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Winnipeg Free Press
24-07-2025
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Free Press Head Start for July 24, 2025
A mix of sun and cloud, with a few showers this morning and a 30 per cent chance of showers late this afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm late this afternoon. Hazy. High 25 C. Humidex 28. UV index 7 or high. What's happening today Raven's End Books (1859 Portage Ave.) hosts The Spec-Fic Midsummer Spectacular from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and will feature a discussion on horror and speculative fiction by Susie Moloney ( A Dry Spell , Things Withered ), S.M. Beiko ( Scion of the Fox , the Brindlewatch Quartet series), Free Press reviewer Keith Cadieux ( Donner Parties and Other Anti-Social Gatherings ) and Ottawa's James K. Moran ( Fear Itself ). Moloney will also serve as host; there's no charge to attend. Susie Moloney (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press files) Today's must-read Manitoba optometrists have been refusing to handle urgent cases out of frustration with the provincial government, which hasn't signed a deal with them in years. Since March, the optometrists have referred all non-routine eye care cases, as well as patients who had surgery within the past three weeks, to the Misericordia Eye Clinic. They've been directed to do so by the Manitoba Association of Optometrists. The result is that Manitobans are taking the brunt of the job action because the clinic has become jam-packed with patients, forcing the clinic to scramble and enlist the help of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority to find more staff. Kevin Rollason has the story. Since March, Manitoba optometrists have been refusing to handle all non-routine eye care cases out of frustration with the provincial government, which hasn't signed a deal with them in years. (Pat McGrath / Free Press files) On the bright side Mohamed Al Yaser (left), Mohamed Gashoot (centre) and Nathaniel Gomes work to dissect a heart as part of the Biomedical Youth Program Summer Camp at the University of Manitoba Bannatyne Campus Wednesday. Approximately 100 students from Grades 6 to 12 — guided by U of M student volunteers — participated at no cost. (Mike Deal / Free Press) On this date On July 24, 1963: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Moscow an East-West treaty outlawing the testing of nuclear weapons above ground was reported completed and would likely be initialed the next day. An Ontario legislative committee probing the cost of consumer credit found some mortgage rates as high as 21 per cent and some lending rates as high as 87 per cent. 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 .
Winnipeg Free Press
19-07-2025
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- Winnipeg Free Press
Panel to hash out all things horror, speculative fiction
Summer months are generally slower when it comes to author readings and similar events, but Raven's End Books (1859 Portage Ave.) has a doozie in store for Thursday. The Spec-Fic Midsummer Spectacular takes place from 6-8:30 p.m. and will feature a discussion on horror and speculative fiction by Susie Moloney (A Dry Spell, Things Withered), S.M. Beiko (Scion of the Fox, the Brindlewatch Quartet series), Free Press reviewer Keith Cadieux (Donner Parties and Other Anti-Social Gatherings) and Ottawa's James K. Moran (Fear Itself). Moloney will also serve as host; there's no charge to attend. ● ● ● Little Shoes Simon & Schuster Canada has announced the first three books from its new publishing program for children's books, co-edited by Yashaswi Kesanakurthy and Winnipeg's katherena vermette. The trio of books will land in fall 2026, and include the middle-grade fantasy novel The Shapeshifter's Guide to Gym Class by Toronto's Kai Cheng Thom, the first book in a dystopian young-adult series called The Kin Trilogy from Saskatchewan-based Michif author Tonia Laird, and a young-adult novel inspired by Frankenstein called The Isle of Teeth, by Vancouver Filipina-Canadian author Tessa Barbosa. ● ● ● Have a teen in your life that seems to have picked up the writing bug? The Manitoba Writers' Guild's youth program offers 13-19 year-old scribes the chance to connect and learn through monthly Zoom sessions. The group recently released the 2025 anthology Nothing Is As It Seems, which features contributions from active participants as well as alumni. Signing up for the youth program costs a measly $10 — for more information on the youth program and to sign up, see ● ● ● If the young people in your life are more readers than writers, it's not too late to get in on the fun with the Free Press Summer Reading Challenge for Kids. A spinoff of the Free Press Book Club, the Summer Reading Challenge has gotten help from partners at McNally Robinson Booksellers to choose books for kids ages 7-9 years, 10-12 years and 13-15 years. Readers blast through the book (or books) and can rate and review the titles, with the chance to get their reviews in these very books pages. The first batch of Summer Reading Challenge reviews will appear in the July 26 Free Press books section, with the second batch slated to run in late August. For the list of books, to register and more, see ● ● ● One of the featured Summer Reading Challenge for Kids authors is local Swampy Cree writer David A. Robertson, whose 2024 middle-grade novel The Kodiaks: Home Ice Advantage is on the 10-12 year-old list. Buy on Robertson's next release for young readers is a picture book, Little Shoes, illustrated by Maya McKibbin and published by Tundra. The book will hit shelves on July 29. Buy on Robertson also wrote the introduction to the new edition of the late Richard Wagamese's Medicine Walk, originally released in 2014 and re-released on July 15 along with five other books as part of the Kanata Classics line. Buy on Every Second Friday The latest on food and drink in Winnipeg and beyond from arts writers Ben Sigurdson and Eva Wasney. ● ● ● The Prairie Comics Festival is looking for gently used graphic novels, manga, comic books and more for the group's big book sale, which takes place Sunday, Aug. 10. Donations can be dropped off at the festival office at 611-70 Arthur St. during business hours (Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.), or can be left in the nearby donation bin anytime. Buy on books@ Ben SigurdsonLiterary editor, drinks writer Ben Sigurdson is the Free Press's literary editor and drinks writer. He graduated with a master of arts degree in English from the University of Manitoba in 2005, the same year he began writing Uncorked, the weekly Free Press drinks column. He joined the Free Press full time in 2013 as a copy editor before being appointed literary editor in 2014. Read more about Ben. In addition to providing opinions and analysis on wine and drinks, Ben oversees a team of freelance book reviewers and produces content for the arts and life section, all of which is reviewed by the Free Press's editing team before being posted online or published in print. It's 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.
