nicole buffie
@nicbufflin.bsky.social
Newsgal at the Winnipeg Free Press 🗞️
nicole.buffie@freepress.mb.ca
nicole.buffie@freepress.mb.ca
Les was a special person and everyone who knew him was better because of it.
Cried some nice tears while writing this.
Tim Brandt has been cycling to a new little free library every day to disperse his late brother's book collection and honour his memory. “I think Les would be glad to know his books are travelling,” he says.
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Tim Brandt has been cycling to a new little free library every day to disperse his late brother's book collection and honour his memory. “I think Les would be glad to know his books are travelling,” he says.
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Late bibliophile’s brother donates his book collection one free library at a time
Every day since late September, Tim Brandt has been biking to little free libraries across the city to create a literary memorial to his late brother. Les Brandt died unexpectedly in July at the age o...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Les was a special person and everyone who knew him was better because of it.
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If the sub didn’t split, you must acquit!
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If the sub didn’t split, you must acquit!
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The fledgling Canada Water Agency, based in Winnipeg, is about to get its funding reduced just two years after the federal Liberal government unveiled it.
Budget of Winnipeg-based federal water agency to take a hit
The fledgling Canada Water Agency, based in Winnipeg, is about to get its funding reduced just two years after the federal Liberal government unveiled it.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The fledgling Canada Water Agency, based in Winnipeg, is about to get its funding reduced just two years after the federal Liberal government unveiled it.
Trump, Long Erratic on the World Stage, Reaches a New Level
Trump, Long Erratic on the World Stage, Reaches a New Level
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October 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Trump, Long Erratic on the World Stage, Reaches a New Level
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Marilyn Hagerty — who didn’t give a flying breadstick what the cynics thought — became a national celebrity when her review of a North Dakota Olive Garden went viral. She has died at age 99.
Marilyn Hagerty, Whose Olive Garden Review Went Viral, Dies at 99
“The chicken Alfredo ($10.95) was warm and comforting on a cold day,” she wrote from North Dakota. And suddenly the national media made her a celebrity.
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September 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Marilyn Hagerty — who didn’t give a flying breadstick what the cynics thought — became a national celebrity when her review of a North Dakota Olive Garden went viral. She has died at age 99.
In the wake of today’s tragedy in Hollow Water First Nation, @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social column is a somber reflection and reminder.
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Opinion: Searching for answers in wake of horror
In the mid-1980s, during a confidential survey of 60 random citizens in Hollow Water First Nation, researchers were shocked to discover that 40 of them had been sexually abused as children, often in r...
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September 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
In the wake of today’s tragedy in Hollow Water First Nation, @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social column is a somber reflection and reminder.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
Incredible from @jeffkhamilton.bsky.social
Manitoba's new online teacher registry was supposed to improve transparency within the education system and child safety, but the registry fails to disclose some dark secrets.
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Manitoba's new online teacher registry was supposed to improve transparency within the education system and child safety, but the registry fails to disclose some dark secrets.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Child protection experts say Manitoba’s new teacher registry conceals more than it reveals
Despite promises that a new teacher registry launched at the start of the year would enhance transparency within the education system and improve children’s safety, critics have dismissed it as weak, ...
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June 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Incredible from @jeffkhamilton.bsky.social
Manitoba's new online teacher registry was supposed to improve transparency within the education system and child safety, but the registry fails to disclose some dark secrets.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Manitoba's new online teacher registry was supposed to improve transparency within the education system and child safety, but the registry fails to disclose some dark secrets.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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The are line dancing in the middle of the protest while shouting Fuck ICE
June 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The are line dancing in the middle of the protest while shouting Fuck ICE
Extremely Winnipeg road block.
June 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Extremely Winnipeg road block.
Manitoba’s regional authorities spent over $35M last year in the ongoing effort to keep beleaguered hospital workers safe — a tenfold increase from ten years ago.
