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Headline: Full tile image double: Transit turmoil frustrating bus riders

'There’s actually a joke out there that ‘not in service’ is the most common bus (route) that the city has'

Malak Abas 5 minute read Monday, Dec. 19, 2022

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Headline: Full tile image single tile: Transit turmoil frustrating bus riders

'There’s actually a joke out there that ‘not in service’ is the most common bus (route) that the city has'

Malak Abas 5 minute read Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022

A spectral spin on the culinary reality show

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A spectral spin on the culinary reality show

Eva Wasney 5 minute read Tuesday, May. 23, 2023

The elevator pitch: local ghost-kitchen purveyors convene in a haunted house to have their cooking judged by a hungry spectre.

Oh, and there are also paranormal experts, familiar monsters and just a hint of bike theft.

It’s a deeply weird, multidimensional concept that a Winnipeg film production company has turned into a very real television series available now on Bell FibeTV.

Ghost Kitchens is a four-part reality cooking competition/supernatural history show created by Folks Films, a studio founded by siblings Laina and Taylor Brown. Pushing the bounds of possibility was a driving force behind the pair’s first foray into entertainment TV.

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Tuesday, May. 23, 2023

‘Still a little shaken’ after arson

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‘Still a little shaken’ after arson

Chris Kitching 6 minute read Tuesday, May. 9, 2023

Braden Hopkins was in a deep sleep when he and his wife were awakened by strangers banging on their bedroom window and front door at 4 a.m. Monday.

When they opened the door, the startled parents saw the orange glow of a raging fire that had been deliberately set by someone who doused their vehicles with a liquid accelerant.

“The guy at the door was saying, ‘Fire! Fire! Your garage is on fire!’” Hopkins told the Free Press Tuesday. “We have (three kids). We had to get them out as quickly and safely as possible.”

The 31 year old, who lives in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews just north of Winnipeg, doesn’t know why the family’s vehicles were set on fire.

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Tuesday, May. 9, 2023

Woman who alleges family physician sexually assaulted her testifies

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Woman who alleges family physician sexually assaulted her testifies

Dean Pritchard 5 minute read Monday, May. 1, 2023

A Manitoba woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by her family physician says she felt it was her “duty” to come forward after learning other women had gone to police with similar claims.

“Before that, I thought I was alone,” the woman testified Monday at the trial of Dr. Arcel Bissonnette.

Bissonnette, 63, is accused of sexually assaulting five female patients during medical examinations at the Ste. Anne Hospital and Seine Medical Centre.

Court heard all five women stepped forward after police issued a media notice in November 2020 announcing his arrest on charges involving six other female patients.

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Monday, May. 1, 2023

Former finance minister loses federal nomination bid

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Former finance minister loses federal nomination bid

Carol Sanders 4 minute read Monday, May. 1, 2023

Too much baggage and not enough of organization likely led to the political downfall of a Manitoba cabinet minister who quit his post to seek the federal Conservative nomination in Portage—Lisgar, experts say.

Cameron Friesen lost the nomination April 29 to Branden Leslie, who will now carry the federal party banner in the yet-to-be-called byelection.

Portage—Lisgar is a Tory stronghold. Its most recent MP, Candice Bergen, held the seat from 2008 until resigning in February. Bergen is now co-chair of the provincial Progressive Conservative party’s 2023 election campaign.

“Our campaign message was about experience, results and deep roots in the riding,” Friesen said in a social media post after losing the nomination Saturday.

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Monday, May. 1, 2023

Connor knows what he has to do

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Connor knows what he has to do

Jeff Hamilton 7 minute read Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2023

LAS VEGAS — There are few things Kyle Connor loves more than scoring goals.

The Winnipeg Jets forward is pretty darn good at it, too. He has scored at least 30 goals in nearly all of his six seasons in the NHL, including a career-high 47 goals last season. The only year he didn’t reach the mark came in the shortened, 56-game campaign in 2021 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in 26 goals.

In fact, since joining the NHL full-time in the 2017-18 season, only six players have more goals than Connor’s 207, including Washington’s Alexander Ovechkin (264), Toronto’s Auston Matthews (259), Edmonton’s Connor McDavid (257), Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl (256), Boston’s David Pastrnak (242) and Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon (209).

“Winning is the most important thing but it’s definitely great if you can combine the two,” Connor told the Free Press following practice Wednesday. “If you look at Game 3, with the crowd at home and we’re going into overtime, it’s every kid’s dream of scoring an overtime winner. Everyone in this locker room loves to score goals and takes pride in it. For me, it’s definitely up there.”

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Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2023

U of W hoops coach joins Sea Bears

Joshua Frey-Sam 4 minute read Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2023

All hands on deck

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All hands on deck

Jeff Hamilton 7 minute read Sunday, Apr. 23, 2023

The Winnipeg Jets lost more than just a lead in their playoff series during Saturday’s loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.

Trailing 2-1 in the best-of-seven battle against the top seed in the Western Conference is a big enough hole to climb out of but they’ll have to do it without Josh Morrissey, their best defenceman and arguably their best player. That makes it an even taller, some might even say impossible, task.

The Jets don’t have time to feel sorry for themselves, not with a critical Game 4 to be played at home Monday night. With Morrissey out it’s on the rest of the team to make up for the loss.

“His mentality. His swagger. His vocal leadership on the bench and in the locker room. All that stuff will be missed,” said Jets defenceman Neal Pionk on Sunday. “It will be a next-man-up mentality, we’ll have to take a little bit more from everybody, because I don’t think one guy can fill those shoes. He’s been our best player all year, so we’ll have to pick up that slack.”

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Sunday, Apr. 23, 2023