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winnipegfreepress.com — 1+ hour, 49+ min ago
Reconciliation is hard work and heart work
winnipegfreepress.com > business...September 30 is a noteworthy day in Canada because it is a day to reflect on the treatment and future of Indigenous People in Canada.... ...September 30 started as Orange Shirt Day in memory of a small girl who had her new orange shirt taken away on her first day of residential school... ...In a speech to the Richard Ivey School of Business in 2021, the Honourable Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, said... ...The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada, which operated from 2008 to 2015, documented the history and impact of residential schools...
winnipegfreepress.com — 19+ hour, 23+ min ago
Trump animates California Republicans with calls to shoot people who rob stores
winnipegfreepress.com > world...While many of his remarks at the California Republican Party convention in Anaheim were familiar retreads of Trump’s attacks and grievances, his... ...Trump was one of several Republican presidential contenders appearing at the event in this Democratic stronghold.... ...In his book and in interviews, former Defense Secretary Mark Esper alleged Trump inquired about shooting protesters during the George Floyd demonstrations... ...A Public Policy Institute of California voter survey released Wednesday, but conducted in late August and early September, found Trump with support...
winnipegfreepress.com — 1+ hour, 51+ min ago
Opinion: When big dreams collide with harsh realities
winnipegfreepress.com > opinion > analysis...Other big dreamers have not been so prescient: former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Danny Williams was bullish on a massive hydroelectric development... ...British Columbia dug themselves into the same sort of hole with the Site C project....
winnipegfreepress.com — 1+ hour, 49+ min ago
Mother-son bonds of Churchill, FDR crisply chronicled
winnipegfreepress.com > arts-and-life > entertainment > books...The prime minister of Great Britain and president of the United States shepherded the West to victory during the Second World War.... ...Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, at risk of sounding simplistic, saved Western democracies from Nazi fascism and Japanese militarism... ...Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt Simon & Schuster, 390 pages, $40... ...“Neither Jennie Jerome Churchill nor Sara Delano Roosevelt would have considered herself a powerful actor in the patriarchal society in which she...
winnipegfreepress.com — 6+ hour, 58+ min ago
Raiders overwhelm Trojans
winnipegfreepress.com > breakingnews...The Raiders improved to 3-1 at the midpoint in the Winnipeg High School Football League season to join the Vincent Massey (Brandon) Vikings in a... ...Raiders standout quarterback Ryan Wirtzfeld tossed four touchdowns and rushed for another while the stout defence blanked the visiting Vincent Massey... ...Oak Park Raiders" Ryan Wirtzfeld runs towards the end zone during the third quarter in AAAA Varsity Boys Winnipeg High School Football League action... ...at École Secondaire Oak Park High School Friday....
winnipegfreepress.com — 1+ hour, 49+ min ago
Plett, McLeod bringing books to writers fest
winnipegfreepress.com > arts-and-life > entertainment > books...McLeod will discuss his debut novel A Season in Chezgh’un at McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park location at the Niizhotay Stories event in... ...honour of the late Theodore Niizhotay Fontaine.... ...., with co-editors Keith Cadieux and Adam Petrash joined by contributors Susie Moloney and Joanna Graham.... ...She's in contention along with Emma Donoghue for Learned By Heart, Amanda Peters for The Berry Pickers, Kai Thomas for In the Upper Country and Thomas...
winnipegfreepress.com — 1+ hour, 49+ min ago
Opinion: Funding RSV vax not E-Z, but it’s worth it
winnipegfreepress.com > opinion > analysis...The Canadian Institute for Health Information pegged the cost to the system of one day’s stay in a Manitoba hospital at $8,560 in 2021-22, meaning... ...In this province, Manitoba Health has decided to wait to make a decision on whether it will cover the vaccine, until 2024, when the National Committee...
winnipegfreepress.com — 5+ hour, 43+ min ago
High-spending Padres eliminated despite 3-2 win over White Sox
winnipegfreepress.com > sports > baseball...Juan Soto was batting in the seventh inning when the Miami Marlins completed a 4-3 come-from-behind win at Pittsburgh for their 83rd win, ensuring... ...The high-spending Padres were eliminated from postseason contention on Friday night despite a 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox, a finality that... ...Yoán Moncada homered in the eighth off Robert Suarez and Carlos Perez hit his first big league homer in the ninth off Josh Hader, who finished for... ...San Diego’s Michael Wacha (13-4, 3.39 ERA) faces fellow RHP Mike Clevinger (9-8, 3.40) on Saturday night....
winnipegfreepress.com — 1+ hour, 49+ min ago
Islam and the issue of parental rights
winnipegfreepress.com > arts-and-life > life > faith...As it turns out, the key person behind the March was Kamel El-Cheikh, an Ottawa businessperson whose parents emigrated from Lebanon.... ...That’s one of the reasons why the Free Press continues to report about religion, even when most other daily papers in Canada have given it up.... ...Two Islamic organizations, the Muslim Association of Canada and the Canadian Council of Imams, did issue a joint statement saying they were not involved... ...Muslims aren't the only religious group involved in this issue; Christian organizations like Canada Family Action and Action4Canada also are calling...
winnipegfreepress.com — 1+ hour, 49+ min ago
Civil War vet has revenge in mind
winnipegfreepress.com > arts-and-life > entertainment > books...When Jean-Louis, dit John, Chenneville awakens from a coma after suffering a grievous head injury late in the American Civil War, his first hint... ...Jean-Louis Chenneville, a member of Missouri’s dwindling Francophone minority with roots going back to the fur trade posts of New France, is the... ...Thus does Missouri-born, formerly Toronto-based and now Texas-residing author -- and recipient of multiple Canadian literary awards -- Paulette Jiles...