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2 days ago
- General
- Winnipeg Free Press
Procuring coveted item can call for some charm
Opinion DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I told my wife I went all last summer wanting a hanging basket 'cove' chair, but didn't buy one. Why? Because she (the almighty dictator) said $1,495 was too much for my 'spacecraft designed' chair that makes you feel like you're floating in the clouds. I would go try one out in a store after a bad day and start nodding off in minutes. Do marriage partners have the right to deny you an expensive item you really want? — So Annoyed, East Kildonan Dear Annoyed: Do what my dear old dad, Bill Scurfield did in this kind of situation. Make it a treat and bring it home proudly. Having paid for it on your own, you quickly bring it in and install it. For instance, my dad's mint-and-emerald-green '57 Chevrolet Bel Air sedan comes to mind — sitting out in the driveway in Manitou. That beautiful car suddenly appeared and dad was proudly taking everybody for rides in it for the next week. I seriously doubt my conservative mom Cynthia would have chosen a flashy car to go with the already bright greenhouse. On second thought, dad's decisive car choice may have inspired his wife to suddenly choose the charcoal-and-pink bedroom drapes that went up a week later, and the powder-pink bathroom to go with it. Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I met a girl alone, running the same trail near the zoo as I usually do. I asked her if she wanted to run with me for company. We had a nice time and sat down at the end to talk a bit. I thought she was very attractive — and she wasn't wearing a ring either. At the end, I asked her for her name and phone number, and she gave it to me, no hesitation! But, then she said, 'That's the home phone, so be careful. My husband might pick it up!' What the heck was that supposed to mean, and why didn't she give me her cellphone number, if her husband is a jealous guy? Then she just waved and jogged off to her car. Was she flirting with me? What happened there? — Don't Understand Her Moves, The Park Dear Don't Understand: This woman made a point of mentioning her husband, so perhaps she just enjoyed your company, but wanted you to know that's all she's after. Still, it's annoying of her to warn you of her husband. So, don't bother calling her to initiate meetings for more runs. If you run into her again, and you run with her again for a little company, don't ask her personal questions. Runs definitely go more quickly with someone along for company, and it's safer for a woman to run with a companion in the woods. It could possibly work out for both of you, if you can just keep it light. Please send your questions and comments to lovecoach@ or Miss Lonelyhearts c/o the Winnipeg Free Press, 1355 Mountain Ave., Winnipeg, MB, R2X 3B6. Maureen ScurfieldAdvice columnist Maureen Scurfield writes the Miss Lonelyhearts advice column. Read full biography 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.
Associated Press
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Canadian Association of Journalists celebrates excellence in Canadian journalism from the past year at annual awards gala
CALGARY, AB, May 31, 2025 /CNW/ - The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) capped off its 2025 national conference weekend by presenting this year's CAJ Awards, Canada's preeminent national investigative journalism awards program, run by and for journalists, at a gala dinner held earlier this evening at the Delta Hotel in downtown Calgary. Jeff Hamilton and Katrina Clarke, from the Winnipeg Free Press, were awarded this year's McGillivray Award, which recognizes the program's best investigative journalism published or broadcast in 2024. The McGillivray jury concluded that Hamilton and Clarke's exposé of the many cracks in Manitoba's childcare system bore all the hallmarks of excellent investigative work — it brought clarity to complex subjects and used vivid personal examples to convey systemic flaws. Hamilton and Clarke were also recognized as winners in the Written News category. The CAJ Awards were presented in a bilingual ceremony hosted by Joelle Tomlinson (Global News) and Tiphanie Roquette (Radio-Canada). Finalists who were unable to attend the in-person event were invited to participate remotely. The entire ceremony was live-streamed on the CAJ's YouTube channel. This year's program marked the first time the CAJ has celebrated excellent journalism from nominees with gold and silver awards. Here are the gold and silver winners, chosen from a