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I placed a little remembrance for my newshound father in this Saturday's Free Press. Not the paper I grew up reading with him, but my family assures me he'd be beaming with pride all the same to be reading my articles. passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...

Fifteen years ago, Manitoba passed a groundbreaking law intended to extract damages from people convicted of crimes related to child sexual abuse material — and use this to compensate survivors of this kind of abuse. The problem? It's never once been used. My latest ⬇️

Manitoba law meant to aid survivors of child sexual abuse imagery has never been put to the testA Manitoba law meant to provide financial support to survivors of child sexual abuse that was recorded and distributed online has never once been used in its 15 years of existence, the Free Press has ...www.winnipegfreepress.com

"In Canada, (alcohol) is responsible for an estimated nearly 9,500 new cases of cancer and nearly 4,000 cancer deaths each year ... If any of this seems like news, experts following the industry say it's by design." By Annie Burns-Pieper/@theijf.org ⬇️ theijf.org/article/alco...

The connection between alcohol and cancer is well known. So why are there no warning labels on bottles?Lobbying records reveal years of organized opposition to cancer warning labelstheijf.org

A new analysis, released Tuesday, of online sex advertisements featuring Indigenous women has identified cross-country corridors that are highly indicative of sex trafficking, while revealing insight into how women and girls are exploited in Winnipeg. Report link: tinyurl.com/mm9wcd7z My story ⬇️

Report draws link between missing Indigenous women and trafficking across CanadaA new analysis of online sex advertisements featuring Indigenous women has identified cross-country corridors that are highly indicative of sex trafficking, while revealing insight into how women and ...www.winnipegfreepress.com

I'm trying to switch from Otter to a different transcribing platform with better privacy and turns out if your paid plan lapses, the company locks your recordings older than 30 days. Learn from my mistake—record off the platform, then upload; I often didn't do this and now my files are held hostage.

Great story by Ian Bickis/Canadian Press ⬇️ www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/202...

An eroding Winnipeg neighbourhood looks to new foundationsWINNIPEG - The lot Jesse Bettcher lives on in Winnipegwww.winnipegfreepress.com

This was from 2025. A dark congrats to cartoonist Greg Perry for predicting the future.

Me planning when I can take a weeklong log building course with the whole family 😀

"For now, as we walk and bike and work and play under the shade of 120-year-old trees, we should pause to thank those who planted them. It’s easy to forget that the urban forest did not spring up on its own." By @doubleemmartin.bsky.social 🌲🍃 www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0...

Opinion: When it comes to our city’s tree canopy, Winnipeggers stand tallSummer came to Winnipeg a little late, and a whole lot wet, but at least it finally came. It felt as if, in the last week or so, the rain finally took a backseat to the sun and heat, and the brief but...www.winnipegfreepress.com

I'm back at work today after two incredible weeks spent in Berlin, Kraków and Oświęcim, studying with the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE), along with 45 or so fellows who are working around the world in journalism, medicine and religious leadership.

"What can be said with some assurance is that sending a young, impressionable first-time offender to prison is not going to make him a better person, and is not going to leave him undamaged." Gut punch of a story by my colleague Dean Pritchard www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/202...

Unmoved by young offender’s progress, Manitoba judge ordered prison term; Indigenous man later chose deathThe day started with an email from my editor.www.winnipegfreepress.com

With Canada proposing new regulations for social media use for teens, you can read into the safety issues that have evolved online for kids and teens in my latest feature, profiling the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, here in Winnipeg. www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/202...

Winnipeg-based organization resolute in its global mission — protecting children from online pedophilesMore than a century ago, a brick two-storey building near the banks of the Assiniboine River opened as an orphanage. Later, it became a residential school for First Nations children sent hundreds of k...www.winnipegfreepress.com

Winnipeggers can pick up a copy of this story tomorrow, in our Saturday paper's 49.8 section, with incredible photography from Ruth Bonneville and illustrations by Kris Kuzdub from Kirsch Street Studio. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Winnipeg-based organization resolute in its global mission — protecting children from online pedophilesMore than a century ago, a brick two-storey building near the banks of the Assiniboine River opened as an orphanage. Later, it became a residential school for First Nations children sent hundreds of k...www.winnipegfreepress.com

This is a long read, about 7,000 words, and I am grateful to our readers for being open to giving their time to our reporting.

Operating from a quiet, Winnipeg neighbourhood, @cdnchildprotect.bsky.social is a global leader in the fight to end the sexual exploitation of children. I spent months learning about their herculean efforts; it’s a heavy story but not one without hope. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Winnipeg-based organization resolute in its global mission — protecting children from online pedophilesMore than a century ago, a brick two-storey building near the banks of the Assiniboine River opened as an orphanage. Later, it became a residential school for First Nations children sent hundreds of k...www.winnipegfreepress.com

I am really pleased to be representing @columbiajournalism.bsky.social and @winnipegfreepress.com at the FASPE fellowship in Berlin and Kraków later this month, and will be studying with the program from June 19-July 3.

Wanted to share a piece I had the privilege to write over the last few weeks. It is beautiful to hear families talk about their loved ones. Thanks to Christina's family for speaking with me 🙏 www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Even residential school couldn’t erase who Christina Henderson wasOver her life, Christina Gladys Henderson was known by a few names.www.winnipegfreepress.com

For so many, Bob has been an incredible mentor. Bob took a chance hiring me in his bureau, in 2022, with little daily news experience. The year I spent working on his team made me a better reporter and it was truly incredible to see his unfailing energy for this work day after day after day.

Such a beautifully-written, technical and human story. By @jenniferyang.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Inside a university anatomy lab where researchers study bodies Canadians have donated to scienceMedical students use real-life specimens to learn human anatomy, but this critical education relies on an extraordinary final act of generositywww.theglobeandmail.com

The Winnipeg Free Press is hiring its next editor to lead the paper. There is so much love for the craft, love for community, and love for local news rooted in this paper's long history, and the next person to lead it will be lucky indeed. www.winnipegfreepress.com/job-opportun...

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