Thursday, October 22, 2026
- Gillingham changes tack on Portage and Main
SCOTT Gillingham said he hopes to keep the circular concourse beneath Portage Avenue and Main Street open if he’s re-elected mayor next week.
Joyanne Pursaga · Page 1 - Breaking bread, building bridges
THIS past Friday, as the setting sun shone into the high windows of Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, Cantor Leslie Emery opened a pair of sliding brass doors at the…
Josiah Neufeld · Page 1 - FINAL TOUCHESPage 1
- Limited visibility, radio communication among issues in deadly mid-air crash
AN investigative report into a mid-air plane crash that killed two student pilots in southeastern Manitoba cited concerns about radio communication,…
Chris Kitching · Page 1 - NEWSMEDIA COUNCIL
The Winnipeg Free Press is a member of the National Newsmedia Council, which is an independent organization established to determine acceptable journalistic…
Page 2 - Winnipeg Free Press
VOL 155 NO 284 Winnipeg Free Press est 1872 / Winnipeg Tribune est 1890
Page 2 - BRIDGES
Some might be surprised to hear about a United Church joining a synagogue for prayer, given the historic tensions between the United Church of Canada and…
Page 2 - CONCOURSE
"Scott Gillingham, the mayor of Winnipeg, lied to the citizens. They went to the polls, they voted, they wanted Portage and Main closed. It opened. He said…
Page 2 - CRASH
There was no further communication between the pilots, Vermette said.
Page 2 - Klein, Gillingham trade jabs on megaproject
TWO of Winnipeg’s mayoral candidates wasted no time trading barbs over who bears responsibility for the skyrocketing cost of overhauling the north end…
Malak Abas · Page 3 - Mayoral candidates snipe over safety during radio debate
PUBLIC safety took centre stage during a sometimes fiery mayoral debate Wednesday in which Kevin Klein revealed he would have to raise property taxes to…
Joyanne Pursaga · Page 3 - NDP policy shifts leave opponents in dust
FINANCE Minister Adrien Sala made two announcements last week that show why the NDP will remain the party to beat in the next election.
Dan Lett · Page 4 - Flood mitigation project in Interlake First Nations underway
THE federal and provincial governments are moving ahead with a $61.1-million flood mitigation project aimed at protecting hundreds of homes and critical…
Scott Billeck · Page 4 - First Nation taking federal government to court over damage to sturgeon population
A REMOTE Manitoba First Nation is taking the federal government to court over claims a Manitoba Hydro project is hurting the sturgeon population in the…
Morgan Modjeski · Page 4 - Macron says Trump dislikes France, distorts its troubles
PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron of France said Wednesday that President Donald Trump does not like France and that Trump was among the leaders who had…
Ségolène Le Stradic · Page 5 - Witkoff calls Putin a ‘humanitarian’, thanks him for releasing American
WASHINGTON — Praising President Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian,” President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, thanked the Russian leader in St.…
David E. Sanger, Kim Barker And Ivan Nechepourenko · Page 5 - Outbreak should never have happened
THE headline offered a vague sense that something had been accomplished, but it most certainly did not describe anything worth celebrating:
Page 6 - WHAT'S YOUR TAKE?
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- Creating safe sports environments
We do not do enough in youth sports to create a safe environment for all youth to participate safely and fully. Access to sports is a huge part of personal…
Page 6 - Midterm anticipation
I’m counting the days with excitement. Not for the Grey Cup or for Christmas, but for what could be one of the most important days in history.
Page 6 - Blow the horn for BRT
Re: *Other cities build rapid transit, while we wait* (Think Tank, Oct. 9); *Better wait for the next bus* (Oct. 15)
Page 6 - Lead the way
Re: “Reviving democracy requires engagement” (Letters, Oct. 20)
Page 6 - Unlikely thanks
Despite all the negativity about U.S. President Donald Trump, I feel we should thank him for doing something that in my opinion deserves credit.
Page 6 - Trump unmasked
Putin has dangled billions of dollars of business in front of (U.S. special envoys) Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner but only if Ukraine surrenders.
