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As we barrel into 2019, we look back at some of the best and interesting moments 2018 offered the city, the province and our photographers.
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This article was published 20/12/2018 (2201 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
As we barrel into 2019, we look back at some of the best and interesting moments 2018 offered the city, the province and our photographers.
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January 11 — Daniel Friesen goes for a leisurely afternoon bike ride along the Assiniboine River on his fat bike as long shadows streak across the river.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
January 28 — Philip Glass waits to perform Etudes at the Centennial Concert Hall.JIMMY JEONG / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
January 19 — Beck Williams with a portrait of her father, RCMP officer Dennis Onofrey and his Stetson hat at her North Vancouver home. Onofrey was killed forty-years-ago during confrontation at a motel in Virden, MB that led to a 93-hour hostage taking in Oak Lake, MB.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
February 23 — A dog stands sentry on the Chemawawin Reserve, Manitoba.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
February 23 — Thelma Favel gathers with loved ones in front of the Law Courts building to prior to the start of the Walk in honour of Tina Fontaine which ended at The Forks where Favel spoke to a few hundred people.TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
February 4 — Vincent Okumu takes off his helmut after spending some time on the ice. Okuma was taking part in the True North Foundation activities at Camp Manitou.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
February 28 — Holding one of his favourite props, Al Simmons looks over the damage that resulted after a fire ripped through his prop trailers at his home in Anola, MB.RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Sandy McLean shaves her husband, Doug's face because he cannot do that himself anymore. Doug, 61, has Lewy Body dementia. He first noticed the changes in his mid-50s. Sandy and Doug still living together and use home care services.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Tirzah Maendel circles back towards another shot at the net on the Baker Community hockey rink.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
From left, Kaitlyn Waldner, Karissa Maendel and Ashley Maendel get their game faces on for their matchup against the MacGregor Iron Maidens.RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
March 15 — Grade 2 and 3 students from École Howden School shelve books, instead of cutting a ribbon, to officially open the new Windsor Park Library.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
April 19 — Matt Jenkins, co-owner of Cloverdale Forge, works on an axe head that will be on display at the Manitoba Museum in the newly renovated Nonsuch gallery.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
April 16 — Players raise their sticks at a Manitoba Hockey vigil for the Humboldt Broncos at My Church in Winnipeg.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Arpil 27 — Gavilan poses for a media tour while the horses take a "vacation" at an equestrian facility near Oakbank, MB.MIKE SUDOMA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
April 21 — The aftermath of a traffic collision Saturday evening resulting in three people (two police officers and the driver of the other car) taken to hospital and police cruiser crashing into a local convenience store, Bargains Galore, on the intersection of Polson Avenue and Main Street.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
April 12 — Steinbach Pistons and the Virden Oil Capitals wear "Broncos" as a tribute to the Humbolt Broncos at the Virden Tundra Oil Gas Place Thursday evening.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Steven Moon, president of King's Services, bought the existing port-a-potty business some 15 years ago, and grew it from a one-truck operation into a business with over 1,000 portable toilets and a staff of close to forty. The Elite V, a deluxe unit that comes with a granite counter, air-conditioning and individual, wooden stalls for both men and women.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
May 1 — Jets fans react to the game at Motel bar in Toronto. The bar is a gathering place for ex-Winnipeggers, and is packed with Jets fans during the playoffs.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
May 1 — Nashville Predators' fans Ash Greyson, left, and Ryan Dunlap are surrounded by cheering Winnipeg Jets' fans after Jets' Dustin Byfuglien (33) scores during second period NHL round two game three playoff action in Winnipeg.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Winnipeg Goldeye relief pitcher Victor Capellan leans right into view around Lincoln Saltdog batter Dashenko Ricardo as he begins the sixth inning. He was relieved half way through the inning after giving up six runs.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
May 7 — Jets fans arrive at Donald Street for the whiteout street party in Winnipeg.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Ron "Shep" Shepertycki, the general manager in the old ink storage room at Western Paper Box located at 579 McDermot Avenue. Western Box Company has been around almost 100 years and make boxes for everything from paint swatches to dental supplies to board games.ANDREW RYAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
June 6 — Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Matt Nichols comes off of the field after an injury during practice.RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
June 18 — Colton Kent with his grandmother, Margaret Bruyere, who raised him. Twenty high school students from Sagkeeng Anicinabe High School candidly share their hopes and dreams for the future despite the daunting challenges they face living on the reserve.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
June 5 — A two year old bear lies in a cage for transportation by conservation officers. It was tranquillized after it was chased up a tree in the yard of a house in the 700 block of Kildare Avenue West in Transcona Tuesday.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
June 6 — Kyle Unger outside the old grocery store in Roseisle, MB. Unger, one of former prosecutor George Dangerfield's wrongly convicted 'killers,' spent 14 years behind bars for a grisly 1990 slaying. He's fighting for compensation the province says it doesn't owe him.DANIEL CRUMP / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
June 17 — Nicholas Pasieczka, 17, pumps his hands in the air during 40th Manitoba Marathon. The marathon marked a major milestone in his life. He went on to finish first place in the youth male category in the full marathon.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
