The Wrap: Takes on Transit, four youths arrested, blue-line ready to re-sign and top Manitoba music

Good evening. Here’s a look at what our newsroom has been working on today:

‘I feel pretty confident that we can turn this ship’

As part of an exclusive series examining the state of Winnipeg’s public transportation system, the Free Press is looking at our city’s transit system from a variety of perspectives.

A recent Probe Research poll, commissioned by the Free Press, found Winnipeg residents overwhelmingly consider safety and security a primary concern on Winnipeg Transit buses. Reporter Tyler Searle looks at what steps are being taken locally to improve transit safety.

Reporters Erik Pindera and Katrina Clarke look at another crucial component of transit: bus shelters.

Getting back on board

A two-week experiment to re-embrace transit — after a pandemic-era breakup — confirmed some assumptions and dispelled others Read More

Driving Mr. Mayor

From the back of the bus, from rider complaints, from the unfilled driver jobs, Scott Gillingham sees the problems with Transit Read More

The people on the bus

Free Press photographer Mike Deal talked to Winnipeg Transit users about their experiences with the city’s public transportation system Read More

Bus? Pass!

How can Transit become the main artery Winnipeg needs if only 12 per cent of residents use it. A new series starts by looking at that fear and reluctance Read More

‘Parents have to be responsible for that, and who are the parents?’

Four youths have been arrested and police are searching for two others in connection to the Nov. 11 death of 27-year-old Peter Filip.

Police said Filip was standing outside a vendor at Arlington Street and Logan Avenue in the West Alexander neighbourhood when he was confronted by a group of males around 2 a.m. and repeatedly assaulted, then stabbed and struck with a gun.

‘You want to know where you stand’

In conversations with the Free Press Wednesday, Brenden Dillon and Dylan DeMelo made one thing crystal clear: They’re ready and willing to put pen to paper should general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff come calling between now and July 1.

Winnipeg churns out… singers and songwriters like Detroit rolls cars off the assembly line’

Listeners all over have begun to take notice of many Manitoba acts, thanks to their strong recordings and heavy touring schedules in 2023.

Alan Small has five tunes by Manitoba artists that caught the attention of their fans at home and a growing legion of listeners around the world.

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