Winnipeg Free Press

The Winnipeg Free Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Winnipeg, Manitoba, except for Sundays. It covers a wide range of topics, including local, provincial, national, and international news, as well as sports, business, and entertainment updates. Each week, the paper also includes consumer-focused sections on topics like homes and vehicles. Its primary competitor is the Winnipeg Sun, which is a daily tabloid newspaper.

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Snow Lake residents get mandatory evacuation order; premier expresses ‘tremendous gratitude’ to firefighters

11 hours ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Chris Kitching

By: Chris Kitching Posted: 12:32 PM CDT Friday, Jun. 6, 2025 Snow Lake residents have been ordered to leave the northern Manitoba community by noon Saturday due to an out-of-control wildfire that is burning in the region.
Sky’s the limit for local junior player invited to Bombers camp

1 day ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Taylor Allen

One year after strapping on a football helmet for the very first time, Zack Davis found himself participating in Winnipeg Blue Bombers training camp. “I don’t want to say I didn’t have a goal, but I didn’t expect to be here, for sure,” said Davis, a defensive lineman with the Winnipeg Rifles who is in his second year as a territorial junior with the Bombers.
City at crossroads over bus safety shields

1 day ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Joyanne Pursaga

By: Joyanne Pursaga Posted: 5:26 PM CDT Thursday, Jun. 5, 2025 The city is exploring options to extend bus driver safety shields or replace them with full enclosures to help prevent violence.
Pilot project addressing unsafe properties a success and should be made permanent, city report advises

1 day ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Joyanne Pursaga

By: Joyanne Pursaga Posted: 4:54 PM CDT Thursday, Jun. 5, 2025 A pilot-project team that expedites the city’s response to unsafe properties, including rubble-filled sites left behind by fires, could soon become permanent.
Former Raptor, two-time All-CEBL guard signs with Winnipeg Sea Bears

1 day ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Taylor Allen

Former Raptor, two-time All-CEBL guard signs with Winnipeg hoops club By: Taylor Allen Posted: 2:34 PM CDT Thursday, Jun.
More crews, firefighting vehicles headed to Cross Lake

1 day ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Chris Kitching

By: Chris Kitching Posted: 11:14 AM CDT Thursday, Jun. 5, 2025 A cavalry of firefighters and equipment is being sent to the Cross Lake area to help battle a wildfire that is threatening two neighbouring communities in northern Manitoba.
Famous Shakespeare and Beckett dramas take over the ruins

1 day ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Ben Waldman

On a sweltering May afternoon, with an apocalyptic smokescreen descending upon the ruins of a burned-down monastery in St. Norbert, director Rodrigo Beilfuss leads rehearsals for a play that’s frustrated him every day since preparation began in April. “It’s killing me in a beautiful way,” the artistic director of Shakespeare in the Ruins says with a smile.
Affordable housing projects in limbo after fund ends

1 day ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Joyanne Pursaga

By: Joyanne Pursaga Posted: 2:01 AM CDT Thursday, Jun.
Production invites audience to experience theatre as blind actors do

1 day ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Ben Waldman

With their latest original stage production, opening tonight at Prairie Theatre Exchange, Sick + Twisted is inviting audiences not just to look and to listen, but to feel. Before each performance of Neither Here Nor There, up to eight guests will have the opportunity to be led onto the Cherry Karpyshin Mainstage for a “touch tour,” allowing low-vision, blind and sighted audience members alike to experience the set and gain an understanding of the production’s non-traditional geography.
Rutschman’s homer and Kjerstad’s 2-run triple send Orioles past Mariners 3-2 for 5th straight win

2 days ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Zach Martin

Skip to content Sections Subscribe and get merch The Free Press Sports Baseball Rutschman’s homer and Kjerstad’s 2-run triple send Orioles past Mariners 3-2 for 5th straight win By: Zach Martin, The Associated Press Posted: 11:55 PM CDT Wednesday, Jun. 4, 2025 Print Email Read Later SEATTLE (AP) — Heston Kjerstad put Baltimore ahead with a two-run triple in the seventh inning and the Orioles beat the Seattle Mariners 3-2 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight win. Read this article for...