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Winnipeg Free Press
3 days ago
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- Winnipeg Free Press
Polo Park project paused, Louise Bridge, Ten Commandments, homelessness funding, Samberg's future, summer TV
Winnipeg Free Press | Newsletter The Wrap Weekday Evenings Today's must-read stories and a roundup of the day's headlines, delivered every evening. Sign Up I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement. Polo Park project paused, Louise Bridge, Ten Commandments, homelessness funding, Samberg's future, summer TV Plus: Read to the end for a small moose with a big future Good evening. Here's a look at what our newsroom has been working on today: 'We appreciate the frustration this will cause' Matthew Frank: Another delay reopening 114-year-old Elmwood span a bridge too far for area residents, businesses The city has pushed the reopening of the Louise Bridge back a third time, upsetting area residents and business owners forced to take lengthy detours. Read More 'My residents have spoken' Scott Billeck: 'An immediate need': City councillor pledges funds to encampment outreach Mynarski Coun. Ross Eadie is prepared to exhaust his ward's community fund to support St. Boniface Street Links in addressing the growing encampment issue in North Point Douglas. Read More 'Balance the needs of all park visitors' Tyler Searle: Ten Commandments monument returned to spot near longtime home in Assiniboine Park A monument to the Ten Commandments has returned to Assiniboine Park following years of debate over whether it was an appropriate home for the religious statue. Read More 'He hasn't hit his ceiling yet' Ken Wiebe: Samberg extension the multimillion dollar question Arbitration deadline looms despite Jets defenceman's stellar season Read More 'Pass the popcorn and keep it coming' Denise Duguay: Cool TV for a smoking hot summer Sure it's summer, our short, short summer, but when it hurts to breathe, TV is always there to help. Here are five viewing suggestions that run from cosy to crazy, with a little animated courage in the middle. Read More News Quiz Test your knowledge of current events with our weekly news quiz. The Week That Was: July 21 to July 27 This week's topics include: city funding, Grey Cup festivities, wildfire response, a heroic act, and more. Take the quiz One last thing... Fatima Raza, The Canadian Press: Toronto Zoo to become home of Cedar, a blind baby moose rescued near Ottawa The Toronto Zoo will soon become home to a blind baby moose who was rescued near Ottawa earlier this month. The two-month-old baby moose, now named Cedar, was found by an animal rescue group on a rura... Read More
Winnipeg Free Press
4 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Free Press Head Start for July 28, 2025
High of 25 C. Mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of showers early this afternoon; Air quality issues expected owing to local smoke this afternoon. Today's UV index is 8 or very high. What's happening today The Winnipeg Goldeyes are on a stretch of home games, taking on the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks tonight in the first of three challenges. Tonight's start time is 6:30 p.m. Today's must-read Mynarski Coun. Ross Eadie is prepared to exhaust his ward's community fund — transferring roughly $45,000 to $50,000 — to support St. Boniface Street Links in dealing with the growing encampment issue in North Point Douglas. 'I shouldn't have to, as other needs in my ward need this money, but my residents have spoken,' Eadie wrote, later telling the F ree Press he's dealing with the 'immediate need' in his ward. Scott Billeck has the story. On the bright side Two-time cancer survivor Jon Fenton is planning to swim from Victoria Beach to Gimli to raise money for medical research. The 61-year-old is hoping to embark on the 26-kilometre journey in August. 'If they see an old geezer getting into the water to attempt to cross a lake, maybe they'll think, 'If he can go through it twice, maybe I'll be all right,'' he told the Free Press. Matthew Frank reports. Two-time cancer survivor Jon Fenton, 61, is embarking on a 26-kilometre swim to raise money for cancer research. (Supplied) On this date On July 28, 1924: The Manitoba Free Press reported the United Weston football club of Winnipeg, after many years of vying for the Connaught Cup, realized its ambition when it held the Canadian Explosives of Montreal to a draw, thus winning the series and capturing the trophy emblematic of the Dominion football championship. In Geneva, the League of Nations predicted a quick return to the prewar system of worldwide alliances that led to the conflagration of 1914-1918. Read the rest of this day's paper here. Search our archives for more here. Today's front page Get the full story: Read today's e-edition of the Free Press .
