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Something’s fishy: At least, that’s how some Manitoba commercial fishers feel. Many believe the Pallister government is backing down from an election promise to force changes to the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corp., a federal Crown corporation that buys, processes and exports most fish netted in Manitoba. Free Press legislative reporter Kristin Annable has the story. READ MORE
Your forecast: Winnipeg will continue to receive some iffy weather this week. Environment Canada is calling for a 30 per cent chance of showers this afternoon, with a risk of a thunderstorm, and a daytime high of 24 C. On Thursday and Friday, the sun will wrestle with the clouds for a chance to shine, however, it could be a losing battle and we could get rain both days. Daytime temperatures will be in the low 20s. Then, cross your fingers that Saturday’s hot, sunny forecast stays true.
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Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESSCanada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have been in negotiations since December for its 50,000 delivery and plant employees. The workers are in a legal strike or lockout position as of Saturday if an agreement isn’t reached.
Postal strike looms: Postal services could stop as early as Friday if Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Works cannot work out a new contract for some 50,000 mail carriers. Canada Post issued a 72-hour lockout notice Tuesday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he isn’t considering a back-to-work bill right away, saying it is not the “immediate responsibility” of governments “to be heavy-handed” in labour disputes. READ MORE
Explosion in Selkirk home: Two men suffered serious burns while a six-month-old baby and four other adults escaped injury Sunday morning after a drug lab exploded inside a Selkirk home Sunday, RCMP say. The explosion took place in the bathroom of the home. A 19-year-old man and a 27-year-old man are in stable condition, police said. “Two men have significant burns to their bodies and a six-month-old child was placed in a very dangerous situation and is lucky to be uninjured.” said RCMP spokesman Sgt. Bert Paquet. “This is a tragic situation and a reminder of the serious risks involved in the production of illegal drugs.” READ MORE
The Forks to receive a facelift: The remaining 12 acres of land at the Forks will be developed over the next 25 years, according to Forks CEO Paul Jordan. The two parking lots that are up against the CN Rail line will be developed into green spaces, plazas and residential and commercial buildings. READ MORE
Up next
ADRIAN WYLD / THE CANADIAN PRESSLiberal MP Randy Boissonnault.
Talking official languages: The federal government continues its cross-country Official Languages Consultations with a stop in Winnipeg today. Randy Boissonnault, parliamentary secretary to Mélanie Joly, the minister of Canadian Heritage, will lead the roundtable discussion at 9 a.m., followed by a press conference. The event will be held at the Centre culturel franco-manitobain, 340 Provencher Blvd.
Walkers hit Winnipeg: About two dozen people will end a long walk from Thompson to Winnipeg today at the Manitoba Legislative Building. It brings to a close the Walk for Healing, an effort to bring awareness to the challenges indigenous people face in northern Manitoba. The group hits Memorial Boulevard around 12:30 p.m.
Around the water cooler
JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSA Police Identification member puts markers down on Portage Avenue in front of the MTS Centre in Winnipeg Tuesday morning.
Homicide on Portage: Police still have divulged neither the gender nor the age of a person found with serious injuries near the corner of Portage Avenue and Donald Street early Tuesday morning. The person was rushed to hospital but did not survive. The assault victim was found near a bus shack in front of the MTS Centre just before 4 a.m. Expect more information to be released today. Investigators had a long stretch of Portage closed for the entire morning, causing downtown traffic gridlock. READ MORE
Furniture store owner dies: Fred Brick, the owner of Brick’s Fine Furniture, died on Monday at the age of 80. Fred and his wife, Cynthia, opened Brick’s Fine Furniture in downtown Winnipeg in 1969. Cynthia and Fred Brick had to fight for their right to use their family name as the store name when The Brick arrived in the city in the 1990s. READ MORE
Raonic’s run at Wimbledon: Canadian tennis star Milos Raonic is gunning for a spot in the Wimbledon semifinals when he faces Sam Querrey of the United States in a quarter-final match today at the historic tournament in Great Britain. Raonic, who made the Wimbedon final four in 2014, advanced to the quarter-finals on Monday by defeating Belgian player David Goffin in five sets.
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Jeff J. Mitchell / The Associated PressSir John Chilcot, right, presents the Iraq Inquiry Report at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, Wednesday.
#Chilcot: An inquiry led by Sir John Chilcot on Britain’s involvement in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq has delivered its report, which paints a highly critical picture of then-prime-minister Tony Blair. Chilcot characterizes Blair as a leader who let his belief in himself get in the way of a decision as momentous as invading a sovereign nation, something Britain had not done since the Second World War, and that the entire undertaking was flawed, with no evidence of WMDs in Iraq and an invasion that left the nation in ruins. READ MORE
#AltonSterling: In Baton Rouge, La., a black man has been shot and killed by police. Alton Sterling regularly sold CDs outside the convenience store in where he was shot six times in a confrontation with police. The man’s death,caught on video, has sparked protests from local residents. READ MORE
On this date
On July 6, 2011: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Canada’s mission in Afghanistan was ending and soldiers were starting to come home. In Winnipeg, traffic accidents such as T-bone collisions had dropped 46 per cent since the introduction of photo enforcement, but rear-end collisions were up 43 per cent. The Winnipeg Jets signed a long-term contract with team captain Andrew Ladd. In Churchill, a man taking photographs was chased by a polar bear. Conservation officers intervened, attempting to get the bear to leave, but the animal ran into town and became aggressive and damaged a vehicle. The officers shot and killed the bear.
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