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Winnipeg Free Press
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- Winnipeg Free Press
‘You can't force people into housing'
Tents, tarps, and makeshift shelters line the beaten path along the Assiniboine River near Balmoral Street in West Broadway — a community hidden in plain sight. At first glance, the scene could be mistaken for a Manitoba summer festival: there are colourful tents, birds chirping overhead, and geese with their goslings feeding nearby. The natural beauty of the river view masks the harsh truth. The mattresses, shopping carts, broken glass, empty naloxone kits and food wrappers break the illusion. This isn't a weekend retreat. This is home. MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS A large encampment along the banks of the Assiniboine River at the end of Spence Street at Balmoral Street. MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS A large encampment along the embankment of the Assiniboine River at the end of Spence Street off of Balmoral Street. Reporter: Scott Billeck 250528 - Wednesday, May 28, 2025. Curtis, a 44-year-old who is originally from Saskatchewan, wears a black Red River College nursing program zip-up hoodie. He has been without a home for the past six or seven years. He says he'd move into permanent housing 'today, if I could.' But walking away from his camp family — and the freedom of life outside of society — isn't easy. 'It's abandonment,' he said. 'I'd feel like I'm leaving them behind.' That feeling runs deep for Curtis, who says he knows the pain of separation. The father of four hasn't seen his children since his own father died four or five years ago. 'Living in the white society is really tough being a native — an Indian, a savage, a scrub,' he says. 'That's what we've been called for hundreds of years, and for hundreds of years more, it will be the same.' He questions why there's homelessness in a country such as Canada, and how people can go about their business. 'The most richest city in Canada — Vancouver — they have a whole street full of homeless people. How is that possible?' he said. 'How does the richest city allow a whole street to be homeless?' He also offers insight into why many people stay outside, pointing to friends evicted from government-supported housing for breaking strict rules — including having visitors. 'It's hard to abide by the rules of a situated house,' Curtis said. 'We're free. There's freedom (living unsheltered) right here.' For many in Winnipeg's encampments, the path to housing is far from straightforward. Trauma, addiction and complex life circumstances often stand in the way of simply finding a bed. Curtis says he was supposed to start a job on Monday, but he didn't show up. 'I hadn't really slept for two to three weeks… because of my drug of choice,' he said, holding a cloudy glass pipe in his hand. 'Choices and consequences,' he says, repeating those three words often. Mentioning the NDP government's two-year, $20-million Your Way Home strategy earns mixed reviews among the unsheltered. Some seem eager for the province to accelerate its pace, while others remain skeptical it will change anything. 'There's a huge trust issue,' says another woman. 'Trust is a big thing. Technically, I think everybody wants housing, but there's peace of mind. It boils down to rules and regulations.' 'Domestication,' says another man, who refuses to elaborate out of anger. Main Street Project declined to comment, instead pointing the Free Press to its public educational material that explains why some people avoid shelters. 'People may experience barriers to accessing shelters or choose not to go,' the 18-page document says. 'Barriers may include shelters being at capacity; having restrictions on pets, belongings or alcohol; separating couples; or requiring detailed intake criteria or processes. It also notes that people avoid shelters due to past experiences of violence, crowding, stigma, and safety concerns. Al Wiebe, who was homeless for 29 months and later became an advocate, says the reasons are many. 'They have to feel respected, and they don't right now,' he says. 'There needed to be more consultation. And the rhetoric about shutting down encampments, people's homes… there's never going to not be encampments,' says the man who recently received the King's Coronation Medal for community service. Wiebe says encampment communities keep people alive. 'You can't force people into housing; they will leave housing,' Wiebe says, adding that soon the province will likely learn the approach is flawed. A few blocks west of the riverside, a small encampment is tucked into a park, partially hidden by bushes. A woman says she's been on a housing waiting list for years, struggled with obtaining proper ID and related delays forced her to survive outside. 'I hate living like this,' she says, adding she's been on the streets for the past three years. Premier Wab Kinew said during question period Wednesday, not far from where the woman lives, that it could take six to seven years to repair the damage he accused the former PC government of causing. Kinew added that MSP has housed 37 of the 40 people who have left encampments to date. The province has said it wants to move about 700 people from encampments into housing. The woman says she's grateful for organizations such as MSP and people in West Broadway who bring food, water, and supplies — even tarps to keep out the elements. MSP's outreach services, as outlined in its material, include essential items and relationship-building efforts. 'Each element is crucial in building meaningful relationships with people who have been repeatedly disappointed, and who have experienced so much systemic harm and oppression,' the document reads. 'Something as simple as offering food and coffee to someone experiencing homelessness lays the groundwork for building critical trust.' Last week, MSP came under fire when its outreach staff were recorded dragging tents and belongings to the riverbank in Point Douglas, another of the city's encampment hot spots. MSP declined to comment, referring only to a letter it sent in response to the Point Douglas residents committee, which was outraged by staff behaviour. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. On Monday, Housing Minister Bernadette Smith directed MSP — one of the key players in the province's Your Way Home strategy — and other service organizations not to move people into encampments. 'Going forward, it's from encampment to housing. The Your Way Home strategy outlines that pretty clearly,' she said. Back at the riverbank, some residents acknowledged they had received tents from shelters — though they didn't name them. 'I'm grateful,' one person says. Scott BilleckReporter Scott Billeck is a general assignment reporter for the Free Press. A Creative Communications graduate from Red River College, Scott has more than a decade's worth of experience covering hockey, football and global pandemics. He joined the Free Press in 2024. Read more about Scott. Every piece of reporting Scott produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Yahoo
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The Big Pod Machine: Will the Reds make the playoffs this season?
