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Scott Billeck
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Reporter with the Winnipeg Free Press.
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RCMP investigating macabre display threatening rural officials in yard on ‘sovereign land’
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RCMP investigating macabre display threatening rural officials in yard on ‘sovereign land’
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October 31, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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A popular downtown restaurant burned early Thursday morning.
Downtown restaurant burns in early-morning fire
A popular downtown restaurant burned early Thursday morning.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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The approach taken by Halifax has inspired a delegation from Winnipeg that’s searching for ways to address the homeless crisis in this city.
Winnipeg advised to mirror Halifax model to tackling homelessness
The approach taken by Halifax has inspired a delegation from Winnipeg that’s searching for ways to address the homeless crisis in this city.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Dead ‘over a damn dirt bike’: Families relieved after RCMP announce arrests in Victoria Beach double homicide; RCMP ask public for more info
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Families relieved after Manitoba RCMP announce arrests in Victoria Beach double homicide; RCMP ask public for more info
Two men are facing second-degree murder charges after a targeted shooting at a home in the Rural Municipality of Victoria Beach in June left a man dead and a woman killed simply for being in the wrong...
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October 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Two arrested in Victoria Beach double homicide
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Two arrested in Victoria Beach double homicide
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October 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Funding for anonymous tip lines seeks to return power to neighbourhoods
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Funding for anonymous tip lines seeks to return power to neighbourhoods
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October 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Seven Oaks pool closing at least a year for repairs, renovations; parents worry about dried-up swim-lesson opportunities
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Seven Oaks pool closing at least a year for repairs, renovations; parents worry about dried-up swim-lesson opportunities
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October 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Please take Danica Patrick off the F1 broadcast. Please.
October 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Late September lightning storm is *chef’s kiss*
September 30, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Does Winnipeg have any of these TikTokers who, if you catch a ball, get like $5,000? Asking for a friend…
September 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
‘Frustrating, shocking and sudden’: family desperate for details after mother killed in crash
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‘Frustrating, shocking and sudden’: family desperate for details after mother killed in crash
A week after Omotayo Samuel-Pepple was killed in a crash on Abinojii Mikanah, her family says they are still in the dark about how it happened.
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September 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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When two Winnipeg encampments that had more than 30 people living in them were about to be cleared earlier this summer, outreach groups, government officials and housing facilitators sprang into action.
Moving at the speed of trust
Collaboration, compassion and a clear sense of purpose among non-profit agencies and government recently moved more than 30 people out of homeless encampments and into supportive housing
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September 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
what does one do when the news that always used to seem worse on twitter is now just as bad off of it?
September 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Kimmel.

Colbert.

Suits against the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and 60 Minutes.

Extorting settlements from CBS, ABC, and others.

Blocking the AP's access to the White House. 🧵
September 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Yet another reminder that it was never about free speech. Quite the opposite, in reality.
Sinclair, run by right-wing media mogul David Smith, says suspending the Jimmy Kimmel show isn’t enough. It is going to run a tribute to Kirk during Kimmel’s time slot.

Sinclair stations will run not consider putting Kimmel back on air until he apologizes and donates to Turning Point USA
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM