Amidst the hustle and bustle and stress of holiday shopping, one of the world’s most literate countries chooses to keep it simple, focusing on a gift that can make you laugh, cry or expand your mind: books.

Incredibly honoured to write this obituary for the one and only Aganetha Dyck 🐝 www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

after several months of pretty challenging depression, i'm turning the corner. it's always a beautiful moment when the medicine connects, and suddenly the music sounds better, the laughs come easier and the apartment stays cleaner. thank you to everybody who's been here: you're the reason I am

#nowreading adele wiseman's 'the sacrifice'

has any jewish person ever experienced anxiety before, or am i the first?

After 17 years at the helm of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Stephen Borys is stepping into a new field: consulting.

Yves Jarvis All Cylinders has been nominated for the #Polaris2025 #AlbumShortList, and will perform live at the Concert on Sept 16! 15%-Off Tix at link in Bio. CBC presents the 2025 Polaris Music Prize. This year's Short List is presented by FACTOR.

I didn’t know Brendan Berg well, but he was always beyond kind whenever we crossed paths. According to friends, meaningful connection was a common thread for the Royal Canoe bassist and his partner, Olivia Michalczuk.

Family, friends and fans are mourning the unexpected loss of two influential figures in Winnipeg’s music community.

Olivia could only tell it like it was, and anybody who met them could immediately see their immense intelligence, care and quick wit. Brendan was impossibly kind. Whenever he chatted with anyone, they were the centre of his attention. I feel very lucky to have known them. An immense loss for so many

Polaris is incredibly sadden to hear of the tragic passing of juror Olivia Michalczuk and their partner Brendan Berg of the band Royal Canoe. Polaris extends our deepest sympathies to both Olivia and Brendan's family, friends and the music lovers they touched with their enthusiasm and care.

The barricades are down at Portage Avenue and Main Street and Winnipeg’s landmark intersection will soon be officially open to pedestrian traffic for the first time in more than four decades.

Pedestrians will legally cross Portage Avenue and Main Street before the end of next week.

The city will turn a four-block stretch of Graham Avenue into a living lab when Winnipeg Transit’s network overhaul pulls buses off the downtown street.

so many so willingly speak the language of war

always so excited to see what mr. panahi has created <3

Incredible. Magical. Historical. Describe it however you want. A comeback for the ages has the Winnipeg Jets moving on to the second round.

The '81 #NHLJets were fuelled by Monster Cookies, boozy Orange Slush, Crab Dip and Biff a la Lindström, according to a vintage cookbook published by the club. Find recipes for a throwback game-day feast in today's @winnipegfreepress.com ⬇️

The Free Press is looking to speak today to Manitobans who are travelling to Rome to attend Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday. To share your story, contact our reporter by email at [email protected] or by phone at 204-891-4633.

Very proud to see our childcare project recognized by the National Newspaper Awards! Congratulations to all the incredible finalists. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

I spent weeks combing through Manitoba's homegrown food industry so you don't have to! This @winnipegfreepress.com grocery guide isn't all-encompassing, but includes a wide range of sources for local produce, protein, dairy, grains, beverages, snacks and condiments.

has any jewish person ever experienced anxiety before, or am i the first?

A Marion Warhaft review could make or break a restaurant.

Manitoba’s education minister wants to bring in school board campaign fundraising and reporting rules that would hold trustee hopefuls to a higher standard #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Jekyll & Hyde takes dance lovers on a one-way joyride into depravity, with a ferocious intensity seldom witnessed on the Centennial Concert Hall stage.

there's a difference between eretz, am and medina, and medina came most recently.

University of Manitoba grad Eloge Butera can lay claim to inspiring one of the characters in the Oscar-winning #ARealPain. @benwaldman.bsky.social talks to the survivor of the Rwandan genocide about his conversion to Judaism and meeting Jesse Eisenberg. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Hazel Dukes, an unwavering crusader for civil rights who served for nearly a half-century as president of New York State’s NAACP, died on Saturday. She was 92.