On the Sidelines S1E13: Talking Mariners love, Seahawks schedule, Kraken head coach search FOX 13 Digital Sports Reporter Curtis Crabtree joins the show as the guys open with recapping the Mariners hot start to a 10-game road trip including why Cal Raleigh and Bryan Woo are two of the best at their positions in all of baseball. Then, the guys breakdown the Seahawks schedule and give their win predictions as well as discuss why Vegas isn't optimistic about the Seahawks' 2025 season. Before heading out, Curtis gives an update on the Kraken's search for a head coach and the guys rank their top 5 sports nicknames with Curtis deciding the winner. Ethan and Dante then recap the Storm's 1-1 start to the season including a mixed pair of results on the road and finish by discussing Caitlin Clark's flagrant foul on Angel Reese and how much attention it has garnered. 1:02:14 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
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‘I'm proud': Curtis' Altheimer races to 4A 100M final at state track and field
Nicholas 'Nico' Altheimer wants to be 'that guy' in Washington — the state's top sprinter and fastest man. He's still one race short of the gold medal, but Thursday's 4A Boys 100-meter dash preliminaries certainly proved the Curtis star right. Altheimer put on a show from the sixth and final heat, bolting to the finish line faster than any sprinter in any classification (10.52) at Mount Tahoma Stadium. He took down a 4A field of 41 total runners and outlasted Kentridge's Berry Crosby (10.59) for Thursday's top time, now locked into Saturday's 4A 100-meter final with a chance to win it all. Altheimer said he felt shaky near the halfway point of his sprint. By watching, you never would've known. 'I felt like I messed up, but it is what it is,' Altheimer said, smiling ear-to-ear. 'I had a nice time. 'The final's going to be something nice.' The Curtis senior owns the state's fastest 100-meter (10.35) and 200-meter (21.02) dashes this spring. He's the final leg of the Vikings 4x100 relay, which set a state record at last week's district meet as the only group to break the 41-second mark, and should contend in the 4A Boys 300-meter hurdles. 'At the beginning of the season, I didn't want to run a relay,' he said. 'We slowly started getting better. And now, we're the only team to ever go under 41 (seconds). 'We feel like we're going to break our record and take this thing all the way.' And he's part of a Curtis track and field program that took home both West Central District III titles, boys and girls. There's talent everywhere, from sprinters and distance specialists to throwers and jumpers alike. 'We've grown so much,' Altheimer said. 'We're basically like a big old family. I love my team. They're the reason I am who I am, too.' Curtis junior Shelby Duah won her preliminary heat in Thursday's 4A Girls 100-meter hurdles (15.23), battling headwinds to finish third in a field of 20. She joins Altheimer in a quest for the gold medal. 'Every single (Viking) here has a chance to win state,' Duah said. 'They're very inclusive and super fun to be around.' Owen Brown let the suspense build. Mount Rainier's senior triple-jumper was last to fly in Thursday's 4A Boys triple jump final at Mount Tahoma Stadium, needing to eclipse 45-8 for the gold. The problem? Brown had never eclipsed 45-7 in his high school career. He'd need a new personal record despite swirling winds on a sunny Tacoma day. 'I just knew I had to run faster,' Brown said. 