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Upfeat’s response to this story is wild. They deleted the library renovation “coverage” mentioned here. The librarian I spoke to was deeply disturbed to have a quote attributed to her that she never said.

But sure, making stuff up about real people and places is a net good…

False information, misleading images rife in Manitoba-based AI-driven 'news' service In a rapidly evolving media landscape, the rise of Boring News, an AI-generated news outlet, highlights the growing tension between technology and journalism. While it aims to fill local news gaps acr...

It's almost the weekend, which means it's time to read this can't-look-away, bonkers story about a Winnipeg business, known for coupon aggregation, that has churned out tens of thousands of AI-generated stories in recent months.

By @evawasney.bsky.social

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The province says it is looking into its options to intervene on the approval of a limestone quarry that could impact the operations at a local black bear rescue.

Wyatt ignores calls to step back from city council, attends meeting following sex assault charge Coun. Russ Wyatt showed up to Thursday’s city council meeting despite calls from his colleagues to step back from politics after he was charged with sexual assault earlier this week.

Coun. Russ Wyatt showed up to Thursday’s city council meeting despite calls from his colleagues to step back from politics after he was charged with sexual assault earlier this week.

Congratulations to all nominees! @scottbilleck.bsky.social @nicbufflin.bsky.social @mikedeal.bsky.social @marshamcleod.bsky.social @benwaldman.bsky.social @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social Chris Kitching and Mikaela MacKenzie.

More incredible reporting from @jeffkhamilton.bsky.social as part of the Classroom Confidential series:

“The school has a duty of care for the children when the parents aren’t there,” the mother said. “Everything they did was wrong. There’s no other way to say it.”

A big congrats to my colleagues @benwaldman.bsky.social, @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social, + the team who covered the tragedy in Hollow Water (@scottbilleck.bsky.social, Chris Kitching, @nicbufflin.bsky.social, @pritchatlarge.bsky.social, Erik Pindera, and @fpcarolsanders.bsky.social) on their noms.

Indian Act's ‘second-generation cut-off’ poses an existential threat to treaty people in Canada Thanks to the Indian Act’s ‘second-generation cut-off,’ First Nations people face a baffling and offensive equation when it comes to their status rights.

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.

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Congrats Marsha! So well-deserved.

Lay It Down | Hazlitt People love John Samson Fellows’s music. He doesn’t want to make it anymore.

People love John Samson Fellows’s music. He doesn’t want to make it anymore.

Proud to work in a newsroom that values media literacy for the next generation. Learn more about the project here: www.winnipegfreepress.com/education

Hydro, Manitoba Housing HQ to hire safety officers to battle escalating violence Safety officers equipped with pepper gel and handcuffs and specially trained and licensed security staff will have the legal authority to restrain, detain and make an arrests.

Scoop: The province quietly updated its regulations to allow for institutional safety officers to be stationed at MB Hydro and MB Housing buildings. The change came right before an armed man attacked a Hydro employee at its downtown HQ. @winnipegfreepress.com #wfp

Beleaguered tenants fed up with unsafe Manitoba Housing building in Winnipeg's Osborne Village Residents of a Manitoba Housing block in Osborne Village say they are fed up with crime in their building and fear for their safety, a day after a resident was charged for setting fire to it. Sadie Be...

Residents of a Manitoba Housing block in Osborne Village say they are fed up with crime in their building and fear for their safety, a day after a resident was charged for setting fire to it.

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No one more deserving, frankly #DootDoot

Canada’s ‘boycott America’ movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.

CNN reporting Canadians boycotting the U.S. has, in fact, made an impact.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...

Hi Aleeza, I'm working on a story about this today for the Freep. Please DM me!

If you trekked all the way to school this morning for work/learning, only for it to be cancelled -- my DMs are open!

Hi #Winnipeg : I'm working on a story about people opting out of travel south of the border to visit family and friends for the holidays owing to U.S. - Canada relations. Is this you? If so, I'd love to chat. Get at me at nicole.buffie@freepress.mb.ca or hit the DMs. @winnipegfreepress.com #wfp

Hi #Winnipeg : I'm working on a story about people opting out of travel south of the border to visit family and friends for the holidays owing to U.S. - Canada relations. Is this you? If so, I'd love to chat. Get at me at nicole.buffie@freepress.mb.ca or hit the DMs. @winnipegfreepress.com #wfp

ICYMI:

Thankful for @winnipegfreepress.com which invests in projects like this, and everyone who listened to me talk obsessively about this tiny northern MB town for two months.

Manitoba's summer wildfire threat was the latest nail in the coffin for once-prosperous Leaf Rapids LEAF RAPIDS — Travelling north of the 56th parallel along Provincial Road 391, the boreal forest occasionally thins to showcase where lake meets sky. Ravens patrol the air, pausing to swoop down to in...

Boom-bust mining towns like Leaf Rapids, Man. are fading into oblivion. Some remaining residents are left fighting for the basic necessities of life, others have fled for survival.

This week's #longread explores what was once the crown jewel of the north, and its steep decline over 50 years.

Huge scoop from @maggiemacintosh.bsky.social

Les was a special person and everyone who knew him was better because of it.

If the sub didn’t split, you must acquit!

Budget of Winnipeg-based federal water agency to take a hit The fledgling Canada Water Agency, based in Winnipeg, is about to get its funding reduced just two years after the federal Liberal government unveiled it.

The fledgling Canada Water Agency, based in Winnipeg, is about to get its funding reduced just two years after the federal Liberal government unveiled it.

Trump, Long Erratic on the World Stage, Reaches a New Level

Trump, Long Erratic on the World Stage, Reaches a New Level

Marilyn Hagerty, Whose Olive Garden Review Went Viral, Dies at 99 “The chicken Alfredo ($10.95) was warm and comforting on a cold day,” she wrote from North Dakota. And suddenly the national media made her a celebrity.

Marilyn Hagerty — who didn’t give a flying breadstick what the cynics thought — became a national celebrity when her review of a North Dakota Olive Garden went viral. She has died at age 99.