Winnipeg police officers spent more than 50,000 hours doing special duty work — racking up millions of dollars in fees in the process — over a 13-month period from May 2023 until June 2024, according to data obtained by the Free Press.
Nazariy Chychkevych had mixed feelings about celebrating Ukrainian Independence Day but knew he had to do something. The newcomer organized a community run to raise funds for Ukrainian soldiers who ha...
Family has been Ken Friess’s lifeline since he was diagnosed with a rare, incurable lung disease. Friess was joined by his family to participate in Winnipeg’s first ever Walk for Pulmonary Fibrosis at...
Maxime Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada, showed support for the party’s candidate ahead of next month’s Elmwood-Transcona byelection on Saturday. Bernier is hoping the Sept. 16 vote wil...
What’s the rush? That’s what some parents and community advocates are wondering as the city prepares to shut down 30 wading pools Friday and another 30 the following Friday. That will leave just six o...
Manitoba’s animal health and welfare branch seized more than 130 dogs from a home north of Winnipeg last week as local shelters are struggling — in some cases unable — to meet the demand created by people abandoning their pets.
What would have been the final chapter for a local café has instead brought fresh coffee and flowers back to Osborne Village. Small Mercies, a café and boutique, reopened its doors on July 3 after bei...
Canada’s oldest steam locomotive needs $150,000 in repairs to get back on track. Prairie Dog Central Railway’s steam locomotive, known as No. 3, won’t operate this year, as a vintage diesel locomotive...
Ian Harasymiw and his grandson, Sheamus, share a cold drink as they watch a red-and-white pinstriped Cessna take off from Canada’s 10th busiest airport. Since taking their spot across from the runway,...
It wasn’t going to be just any old school project — it had to have an impact. So, best friends James Lesyk and Ndidi Wamy, who’ve just graduated from Vincent Massey Collegiate, organized a food drive...
A University of Manitoba researcher is setting sights on neutering buzzing bloodsuckers this summer. Steve Whyard, a professor in the biological sciences department at U of M, is testing out new techn...