'I put all my phases together and got a big jump.' We're not sure you can script the final triple jump of his Mount Rainier career any better. On his sixth and last attempt of the afternoon, Brown flew 46 feet and one inch — clearing Gonzaga Prep's Feso Ogbozor by five inches. Class 4A had a new triple jump champion in the unlikeliest of ways. 'It feels good,' he said. 'I've put in the work all season and was able to PR on my last jump.' Lake Washington's Yevhen Zhmailo, the state leader in triple jump this season (50-9.5) and favorite to win Thursday's 4A title, was unable to compete due to an arm injury suffered Tuesday. Puyallup's Justin Temple Jr., the defending 4A champion, grabbed the bronze medal in his repeat bid (45-5.75). 'I just found out today,' Brown said of Zhmailo's absence. 'I would've loved to compete against him, so I just hope he gets better.' Brown, meanwhile, took up triple jumping only a year ago — clearing just 36 feet in his first weeks of training. By this time last spring, he improved six feet, to 42. Make it 46-1 for the new state champ. 'Last high school meet, and I get to PR,' he said. 'It's nice.' Remember the name: Mount Tahoma's Kanai Kennedy has arrived. The T-Birds freshman crushed an overall field of 32 runners by 0.15 seconds in Thursday's 3A Boys 100-meter preliminaries (10.79), a treat for the home crowd at Mount Tahoma Stadium that locks him into Saturday's final race. 'A lot of headwinds, but I came through,' Kennedy said. 'I feel strong.' Kennedy won last week's West Central District III championships in a personal-record 10.61 seconds, the seventh-fastest recorded time in the state this spring. And with three state meets still to come, it's difficult to project a ceiling for the Mount Tahoma freshman. 'It's fun (here at state),' Kennedy said. 'There's a lot of new people I get to meet. I just get out here, make good memories, and have fun. 'Every time I line up at the blocks, I want to win. I just want to win every time.' – Curtis' Kellen McInelly ran a 4:11.09 mile to finish third in the 4A Boys 1600-meter run. Tahoma's Cooper Boyle finished fourth (4:11.19). – Olympia distance runner Sydney Kosa finished second in the 4A Girls 1600-meter run (4:47.45) and Bonney Lake's Latham West took fifth (4:53.05). – Kentridge's Berry Crosby (10.59) and Jordan Miller (10.62) won their preliminary heats in the 4A Boys 100-meter dash to qualify for Saturday's final. Only Curtis' Altheimer was faster among a total field of 41. – He doesn't hail from the South Sound, but Mercer Island's Owen Powell won Thursday's 3A Boys 1600-meter run (4:03.68) — breaking the state meet record held by Lakes' Izaic Yorks from 2012 (4:04.77). 'I was really decisive with my moves today,' Powell said. 'I had a plan going around 800 (meters) to go, and I stuck with that plan. Because I was so decisive and went hard at that moment, that really helped me today.' – Kent-Meridian's Marcella Jones took home silver in the 3A Girls Long Jump (18-11.5) and finished runner-up to Mercer Island's Aaliyah Khan (19-4.5), who set a new meet record. – It's a tie! Olympia's Lydia Bailey and Mariner's Drea Harris shared the leaderboard's top spot in the 4A Girls Shot Put at Mount Tahoma Stadium (41-10.5). – Lincoln's Dre Sio-Fetaui, a three-star football recruit, finished seventh in the 3A Boys Discus Throw (161-7). – Tumwater's Aaron Paul finished runner-up in the 2A Boys High Jump (6-6), and T-Birds senior McKayla Clary grabbed fifth in the 2A Girls Javelin Throw (122-1).
