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• Mark Carney takes reins with a pared-down cabinet

  18-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Mark Carney unveiled a pared-down cabinet as his first order of business after being sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister on Friday. His second major decision as the new […]
  
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• PPC employee guilty of defamation for 2019 social media post

  19-03-2025 02:46 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A Winnipeg activist has won his legal battle against a People’s Party of Canada employee, after a judge found she had defamed him in posts on social media that labelled […]
  
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• Minkus makes it happen

  19-03-2025 01:55 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Don’t forget about Chloe Minkus. The Glenlawn forward doesn’t get the same attention as some of her teammates, but on a night the Lions were without three of their best […]
  
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• MB agriculture producers seek answers in federal election

  19-03-2025 01:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Trade and tariffs are top of mind for Manitoba’s agricultural producers as a federal election looms. With an election call likely in a matter of days, the big question for […]
  
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• Tory leadership hopefuls to square off at Wednesday debate

  19-03-2025 00:19 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The two men vying to lead the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba will face off Wednesday night at a debate in Winnipeg. Wally Daudrich, a lodge owner from Churchill, and […]
  
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• Manitoba law deems deliberate pronoun misuse as discimination

  19-03-2025 00:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  New Manitoba legislation would deem the deliberate misuse of someone’s preferred pronouns as discrimination and increase human rights protections for the LGBTTQ+ community. Bill 43 aims to insert “gender expression” […]
  
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• ‘A sense of the unfathomable’

  18-03-2025 23:53 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  “Unfathomable.” That’s the word Albert LeGatt, archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Boniface, repeated multiple times last week during a prayer service that may have been the first […]
  
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• Tories hammer NDP for inflation jump

  18-03-2025 23:23 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Manitoba has recorded the highest jump in the cost of living in Canada for the second consecutive month — a dubious distinction that sparked debate about affordability measures and rising […]
  
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• Free Press reporters nominated for investigative series

  18-03-2025 21:18 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Two Free Press reporters have been nominated for a National Newspaper Award for their months-long investigation into the state of child care in Manitoba and related underlying issues. The six-part […]
  
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• Martin Skirrow obituary

  18-03-2025 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Microbiologist whose discoveries transformed the treatment of infectious diarrhoea and stomach ulcersOne Sunday morning in 1975, the clinical microbiologist Martin Skirrow, who has died aged 95, was checking a blood sample from a severely ill one-month-old baby in his laboratory at Worcester Royal Infirmary.His microscope revealed “a melee of tiny darting rods” with a spiral shape enabling them to corkscrew their way into mucous membranes. What he saw were campylobacter bacteria, and
  
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• Romantasy, Bridgerton, audio porn apps: it’s a great time for horny ladies

  18-03-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  For fans, sexy, female-centered entertainment is a welcome escape from realityHow much do you spend on health and wellness a month?When it was released in late January, Onyx Storm – the third book in Rebecca Yarros’s The Empyrean series – became the fastest selling adult novel in 20 years. It sold more than 2.7m copies in its first week, according to the New York Times. Across the US, fans lined up in the cold outside of Target stores to nab special edition copies. In the UK, t
  
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• The best hair straighteners for foolproof styling, tried and tested by our expert

  18-03-2025 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From cordless designs to budget buys, we’ve tested the top hair straighteners for every hair type• Everything I’ve learned as a beauty columnist about the products that actually workStraighteners are here to stay – but thankfully, heat styling has come a long way since GHD’s first ceramic straighteners ushered in an era of poker-straight hair in 2001. Today’s models feature adjustable heat settings and protective technology for hairstyling with minimal damage.T
  
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• How can I use up surplus egg whites without making meringues? | Kitchen aide

  18-03-2025 15:04 via theguardian.com
  
  There’s no excuse for ditching excess egg whites. Use them up in macarons and fritters, to marinate fish and meat, or just in a pisco sourGot a culinary dilemma? Email feast@theguardian.comWhat can I do with leftover egg whites? And don’t say meringues!Billowy meringues may be the most high-profile pal of surplus egg whites, but their circle is far wider and more encompassing than those delicate shells. “My immediate thought is chocolate mousse,” says Oliver Costello, co-
  
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• Australian supermarket sliced salami taste test: ‘Even my nine-year-old wouldn’t eat this’

  18-03-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  From ‘funky and rich’ to the texture of ‘wet paper’, salamis ranged from solid sandwich fillers to pretty enough for a platter. Nicholas Jordan reveals which meats made the cutIf you value our independent journalism, we hope you’ll consider supporting us todayI feel as though every supermarket and deli I’ve been to has as many salami options as I have conflicting priorities. Not only is there a vast range, they’re all different in confusing ways. Often t
  
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• Anti-plague amulets and IOUs: the excavation that brings Roman London thundering back to life