Lovely piece by @benwaldman.bsky.social about the real Rwandan Winnipegger (who's real friends with Jesse Eisenberg) in A Real Pain. Give it a read! www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

The billionaire owner of The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, narrowed the topics covered by its opinion section Wednesday to defending personal liberties and the free market, a pivot away from the traditional broad focus and prompting the news outlet’s opinion editor to resign.

Bollywood calls — and Garden City is answering.

‘There’s no Are You There, God? It’s Me, Menopause.”

Winnipeg music executives Elise Roller and Claire Boning are aiming to redefine Canada’s mainstream music scene with their new women-owned record label, Odd Doll Records. Full @winnipegfreepress.com story at the link below 👇 www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Ahead of the 3rd anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, I spoke with three Ukrainian newcomers to Winnipeg about the homes they left behind and the precious belongings they escaped with. Their stories at the link below. https://buff.ly/4b9V9FK @winnipegfreepress.com

Good thread, and there was a story in @winnipegfreepress.com on the anniversary of "If Day" in 2022: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Ye, the rapper and designer formerly known as Kanye West, aired a commercial in some markets during the Super Bowl that promoted a website selling a single product: a white T-shirt with a black swastika.

As a certified Horse Girl, stories about my favourite animal sparked an early love of reading. (Saddle Club enthusiasts unite!) As an adult with word burnout, food memoirs brought me back into the fold.

February is I Love to Read Month in Manitoba, an annual occasion to encourage reading, writing and sharing in the joy of literacy.

“Mordecai Richler had this great line about how he moved back to Canada to reconnect with the source of his discontent, so I always want to return to Winnipeg to renew my neurotic affiliations with the city," Matthew Rankin tells @winnipegfreepress.com www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Nice story in the @winnipegfreepress.com by @benwaldman.bsky.social about the mighty Ghost Twin, who are back with a new lineup this weekend at the Handsome Daughter: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Good morning. I spent a few days interviewing people who lost their record collections in the wildfires for this @stereogum.bsky.social feature. A heartbreaking piece to write, but in the end it only reaffirmed my love for collecting physical media.

Three Black Manitobans — Efe Ogboru, Laura Iboje and Andrew Idemudia — have lent a combined 14 canvases to the province to decorate the grand staircase inside 450 Broadway. The artists' works will be on display at the Leg until Feb. 14 #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Meet the guy behind the popular Instagram account @canada.gov.ca, where he serves as our nation’s foremost Extremely Online curator and chronicler of Canadian culture to more than 92,000 followers. It's possibly the last good corner of the internet. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

In other Mogwai-related content news: this week in the stübermania newsletter I dust off a conversation I had with the band in 2001 over jerk chicken. We talked about Jewish spirituals, Paul McCartney, Ron Asheton, and performing for animals: stubermania.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

Tragic news out of Transcona today: Education Minister Nello Altomare has died. I will miss working with Nello — a lifelong educator, respected NDP MLA, and raisin bran muffin appreciator — dearly. Rest easy, Nello. #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Alternate headline: Screw the haters, do what you love. @benwaldman.bsky.social and I profiled a pair of roller skating strangers who share similar views on seeking joy and embracing vulnerability. A fun New Year's feature for @winnipegfreepress.com: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

the Detroit Pistons are 18-18 on Jan. 6. in 2022-2023, they only won 17 games. in 2023-2024, they only won 14. very happy for that city.

When visitors walk into Cheryl Pelletier’s house, the first thing they’ll probably notice is a large framed photo, featuring the Winnipeg woman’s family and Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, hanging proudly on a wall.

ATTN: Manitoba lovebirds 💍🫶💕🦢 I'm on the WFP news desk this week, and am searching for a couple that's planning to get hitched over the holidays. Is that you? If so, please shoot me an email at [email protected] / TIA

the most underrated film ever made about politics and politicking. Written by jeremy larner (drive, he said), speechwriter for eugene mccarthy's 1968 POTUS campaign peter boyle, directed by michael ritchie (bad news bears), shot by victor j. kemper (look him up) www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RTI...