Page 6 - Can’t have our cake and eat it, too
LAST month, the City of Winnipeg said it would soon begin to study ways to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety along Osborne Street, which runs between…
Mel Marginet · Page 7 - Cast a vote for public education
ON Wednesday, Oct. 28, Manitobans will head to the polls for municipal elections. Alongside their choices for mayors, reeves and councillors, voters will…
Shannon D. M. Moore And Melanie Janzen · Page 7 - Ukraine and Russia’s other war
THE violent chess match between Kyiv and Moscow continues. Air defences are running thin as both sides shift their focus away from front lines rendered an…
Kyle Volpi Hiebert · Page 7 - Researchers: lights at crossing ‘long overdue’
SIX months after a fatal collision at a crosswalk on Henderson Highway, two traffic safety researchers question why the intersection remains an outlier that…
Maggie Macintosh · Page 9 - Dobson up against two tech types in St. James council race
TWO tech-savvy newcomers to civic politics are taking on Shawn Dobson, the incumbent city councillor in St. James.
Malak Abas · Page 9 - U of W former professor sued over alleged sex assault
A WOMAN who studied and worked at the University of Winnipeg has filed a lawsuit against the institution and her former professor — a convicted sex offender…
Erik Pindera · Page 10 - E.K. resident able to get away after confrontation with knife-wielding thief
WINNIPEG Police Service property crime investigators are searching for a suspect potentially tied to several concerning incidents in East Kildonan in recent…
Page 10 - Suspect arrested, released four days before accused charged in fatal arson, trial told
FOUR days before Alex Courchene was charged with murder for a North End blaze that killed two people, police arrested another suspect who was released that…
Dean Pritchard · Page 10 - MAN, 50, ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TEEN
A 50-YEAR-OLD man accused of sexually assaulting a teenager at his Winnipeg home has been arrested.
Page 10 - Arson probe launched in 3 separate fires at homes under construction
WINNIPEG police have launched an arson investigation into three separate fires at homes under construction.
Page 10 - MAN FACES DRUG, GUN CHARGES AFTER BEVERLEY STREET RAID
A 40-YEAR-OLD man faces gun and drug charges after Winnipeg police executed a search warrant Monday at a residence in the Daniel McIntyre neighbourhood.
Page 10 - Old Kildonan candidates say ward doesn’t get share of resources
OLD Kildonan’s three candidates for councillor all agree on one thing: their ward’s communities are growing quickly, and they want to see city investments…
Malak Abas · Page 11 - U.S. embassy accuses Canadian politicians of interfering in American elections
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford both disputed the suggestion of Canadian interference in the U.S. midterms after the U.S.…
Page 12 - Carney, Ford unveil $8.7-B plan to support industries hit by tariff war
OTTAWA — The federal and Ontario governments are putting billions of dollars on the line to help bolster the province's key sectors — steel, critical…
Sarah Ritchie · Page 12 - PM appoints astronaut Hansen to advise government on new space strategy
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed Jeremy Hansen as a special adviser on space — just as the United States takes note of Canada's efforts to…
Dylan Robertson · Page 12 - Hydro eyes EV charging mitigation amid electricity shortfall forecast
MANITOBA Hydro is looking to stagger electric vehicle charging as it anticipates future electricity shortages.
Gabrielle Piché · Page 13 - Winnipeg business closure scare leads Hydro to reschedule planned outage
MANITOBA Hydro has cancelled a planned River Heights neighbourhood outage after a miscommunication led to area businesses fearing unexpected closure.
Page 13 - Thompson terminal ‘will help unlock North’
AFTER decades of planning and years of construction, Thompson Regional Airport has opened its new terminal building.
Aaron Epp · Page 13 - Meta's Q3 revenue tops estimates
META Platforms said Wednesday its third-quarter profit jumped more than threefold, as the social media giant's revenue climbed sharply.
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- Canadian DollarPage 14
- CPP Investments, OMERS selling Associated British Ports stakes
TORONTO — The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and OMERS have signed a deal to sell their entire stakes in Associated British Ports to IFM Investors.
Page 14 - PSP Investments, Nuveen form U.S. malls joint venture
MONTREAL — The Public Sector Pension Investment Board has signed a deal to launch a joint venture with Nuveen Real Estate to invest in open-air shopping…
Page 14 - Booking Air Canada flight by phone? That’ll be $30 extra — per passenger
MONTREAL — Air Canada customers who book their flights by phone are now paying $30 per passenger for the privilege.
Page 14 - National Bank to upgrade personal banking unit
TORONTO — National Bank’s chief executive says competition is rising in the personal banking space and the lender will look to modernize its operations to…
Page 14 - RCMP raids Lion Electric HQ
MONTREAL — The RCMP says it raided electric bus maker Lion Electric’s headquarters on Wednesday in connection with an investment fraud case.
