Our view of ‘22 Free Press photographers share their favourite images from the last 12 months
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 22/12/2022 (732 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
With the loosening of COVID restrictions, life returned to a new normal in 2022. Our photographers were there to capture some of those moments. Here are some of our favourite images from this year.
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Two hundred and fifty fans were allowed in to cheer on the Winnipeg Jets against the Florida Panthers during NHL action on Jan. 25. The number of fans was limited due to COVID-19 health restrictions at the time.
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Sandy Doyle, owner of Blondie’s Burgers, has a laugh during a photo shoot last January. The iconic eatery closed down after 31 years early in 2022.
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
Winnipeg firefighters loom over a blaze that destroyed an apartment block that was under construction on Kimberly Avenue late last January.
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
Winnipeg mixed martial arts fighter Katie Saull trains at her home last winter.
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Brenda Myran is hugged by Michelle Myran, foster sister to her son, Joseph Matthew Myran, during his memorial at Eternal Grace Funerals, Jan. 26. Matthew was killed Jan. 17 at an apartment on the 800 block of Main Street.
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Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service crews were still putting out hotspots at the scene of a fire at a two-storey building at 575 Portage Avenue Feb. 3. The fire started the previous morning and gutted the historic block.
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
Protesters start leaving the blockade at the border crossing at Emerson, Manitoba, Feb. 16.
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Members of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada lace up for the Great Canadian Kilt Skate, put on by the St. Andrew’s Society of Winnipeg, at The Forks on Feb. 21. Last year, Winnipeg won the national title as kilt skate capital of Canada.
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A stand of trees in a field south of Winnipeg endures some of last winter’s seemingly unrelenting blowing snow in early February.
DANIEL CRUMP / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
Thousands gather at the Legislative Building on Feb. 26, after Russia invaded Ukraine.
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
Mike Pereira, general electrician with the City of Winnipeg, looks up at the clock that sits on top of the City of Winnipeg adminstration building on March 14. He is in charge of changing the time on it and that involves going onto the roof of the building and flicking a couple switches inside the clock.
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Nataliia Cherevko rubs her temples while making phone calls in her hotel room in Warsaw, April 1. She has family who decided to stay in Ukraine, and calls often to make sure that they’re okay.
JESSICA LEE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
Cole Smith (22) takes flight during a game with the Manitoba Moose and Milwaukee Admirals at Canada Life Centre on May 11.
DANIEL CRUMP / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
Community members join the family of Rebecca Contois in May at a vigil to honour the spirit of the murdered 24-year-old Indigenous woman.
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Colin Neufeld tries to shield himself and daughter Brooklyn as they take cover from the rain while snapping grad photos behind the Manitoba Legislative Building last June.
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Caitlin Engel, an early-years teacher at St. George School, celebrates with her students, (from left) Dayo, Joanna and Ayobami, as they say goodbye on the last day of school in June.
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Competitors battle it out at the Canadian Arm Wrestling Championships at Canad Inns Destination Centre Polo Park in July. More than 500 people competed at the event.
ETHAN CAIRNS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
Valour FC’s Matthew Catavolo (left) fights for ball with Pacific FC’s Georges Mukumbilwa during Canadian Premier League soccer action at IG Field, July 30.
DANIEL CRUMP / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
A Valour FC striker Walter Ponce Gallardo (top) collides with Forge FC defender Dominic Samuel during Canadian Premier League soccer action at IG Field in August.
DANIEL CRUMP / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
University of Manitoba Bisons DB Nick Conway tackles University of Regina Rams receiver Riley Boersma during Canada West football action at IG Field in September.
JESSICA LEE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
In 1967, Charlie Bittern was 19 years old when he was forced to run 80 kilometres through a November snowstorm by the principal of his residential school from Bagot, Manitoba, to Brandon, Manitoba.
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
Participants march from The Forks on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30.
JESSICA LEE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
Rayden Morin, 3, has his first dental checkup in October in Pukatawagan.
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
Diane Desmarais is comforted as family and friends gathered in November to remember her daughter, Delany, 23, who was killed by a gunshot at a William Avenue residence.
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
Royal Winnipeg Ballet corps de ballet member Jenna Burns demonstrates her pointe technique with one bare foot.
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
Deborah Na, owner of V-Maxx Convenience Store on Vaughan St., checks her hair in a mirror in November. Na has converted the back of her store into a barbershop.
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
Sunlight reflects off the roof of The Leaf last January. The new indoor horticultural attraction at Assiniboine Park welcomed its first visitors in early December.
