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To contact us: Customer Service: wfp.to/service | News tips wfp.to/newstip https://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3muaaqdrizg2kA security guard was taken to hospital after an assault at a Sargent Avenue FreshCo Friday, just days after another guard was stabbed during a robbery at a St. James Dollarama. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/29/security-guard-in-stable-condition-after-grocery-store-assault29 Aug 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3muaaqdrizg2khttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mua5r2bjjl2jA Winnipeg man on a pilgrimage in Nepal is among nearly 2,000 people missing after a deadly flash flood devastated a popular tourist region along the Himalayan border earlier this week. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/29/winnipeg-man-among-those-missing-in-nepal-flash-flood29 Aug 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mua5r2bjjl2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu7tdyeido2rThree people, including a Winnipeg nightclub owner and a divorced dad desperate for cash, have been sentenced in a cocaine-trafficking case city police were once concerned had been compromised by a corrupt cop. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/29/nightclub-owner-divorced-dad-sentenced-for-involvement-in-cocaine-trafficking-case29 Aug 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7tdyeido2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu7cmiq3iw26Dana Moroz is on the other end of the line and the manager of the Sunshine Fund can hardly contain her enthusiasm. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/29/it-really-takes-a-village29 Aug 2026 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7cmiq3iw26https://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu6zbkjufq2xThe Winnipeg Blue Bombers had to play four of their best quarters of football to even stand a chance. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/28/shocking-win-for-bombers29 Aug 2026 04:14 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6zbkjufq2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu6h3rhvyk2iA tally by the City of Winnipeg shows the number of people in encampments has fallen by a few hundred since last September. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/28/city-advised-275-people-in-72-camps-as-of-july28 Aug 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6h3rhvyk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu6ghcn2cl2rIn life, few connected with others like Jeff Laping. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/28/his-legacy-will-live-on-228 Aug 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6ghcn2cl2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu6e3id7ax2bA mayoral candidate is promising a complete overhaul of the city’s permit processes, if elected. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/28/mayoral-candidate-vogiatzakis-promises-new-express-lane-permitting-process28 Aug 2026 21:55 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6e3id7ax2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu6d34u34u25The University of Manitoba is playing in a new league. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/28/u-of-m-research-role-expands-after-79-m-federal-injection28 Aug 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6d34u34u25https://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu6c2kqfzu2gOTTAWA – Canada’s privacy commissioner is asking the Federal Court to order Google to de-list specific search results, after Google refused to comply with the watchdog’s recommendations. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2026/08/28/privacy-watchdog-takes-google-to-court-in-long-running-right-to-be-forgotten-case28 Aug 2026 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6c2kqfzu2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu6bqndtap2jThe province is responding to the latest U.S. tariffs with more than $100 million in supports for workers, businesses and producers to help Manitoba’s economy “weather the storm.” https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/28/manitoba-introduces-100m-in-supports-to-combat-u-s-tariffs28 Aug 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6bqndtap2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu6awlbu4n26It’s early July and Warren Luky’s second last day before he retires as president of United Steelworkers Local 6166. After a career at the bargaining table and in and around mineshafts, Luky speaks candidly as he fires up a barbecue at his Thompson home. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/2026/08/28/could-trade-war-have-a-silver-lining28 Aug 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6awlbu4n26https://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu64ba35vq2bOTTAWA – Union and industry leaders say the federal government shouldn’t rush to get back to the table with the U.S., arguing Canada should use the leverage it has in negotiations.  https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/2026/08/28/union-industry-leaders-urge-government-not-to-rush-trade-talks-with-the-u-s28 Aug 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu64ba35vq2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu5zv3omo325Construction at Whiteshell Provincial Park is set to begin Monday, as a portion of the Trans Canada Trail closed Friday in preparation of safety upgrades at a site where two brothers drowned last month. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/28/whiteshell-park-safety-upgrades-to-begin-monday28 Aug 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5zv3omo325https://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu5yvethkj2bCanadians have been trying to make sense of a new reality since Canada-United States trade talks broke down on Aug. 21. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/28/chin-up-as-well-as-our-elbows28 Aug 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5yvethkj2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu5xfaobkw2bIt’s been six months since the United States and Israel attacked Iran with the perennial goal of transforming the Middle East through military force. The region has changed, but not in the way they had hoped. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/27/six-months-on-the-iran-war-has-changed-the-middle-east-but-not-in-the-way-its-architects-had-hoped28 Aug 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5xfaobkw2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu5wx66c272bSTAVANGER, Norway (AP) — King Harald V of Norway, who went into exile in the United States as a child during the Nazi occupation of his homeland and refused a string of potential brides from the European nobility so he could marry his longtime sweetheart, died Friday. He was 89. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/28/norways-king-harald-v-dies-at-89-his-son-becomes-king28 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5wx66c272bhttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu5vhk6fqn2gOTTAWA – The Canadian economy saw only a modest boost from the FIFA World Cup in June, with some tourism-related industries even edging down slightly for the month, new figures released Friday showed. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/2026/08/28/statcan-figures-show-minor-economic-bump-from-fifa-world-cup-soccer-matches28 Aug 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5vhk6fqn2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu5vg6m4l62bGovernment officials say people from Ebola-affected countries will continue to be banned from entering Canada for another 30 days, prolonging the state of limbo for tens of thousands of people who have had their residency applications suspended since May.  https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/2026/08/28/canada-extends-ebola-travel-restrictions-for-another-30-days28 Aug 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5vg6m4l62bhttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu5vfpm75u25PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Jurors resumed deliberations Friday morning in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts. They must decide whether to hold the former labor and delivery nurse criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/health/2026/08/28/jurors-to-resume-deliberations-in-the-lindsay-clancy-murder-trial28 Aug 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5vfpm75u25https://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu5uoyg3li2rPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia, notorious for being a major center for international online scams, claimed Friday it no longer hosts any of the compounds where the lucrative cybercrime was carried out, although some remain skeptical. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/2026/08/28/cambodia-claims-it-has-wiped-out-online-scam-compounds-after-a-sweeping-crackdown28 Aug 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5uoyg3li2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu5t7tekwb2gThree people were sent to hospital after a fire at a two-storey home in Winnipeg’s St. Johns neighbourhood Thursday night. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/28/three-hospitalized-after-house-fire-on-st-johns-avenue28 Aug 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5t7tekwb2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu5kasrjix2mManitoba Hydro president and CEO Allan Danroth is leaving his position with the provincial Crown power utility, the Free Press has learned. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/28/hydro-ceo-leaving-job-two-years-after-appointment28 Aug 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5kasrjix2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu5fvsxgds2gOTTAWA – Fresh data from Statistics Canada on Friday suggests the economy was growing at a healthy clip in the second quarter and rumblings of a recession earlier in the year might’ve been overblown. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/2026/08/28/statcan-set-to-report-q2-gdp-results-after-surprise-q1-contraction28 Aug 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5fvsxgds2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu5a5vgcku2cCadence Weapon never gave artificial intelligence permission to learn from his music. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/2026/08/28/its-high-tech-theft-as-ai-music-booms-canadian-artists-demand-consent-transparency-and-pay28 Aug 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5a5vgcku2chttps://bsky.app/profile/winnipegfreepress.com/post/3mu5a5kxc2b2sCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway has a new king, whose tasks will include stabilizing the Scandinavian country’s monarchy and boosting the royal family’s popularity after his wife’s past contacts with deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his stepson’s rape conviction. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/28/norways-crown-prince-becomes-king-haakon-viii-after-his-fathers-death28 Aug 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:cakwbuh7mddm7nnwp2dvbpmq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5a5kxc2b2s