June 14 — Staunch fans cling to their (reserved) seats at Investor's Group Field Thursday night in Winnipeg, refusing to leave in the deluge that followed the game's postponment due to lightning.PHIL HOSSACK/ WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Three young elementary students at the James Valley Hutterite Colony settles into their lunch in the children's dining room. Children ranging in age of 5 -15, eat separately from their parents who dine in a separate room at the community's main kitchen hall. One of the original Hutterite settlements in Manitoba, the James Valley community celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
A young community member peers back at the camera at James Valley Hutterite Colony. One of the original Hutterite settlements in Manitoba, the James Valley community celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
June 5 — Friends and supporters gathered at the corner of Portage Avenue and Home Street to remember Matt Cave who was killed in a motorcycle collision with a stolen van.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
June 11 — Gordon Kent waits to get into Siloam Mission. A census on street living and homelessness was released today.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
July 1 — Valentine Adedeji holds his young sister Debra prior to his citizenship ceremony on Canada Day at Assiniboine Park.ANDREW RYAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
July 5 — Jasmine Gilchrist and Noah Ducharme lay in the main stage field during a performance at Winnipeg Folk Festival kicks off.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
July 6 — Three-year-old Piper MacDonald blows bubbles at the Winnipeg Folk Fest in Birds Hill Provincial Park.TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
July 8 — Eric Hanson and Ken Fowler make up Team Rocket, during the Manitoba Airshow at Southport near Portage la Prairie.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
July 17 — Jenny Motkaluk holds a press conference in front of the Bank of Montreal building at Portage and Main as part of her campaign against re-opening the intersection.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
July 13 — Siggi Klann drinks a coffee early in the morning before the breakfast crowd arrives at Big Rickís Hot Rod Diner on 379 Henderson Highway.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
July 24 — Chris Without The Hat performs at the Fringe Festival in Winnipeg.TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
July 15 — The spotlight from AIR 1, the police helicopter lights up a water rescue, around 2:20 am seen from the Norwood Bridge.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
July 9 — Evan Song from the USA competes against Ricardo Rodriguez-Pace from Venezuela in the National Bank Challenger tennis tournament in Winnipeg.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
July 25 — Colin Campbell (left) and Connor Robertson swim the men's 14-18 freestyle 800m at the Canadian junior championship swim meet at the Pan Am Pool.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
August 7 — Surrounded by an oily sheen while a squall blows across lake Manitoba behind him, Daniel Cottyn attaches a tow line to the wreckage of a camper in Lake Manitoba at the Margaret Bruce Beach and campground. A tornado ripped through the Alonsa, Manitoba area Friday.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
August 7 — Sitting in the Margaret Bruce Beach office and campground store with the wreckage of a camper over his right shoulder, Jimmy Bruce laughs at himself in hindsight for staying in the structure as a tornado destroyed the family campground Friday.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
August 8 — David Langdon, therapeutic clown, poses for portraits as Onri with puppet Noname at The Good Day Show studio at the Children's Hospital. The daily live show has been running for over 30 years exclusively for the dozens of kids staying at the facility.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
August 17 — Crystal Rondeau in her home in St. Andrews. Crystal was admitted to the Children’s Hospital over 300 times from the time she was three until she was 18, and credits the Good Day Show with keeping her spirits up and giving her something to count on in her days in the hospital.ANDREW RYAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
August 7 — A woman walks down Hargrave Street near Portage Avenue.ANDREW RYAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Jim Sinclair hauls a water pump hose amongst bags of explosives on Shoal Lake 40's Freedom Road project.ANDREW RYAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Rock truck driver and Shoal Lake 39 resident Davidson walks across the Winnipeg aqua duct which pumps water from Shoal Lake to the city towards Freedom Road.DANIEL CRUMP / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
September 16 — Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's new maestro, Daniel Raiskin, conducts his first first rehearsal with the symphony.DANIEL CRUMP / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
October 27 — Pennywise the clown and a dinosaur ride an escalator to the third floor of the Winnipeg Convention Centre. A sight that might not make much sense anywhere else is perfectly common place at C4 Comic-Con.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
October 26 — Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service personnel work at putting out a house fire at 68 Prince Edward St. in the Point Douglas neighbourhood where two people are missing and may have died in the fire early Friday morning.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
October 22 — Premier Brian Pallister answers questions regarding the PC caucus expelling Emerson MLA Cliff Graydon for inappropriate remarks he made recently to female staff in the rotunda of the Manitoba Legislative building after question period Monday afternoon.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
October 29 — MLA Cliff Graydon, who was dismissed from the PC caucus for "inappropriate behaviour," avoids media after sitting in the legislature as an independent.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
October 5 — Joel Carleton, Manitoba's first cannabis sommelier, demonstrates his techniques at Cannafam in Winnipeg.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
October 30 — Around 16,000 kids from across Manitoba attend WE Day at Bell MTS Place where they were celebrating young people committed to making a difference.MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
October 2 — Fans watch as the Winnipeg Jets practice at the Bell MTS Iceplex Tuesday morning.JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
October 9 — Winnipeg Jets' Mark Scheifele (55) is reflected in the glass as he enters the rink prior to first period NHL action in Winnipeg.MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
October 22 — Quarterbacks Bryan Bennett (left), Matt Nichols, and Chris Streveler at Bombers practice at Investors Group Field.PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
October 30 — While a northbound passenger smokes, Greyhound driver Doug Stern tyakes care of some details during a 10 minute "stretch break" at The Pas en-route to Flin Flon.