record 540 entries across 18 categories. The recipients in the WRITTEN NEWS category are: GOLD Jeff Hamilton, Katrina Clarke Building blocks, crumbling foundation Winnipeg Free Press SILVER (tie) Grant Robertson, Kathryn Blaze Baum The algorithm The Globe and Mail Wendy Gillis, Jennifer Pagliaro The invisible girl Toronto Star The recipients in the HUGO RODRIGUES AWARD FOR COMMUNITY NEWS (formerly Community Written) category are: GOLD Heather Wright York 1 environmental The Independent of Petrolia and Central Lambton SILVER Jessica Lee Grizzly bears back in crosshairs Rocky Mountain Outlook The recipients in the BROADCAST OVER FIVE MINUTES category are: GOLD Brandi Morin, Geordie Day The Apache Stronghold standing in the way of a massive copper mine Ricochet Media SILVER Brittany Guyot, Tom Fennario Food for profit APTN Investigates The recipients in the BROADCAST UNDER FIVE MINUTES category are: GOLD Romain Schue, Thomas Bignon Dans les coulisses des traversées clandestines avec des passeurs indiens Radio-Canada Info SILVER Davide Gentile, Daniel Boily, Jacques Racine, Ivanoh Demers Une plaie de lit fatale pour un tétraplégique Radio-Canada Info The recipients in the COMMUNITY BROADCAST category are: GOLD Lela Savić, Emmanuelle Moussa Pas tout Montréal La Converse SILVER Taryn Grant On the doorstep CBC Atlantic Voice The recipients in the DATA JOURNALISM category are: GOLD Valérie Ouellet, Mike Crawley, Aloysius Wong, Andreas Wesley Canada's international student spike was blamed on private colleges. Here's what really happened CBC News - Investigative Unit SILVER Sylvie Fournier, Daniel Tremblay, Benoît Michaud, Jo-Ann Demers Eglise catholique inc. Radio-Canada Info The recipients in the ONLINE MEDIA category are: GOLD Chris Beaver, Katie O'Connor, Jasmine El Kurd, Pam Palmater NDN POV TVO Today SILVER Robert Cribb, Declan Keogh, Norma Hilton, Scott Martin, Rhythm Sachdeva Lead in drinking water Investigative Journalism Bureau The recipients in the FREEDOM OF INFORMATION JOURNALISM category are: GOLD Caroline Touzin, Ariane Lacoursière Centres jeunesse et foyers de groupe de la DPJ : De plus en plus de mesures de contention ou d'isolement La Presse SILVER Amanda Follett Hosgood BC illegally collected personal info tied to the Wet'suwet'en conflict The Tyee This award is kindly sponsored by the Ken and Debbie Rubin Public Interest Advocacy Fund. The recipients in the PHOTOJOURNALISM category are: GOLD Martin Tremblay New hope for Syria La Presse SILVER Carlos Osorio Portfolio Reuters, The Globe and Mail The recipients in the SCOOP category are: GOLD Anaïs Elboujdaïni Le Canada demande à des travailleurs de la santé de Gaza s'ils ont soigné des membres du Hamas La Converse SILVER Bethany Lindsay One third of B.C.'s 'publicly funded substance-use treatment beds' don't provide any treatment Investigative Journalism Foundation The recipients in the DAILY EXCELLENCE category are: GOLD Shannon Waters What on Earth just happened with B.C.'s carbon tax? The Narwhal SILVER Suzanne Rent Build Nova Scotia gives Atlantic Road Construction and Paving deadline after company puts barriers at trail in Dartmouth Cove Halifax Examiner The recipients in the WRITTEN FEATURE category are: GOLD Rachel Browne A killer among them Maclean's SILVER Fabrice de Pierrebourg Reconstruire une cité millénaire L'actualité The recipients in the COMMUNITY WRITTEN FEATURE category are: GOLD Tyler Harper In every Nelson he visits, Jeff Truesdell finds the man he loved Nelson Star SILVER Liny Lamberink Regrowth CBC North The recipients in the JHR / CAJ AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING are: GOLD Robert Cribb, Declan Keogh, Wendy-Ann Clarke, Owen Thompson Mind games Investigative Journalism Bureau, Toronto Star, TVO SILVER Gabrielle Duchaine La maison des horreurs La Presse The recipients in the CWA CANADA / CAJ AWARD FOR LABOUR REPORTING are: GOLD Natalia Rivero Gómez Reporting on working conditions in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program The Rover SILVER Emma Arkell Canadian teachers face harassment in wake of 'parental rights' policies Xtra Magazine The recipients of the JHR / CAJ EMERGING INDIGENOUS JOURNALIST AWARD are: GOLD Tchadas Leo Portfolio CHEK News SILVER Crystal Greene Portfolio Ricochet Media, IndigiNews Media, Pivot Media The recipients in the ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE AWARD category are: GOLD Jenn Thornhill Verma, Johnny C.Y. Lam, Murat Yükselir, Melissa Tait, Clare Vander Meersch Labrador Inuit are taking the fight against climate change into their own hands The Globe and Mail SILVER Team Eyes of the beast: Climate