Dan Lett

Kitchener tiny-home initiative has outsized positive impact on the homeless community KITCHENER, Ont. — Like most Canadians, Mari dreams about having a bigger home for her boyfriend Rob and their dog, Trouble, a mutt of undefined origins. The trio currently resides in an eight-by-10-fo...

A different model and reframed philosophy on combatting homelessness: ‘Built on love, hope, patience’ www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Opinion: Katz testimony at police HQ inquest a master class in denial In one sentence, Sam Katz helped Winnipeggers see the kind of mayor he really was.

Katz testimony at police HQ inquest a master class in denial
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Former Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz will voluntarily testify at WPS inquiry, lawyer says Former Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz will voluntarily testify at the public inquiry into the Winnipeg Police Service headquarters scandal, his lawyer has confirmed. Earlier this week, inquiry commissioner G...

Katz will voluntarily testify at WPS inquiry, lawyer says
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Three figures central to police HQ inquiry don’t live in Manitoba, can’t be compelled to testify: commissioner Three key players in the Winnipeg Police Service headquarters scandal may not testify at the upcoming public inquiry because they no longer live in Manitoba and are beyond the commission’s power of su...

BREAKING NEWS: Three figures central to police HQ inquiry don’t live in Manitoba, can’t be compelled to testify: commissioner www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Manitoba Hydro board chairman abruptly resigns

BREAKING: Manitoba Hydro board chairman abruptly resigns www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Opinion: Real scandal about political misdeeds is no one seems to care Is the career-ending political scandal no longer a thing? Increasingly, it seems that no scandal is big enough or ugly enough to end a politician’s career or permanently damage the brand of their part...

Real scandal about political misdeeds is no one seems to care
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Opinion: Churchill’s future has looked bright in the past, then politics dimmed the lights The future of the often-troubled and chronically overlooked Port of Churchill and Hudson Bay railway looks exceedingly bright.

Churchill’s future has looked bright in the past, then politics dimmed the lights
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Supervised drug consumption site to open in January Manitoba’s NDP government will open the third session of the 43rd legislature today with a pledge to have a supervised drug consumption facility up and running in January, the Free Press has learned.

BREAKING: Supervised drug consumption site to open in January www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Opinion: Two reports, two views on crime, zero solutions The release of two reports in the same week with radically different perspectives on the causes of crime reveals a lot about why we never seem to find a lasting solution.

Two reports, two views on crime, zero solutions
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Manitoba law to target use of notwithstanding clause to override Charter PREMIER Wab Kinew plans to introduce legislation that would allow the Manitoba Court of Appeal to pre-emptively review any attempt by a future provincial government to invoke the notwithstanding claus...

BREAKING NEWS: Manitoba law to target use of notwithstanding clause to override Charter www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Opinion: Kinew’s tolerance for Fontaine’s antics could set dangerous precedent for others in cabinet What exactly does someone have to do to get fired from Premier Wab Kinew’s cabinet? That question was left hanging in the air following the latest missteps by Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine, who d...

Kinew’s tolerance for Fontaine’s antics could set dangerous precedent for others in cabinet
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Opinion: NDP’s lethargic, incomplete responses to HSC nurses’ safety concerns politically short-sighted Has Manitoba’s NDP government fallen prey to the political butterfly effect? Originated by a mathematician in the 1970s, the butterfly effect suggests that a seemingly unimportant decision can, over t...

NDP’s lethargic, incomplete responses to HSC nurses’ safety concerns politically short-sighted
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Province to launch 24-hour police presence at HSC

Province to launch 24-hour police presence at HSC
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Opinion: Hockey’s caveman culture must come out of the dark ages Everyone even remotely connected to hockey is no doubt straining under the weight of multiple feelings today. The acquittal of five elite hockey players on charges of sexual assault was not unexpected...

Hockey’s caveman culture must come out of the dark ages
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One Great City to miss – Winnipeg Free Press Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

It's not One Great City, but it's still a love letter to Winnipeg: www.winnipegfreepress.com/briefings/on...

