Winnipeg Free Press

1. Police still searching for teen

   GYPSUMVILLE -- Battling hot temperatures and swarms of large black flies, police officers in this central Manitoba community began pouring through thick forest this morning looking for signs of a missing Portage teen. Updated 11:47 AM

2. Disabled or dishonest? Dashboard deceivers

   Disabled permit prominently displayed on their dash, the couple pulled into the Wal-Mart parking lot's disabled parking spot and hopped out of their van. Updated 9:32 AM

3. Oregon man flying lawn chair on daring flight

   BEND, Ore. -- Riding a green lawn chair supported by a rainbow array of more than 150 helium-filled party balloons, Kent Couch took off today in a third bid to fly from central Oregon all the way to Idaho. Updated 5:02 PM

4. Rail line celebrated as the West's first railway

   A plaque marking Western Canada's first railway was unveiled today in Dominion City by Provencher MP Vic Toews. Updated 2:30 PM

5. Brady Road landfill catches fire

   A landfill on Brady Road just southwest of Winnipeg has caught fire, emitting a fair amount of black smoke. The Winnipeg Fire department said the fire is small and are on the scene. Updated 4:47 PM

6. Shaw digital phones services down

   Some Manitoba customers subscribing to Shaw Communications digital telephone service are unable to use their phones. Updated 2:23 PM

7. Iraqi uranium secretly shipped into Canada

   The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program, a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium, reached Montreal today to complete a top-secret U.S. operation. Updated 2:39 PM

8. Canada's Nestor wins doubles at Wimbledon

   LONDON -- Daniel Nestor has his career Grand Slam.
   
   More Sports Breaking News Updated 2:35 PM

9. Tour de France director hopes for ’more mystery’

   PLUMELEC, France -- Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme hopes that changes to this year's race format will provide more suspense. Updated 1:35 PM

10. Mosquito count rises, fogging resumes

    The city's mosquito-fogging program will resume tonight at 9:30 p.m., continuing until 6:30 a.m. Sunday. Updated 12:40 PM

11. Pine Falls crash hospitalizes six people

    A single-vehicle accident on provincial road 304, three kilometres north of Pine Falls, at about 10:30 p.m. last night has left six people injured, with at least three in life-threatening condition. Updated 12:33 PM

12. Emerson man assaulted

    A 39-year-old Emerson man is in critical but stable condition at the Health Science Centre after he was assaulted with a baseball bat outside his home early Thursday. Updated 12:23 PM

13. Charges laid after couple assaulted

    A 34-year-old man is in stable condition with injuries to his upper body after he was assaulted by two men early yesterday morning in the 700 block of Main Street. Updated 12:27 PM

14. Air Canada drops more flights, scales back others

    TORONTO -- Air Canada is cancelling or scaling back service on four more routes in its quest to cut up to 2,000 jobs.
    
    More National Breaking News Updated 8:21 AM

15. More than 1,000 protest upcoming G8 summit

    SAPPORO, Japan -- More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan today to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. Updated 9:27 AM

16. Man rips head off wax Hitler at new Madame Tussauds

    BERLIN -- Berlin police say a man has ripped off the head of a wax figure of Adolf Hitler at Madame Tussauds' newly opened branch in the German capital.
    More International Breaking News Updated 8:24 AM

17. Redwood Bridge closed for the weekend

    If your route normally involves the Redwood Bridge, you will need to find an alternate plan. Updated 8:15 AM

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