Pro-Palestinian encampment at U of W disbands - Life & Style news - NewsLocker (2024)

A pro-Palestinian encampment on the University of Winnipeg campus has been dismantled more than a month after it was erected by protesters. In an email statement, the university confirmed the […]

Poland rolls out ‘Holidays with the Army’ in a recruitment drive with Russia in mind

NOWOGROD, Poland (AP) — With assault rifles laid out before them, the young Polish men and women kneel on the grass and follow orders on how to pack their survival […]

Universal daycare is not a pipedream

Universal child care was never the priority when we formed government in 2016. Creating more child-care spaces in a publicly funded system, more options in a private market, deeper subsidies […]

Undue undies ire could make for brief romance

DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My new girlfriend thinks it’s cute to wear men’s tighty-whities — you know, men’s briefs. I don’t like them on her! The first time she was undressing […]

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Tories not extinct

In the aftermath of the Progressive Conservatives’ defeat in last week’s Tuxedo byelection, some have suggested that the Tories have hit “rock bottom”; that they are doomed to spend the […]

Roadway line-painting — on the cheap

Road lines and cars have a unique relationship, because those white and yellow lines have been making driving safer since the 1900s. The first road lines were introduced to help […]

Price of gang loyalty 18 years

A 21-year-old gang member will serve 18 years in prison instead of revealing the identities of two masked killers who shot a man dead in front of him, with his […]

Leyad continues to pad Winnipeg property portfolio

Montreal-based developer Leyad has purchased another piece of Winnipeg property — the latest in several such announcments in the past four months. Leyad bought Garden City Square, which includes 160,000 […]

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Cuts to community groups would send wrong message

Concerns about crime and safety in Winnipeg have been featured prominently in the Free Press, most recently in relation to the release of the Winnipeg Police Service’s 2023 annual report, […]

Knife attack at a school bus stop in China wounds three, including a Japanese mother and child

BEIJING (AP) — A man was detained after a knife attack that injured three people in the Chinese city of Suzhou, including a Japanese mother and child, a spokesperson for […]

Stock market today: Asian stocks follow Wall Street rise, but Nvidia tumbles again as AI mania cools

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks rose Tuesday after another slide for Wall Street heavyweight Nvidia kept U.S. indexes mixed Monday, even as the majority of stocks rallied. U.S. futures […]

Australian leaders cautiously welcome expected plea that could bring WikiLeaks founder Assange home

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian leaders cautiously welcomed an expected plea agreement that could set free Julian Assange, who was pursued for years over WikiLeaks’ publication of a trove of […]

Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. says he could be out until after the All-Star Game with leg injury

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres star right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. says he might not return from a stress reaction in his right thigh bone until after the […]

Nepalese spiritual leader ‘Buddha Boy’ convicted of sexual assault on minor

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A court in southern Nepal convicted a controversial spiritual leader known as “Buddha Boy” on charges of sexually assaulting a minor. Ram Bahadur Bamjan, who’s believed […]

A Chinese lunar probe returns to Earth with the world’s first samples from the far side of the moon

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Chang’e 6 probe returned on Earth on Tuesday with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first. The […]

US ambassador visits conflict-ridden Mexican state to expedite avocado inspections

MORELIA, Mexico (AP) — United States Amb. Ken Salazar praised Mexico’s effort protect U.S. agricultural inspectors in the conflict-ridden state of Michoacan on Monday, a week after the U.S. suspended […]

Letters, June 25

Daycare staff deserve better While child-care centres do provide care for our children, most importantly they also provide a foundation for the child’s development. If you build a house on […]

Nugent-Hopkins plays in Stanley Cup Final Game 7, 13 years to the day since the Oilers drafted him

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — When the Edmonton Oilers selected Ryan Nugent-Hopkins with the first pick in the 2011 NHL draft, they had missed the playoffs five consecutive seasons. They did […]

Hong Kong court edges closer to sentencing democracy activists involved in unofficial primary

HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court began mitigation hearings for prominent pro-democracy activists who were convicted under a national security law and now face up to life in […]

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stops in Bangkok on his way to a US court and later freedom

BANGKOK (AP) — A plane believed to be carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has landed in Bangkok on Tuesday, as he is on the way to enter a plea deal […]

Long, fraught time line of tensions over Iran’s nuclear program ahead of its presidential election

Iran will elect a new president Friday after the death of hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi. Whoever takes the helm in the country will inherit Iran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, which […]

Parliament speaker. The Tehran mayor. A heart surgeon. The race is on for Iran’s next president

Six candidates have been approved by Iran’s theocracy to run in Friday’s presidential election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash with several other […]

Amazon teams up with Megan Thee Stallion to promote its 10th Prime Day sales event

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is partnering with hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion to boost sales for its 10th annual Prime Day discount event. On Tuesday, the rapper unveiled a […]

Giants rally to top Cubs 5-4, snap five-game skid

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wilmer Flores drew a bases loaded walk in the ninth, capping a wild comeback as the San Francisco Giants snapped a five-game skid with a 5-4 […]

A romance turned deadly or police frame job? Closing arguments loom in Karen Read trial

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the long-running murder trial of Karen Read must decide whether she was a callous girlfriend who drove off after running over her Boston police […]

NTSB to discuss cause of fiery Ohio freight train wreck, recommend ways to avert future derailments

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Residents of an eastern Ohio village will learn more about the fiery wreck of a Norfolk Southern freight train last year that derailed their lives […]

Jurickson Profar’s 2-run, 2-out single in the 10th inning gives the Padres a 7-6 win over the Nats

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jurickson Profar’s two-run, bases-loaded single with two outs in the 10th inning lifted the San Diego Padres to a wild 7-6 victory over the Washington Nationals […]

Maui ponders its future as leaders consider restricting vacation rentals loved by tourists

HONOLULU (AP) — Alicia Humiston bought her condo in Lahaina after she visited Maui and fell for its rainforests, lava fields and the whales that gather offshore. She travels there […]

Alec Baldwin attorneys argue damage to gun during testing was unacceptable destruction of evidence

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin’s defense attorneys argued Monday that damage done during FBI testing to a revolver that killed a cinematographer on the set of the Western […]

Sergei Bobrovsky’s growth into a top goalie is complete: ‘Bob’ is now a Stanley Cup champion

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky went undrafted and had little fanfare when he signed his first NHL contract in May 2010. Long before he played his first game in […]