disaster survivor stories Climate Disaster Project, Neworld Theatre The recipients in the NATIONAL NEWSMEDIA COUNCIL/CAJ STUDENT JOURNALISM AWARD OF EXCELLENCE are: GOLD Nalyn Tindall Getting by on gig work: The hidden costs of 'easy' money The Eyeopener, Toronto Metropolitan University SILVER Om Shanbhag The driving dilemma: How nursing students struggle to access placements The Western Gazette, Western University Funding for this award is generously provided by the Fraser MacDougall Journalism Prize Fund The CAJ would like to thank the awards judges — the experienced current and former journalists who willingly volunteered their time and efforts to review all the entries and name the finalists and winners in each category. This awards program doesn't function without journalists and their newsrooms stepping forward to submit their work for review and consideration, or the judges who take on the task of reviewing that work. The CAJ congratulates all the recipients and finalists and thanks all those who submitted entries for consideration. Many judges once again noted the excellent quality and breadth of work contained within the pieces submitted into the program. Journalists continue to produce striking, important, and meaningful work that educates, informs, exposes, uncovers, affects change, and makes our communities better places to live. The CAJ is proud to play a role in recognizing the best of this work on an annual basis. The CAJ is Canada's largest national professional organization for journalists from all media, representing members across the country. The CAJ's primary roles are to provide high-quality professional development for its members and public-interest advocacy. 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Cision Canada
4 days ago
- Cision Canada
Canadian Association of Journalists celebrates excellence in Canadian journalism from the past year at annual awards gala Français
CALGARY, AB, May 31, 2025 /CNW/ - The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) capped off its 2025 national conference weekend by presenting this year's CAJ Awards, Canada's preeminent national investigative journalism awards program, run by and for journalists, at a gala dinner held earlier this evening at the Delta Hotel in downtown Calgary. Jeff Hamilton and , from the Winnipeg Free Press, were awarded this year's McGillivray Award, which recognizes the program's best investigative journalism published or broadcast in 2024. The McGillivray jury concluded that Hamilton and Clarke's exposé of the many cracks in Manitoba's childcare system bore all the hallmarks of excellent investigative work — it brought clarity to complex subjects and used vivid personal examples to convey systemic flaws. Hamilton and Clarke were also recognized as winners in the Written News category. The CAJ Awards were presented in a bilingual ceremony hosted by Joelle Tomlinson (Global News) and Tiphanie Roquette (Radio-Canada). Finalists who were unable to attend the in-person event were invited to participate remotely. The entire ceremony was live-streamed on the CAJ's YouTube channel. This year's program marked the first time the CAJ has celebrated excellent journalism from nominees with gold and silver awards. Here are the gold and silver winners, chosen from a record 540 entries across 18 categories. The recipients in the WRITTEN NEWS category are: GOLD Jeff Hamilton, Katrina Clarke Building blocks, crumbling foundation Winnipeg Free Press SILVER (tie) Grant Robertson, Kathryn Blaze Baum The algorithm The Globe and Mail Wendy Gillis, Jennifer Pagliaro The invisible girl Toronto Star The recipients in the HUGO RODRIGUES AWARD FOR COMMUNITY NEWS (formerly Community Written) category are: GOLD Heather Wright York 1 environmental The Independent of Petrolia and Central Lambton SILVER Jessica Lee Grizzly bears back in crosshairs Rocky Mountain Outlook The recipients in the BROADCAST OVER FIVE MINUTES category are: GOLD Brandi Morin, Geordie Day The Apache Stronghold standing in the way of a massive copper mine Ricochet Media SILVER Brittany Guyot, Tom Fennario Food for profit APTN Investigates The recipients in the BROADCAST UNDER FIVE MINUTES category are: GOLD Romain Schue, Thomas Bignon Dans les coulisses des traversées clandestines avec des passeurs indiens Radio-Canada Info SILVER Davide Gentile, Daniel Boily, Jacques Racine, Ivanoh Demers Une plaie de lit fatale pour un tétraplégique Radio-Canada Info The recipients in the COMMUNITY BROADCAST category are: GOLD Lela Savić, Emmanuelle Moussa Pas tout Montréal La Converse SILVER Taryn Grant On the doorstep CBC Atlantic Voice The