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Manitoba’s regional authorities spent over $35M last year in the ongoing effort to keep health-care workers safe
Last Christmas Eve, a man walked into Thompson General Hospital with a loaded rifle concealed in his clothing. He moved through the emergency department and other areas — some full of patients — befor...
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June 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Manitoba’s regional authorities spent over $35M last year in the ongoing effort to keep beleaguered hospital workers safe — a tenfold increase from ten years ago.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
It is seemingly all quiet on the eastern front as a wildfire rages in Lac du Bonnet. Thank you to everyone who shared their story with me today.
LAC DU BONNET — McArthur Avenue in town is fairly quiet, save for the occasional pickup truck hauling a boat or trailer driving away from wildfire smoke looming on the horizon.
Lac du Bonnet warmly welcomes evacuees who wait, worry
LAC DU BONNET — McArthur Avenue in town is fairly quiet, save for the occasional pickup truck hauling a boat or trailer driving away from wildfire smoke looming on the horizon.
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May 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It is seemingly all quiet on the eastern front as a wildfire rages in Lac du Bonnet. Thank you to everyone who shared their story with me today.
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NEW: Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah.
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.
Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
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April 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
NEW: Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah.
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
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The Free Press is looking to speak today to Manitobans who are travelling to Rome to attend Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday.
To share your story, contact our reporter by email at nicole.buffie@winnipegfreepress.com or by phone at 204-891-4633.
To share your story, contact our reporter by email at nicole.buffie@winnipegfreepress.com or by phone at 204-891-4633.
April 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Free Press is looking to speak today to Manitobans who are travelling to Rome to attend Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday.
To share your story, contact our reporter by email at nicole.buffie@winnipegfreepress.com or by phone at 204-891-4633.
To share your story, contact our reporter by email at nicole.buffie@winnipegfreepress.com or by phone at 204-891-4633.
New: data shows the use of private security guards is increasing in Manitoba.
Rajan Varma was fed up with the onslaught of hooded thieves filling up baskets with chips, meat and drinks and walking out of his store, past employees who were powerless to stop them.
On guard: Business is booming for private security in Manitoba
Rajan Varma was fed up with the onslaught of hooded thieves filling up baskets with chips, meat and drinks and walking out of his store, past employees who were powerless to stop them.
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April 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
New: data shows the use of private security guards is increasing in Manitoba.
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Story callout: Ahead of mother's day, I'm looking to speak with Winnipeggers about their childbirth experiences — good, bad and expectations vs reality.
This is for a @winnipegfreepress.com article. Participation means being quoted in the paper and possibly photographed.
DMs open, email in bio.
This is for a @winnipegfreepress.com article. Participation means being quoted in the paper and possibly photographed.
DMs open, email in bio.
April 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Story callout: Ahead of mother's day, I'm looking to speak with Winnipeggers about their childbirth experiences — good, bad and expectations vs reality.
This is for a @winnipegfreepress.com article. Participation means being quoted in the paper and possibly photographed.
DMs open, email in bio.
This is for a @winnipegfreepress.com article. Participation means being quoted in the paper and possibly photographed.
DMs open, email in bio.
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The Free Press is looking to speak today to Manitobans who paid out-of-pocket for the Shingrix, the vaccine that protects against shingles.
To share your experience and perspective, contact our reporter by email at scott.billeck@winnipegfreepress.com or by phone at 204-470-7367.
To share your experience and perspective, contact our reporter by email at scott.billeck@winnipegfreepress.com or by phone at 204-470-7367.
April 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The Free Press is looking to speak today to Manitobans who paid out-of-pocket for the Shingrix, the vaccine that protects against shingles.
To share your experience and perspective, contact our reporter by email at scott.billeck@winnipegfreepress.com or by phone at 204-470-7367.
To share your experience and perspective, contact our reporter by email at scott.billeck@winnipegfreepress.com or by phone at 204-470-7367.