Opinion: Manitoba Tories could face tough challenge from NDP in rural byelection If the stars align just so, they might end up calling this the “Miracle of Spruce Woods.” Speculation has run rampant that Premier Wab Kinew has delayed calling a byelection in Spruce Woods to give th...

If Tories aren’t careful, old yellow dog could learn new NDP tricks in rural byelection
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Opinion: Plenty of blame to go around for Manitoba's long-delayed $7-B Hydro project Now that Manitoba Hydro has decided to proceed with a $7-billion plan to overhaul essential components of its two main transmission lines, the political blame game can start in earnest.

Plenty of blame to go around for long-delayed $7-billion Hydro project
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Manitoba Hydro embarks on $7-billion overhaul of two main transmission lines Manitoba Hydro has launched a historic and long overdue overhaul of its two main transmission lines that will cost at least $7 billion and require up to 15 years of electricity rate hikes, the Free Pr...

EXCLUSIVE: Hydro embarks on $7-billion overhaul of two main transmission lines www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Like the teachers who failed to teach you the difference between the third person singular present and the second person present tense verb?

Manitoba Hydro embarks on $7-billion overhaul of two main transmission lines Manitoba Hydro has launched a historic and long overdue overhaul of its two main transmission lines that will cost at least $7 billion and require up to 15 years of electricity rate hikes, the Free Pr...

BREAKING: Hydro embarks on $7-billion overhaul of two main transmission lines
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Opinion: Booze protest costs small price to pay to send Trump a message Apparently, this is the cost of sticking to our collective guns. A freedom of information request filed by a former leader of the Manitoba Green party found out Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries is in pos...

Booze protest costs small price to pay to send Trump a message
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WPS dominates civic budget, totally agree. But the demands on police right now are skyrocketing. The out-of-control calls for service are not a fiction. My point was that photo radar takes fiscal pressure off homeowners, to some extent

Opinion: Kinew’s two options: let Fontaine dig herself out of hole after outburst or fire her Is Nahanni Fontaine guilty of a firing offence? Last week, the minister responsible for accessibility was caught making profane complaints about an American Sign Language interpreter. The comments we...

Kinew’s two options: let Fontaine dig herself out of hole after outburst or fire her
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Opinion: Back against the wall, Canada did right to appease Trump on digital tax Giving in to a bully never feels good, but every once in a while, it’s the smart thing to do. This week, Prime Minister Mark Carney did an abrupt about-face and announced that Canada was cancelling th...

Giving in to a bully isn’t easy. But it’s also not the wrong thing to do – www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2025/...

ICYMI: fantastic conversation with Mayor Scott Gillingham and my brother in pods @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social on Portage & Main re-opening, homelessness and safety, and the move to create more pedestrian malls Downtown.

Opinion: On the heels of Project Nova disaster, Manitoba Public Insurance rate application raises eyebrows Is it tough love for bad drivers, or another back-door tax to help pay for Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation’s catastrophic, nine-figure technology boondoggle known to the outside world as P...

On the heels of Project Nova disaster, MPI rate application raises eyebrows
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Winnipeg mayor Scott Gillingham spoke with @wfpdlett.bsky.social and @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social about opening Portage and Main to pedestrians and (possibly) closing Graham Avenue to cars.
Listen now: wfp.to/podcast

For the record that's crack-pottiest©. I invented it. I think.

Opinion: Pierre Poilievre limps away from spectacular campaign crash, gets hit by fact-filled EV For weeks now, political reporters have been trying to figure out exactly which version of Pierre Poilievre is going to rise from the political ashes of last April’s federal election.

Poilievre limps away from spectacular campaign crash, gets hit by fact-filled EV
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Opinion: Pierre Poilievre limps away from spectacular campaign crash, gets hit by fact-filled EV For weeks now, political reporters have been trying to figure out exactly which version of Pierre Poilievre is going to rise from the political ashes of last April’s federal election.

Poilievre limps away from spectacular campaign crash, gets hit by fact-filled EV
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