Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson

In September 2024, David A. Robertson suffered a debilitating panic attack and nervous breakdown that left him overwhelmed for the better part of three months. “I was about to go to Germany. I had jus...

Whether you’re doing a full-on Dry January, have resolved to scale back your alcohol consumption or are simply looking for low- or no-alcohol alternatives to wine, beer, coolers and spirits, there’s n...

As wine-and-food pairings go, your typical Christmas/holiday dinner is one of the easier meals to navigate with only one major exception: almost any wines you choose will likely end up being a hit. Th...

It’s that time of year where best-of lists, forward-looking think pieces and reflections on the year’s highs and lows jostle for room on newspaper pages and clicks on websites. Which got me thinking t...

Here are the top fiction, non-fiction and poetry titles as chosen by Free Press reviewers, proving once again that writers still have plenty to say.

What began as columns penned for the Free Press on the complexities of Winnipeg —its good, bad and in-between — has led to Niigaan Sinclair winning the Governor-General’s Literary Awards prize for non...

Winnipeg spirits fans have cause to raise a dram to new tipples hitting shelves this month. Capital K Distillery has launched the Tall Grass Prairie Gold Wheat Whisky.

Fall ends up being a bit of a busy time when you wear both the literary-editor and drinks-writer hats at the Free Press (figuratively speaking — although actual hats might help keep work tasks better...

The launch of the Søbr Market two years ago transformed the non-alcoholic drinks landscape in Manitoba in a profound way.

We’ve been getting decent daytime temps and plenty of sun as of late. But Manitoba’s cooler nights — and the pile of tomatoes and squash on my kitchen counter, frantically picked from the backyard gar...