Free Press Head Start for July 14, 2025
This week, the Winnipeg Fringe Festival begins. Opening night is Wednesday at 6 p.m. The festival runs through July 27, and you'll be able to find our coverage and show reviews here. Today's must-read
As the wildfire threat prompts precautionary evacuations in Thompson, long-term care residents in that city are being sent to a personal care home in Flin Flon. Residents of Flin Flon's Northern Lights Manor were evacuated in late May and are waiting to return home, but this move will further delay their return. Meanwhile, evacuations are underway for Island Lake First Nations. Gabrielle Piché has the story.
Ludwig Krzak, a Flin Flon Northern Lights Manor resident, was evacuated to Winnipeg and is waiting to return home. (Supplied) On the bright side
Longtime Winnipeg Fringe volunteer Wendy Molnar has been involved with the festival since 1990 in a variety of roles, including taking tickets, ushering people to their seats and assisting with the children's programming.
'Winnipeg was very welcoming to me and it was just a fun time, so I kind of got hooked on it,' Molnar says. 'Here I am, 35 years later, still volunteering and still enjoying every minute of it.'
Aaron Epp shines the spotlight on Molnar's contributions here.
Wendy Molnar has been volunteering with the Winnipeg Fringe Festival for 36 years. (Brook Jones / Free Press) On this date
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