Ben Waldman

A small but steady stream of voters arrived at a Portage Avenue diner Sunday to meet Noah Redden, just two days after a new poll suggested the 27-year-old has emerged as a player in Winnipeg’s race for mayor.

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Work as long as Pam Grier, and you’ll have stories. And does Pam Grier ever have stories.

I chatted with Patrick deWitt for the @winnipegfreepress.com about his (excellent!!) novel Dodge City, which he launches in Winnipeg at @mcnallyrobinson.com tonight. The guy (and his book) is a delight: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

This is HUGE win for tenants in MB we have been organizing for since at least 2020. West Broadway Tenants Committee & @r2hmb.bsky.social tireless work: holding Kinew to account, building ally relationships, debunking landlord myths, organizing tenants - all of it made this happen #movementwins2026

I wrote about The Ringer/Spotify launching a series of Substacks, the lack of coordination and communication surrounding the strategy, and a failed odyssey of trying to get people involved to talk about it: defector.com/nobody-wants...

Nurses are officially being discouraged from taking shifts at Seven Oaks General Hospital owing to long-standing safety concerns.

This week’s @winnipegfreepress.com column: Education alone cannot combat residential school denialism - for more see the Freep website www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/1...

a city removing bike lanes one day a company announcing it will soon bring self-driving taxis the next the sequence of events is disheartening and terrifying

just finished mad men. Holloway-Harris. What an amazing arc for Joan.

The provincial court inquest examining the circumstances of the fatal 2020 shooting of 16-year-old Eishia Hudson by a Winnipeg Police Service officer adjourned on Wednesday after hearings held over more than eight months.

The story of the gravesites of students who attended the Brandon Indian Residential School underneath the Turtle Crossing Campground is truly a Manitoba tragedy.

good reminder that the Towne 8 sits dormant and for sale, prevented from becoming a movie theatre again under a development stipulation. As it stands, there's no first-run theatre in downtown Winnipeg, with only 1 screen (Dave Barber Cinematheque) remaining. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

More than five decades after their lives were derailed by a racist justice system, the provincial government has paid millions of dollars to three men who were wrongfully convicted in a 1973 Winnipeg homicide.

tzom kal

The NorthStar Project is outgrowing its temporary home at Vincent Massey High School. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/0... #bdnmb

Big sadness to lose the quickest laugher in the newsroom and of course one of the hardest workers I know <3

WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Jets have suspended goaltender Connor Hellebuyck for failure to report to training camp, the NHL club announced Wednesday night.

rip annie dillard

shana tova to all -- may this year be more sweet than sour and may we all savour it in unison

Come fall, people will once again have the chance to dine more than two dozen storeys above Winnipeg’s downtown.

Seven-year-olds and 70-somethings will socialize daily when a 152-spot daycare opens inside of a senior’s residence in Winnipeg.

Nothing's changed since effing Judy Garland. Pissed off on Hayden Panettiere's behalf, RIP. (The below is from Variety.)

trailer for James Gray's Paper Tiger happy to report, it appears movies continue to be back

A year and some change after a wildfire levelled a residential area in Lac du Bonnet and killed two beloved people, I went back to see how residents are rebuilding and remembering. @winnipegfreepress.com www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

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.

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: fauteux@ualberta.ca. 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."

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.