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Jamie Lee Curtis eyes historic back-to-back Emmy win as Comedy Guest Actress race heats up
Jamie Lee Curtis has her eye on Emmy history. The Oscar winner is well-positioned to become just the third woman ever to win back-to-back Emmys for Best Comedy Guest Actress. Last year's champ for The Bear leads Gold Derby's early odds for reprising her role as Donna Berzatto, the volatile mother of Carmy (Jeremy Allen White), Michael (Jon Bernthal), and Natalie (Abby Elliott) on the FX on Hulu series. More from GoldDerby 'The Thursday Murder Club' trailer slays, the cast of 'Hamilton' reunites, and more of today's top stories How 'The Penguin' transformed real NYC locations into Gotham's criminal underworld (see the exclusive concept art) Janelle James on Ava's challenging year on 'Abbot Elementary': 'They kind of threw everything at me this season' If Curtis achieves this feat, she will join Jean Smart (Frasier, 2000-01) and Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live, 2020-21) as the only women with consecutive victories in this category. Curtis was first nominated for an Emmy in 1998 for Best Movie/Limited Series Actress (Nicholas' Gift), though she ultimately lost to Ellen Barkin (Before Women Had Wings). A nomination this year for her role in The Bear would mark her third overall. In second place, Julianne Nicholson could ride the Hacks wave to her second career Emmy for playing a TikTok sensation named Dance Mom. Nicholson won for Mare of Easttown in 2021, where she defeated costar Jean Smart — coincidentally — for Best Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress. Hacks is the reigning Best Comedy Series winner and has won a total of nine Emmys to date — including one for Laurie Metcalf in this category in 2022. Meanwhile, three-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo hopes to boost her Emmy chances by playing quintuplets in the Season 2 premiere of Poker Face. In the episode titled "The Game is a Foot," the Wicked star embodies five distinct characters, as Natasha Lyonne's Charlie Cale attempts to unravel the mystery behind the murder of one of them. In 2023, Judith Light made history when she took home Peacock's first-ever Emmy for her guest performance in the Poker Face episode "Time of the Monkey." SEE Bryan Cranston takes early lead in Best Comedy Guest Actor odds over his fellow A-listers on 'The Studio' In fourth place is Maya Rudolph, who's back in contention for yet another standout performance on Saturday Night Live. The six-time Emmy winner earned raves for playing Vice President Kamala Harris throughout the 2024 presidential campaign. Rounding out the top six are two-time Emmy winner Melissa McCarthy for Only Murders in the Building and three-time nominee Kaitlin Olson for Hacks. Potential dark horses in this race come from The Studio, Apple TV+'s latest comedy breakout. While the series is dominating the Comedy Guest Actor category, led by Brian Cranston in first place, the women may be underestimated. Zoe Kravitz and Sarah Polley are sitting in seventh and eighth place, respectively, with Olivia Wilde, Greta Lee, and Rebecca Hall falling outside the top 10. Best of GoldDerby 'Étoile' creators on writing a show for 'genius' Luke Kirby How 'The Handmaid's Tale' series finale sets up 'The Testaments' TV Visual Effects supervisor roundtable: 'Black Mirror,' 'The Boys,' 'The Wheel of Time' Click here to read the full article.
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State track and field preview: What to watch for at Mount Tahoma this weekend
The WIAA's State Track and Field meet is on the horizon at Mount Tahoma Stadium in Tacoma. Here's what to watch, events to follow and schedules for the three-day championship from May 29-31. Don't blink, or you just might miss a slew of South Sound runners in this year's 100-meter dash. Locals make up five of the state's 10 fastest-recorded sprints this spring, including each of the top three. Curtis senior Nicholas 'Nico' Altheimer (10.35) and Kentridge teammates Berry Crosby (10.43) and Jordan Miller (10.48) are chasing the gold medal this weekend from the 4A ranks — a race projected to feature all three seniors on the podium. They'll run in Thursday's preliminary heats at 3:10 p.m. for their chance to race in Saturday's 100-meter 4A final at 11:40 a.m. Altheimer continues his quest to be crowned Washington's top sprinter, the Vikings standout with the state's best 100-meter (10.35) and 200-meter (21.02) times this season. He runs the final leg of Curtis' state-record 4x100 relay and will contend in the 4A Boys 300-meter hurdles (39.34). Can he bring multiple gold medals back to University Place? 'He's a really special athlete,' Curtis head coach Ben Mangrum said of Altheimer. 'They don't come around very often like him. Just really natural, but also has worked really hard for a long time at this. 