Winnipeg mayoral candidate Jenny Motkaluk is calling for an audit of the water and waste utility, saying she’s unable to account for spending within the department – even though the …
Winnipeggers were keen to buy legalized cannabis today online and in line. Matthew Dahl was the first retail customer to purchase cannabis at the Delta 9 store in Winnipeg. “I said give ……
In Seeing Red: A History of Natives in Canadian Newspapers, academics Mark Cronlund Anderson and Carmen Robertson studied more than 40 Canadian regional and national publications between 1869 and 2009. …
THE smell of fresh paint lingered in the air Monday afternoon inside the strip mall at 827 Dakota St. in south Winnipeg, where Delta 9 Cannabis will open its first …
Winnipeg real estate developer Andrew Marquess has filed a lawsuit against city hall and four senior officials, accusing them of a co-ordinated effort to thwart his plan to develop the …
Manitoba RCMP arrested a 17-year-old Selkirk student Tuesday, after he took a sawed-off shotgun and ammunition to school. Administration put Lord Selkirk Regional Comprehensive Secondary School into lockdown just before 11:10 ……
Coun. Ross Eadie is encouraging residents in his North End ward to vote for Jenny Motkaluk even though he thinks her campaign promises are unrealistic and will result in service …
Think smoking pot makes you a better, more careful driver? Think again, says a study commissioned by the Canadian Automobile Association. It tested 36 recreational cannabis users ages 18 to 24 …
OTTAWA — Though the Manitoba government is expressing concern legalizing recreational cannabis won’t immediately undercut the black market, Ottawa believes licensed producers will ultimately prevail. Bill Blair, the Liberals’ point man …
As cannabis legalization looms, players in the local black market say they don’t intend to be put out of business. The Free Press interviewed three Winnipeg-based marijuana dealers about whether they …
Manitoba Public Insurance clients may eventually have the option of going online for basic business such as renewing their vehicle insurance. The corporation’s president and CEO, Benjamin Graham, said the corporation …
The Coalition for Portage and Main, the group organizing to get the city’s iconic intersection reopened to pedestrians, has announced a plan that could decrease traffic congestion if the barriers …
Days after news broke about Emerson MLA Cliff Graydon making an inappropriate comment to a female staff member at the Manitoba legislature, the Free Press has learned the politician is …
A 24-year-old man who was buying meth out of a North End home was shot to death after he threatened the accused killer, Crown prosecutors told a jury Monday. Twelve jurors …
A remote Manitoba Cree community is coming to grips with the death of two men caught out in a storm on the lake they had fished for years. A sudden, unseasonable …
It’s a tidal wave of common sense, aimed at changing minds. The “Team Open” campaign — the businesses, lobby groups and individual activists that want to reintroduce pedestrians to Portage Avenue ……
There is strong support among Winnipeggers for a Canadawide handgun ban. Three-quarters of respondents to a Probe Research poll, which was commissioned by the Free Press and CTV, said “urgent action ……
Even though Doug Thomas was viciously attacked by two men while coming to the aid of a homeless man, he says he wouldn’t hesitate to do it again. “I hope most ……
One of Stacey Friesen’s favourite parts of her job is greeting customers, menus in hand and a smile on her face. “It makes me happy all the time,” Friesen says. “They …
The underground concourse at Portage Avenue and Main Street was mostly quiet Saturday morning as rain fell across the city, aside from the barely audible drip-drop of water trickling through …
First Nations across Canada have banned or restricted the flow of alcohol for years. It’s a legal power they hold through the federal Indian Act, which allows First Nations to ban ……
In the face of a yearlong waiting list, and a backlog that threatens to slow down the family court process, advocates are calling on the Manitoba government to devote more …
Winnipeg’s Vivek Bhagria will make sports history later this month when he represents Canada at the first Dwarf World Cup in Buenos Aires. Bhagria, 23, has been selected as one of ……
Melina Elliott and Erica Henderson are on a mission. They’ve quit their research jobs, and are confident their new, one-of-a-kind business, Body Measure (1086 St. Mary’s Rd.), will tell Winnipeggers everything …
When junior A hockey players got the gate in the late-1970s in Keewatin Arena, they’d do the time with Brian (Gunner) Gunn chirping in their ears. And they loved every minute …
I get asked often: where did it all go wrong? When did Indigenous and non-Indigenous relationships go awry? How? One could point to when Christopher Columbus met the Taino people and said …
Winnipeg mayoral candidate Don Woodstock says he’ll freeze property taxes for the next four years, if elected, and eliminate the impact fee. Woodstock said in an announcement Friday he’ll also lobby …
OTTAWA — A year after becoming Governor General, Julie Payette will head to Africa this month, but still has no visit to Manitoba planned. Payette will make state visits to Burkina …
Brian Bowman says he’s committed to continuing lowering the business tax and promoting Winnipeg as a great place to live and work if he’s re-elected as mayor. During a Friday morning …
Winnipeg mayoral candidate Jenny Motkaluk’s touted reform of the property tax system turns out to be a simple property tax rebate. However, Motkaluk doesn’t recognize the rebate as a loss of …
While he waits for the federal Justice Department to decide whether he was wrongfully convicted of three murders more than 20 years ago, a Winnipeg man has asked a Court …
OTTAWA — All three levels of government might finally co-ordinate their response to a meth crisis that is straining Winnipeg’s police and hospitals. On Sept. 20, Winnipeg city council unanimously passed …
The Progressive Conservative government is promoting a little-known provision in provincial law that allows, in exceptional circumstances, for the quick eviction of tenants who commit illegal acts, such as dealing …
Emerson MLA Cliff Graydon’s fate with the Tory caucus could come down to a vote among his colleagues this month after he made a sexually inappropriate comment to female legislative …
A candidate for school trustee is apologizing for social media posts she made mocking Premier Brian Pallister’s pain after he broke his arm hiking in the U.S., and for suggesting ……
The waterproofing protecting the Portage and Main underground concourse has “completely disintegrated” in areas and may mean the removal of the concrete pedestrian barricades regardless of the outcome of the …
Canadians who work in Canada’s legal cannabis industry shouldn’t have trouble crossing the U.S. border, according to a new, clarified statement from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The federal agency’s statement …
University of Winnipeg chancellor and Free Press co-owner Bob Silver is the recipient of the 2018 Duff Roblin Award, the U of W announced Thursday. Silver will be honoured at the …
