Good morning
Your forecast: The dawn broke to a great pink sky, but don’t let the pastel colours fool you. Clouds will roll in with a 30 per cent chance of showers later in the afternoon — with a chance of thunderstorms. The wind, 20 km/h gusting to 50, will eventually clear those clouds away overnight. High of 26 C. They won’t be gone for long, though. Your forecast shows a 70 per cent chance of showers Tuesday morning, but clearing again in the afternoon. High of 22 C.
Rebuilding peace: Architecture columnist Brent Bellamy takes a closer look at the design submissions to replace the aging Peace Tower at the International Peace Garden, which straddles Manitoba and North Dakota. The previous towers were designed at the height of the Cold War. How can peace in the modern age be represented with a new structure? READ MORE
In case you missed it
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSIsaac Babinsky’s siblings, Krista, Nicole, Mackenzie and Jake pose with a stack of family photos featuring Issac who died of an overdose just before his graduation.
We’re bad drivers: Despite what we all think, Canada is ranked third-worst in road safety. Writer Kelly Taylor discovers that Sweden knows how to train drivers for nearly anything. And as a bonus, we have a 19-question driving quiz at the end so you can find out how well you know the rules of the road. READ MORE
Ben Moss trouble: The Winnipeg-based jeweler is going out of business. And its employees aren’t getting any gold watches for their service with the company. Workers, blindsided by the closure, won’t get severance. READ MORE
Taken by opioids: An inside look at one family’s struggle as overdoses dramatically increase in Winnipeg. A timely story after federal Health Minister Jane Philpott took aim at what she said was pharmaceutical-industry pressure on North American health-care providers to use opioids extensively in treating chronic pain and mood disorders. READ MORE
Up next
Kenora protest: Youth from Grassy Narrows First Nation are marching through the streets of Kenora today to call for a cleanup of the English-Wabigoon river, which has been contaminated by mercury for more than 50 years. Despite a recent expert report finding that the river can be safely remediated, the Ontario government has yet to commit to a full cleanup. Grassy Narrows youth organizer Sharice Bruce says that she and her friends organized the march because they want Premier Kathleen Wynne to commit to a cleanup.
Medal hopes: Canada’s women’s rugby sevens team will be shooting for a medal today at the Olympic games in Rio.
Around the water cooler
A Hip shout-out: “It was a very humbling, surreal and emotional moment,” said John Kendle, a long-time music journalist in Winnipeg, about an on-stage shout-out from the Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie. Read the front man said. READ MORE
‘Forever loved and missed’: At 17, Justin Einarson’s life was cut short, but his family and friends are making sure his name is remembered every time a skater’s board hits the half pipe at a Fort Richmond skate park. READ MORE
Trending now
#InternationalCatDay: Like you needed an excuse to post cat photos. And really, isn’t everyday cat day for cat owners? Brace yourselves, it might be an extra cute Monday morning.
Penny Oleksiak: According to Twitter, this Canadian swimming star has been mentioned close to 12,000 times thanks to her silver medal win Sunday in the women’s 100-metre butterfly event.
On this date
Nixon resigns: On the evening of Aug. 8, U.S. President Richard Nixon announced on television he was stepping down whil facing certain impeachment for the Watergate scandal. The next day, Gerald Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States, promising an “unprecedented compact” of honesty and candor with the American people.
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