Empty beer cans on the street may be litter, but to some they provide income to afford basic necessities.

More cans off city streets, more money in pockets

10 cent deposit paid out on additional aluminum containers

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Paramedic team to focus on overdoses in city’s core www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Manitoba announces project as data show opioid emergencies now outnumber alcohol-related cases

With opioid-related emergencies overtaking alcohol-related calls for service in Winnipeg, the province is investing more than $1 million to ease pressure on front-line responders and improve overdose ...

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I wish I had so much more room to write about the walkalong I took with the Downtown Community Safety Partnership last month. I learned a lot, but also got to witness firsthand the respect the city has for these patrols. 1/2

Niigaan Sinclair is the top columnist in the country.

Sinclair honoured at National Newspaper Awards

Free Press columnist named Canada’s best

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I wrote a column trying to capture what it felt like, witnessing Ukrainian defenders being returned home. One of the most emotionally confronting experiences I've had as a journalist; an ocean of intermingled grief, love, trauma, desperation, joy, hope. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Ukrainian families gather to meet busloads of returning prisoners of war

CHERNIHIV, Ukraine — Three hours before the buses arrive, the families begin to gather, thronging the gates of a hospital in Chernihiv, a two-hour drive from Ukraine’s capital. The facility is unremar...

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Melissa Martin@doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Ukrainian defenders are coming home today. Families of POWs are starting to gather at the hospital, in hopes their loved one will be among those returned — or that another defender who comes back will be able to share information about them.

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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 ago

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...

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...

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The province says it is looking into its options to intervene on the approval of a limestone quarry that could impact the operations at a local black bear rescue.

Coun. Russ Wyatt showed up to Thursday’s city council meeting despite calls from his colleagues to step back from politics after he was charged with sexual assault earlier this week.

Wyatt ignores calls to step back from city council, attends meeting following sex assault charge

Coun. Russ Wyatt showed up to Thursday’s city council meeting despite calls from his colleagues to step back from politics after he was charged with sexual assault earlier this week.

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Congratulations to all nominees! @scottbilleck.bsky.social @nicbufflin.bsky.social @mikedeal.bsky.social @marshamcleod.bsky.social @benwaldman.bsky.social @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social Chris Kitching and Mikaela MacKenzie.

Winnipeg Free Press@winnipegfreepress.com · 5mo ago

The Free Press has been nominated for five National Newspaper Awards.

More incredible reporting from @jeffkhamilton.bsky.social as part of the Classroom Confidential series: “The school has a duty of care for the children when the parents aren’t there,” the mother said. “Everything they did was wrong. There’s no other way to say it.”

Winnipeg Free Press@winnipegfreepress.com · 5mo ago

With its soft lighting and cosy couches, the classroom hangout at the River East-Transcona School Division high school is supposed to be a safe space for students to decompress.

A big congrats to my colleagues @benwaldman.bsky.social, @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social, + the team who covered the tragedy in Hollow Water (@scottbilleck.bsky.social, Chris Kitching, @nicbufflin.bsky.social, @pritchatlarge.bsky.social, Erik Pindera, and @fpcarolsanders.bsky.social) on their noms.

Proud this morning to see two of my stories from last year recognized with National Newspaper Award nominations. The first, about the second-generation cut-off, which has been referred to as a genocide “in paper form” for First Nations people. www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/202...

Indian Act's ‘second-generation cut-off’ poses an existential threat to treaty people in Canada

Thanks to the Indian Act’s ‘second-generation cut-off,’ First Nations people face a baffling and offensive equation when it comes to their status rights.

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People love John Samson Fellows’s music. He doesn’t want to make it anymore.

Lay It Down | Hazlitt

People love John Samson Fellows’s music. He doesn’t want to make it anymore.

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Proud to work in a newsroom that values media literacy for the next generation. Learn more about the project here: www.winnipegfreepress.com/education

Rebecca Chambers@metismamamb.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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.

Scoop: The province quietly updated its regulations to allow for institutional safety officers to be stationed at MB Hydro and MB Housing buildings. The change came right before an armed man attacked a Hydro employee at its downtown HQ. @winnipegfreepress.com #wfp

Hydro, Manitoba Housing HQ to hire safety officers to battle escalating violence

Safety officers equipped with pepper gel and handcuffs and specially trained and licensed security staff will have the legal authority to restrain, detain and make an arrests.

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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.

Beleaguered tenants fed up with unsafe Manitoba Housing building in Winnipeg's Osborne Village

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. Sadie Be...

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No one more deserving, frankly #DootDoot

Nardwuar the Human Serviette@nardwuarserviette.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I am honoured to announce I’ve been appointed as a member to the Order of Canada. Thank you to everyone for the support! I dedicate this to my late Mom who taught me so much about history, local independent media & research. I know that she would be, like me, screaming with joy! #orderofcanada

CNN reporting Canadians boycotting the U.S. has, in fact, made an impact. www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...

Canada’s ‘boycott America’ movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business

Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.

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If you trekked all the way to school this morning for work/learning, only for it to be cancelled -- my DMs are open!

Maggie Macintosh@maggiemacintosh.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Today is a rare, citywide snow day, following an eleventh hour announcement re: worsening conditions this A.M. Did you show up to school/work before the call was made around 7:45 a.m.? More to come via @winnipegfreepress.com #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Hi #Winnipeg : I'm working on a story about people opting out of travel south of the border to visit family and friends for the holidays owing to U.S. - Canada relations. Is this you? If so, I'd love to chat. Get at me at nicole.buffie@freepress.mb.ca or hit the DMs. @winnipegfreepress.com #wfp

Hi #Winnipeg : I'm working on a story about people opting out of travel south of the border to visit family and friends for the holidays owing to U.S. - Canada relations. Is this you? If so, I'd love to chat. Get at me at nicole.buffie@freepress.mb.ca or hit the DMs. @winnipegfreepress.com #wfp

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nicole buffie@nicbufflin.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Boom-bust mining towns like Leaf Rapids, Man. are fading into oblivion. Some remaining residents are left fighting for the basic necessities of life, others have fled for survival. This week's #longread explores what was once the crown jewel of the north, and its steep decline over 50 years.

Boom-bust mining towns like Leaf Rapids, Man. are fading into oblivion. Some remaining residents are left fighting for the basic necessities of life, others have fled for survival. This week's #longread explores what was once the crown jewel of the north, and its steep decline over 50 years.

Manitoba's summer wildfire threat was the latest nail in the coffin for once-prosperous Leaf Rapids

LEAF RAPIDS — Travelling north of the 56th parallel along Provincial Road 391, the boreal forest occasionally thins to showcase where lake meets sky. Ravens patrol the air, pausing to swoop down to in...

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Huge scoop from @maggiemacintosh.bsky.social

Maggie Macintosh@maggiemacintosh.bsky.social · 9mo ago

My latest investigation for @winnipegfreepress.com A now-senior exec at Brandon University turned a student’s failing grade into an A+ when she was the dean of science, a move that overrode the instructor’s concerns & is raising qs about marking #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Les was a special person and everyone who knew him was better because of it.

Eva Wasney@evawasney.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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...

If the sub didn’t split, you must acquit!

Molly Roberts@mollyroberts.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”

The fledgling Canada Water Agency, based in Winnipeg, is about to get its funding reduced just two years after the federal Liberal government unveiled it.

Budget of Winnipeg-based federal water agency to take a hit

The fledgling Canada Water Agency, based in Winnipeg, is about to get its funding reduced just two years after the federal Liberal government unveiled it.

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Trump, Long Erratic on the World Stage, Reaches a New Level

Trump, Long Erratic on the World Stage, Reaches a New Level

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