Business going swimmingly after 10 years
Replace fire and brimstone with racks of swimsuits, bright fluorescent lights, crammed change rooms and people everywhere. There, you might find Cathy Murray’s hell. “It’s an...
Greening the concrete jungle
Winnipeg’s downtown is a concrete jungle. In the maze of office towers and asphalt, surface parking lots are more common than parks. The city’s harsh weather...
New Transit union head to push for more safety measures
The new head of the Winnipeg Transit union wants city hall to crack down on fare evasion and give drivers more time to complete their routes,...
Lawyer charged in relation to spying on Manitoba judge
An Alberta lawyer has been charged with obstruction-of-justice offences nearly a year and a half after he admitted to hiring a private investigator to spy on...
Carr’s son ponders run for Winnipeg South Centre seat, Bergen expected to resign in Portage-Lisgar
Big changes are expected in two Manitoba federal ridings this year. Ben Carr is considering a run in Winnipeg South Centre, where his father Jim occupied...
Angry Sunwing travellers land in Winnipeg after days of cancellations
After being stranded in Cuba for five days, Sunwing Vacations customer Val Lechner didn’t want to take any chances when the company promised seats on an...
The Leaf at Assiniboine Park welcomes first visitors
The parking lot was full and Winnipeggers came out in droves Saturday morning for the public opening of The Leaf, the new indoor horticultural attraction at...
A ferocious dedication to living
Anne Kostjuk was a rare person, and not merely because she was a member of a tiny demographic, the .03 per cent of the Canadian population...
Another pedestrian dies in crash on city street
A pedestrian is dead after a two-vehicle collision on Route 90 early Saturday morning. The man is the 17th pedestrian to be killed in a vehicle...
Free Press celebrates launch of art exhibit
The Winnipeg Art Gallery has opened its doors to an exhibition focusing on the Winnipeg Free Press and its 150th anniversary. Headlines: The Art of the...