Page 14 - Meta ordered to pay US$25B for deceiving users on privacy
SAN FRANCISCO — A New Mexico judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay US$25 billion for deceiving users about its data privacy practices, one of the largest…
Eli Tan And Cecilia Kang · Page 15 - BMO ‘leaning into’ defence as Ottawa looks to spend more in sector
BMO is expanding its focus on defence as the government looks to spend more in the sector as part of its broader build Canada agenda.
Daniel Johnson · Page 15 - SpaceX-Tesla merger could benefit companies, Musk’s personal fortune
NEW YORK — The history of corporate mergers is littered with failure, but investors in Tesla and SpaceX seem to believe Elon Musk can pull off the biggest…
Bernard Condon · Page 15 - Tesla profit slumps as Musk pours money into AI, robots
TESLA on Wednesday reported a second consecutive quarterly decline in profit as the company poured resources into self-driving cars, humanoid robots and…
Jack Ewing · Page 15 - Anthropic joins artificial intelligence agent race with Claude Duet
SAN FRANCISCO — Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude chatbot, introduced an AI agent on Wednesday that acts as a personal…
Page 15 - Smith tells separatists to toe pro-Canada line or leave UCP
ALBERTA Premier Danielle Smith says her United Conservative Party is a pro-Canada party and that any members who want to stump for separation need to leave.
Jack Farrell And Dayne Patterson · Page 16 - Pope needs no further treatment for lung cancer, doctors say
ROME — Pope Leo XIV will need no further treatment after his surgery for lung cancer, his doctors announced Wednesday.
Elisabetta Povoledo · Page 16 - WeatherPage 16
- MOOD MUSIC
CONCERT PREVIEWS TALL SHADOWS, FRENCH CLASS, JORTS ● This Must Be The Place, 484 Stradbrook Ave. ● Tonight, 8 p.m. ● Tickets $15 FAUST 100TH ANNIVERSARY…
Sheldon Birnie · Page 17 - Play asks the cutting questions
THEATRE REVIEW THE CUT ● Winnipeg Jewish Theatre ● Berney Theatre, Rady JCC ● To Sunday ★★★ out of five
Ben Waldman · Page 17 - Winnipeg-shot biopic as daring as its subject
SIMULTANEOUSLY huge in its biographical breadth and intimate in its scale, Patrick Wang’s film A. Rimbaud is a portrait of the 19th-century poet Arthur…
Randall King · Page 18 - THE CUT
Mand never tells us Andrew’s last name, but it certainly isn’t Cohen.
Page 18 - Celebrated network TV show making move to video podcasts
LOS ANGELES — It’s been nearly 40 years since the dread-filled tones of the Unsolved Mysteries theme song first hit network TV airwaves.
Samantha Masunaga · Page 19 - Exchange welcomes new art gallery
THERE’S a new beacon for local art in the Exchange District.
Jen Zoratti · Page 19 - Quebec duo Angine de Poitrine announces two local dates
ANGINE de Poitrine is taking its alien invasion global.
Alex Nino Gheciu · Page 19 - Living a lie takes toll on whole family
DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My wife is no longer my life partner! To my mind, she's just the mother of my children. She still lives with us and does the major…
Maureen Scurfield Miss Lonelyhearts · Page 20 - TV TALK SHOWS
Jimmy Kimmel: John Oliver, Seth Meyers (above), Robby Hoffman
Page 20 - TODAY'S HOROSCOPE • GEORGIA NICOLS
MOON ALERT: Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and important decisions after 10 p.m. today. The moon is in Pisces.
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- Comics
Tundra Rhymes With Orange Sherman's Lagoon The Other Coast Baby Blues Between Friends Crabgrass Crankshaft Shoe Non Sequitur Pickles Zits Pearls Before Swine
Page 21 - Studio's stop-motion fantasy flick hopes dark themes find audience
LOS ANGELES — When Laika's Wildwood opens on Oct. 23, it will do something few animated films attempt: arrive in U.S. theatres with a PG-13 rating.
Carys Davies · Page 22 - Puzzles
Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.
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- SCRABBLE GRAMS
PAR SCORE 150-160 FOUR RACK TOTAL BEST SCORE 244 TIME LIMIT: 20 MIN
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A X Y D L B A A X R is L O N G F E L L O W
Page 23 - SPORTS SLEUTH
Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.
