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@winnipegfreepress.comPUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — Simon has strengthened into a powerful Category 4 hurricane as it barrels toward Mexico’s coast.
@winnipegfreepress.comPANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Isaias peeled off hotel and condominium rooftops and facades along the Florida Panhandle before charging north Saturday, dishing out torrential rains and the threat of flash floods and tornadoes across the Southeast.
@winnipegfreepress.comA piece of Winnipeg’s magic history has vanished, and internationally renowned escape artist Dean Gunnarson is offering a $500 reward to anyone who can make it reappear.
@winnipegfreepress.comTurkey. Stuffing. And a heaping helping of rest and recovery.
@winnipegfreepress.comGENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Saturday it still doesn’t know what caused the death of a young worker at a lab in Russia that focuses on plague and other illnesses.
@winnipegfreepress.comLA VILLA DE LOS SANTOS, Panama (AP) — Unnerved residents of rural Panama awoke Saturday on the streets as the aftershocks of two powerful earthquakes that roiled the country shook their communities for hours.
@winnipegfreepress.comNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection, has been moved back to prison, according to a statement released by her attorneys.
@winnipegfreepress.comNine people were killed Friday in a shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro said Saturday. Police said the suspected shooter was also dead.
@winnipegfreepress.comTHAT’S a wrap!
@winnipegfreepress.comCAIRO (AP) — The airport in the Saudi capital has been attacked again, two regional officials said Saturday, two days after three Saudi citizens including a pilot were killed there.
@winnipegfreepress.comEDMONTON – Some families and friends across Alberta are set to gather for a Thanksgiving meal this weekend with the hope that the only thing that gets roasted is the turkey.
@winnipegfreepress.comOTTAWA – Nearly half of Canada’s provinces and territories are calling on the federal Liberals to fulfil their election promise to expand eligibility for a mining exploration tax credit to help smaller mining companies get through their exploration phase.
@winnipegfreepress.comWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police say a third attack at a Polish school in less than a week took place on Saturday, when a 21-year-old woman injured three people inside an educational institution in the capital, Warsaw, police said.
@winnipegfreepress.comKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian strikes killed at least 17 people in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, Ukrainian officials said Saturday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel that Kyiv warned would help bankroll Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
@winnipegfreepress.comCanada’s ambassador to the United States met Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and local business leaders during a visit to Winnipeg this week.
@winnipegfreepress.comThe Winnipeg Jets sure looked like a team that was running on fumes Friday night.
@winnipegfreepress.comThe Manitoba government has spent more than $13 million to boost a Brandon school’s capacity by nearly two-thirds.
@winnipegfreepress.comRobert Gordon has watched the trees grow along a popular Windsor Park walking path for nearly six decades.
@winnipegfreepress.comThe Royal Winnipeg Ballet opened its mainstage season with fire and ice Thursday, as it paid homage to Russian composer Igor Stravinsky with Stravinsky Stories.
@winnipegfreepress.comThe Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Calgary Stampeders and Saskatchewan Roughriders are playing musical chairs and pretty soon the music is going to stop.