recipients in the DATA JOURNALISM category are: GOLD Valérie Ouellet, Mike Crawley, Aloysius Wong, Andreas Wesley Canada's international student spike was blamed on private colleges. Here's what really happened CBC News - Investigative Unit SILVER Sylvie Fournier, Daniel Tremblay, Benoît Michaud, Jo-Ann Demers Eglise catholique inc. Radio-Canada Info The recipients in the ONLINE MEDIA category are: GOLD Chris Beaver, Katie O'Connor, Jasmine El Kurd, Pam Palmater NDN POV TVO Today SILVER Robert Cribb, Declan Keogh, Norma Hilton, Scott Martin, Rhythm Sachdeva Lead in drinking water Investigative Journalism Bureau The recipients in the FREEDOM OF INFORMATION JOURNALISM category are: GOLD Caroline Touzin, Ariane Lacoursière Centres jeunesse et foyers de groupe de la DPJ : De plus en plus de mesures de contention ou d'isolement La Presse SILVER Amanda Follett Hosgood BC illegally collected personal info tied to the Wet'suwet'en conflict The Tyee This award is kindly sponsored by the Ken and Debbie Rubin Public Interest Advocacy Fund. The recipients in the PHOTOJOURNALISM category are: GOLD Martin Tremblay New hope for Syria La Presse SILVER Carlos Osorio Portfolio Reuters, The Globe and Mail The recipients in the SCOOP category are: GOLD Anaïs Elboujdaïni Le Canada demande à des travailleurs de la santé de Gaza s'ils ont soigné des membres du Hamas La Converse SILVER Bethany Lindsay One third of B.C.'s 'publicly funded substance-use treatment beds' don't provide any treatment Investigative Journalism Foundation The recipients in the DAILY EXCELLENCE category are: GOLD Shannon Waters What on Earth just happened with B.C.'s carbon tax? The Narwhal SILVER Suzanne Rent Build Nova Scotia gives Atlantic Road Construction and Paving deadline after company puts barriers at trail in Dartmouth Cove Halifax Examiner The recipients in the WRITTEN FEATURE category are: GOLD Rachel Browne A killer among them Maclean's SILVER Fabrice de Pierrebourg Reconstruire une cité millénaire L'actualité The recipients in the COMMUNITY WRITTEN FEATURE category are: GOLD Tyler Harper In every Nelson he visits, Jeff Truesdell finds the man he loved Nelson Star SILVER Liny Lamberink Regrowth CBC North The recipients in the JHR / CAJ AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING are: GOLD Robert Cribb, Declan Keogh, Wendy-Ann Clarke, Owen Thompson Mind games Investigative Journalism Bureau, Toronto Star, TVO SILVER Gabrielle Duchaine La maison des horreurs La Presse The recipients in the CWA CANADA / CAJ AWARD FOR LABOUR REPORTING are: GOLD Natalia Rivero Gómez Reporting on working conditions in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program The Rover SILVER Emma Arkell Canadian teachers face harassment in wake of 'parental rights' policies Xtra Magazine The recipients of the JHR / CAJ EMERGING INDIGENOUS JOURNALIST AWARD are: GOLD Tchadas Leo Portfolio CHEK News SILVER Crystal Greene Portfolio Ricochet Media, IndigiNews Media, Pivot Media The recipients in the ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE AWARD category are: GOLD Jenn Thornhill Verma, Johnny C.Y. Lam, Murat Yükselir, Melissa Tait, Clare Vander Meersch Labrador Inuit are taking the fight against climate change into their own hands The Globe and Mail The recipients in the NATIONAL NEWSMEDIA COUNCIL/CAJ STUDENT JOURNALISM AWARD OF EXCELLENCE are: GOLD Nalyn Tindall Getting by on gig work: The hidden costs of 'easy' money The Eyeopener, Toronto Metropolitan University SILVER Om Shanbhag The driving dilemma: How nursing students struggle to access placements The Western Gazette, Western University Funding for this award is generously provided by the Fraser MacDougall Journalism Prize Fund The CAJ would like to thank the awards judges — the experienced current and former journalists who willingly volunteered their time and efforts to review all the entries and name the finalists and winners in each category. This awards program doesn't function without journalists and their newsrooms stepping forward to submit their work for review and consideration, or the judges who take on the task of reviewing that work. The CAJ congratulates all the recipients and finalists and thanks all those who submitted entries for consideration. Many judges once again noted the excellent quality and breadth of work contained within the pieces submitted into the program. Journalists continue to produce striking, important, and meaningful work that educates, informs, exposes, uncovers, affects change, and makes our communities better places to live. The CAJ is proud to play a role in recognizing the best of this work on an annual basis.
