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We all pay for grocery theft with raised prices

Sylvain Charlebois 4 minute read Friday, Jan. 13, 2023

GROCERY theft has always been a major problem, but with food inflation as it is, shopkeepers now fear the wrongdoers more than before.

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Of his legacy, the archbishop of Winnipeg Richard Gagnon said Pope Benedict XVI “has contributed much to the church as a theologian and a thinker. His contributions will last a very long time.”
SASHA SEFTER / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Of his legacy, the archbishop of Winnipeg Richard Gagnon said Pope Benedict XVI “has contributed much to the church as a theologian and a thinker. His contributions will last a very long time.”

Incremental approach could help with hoarding

Maureen Scurfield Miss Lonelyhearts 4 minute read Friday, Jan. 13, 2023

DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My mother has always been a pack rat, and it’s getting much worse! I’ve seen TV shows on hoarding, and I know her habit has gotten way out of control. Our great big old house is cluttered with piles of old newspapers, broken appliances, books, and old “antique” furniture, crowded into every room. Plus. she has piles of other junk she’s collected that’s “too valuable to throw out.”

EU inaugurates first mainland satellite launch port

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EU inaugurates first mainland satellite launch port

The Associated Press 2 minute read Friday, Jan. 13, 2023

KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — The European Union wants to bolster its capacity to launch small satellites into space with a new launchpad in Arctic Sweden.

European officials and Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf inaugurated the EU's first mainland orbital launch complex on Friday during a visit to Sweden by members of the European Commission, which is the 27-nation bloc's executive arm.

The new facility at Esrange Space Center near the city of Kiruna should complement the EU’s current launching capabilities in French Guiana.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said small satellites are crucial to tracking natural disasters in real time and, in the light of Russia's war in Ukraine, to help guarantee global security.

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From left, Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Sweden's King Carl Gustaf at the inauguration of Esrange's new satellite launch ramp, Spaceport Esrange outside Kiruna Sweden, Friday Jan. 13, 2023. The European Commission and the Swedish government met in Sweden's northernmost city Kiruna and nearby Jukkasjarvi on Jan. 12-13, the first meeting since Swedish took over the EU presidency on Jan. 1, 2023. (Jonas Ekströme/TT News Agency via AP)
From left, Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Sweden's King Carl Gustaf at the inauguration of Esrange's new satellite launch ramp, Spaceport Esrange outside Kiruna Sweden, Friday Jan. 13, 2023. The European Commission and the Swedish government met in Sweden's northernmost city Kiruna and nearby Jukkasjarvi on Jan. 12-13, the first meeting since Swedish took over the EU presidency on Jan. 1, 2023. (Jonas Ekströme/TT News Agency via AP)

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Soon-to-open Big Sky Run Co. rooted in social aspect of running

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This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. THE CANADIAN PRESS/NIAID-RML via AP

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SASHA SEFTER / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Of his legacy, the archbishop of Winnipeg Richard Gagnon said Pope Benedict XVI “has contributed much to the church as a theologian and a thinker. His contributions will last a very long time.”

‘Safety’s number 1:’ tiny home village for homeless opens in Winnipeg

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‘Safety’s number 1:’ tiny home village for homeless opens in Winnipeg

Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Friday, Jan. 13, 2023

WINNIPEG - Bundles of dried sage tied together with red ribbon hang from black fixtures connected to wood-panelled walls.

The space — in a building known simply as "the lodge" — may be small, but it is mighty in meaning.

Outside, nearly two dozen colourful apartment units form a circle. A sacred fire sits bull's-eye.

It's Winnipeg's first tiny home village for people experiencing homelessness, dubbed Astum Api Niikinaahk or "come sit at our home" in Michif, a language spoken by many Métis.

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Melissa Stone, co-ordinator of Astum Api Niikinaahk, enters one of the accessible rooms in the tiny house village that just opened for homeless in downtown Winnipeg, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. The small village of 22 units and a community lodge has been in the works for the past two years and opened to residents this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Melissa Stone, co-ordinator of Astum Api Niikinaahk, enters one of the accessible rooms in the tiny house village that just opened for homeless in downtown Winnipeg, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. The small village of 22 units and a community lodge has been in the works for the past two years and opened to residents this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

Today’s horoscope

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Today’s horoscope

Georgia Nicols 4 minute read Friday, Jan. 13, 2023

MOON ALERT: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Libra.

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Hellebuyck comes up big in 4-2 victory over Sabres

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Hellebuyck comes up big in 4-2 victory over Sabres

Mike McIntyre 7 minute read Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023

BUFFALO — Connor Hellebuyck followed up one of his toughest games of the seasons with one of his most tremendous. And, as he’s done so often in his career, carried the Winnipeg Jets to victory in the process.

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Connor Hellebuyck made 39 saves against the NHL’s highest-scoring team on Thursday. (Jeffrey T. Barnes / The Associated Press)
Connor Hellebuyck made 39 saves against the NHL’s highest-scoring team on Thursday. (Jeffrey T. Barnes / The Associated Press)

Woman fears for life during incident on Winnipeg bus

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Woman fears for life during incident on Winnipeg bus

Tyler Searle 5 minute read Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023

Donna Guspodarchuk feared for her life as a man who appeared to be on drugs or mentally unwell threatened her this week aboard a Winnipeg Transit bus.

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A man told a woman riding a Winnipeg Transit bus that she was going to hurt and approached her with his pants around his ankles during an incident on Tuesday afternoon. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
A man told a woman riding a Winnipeg Transit bus that she was going to hurt and approached her with his pants around his ankles during an incident on Tuesday afternoon. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)

Stefanson begins new year sporting denial-coloured glasses

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Stefanson begins new year sporting denial-coloured glasses

By Tom Brodbeck 4 minute read Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023

If Premier Heather Stefanson’s sit-down interviews with local reporters this week were designed to turn public opinion around, less than nine months before a scheduled Oct. 3 election, they flopped.

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Premier Heather Stefanson did a series of “year-end” interviews with several media outlets, including the Free Press, after illness and a family trip to Florida prevented her from doing them at the end of December.
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Premier Heather Stefanson did a series of “year-end” interviews with several media outlets, including the Free Press, after illness and a family trip to Florida prevented her from doing them at the end of December.

Church plea bargain nets $30K fine for breaking pandemic gathering orders

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Church plea bargain nets $30K fine for breaking pandemic gathering orders

Dean Pritchard 4 minute read Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023

A Manitoba church that repeatedly flouted provincially imposed gathering limits at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic has been fined $30,000.

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Church of God Restoration pastor Tobias Tissen speaks from a truck as RCMP officers and Manitoba Justice officials blocked the entrance to The City of God Church in Sarto, just south of Steinbach, to enforce Manitoba Health COVID-19 orders Sunday, November 29, 2020. Reporter: Abas
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Church of God Restoration pastor Tobias Tissen speaks from a truck as RCMP officers and Manitoba Justice officials blocked the entrance to The City of God Church in Sarto, just south of Steinbach, to enforce Manitoba Health COVID-19 orders Sunday, November 29, 2020. Reporter: Abas

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