Police to announce Ashlee Shingoose is Buffalo Woman, serial killer’s only unidentified victim www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
May Ashley's family finally seek some peace and closure after years of unknowns. Rest in peace.
May Ashley's family finally seek some peace and closure after years of unknowns. Rest in peace.
Police to announce Ashlee Shingoose is Buffalo Woman, serial killer’s only unidentified victim
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the fourth victim of a Winnipeg serial killer has been identified as Ashlee Shingoose of St. Theresa Point First Nation. Cindy Woodhouse Nepina...
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March 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Police to announce Ashlee Shingoose is Buffalo Woman, serial killer’s only unidentified victim www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
May Ashley's family finally seek some peace and closure after years of unknowns. Rest in peace.
May Ashley's family finally seek some peace and closure after years of unknowns. Rest in peace.
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It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein
March 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein
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American rapper and singer Jelly Roll took a break from performing to shoot hoops and speak with incarcerated teens at the Manitoba Youth Centre before his sold-out show in Winnipeg.
Pick and roll with Jelly Roll: star plays hoops, encourages inmates at Manitoba Youth Centre
American rapper and singer Jelly Roll took a break from performing to shoot hoops and speak with incarcerated teens at the Manitoba Youth Centre before his sold-out show in Winnipeg.
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March 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
American rapper and singer Jelly Roll took a break from performing to shoot hoops and speak with incarcerated teens at the Manitoba Youth Centre before his sold-out show in Winnipeg.
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Following hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns, Manitoba Public Insurance is abandoning its Project Nova technology overhaul after a revised estimate pegged costs at $435 million, 50 per cent more than previously thought, the Free Press has learned.
MPI cancels Project Nova as costs balloon
New $435-million estimate for tech overhaul four times original 2020 price tag; ‘waste of taxpayers’ money is over’
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March 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Following hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns, Manitoba Public Insurance is abandoning its Project Nova technology overhaul after a revised estimate pegged costs at $435 million, 50 per cent more than previously thought, the Free Press has learned.
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I spent weeks combing through Manitoba's homegrown food industry so you don't have to!
This @winnipegfreepress.com grocery guide isn't all-encompassing, but includes a wide range of sources for local produce, protein, dairy, grains, beverages, snacks and condiments.
This @winnipegfreepress.com grocery guide isn't all-encompassing, but includes a wide range of sources for local produce, protein, dairy, grains, beverages, snacks and condiments.
Made in Manitoba: A guide to locally produced goods
Maple leaf stickers, new “Product of Canada” signage and shoppers squinting at food labels to suss out the country of origin: In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada,…
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March 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I spent weeks combing through Manitoba's homegrown food industry so you don't have to!
This @winnipegfreepress.com grocery guide isn't all-encompassing, but includes a wide range of sources for local produce, protein, dairy, grains, beverages, snacks and condiments.
This @winnipegfreepress.com grocery guide isn't all-encompassing, but includes a wide range of sources for local produce, protein, dairy, grains, beverages, snacks and condiments.
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Manitobans strongly support eliminating or limiting the need for sick notes, new research from Doctors Manitoba shows.
Overwhelming majority of Manitobans support end to doctor’s-note requirement for short-term illnesses, report reveals
Manitobans strongly support eliminating or limiting the need for sick notes, new research from Doctors Manitoba shows.
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March 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Manitobans strongly support eliminating or limiting the need for sick notes, new research from Doctors Manitoba shows.
"In time, perhaps, the Americans will come to their senses. But the damage is done. Mr. Trump will never realize his dream of annexation. He has, however, succeeded in destroying the trust between our two nations, probably permanently."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Donald Trump is trying to destroy Canada
The U.S.’s tariffs are meant to break us. The only thing that they’ve certainly broken is the trust between historically close neighbours - maybe forever
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March 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
"In time, perhaps, the Americans will come to their senses. But the damage is done. Mr. Trump will never realize his dream of annexation. He has, however, succeeded in destroying the trust between our two nations, probably permanently."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