'His talent is remarkable, but his work ethic is pretty excellent as well. He's like 6-foot-4, probably 200 pounds, but just eats up the track every step.' When Curtis' 4x100 relay team dashed to victory at the West Central District III championships at Kent-Meridian High School May 21, it became the first in state history to break the 41-second mark (40.97). Now, they've arrived at the state's biggest stage. Jayden Rice-Claiborne, Isaac Brooks, Kamil Ross, and Altheimer are the favorites in Saturday's final, should they advance through Friday's preliminaries. 'Those guys have been working hard for a long time, so it's no accident that they're running really well right now,' Mangrum said. 'They've put in the time to do that.' And who's right on their tails? Kentridge's Crosby-Miller sprinting duo join Jacob Satchell and Josiah Brown to comprise the Chargers' 4x100 relay, whose 41.18-second race at the NPSL Championships on May 14 stood as the state's best time for a week (before Curtis stole the top of the leaderboard for themselves). The South Sound remains rich with 4x100 relay talent, including 4A's Curtis and Kentridge quartets. Lincoln will contend in 3A with Ramon Jones, Eddie Bruner Jr., Kasey Williams, and JoMierre Askew-Poirier. The Abes claimed last week's district relay title with a personal-record 41.59 — second-fastest among 3A programs in 2025. And look for Tumwater's speedy 4x100 relay, tops in 2A so far this spring. Xavier Bunn, Cash Short, David Malroy, and Blake Kirkpatrick ran a 41.99-second race on May 9, the classification's best time statewide. Kanai Kennedy just took the West Central District III championships by storm. Will he save his best run for last on his home track? Mount Tahoma's budding freshman stole the show in the 3A 100-meter run at Kent-Meridian last Wednesday, notching a personal-record (10.61) that cleared the field by nearly a quarter-second (10.85). It's the seventh-fastest 100-meter time spanning all classifications in Washington this season, placing Kennedy directly in contention at home this weekend. He'll run in three events at Mount Tahoma Stadium: The 3A Boys 100-meter, 200-meter, and 4x100 relay as the final leg. ▪ Curtis features a trio of contending distance runners: Kellen McInelly (1600m, 3200m), Dima Serafimovici (3200m) and junior Owen Mangrum (1600m, 3200m). McInelly broke three-decade-old Curtis records in both events and is 'one of the more dangerous guys in the state right now,' Mangrum said. Owen Mangrum, Ben's son, makes 'everything fun' for Curtis' head coach. 'When I was about 10 or 12 years into coaching, my kids were growing up and they were starting to get into activities, and I saw that I was missing out on what they were doing,' Ben Mangrum said. 'I actually coached Owen in baseball for a number of years. ... I've never had to be the coach that comes down hard on his own son. He's always been a great example for everybody else. 'He took on running a couple of years ago, and it was kind of a blessing for me because I didn't want it to be something that was mine. It was something that he chose, that he wanted to do, and then it totally snowballed into something that he cared more about than I could have imagined.' ▪ Bonney Lake distance specialist Latham West goes for gold in this weekend's 4A Girls 1600- and 3200-meter runs. The Panthers junior is the state's reigning 3A Girls 1600-meter fourth-place finisher and grabbed the state's top seed in the 3200 with a dominant, 16-second win at last week's district championships at Kent-Meridian (10:31.58). ▪ Federal Way's Geron White is a heavy favorite to claim repeat titles in the boys high jump at Mount Tahoma. White battled unrelenting wind and rain to win last year's 4A Boys title (6-6) and competes from 3A with the Eagles this spring. White has already cleared the 6-10.25 mark, the event's top seed by more than a six-inch margin. ▪ Emerald Ridge sophomore Iren Derricks burst onto the local track scene by capturing last year's 4A Girls 100-meter title (12.23) as a freshman last spring and enters this year's meet with a personal-best 11.90. Can she bring home gold once again? ▪ Lincoln's Eddie Bruner Jr. sports the state's fastest 400-meter dash this spring (47.38) and defends his title at Mount Tahoma this weekend. The Abes star claimed last year's 3A Boys 400-meter title (48.53) over Liberty's Jackson Moffitt (48.95). Mount Tahoma Stadium — Tacoma, WA (May 29-31) Thursday: Events begin at 1 p.m. Field events are held from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., and running events begin at 2 p.m. Final awards and team scores are announced at 8 p.m. Friday: Events begin at 9:50 a.m. Field events are held from 9:50 a.m. to 3 p.m., and running events begin at 11 a.m. WIAA Academic Awards are announced at 1:40 p.m. and final awards are revealed at 6:25 p.m. Saturday: Events begin at 10:20 a.m. Field events are held from 10:20 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and running events begin at 10:30 a.m. Final team scores and awards begin at 4:35 p.m. Here's a full, detailed schedule of this weekend's state meet provided by the WIAA.
