“No one cares. Oh, really? Then why is there — and this is real — a full, multi-chapter work of Heated Rivalry fanfic set at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet during Nutcracker season, written by someone who isn’t even from here?“ my column from Saturday: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
A banger lineup this year.
Just when you think things are bad, a story like this comes along. Great work, @evawasney.bsky.social !
Turns out, the kids are alright!
Is your gym full of ghosts?
I love this so much
Yeaaaaaaah right
ICYMI: @mikemcintyrewpg.bsky.social is in Milan covering the Olympics with our mini mascot, Scoop 🗞️
LOOK AT HIS LITTLE BOOTIES!!
Scoop! A gold medal team right here.
I wrote about our girl, Catherine O’Hara and her singular brilliance. Also a reader said this article was the best part of his weekend and he likes sports, so. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Thanks, Brittany! I could talk about it forever and ever and ever and will likely watch it a dozen more times 😂
My absolute pleasure! I love how this fictional story has inspired some very real personal reflection, myself included.
Some post-game highlights:
In today's @winnipegfreepress.com: A very insightful convo about the allure and cultural importance of #HeatedRivalry with my fellow arts reporters @nuchablue.bsky.social, @jenzoratti.bsky.social and sports reporter @jeffkhamilton.bsky.social 🍑 🏒 🔥
From the La Presse site:
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I'd say the FP is doing pretty well considering our arts & life team has approx seven writers, one of which is part-time (me). Really upsetting to read this when we bust our guts to find and write the stories we do. Merry Christmas.
I mean we have one of the few remaining books sections in the country, featuring local reviewers and books. I reported on local writing all year, both in my section and in arts and life, including a roundup on 10 notable local books from 2025 (which could have easily been 20) running Monday. 🤷
In addition, to the Free Press’s daily coverage, the Free Press Community Review weekly newspapers also cover small, local arts groups of all sorts — from amateur theatre troupes to local square-dancing clubs to shops specializing in manga comics. fpcommunityreview.com
Also, to echo this, I highly recommend looking at the actual paper. The website will push through wire; the physical paper has local arts stories every day. FREQUENTLY we're the only outlet covering stuff.
Totally fair points, Paul! These are topics of conversation internally too.
We're a team of 7 staff members covering all the mediums mentioned above, as well as reviews of said mediums, literature, food/drinks, film, dance. The list goes on.
Like every media company, we also run wire stories with national and international content. Please don't conflate the two.
Free Press arts and life reporter here 👋
Just checked our back-end stats and we published more than 1,000 local arts stories this year. Our landing page is full of current local arts stories.
This is inaccurate and, frankly, hurtful.
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And if you'd like to have all the recipes in one place (or are looking for a fun local stocking stuffer), we've made this beautiful recipe booklet available for purchase to print at home. 🎁
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For this year's Homemade Holidays feature we invited local bakers to the Free Press newsroom for an absolutely delightful cookie swap. We spent the morning chatting about traditions and trading treats. It was so wholesome 🥲
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Looking for holiday baking inspo?
Find 12 inventive cookie recipes from @winnipegfreepress.com readers at the link below 🍪 🎄
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Hey hey! The @winnipegfreepress.com reviewers picked their best books of 2025. (I picked @shteyngart.bsky.social's Vera, or Faith and Maria Reva's Endlings.)
Thanks!
Also featuring a recipes for food that looks like other food, aka meringue mushrooms 🍄
Might I interest you in some locally made seasonal treats?
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You're Winnipeg's celebrity magnet!
Hahaha so true! And Jon Hamm would fit right in at the curling rink in those chunky knits.