Winnipeg Free Press
26-05-2025
- General
- Winnipeg Free Press
Jumping to jealousy has trashed this romance
Opinion DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: It's been like seeing a ghost since I got back to work. I can see my recent girlfriend, but she acts like I don't exist. I can tell she doesn't like working here anymore and her unhappy face makes me feel nervous and sick to my stomach. She's been sitting where she asked to be moved to the day after she got home from her holiday in Quebec and heard some news about me through the grapevine. I took a friend of hers out for a fancy dinner while she was away in Montreal with a single girlfriend of hers from here and two others from Quebec. I was feeling jealous and thought she had to be cheating on me when she was away. Last week the friend who travelled with her told me what a jerk I was for not believing in my true-blue girlfriend. So, I tried to apologize to my ex, but all she had to say to me was, 'You wouldn't believe me and I have no time for men like you.' How can I get her back? I love her so much. She won't take my calls and ignores my texts. — Want Her Back, downtown Winnipeg Dear Want Her Back: The problem is she doesn't want you back with the way your jealous mind has led you into bad decisions. It's time to move on and also to look into what's driving your destructive jealous thoughts. See if your workplace health plan covers any personal counselling, and even it doesn't, you might want make the investment anyway, so you don't repeat this. As for your co-worker ex-girlfriend, stay off her case, and if you do have to communicate or work together as part of your job, be a professional and stick to the task at hand. Who knows? If you take your introspective work seriously, maybe things will warm up between the two of down the road, but don't get too caught up in that possibility. Plus, workplace romances can be difficult, even at the best of times. If you find it too hard to see your former partner on a daily basis, you may want to consider transferring to a different part of your workplace operation (if that's even a possibility) or think about finding a different job. Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: My new boyfriend touches me like he thinks I'm a china doll who might break — but I'm not. I'm a seriously athletic woman who also loves a real romp. How can I tell my guy that without sounding like a female beast? — Not Fragile, Crescentwood Dear Not Fragile: Before your next intimate encounter, smile and tell him, 'Let me take charge this time.' Then show him the degree of touch and enthusiasm you really like. Maybe on another occasion when you're relaxing before lovemaking, tell him something else you would enjoy. Some cautious people need to get information or instruction on what's welcome before they can act, so help him out a bit. Nobody should want to disappoint their lover. Please send your questions and comments to lovecoach@ or Miss Lonelyhearts c/o the Winnipeg Free Press, 1355 Mountain Ave., Winnipeg, MB, R2X 3B6. Maureen ScurfieldAdvice columnist Maureen Scurfield writes the Miss Lonelyhearts advice column. Read full biography 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.
Winnipeg Free Press
10-05-2025
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
DR. RICHARD MURRAY ALWYN LOYNS
Adjust Text Size: A+ A- DR. RICHARD MURRAY ALWYN LOYNS (1940-2025) "The Final Harvest" Agricultural economics and marketing have lost one of their sharpest minds with the passing of Dr. Richard Murray Alwyn "Al" Loyns at the age of 84. A PhD graduate of Berkeley and a gold medalist at the University of Manitoba, Al knew the value of a well-structured economic model—but never let one get in the way of a good debate. Al has undoubtedly arrived in the afterlife with a clipboard full of questions. Wherever he is, one can be sure he's already deep in discussion, trying to negotiate better terms. Please join us in celebrating and honouring the bountiful harvest of Al's remarkable life — a life well-lived and rooted in love, hard work, and community on May 24 at 3:30 p.m. at Thomson 'In the Park' Funeral Home. As published in Winnipeg Free Press on May 10, 2025 Offer Condolences or Memory Share your memories and/or express your condolences below. Fields marked with a * are required. All others are optional. Unfortunately with the need to moderate tributes for inappropriate content, your comments may take up to 48 hours to appear. Thank you for your understanding.