  18-03-2025 14:05 via theguardian.com
  
  With sandals that look fresher than last year’s Birkenstocks, gossipy messages recovered from writing tablets and 73,000 shards of pottery, London Museum’s new collection is like falling head-first into the first centuryArchaeologists don’t always get lucky when a site is redeveloped in the middle of London. People have been building in the city for millennia and, in more recent times, bombing it. But if the building before went too deep, or there has been too much exposure to
  
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• VR headsets, yoga mats and pool sliders added to UK ‘inflation basket’

  18-03-2025 10:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Pulled pork replaces oven-ready gammon joints, and local newspaper adverts are out on ONS listBusiness live – latest updatesVirtual reality headsets, yoga mats and men’s pool sliders have been added to the shopping basket used to calculate the cost of living in Britain, while local newspaper adverts and oven-ready gammon joints have been removed.In a snapshot of an increasingly online, time-pressed nation, the Office for National Statistics said the annual review of its inflation bas
  
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• My late husband’s care home owes me £10,000 and won’t pay

  18-03-2025 09:30 via theguardian.com
  The council took over the costs for his care and sent the provider a refund for five months of fees I’d paid. But it isn’t passing it onCan you help me get £10,000 owed to me by the care home provider Leicestershire County Care?My husband was resident in one of their care homes before he died in June last year. Because our savings had dropped below the ­government threshold for self-funded care, the local authority had agreed to pay the £5,000-a-month cost. However, b
  
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• My wife is my best friend. How do I tell her I want an open marriage?

  18-03-2025 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  I want us to stay together, but our sex drives are very different and I need to feel desired without the guilt of a secret affairI am a thirtysomething woman and have been with my partner for six years – we’ve been married for about half that time. In many ways, we have a wonderful marriage: she is my best friend as well as my wife. The issue is our sex life. She has a very low sex drive, whereas mine is high. She won’t ever instigate sex, due to past trauma, and I can no longe
  
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• Jose Pizarro’s recipe for hot cross torrijas with saffron syrup

  18-03-2025 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Spanish-style eggy bread, but using hot cross buns and doused in an orangey saffron syrupTorrijas have long been a symbol of Easter in Spain, a much-loved tradition that’s now enjoyed all year round. They were originally made to use up old bread, turning simple leftovers into something truly delicious. Here, I’m giving them a very early Easter twist with hot cross buns, which add their own special flavour and soft texture. The saffron syrup brings a lovely warmth and a little touch o
  
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• The Philippines’ ex-leader Duterte faces the ICC

  18-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Most crimes everywhere have always gone unpunished. So while the arrest of former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court (ICC) last week for the “crime against humanity” […]
  
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• The measles outbreak: a needless, painful experiment

  18-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Experiments come in two broad categories. First are the randomized control trials, or RCTs for short. Often termed the “gold standard,” this experimental variety is common in clinical drug trials, […]
  
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• Sensory immersion

  18-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A collage of sounds and sights will envelope the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq on Thursday. GS4: North/South, presented by GroundSwell and WAG-Q, brings together throat singing, strings, percussion and electronics amid […]
  
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• No need to worry about cold-hearted ex’s feelings

  18-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My man and I hit a big bump in the road when he took off and went for a long drive last weekend — for hours. He […]
  
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• Isas: six steps to take before the April allowance deadline

  18-03-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  From shopping around to filling up an existing pot, follow these tips on a tax-efficient way to save or invest moneyThe maximum you can put away each tax year in any adult Isa is £20,000. That limit does not include any interest or other returns earned on your money. It covers all types of Isa you may hold: any cash, stocks and shares, innovative (containing peer-to-peer investments), lifetime or help-to-buy Isas. Continue reading...
  
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• ​How a tiny village in a deserted part of Spain became a centre for gay weddings

  18-03-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A couple of hours’ drive from Madrid, Campillo de Ranas has played a huge role in promoting same-sex marriage – and revived the fortunes of the ‘black villages’ of GuadalajaraDriving north-east out of Madrid on the A2 motorway, the industrial sprawl seemed as never-ending as the roaring river of traffic. The change, when it came, was sudden and complete. After Peñarrubia the heavy traffic vanished, and with it the industrial estates and dull dormitory towns. We wer
  
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• A bogus pretext for the Trump tariffs

  18-03-2025 08:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  At first, the alleged flow of fentanyl across the Canada-U.S. border was the reason for the Trump administration’s decision to impose tough tariffs on Canadian goods and services. Now, Canada’s […]
  
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• The blond advantage: fair hair completely changed my life – but is it time to give it up?

  18-03-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  When I first dyed my hair, the difference in how I was treated made me assume life got better the more you lightened your look. I have now spent years testing the theory ...I saw the light at 22. Since my teens, I had been dyeing my naturally mousy hair very dark brown. Shades such as “mahogany” and “praline” were unforgiving against my pale skin, but that wasn’t important to me. As a teenager, I was desperate to be taken seriously and thought of as smart, maybe eve
  
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