This morning, I strat-planned with the MWG. But I spent the rest of the day reading a PDF of @davidjonfuller.bsky.social’s novel Venue 13, which will launch June 4 at @mcnallyrobinson.com.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist and restless genius whose bold, distinctive tone and constant experimentation kept him on the cutting edge of jazz for more than 50 years, died Monday at age 95.

“I think when the creative person ends, he continues in the next existence. I’m a person who believes this life isn’t the be-all and end-all of everything. A spiritual person doesn’t feel like that.” –S.R. (2009) 2/2

Jared McCain outscored the Spurs bench 24-18 on his own before garbage time. Philly's bench combined for 24 or more points in 5 games this postseason.

Shai on Hartenstein was awkward, Zora jumped all over it

Terry Garrow already received his flowers. Now he’s on a mission to make sure his late father gets his.

Did you know there’s a Heated Rivalry parody musical opening off Broadway next week? And did you know it’s being produced and directed by a Winnipegger? www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

2/2 The training/lived experience they have is unmatched, and they handle every situation with the utmost compassion. Every city could benefit from having their own DCSP. Take a read and learn about them: Downtown’s heart and soul www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Downtown Winnipeg’s landmark Fort Garry Hotel is back on the market.

Housed within two innocuous rooms flanking the Welcome Gallery at Manitoba Museum is a sobering record of a government’s betrayal of its own citizens.

Retractions never get proportional attention. This one should.

Rest in model airplane pieces to Gerry Fingler, 87, who ran Cellar Dweller on Main Street in Winnipeg for 50 years until closing up in 2021. #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Local arts leader Larry Desrochers takes home the prestigious 2026 Manitoba Arts Award of Distinction.

I love Ningiukulu Teevee's poignant, playful work, so this was a fun one to write. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

We're doing a project on public infrastructure for music in Canada and doing a final call for musicians to participate in a survey on musicmaking at this particular moment. If you'd like to do this, please email me at: [email protected]. Or pls share with others who may be!

The province is appointing an administrator to temporarily oversee the Town of Winnipeg Beach after a series of resignations from a council beset by personal conflicts and allegations of inappropriate behaviour.

Nearly four dozen cats have been taken out of a hoarding situation by a Winnipeg non-profit and its leadership said mass rescues are happening more often.

The Green Party has complained to the Times' editor about this cartoon which they say pushes antisemitic tropes against Zack Polanski by portraying him with a hooked nose. "Zack faces daily anti-semitism, and in the past six weeks two people have been arrested for anti-semitic actions towards him."

been really enjoying taking musical recommendations from books I'm reading -- what the characters play -- and the films I'm watching as a means of anti-algorithmic listening, and inevitably, the obit column. This has led me to Roberta Flack, Chaz Jankel, Teo Usuelli, 'Til Tuesday and David Wiffen.

Niigaan Sinclair is the top columnist in the country.

Brandon Ingram shot 3-for-15 from the field tonight & finished with a 23.3 TS%. It's the worst TS% by a Raptor with at least 15 attempts in a playoff game all-time.

With album No. 43 dropping next month, I put together a guide to Guided by Voices for @bandcamp.com Daily, featuring input from @sad13.horse, Good Flying Birds, @ratboysband.bsky.social, Kiwi Jr., @weirdnightmare.bsky.social and 2nd Grade: daily.bandcamp.com/lists/guided...

Boring News is marketed as a solution to declining local news in Canada. In reality, the website is AI news slop filled with errors, made up quotes and fake photos. My story for the @winnipegfreepress.com: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Discarded cannabis packaging and related products are posing ongoing challenges to Winnipeg’s waste-and-recycling streams — including becoming a fire hazard at the Brady Road landfill.

The Peguis First Nation declared a state of emergency as leadership said flooding is now a certainty.

CP3 after the Clippers loss lmao

Sometimes one place (and one person) can have a disproportionate effect on the livability of a city. Thank you John Scoles for Times Changed (and for Blue Note Park, one of my favourite summer places in Winnipeg). From @benwaldman.bsky.social www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

This is the final single from my upcoming album Forager, dropping in two weeks!

WINNIPEG – A First Nation prone to flooding and the Manitoba government are calling for help from the Canadian military as spring conditions are putting the community at risk of flooding again.

Premier Wab Kinew pressed Tory Leader Obby Khan on Thursday to acknowledge and take responsibility for “dehumanizing” and “hateful” comments toward Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara, who is non-binary.

i can’t draw cars but i had to share the best license plate i’ve ever seen #comic

It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you. If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can. Everyone give this a share after.

Proud this morning to see two of my stories from last year recognized with National Newspaper Award nominations. The first, about the second-generation cut-off, which has been referred to as a genocide “in paper form” for First Nations people. www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/202...

It is perhaps the closest thing Canada could have to a team in the NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball tournament and — of course — Winnipeg has a hand in it.

JONATHAN KUMINGA DID WHAT?!?!?!

Big news today: the Free Press media literacy and learning project has been selected as finalist for an International News Media Association Global Media Award in the Best Public Service Project category. The awards will be handed out in May in Berlin. This is...uh...bananas. And awesome.

Winnipeg police say a two-year-old boy who had been reported missing in an Amber Alert earlier today has been found safely.

BRANDON — A Brandon University paleontologist has helped identify dinosaur barf that’s nearly 290 million years old — and could be the oldest known example of fossilized vomit from a land-dwelling predator.

MILAN — Josh Morrissey is raring to go. Which is perfectly understandable given the way recent international hockey events have played out for the Winnipeg Jets defenceman.

The family of a woman who died following an 11-hour wait in a Winnipeg emergency room last month has added its voice to demands for a public inquiry.

A 37-year-old man has been arrested in a fatal crash last summer that killed three people, including the bassist from local indie pop band Royal Canoe.

Bud Cort, the actor best known for playing Harold in the 1971 comedy “Harold and Maude,” has died at 77.

The @winnipegfreepress.com is at the #MilanoCortinaOlympic2026. I’ll be posting a running thread here with my stories and features throughout the Games. Not a subscriber yet? Consider supporting local journalism and joining us: www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscribe Ciao!

seeing the nyt publish a eulogy for the wapo sports dept a few years after the nyt outsourced 95% of its sports journalism to the athletic 🫠

From @bhobs22.bsky.social today ⬇️ www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Family members fought through tears Monday as they stood in a provincial courtroom and shared memories of 16-year-old Eishia Hudson, who was shot and killed by Winnipeg police at the end of a 2020 vehicle chase.

the chicken carwash is about to become a chicken carwash gas station

which streaming service is going to be brave enough to finally make THE DREW CAREY SHOW available in Canada?