"The Winnipeg Free Press is a reflection of its community: We believe in the arts and believe that arts journalists play a powerful role in both nurturing and encouraging the creative class. The Free Press has one of the last independent film critics, its own TV and theatre writers, and two part-time classical music reviewers. As more papers choose to eliminate these positions, replacing them with wire copy, the Free Press is taking its own stand. We also have the last stand-alone books section in the country. Arts matter."