key location for actors shooting projects in the city
Jon Hamm has spent the last month acting like a real Winnipegger. While the Mad Men star hasn’t missed a Winnipeg Transit bus (as far as we know) or experienced a bone-chilling winter day (yet), he…
winnipegfreepress.com
In the @winnipegfreepress.com newsletter I co-write with @evawasney.bsky.social, I wrote about opening a special bottle for my 50th – one that's as old as I am: www.winnipegfreepress.com/briefings/po...
Popping the cork on a unicorn wine – Winnipeg Free Press
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
winnipegfreepress.com
That's a wrap on my Cooking School series for @winnipegfreepress.com 🧑🍳 The final class features baking tips and recipe for Cranberry Orange Cardamom Scones from pastry chef and Red River baking instructor Richard Warren. buff.ly/iTCSEKQ
Winnipeg Free Press Homemade Cooking School: Baking tips and how to make scones
The most important rule of baking? “Patience with yourself,” says Richard Warren, a pastry chef and baking instructor at Red River College Polytech.
winnipegfreepress.com
The Winnipeg Video Game Orchestra has levelled up at an impressive pace, attracting 70+ gamers and musicians since forming this spring. The ensemble will perform music from Zelda, Kirby and Halo at its first major concert tonight.
High score: Winnipeg Video Game Orchestra goes from joysticks to drumsticks, with classical takes on familiar themes
There is, evidently, a lot of crossover between band nerds and video game enthusiasts. Concert Preview Winnipeg Video Game Orchestra With 8-bit and the Single Players Jubilee Place, 181 Riverton Ave.
buff.ly
Cried some nice tears while writing this. Tim Brandt has been cycling to a new little free library every day to disperse his late brother's book collection and honour his memory. “I think Les would be glad to know his books are travelling,” he says. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Late bibliophile’s brother donates his book collection one free library at a time
Every day since late September, Tim Brandt has been biking to little free libraries across the city to create a literary memorial to his late brother. Les Brandt died unexpectedly in July at the age o...
winnipegfreepress.com
Snack Häus is small on scale and big on flavour. The new counter-service restaurant inside Low Life Barrel House is the creation of Dustin Pajak, the former head chef of Close Co. who recently returned home from a formative stint in Toronto. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Acclaimed Winnipeg chef Dustin Pajak returns with Snack Häus to build ‘fun, tongue-in-cheek eatery’
At Snack Häus, chef Dustin Pajak is dreaming big but starting small — small plates, small kitchen, small staff. Pajak opened the casual-dining spot, his first solo venture, inside Low Life Barrel Hous...
winnipegfreepress.com