Page 23 - SUDOKU
RATING: MEDIUM
Page 23 - GOREN BRIDGE
North-South vulnerable, North deals
Bob Jones · Page 23 - Hawksley Workman
Park Theatre, 698 Osborne St. Saturday, 8 p.m. Tickets $36 plus fees at Ticketmaster
— Ben Sigurdson · Page 24 - SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN HIKE
Chickadee Trail, Birds Hill Provincial Park Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free
— Ben Waldman · Page 24 - Outside Joke: Hot Topic
West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave. Saturday, 8 p.m. Tickets $25-$30 at wecc.ca
— Jen Zoratti · Page 24 - PettyFest
Times Change(d), 234 Main St. Saturday, 6:30 p.m. Tickets $22 at highlandlonesomeclub.ca
— Sheldon Birnie · Page 24 - HALLOWEEN HOWL
Children’s Museum, 45 Forks Market Rd. First program Friday, 6:30 p.m. $20 per person at childrensmeusum.com
— Conrad Sweatman · Page 24 - High Tea with Shakespeare
Young United Church, 222 Furby St. Sunday, 3 p.m. Tickets start at $25 from winnipegsingers.com
— AV Kitching · Page 24 - End of an era?
THE Winnipeg Blue Bombers are inching towards the end of an era.
Taylor Allen · Page 25 - DINO MIGHT
Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard is fouled by Chicago Bulls forward Jalen Smith during Toronto’s season opener in Toronto on Wednesday. Leonard scored 23…
Page 25 - Winnipeg pair wins first senior international
FOR athletes heading into a milestone competition, nothing delivers a jolt of confidence quite like recording a first international win and personal-best…
Laurie Nealin · Page 25 - Fernandez advances to quarters
NINGBO, China — Canada's Leylah Fernandez battled past Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-3 on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of…
Page 26 - Dream 'feeling good'
ATLANTA — Angel Reese had 21 points and 12 rebounds to help the Atlanta Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 97-71 on Wednesday night and take a 2-1 lead…
Doug Feinberg · Page 26 - Andreescu, Dabrowski top roster for BJK Cup playoffs
TORONTO — Bianca Andreescu, Kayla Cross, Gabriela Dabrowski and Ariana Arseneault will represent Canada at next month's Billie Jean King Cup playoffs in Brazil.
Page 26 - Canadian speedskaters aiming for balance
VANCOUVER — Courtney Sarault is coming off of a crazy year.
Gemma Karstens-Smith · Page 26 - Jets hit first patch of turbulence
DALLAS — The Winnipeg Jets are getting an early test in the age old battle that pits process versus results.
Ken Wiebe · Page 27 - HAMMER TIME
Antoine Batisse celebrates his goal as Forge FC becomes the first Canadian Premier League team to hoist the Voyageurs Cup after defeating Major League…
Page 27 - He’s a true blue Villanovan
ROME — An hour after Robert Prevost was elected as the first American pope, Villanova’s athletic director texted sports travel expert John Anthony with the…
Andrew Dampf · Page 28 - CANADIAN RUGBY STAR JOINS PREMIERSHIP
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England — Canadian rugby international Mason Flesch has signed with the Newcastle Red Bulls of England’s Premiership Rugby through the…
Page 28 - GOLDENEYES REVEAL SHARP NEW JERSEYS
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Goldeneyes unveiled new jerseys on Wednesday as the Professional Women’s Hockey League team readies for its sophomore campaign.
Page 28 - BILLS DB TO APPEAL NFL SUSPENSION FOR SPIT
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills defensive back Sam Franklin appealed the NFL’s decision to suspend him for one game without pay for allegedly spitting at…
Page 28 - Man U’s crisis deepens with loss to newcomer
ROME — Manchester United is hardly putting up a fight in the Champions League these days.
Andrew Dampf And Jerome Pugmire · Page 28 - CANADA PARA HOCKEY DOMINATES CZECHIA
NYMBURK, Czechia — Vincent Boily scored four goals, and Canada closed out preliminary-round play at the 2026 International Para Hockey Cup with a 7-0…
Page 28 - ANGELS FIRE SKIPPER AFTER 100 LOSSES IN 2026
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels have fired manager Kurt Suzuki after he lost 100 games in his only season in charge.
Page 28 - NFC East makes sorry history
THE NFC East has traditionally been the marquee division in the NFL with established big brands with histories of success.
Josh Dubow · Page 29 - WEEK 7 PICKS
KENNETH Walker III is going back to Seattle with the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs to face the team he helped lead to the Super Bowl last season.
Rob Maaddi · Page 29 - MARJORIE LILLIAN CLAYTON
On Sunday, October 11, 2026, Marjorie Clayton passed away peacefully at Charleswood Care Centre at the age of 98.
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