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Kapyong buildings: The 41 buildings on the Kapyong Barracks site have fallen into such disrepair that the Department of National Defence wants to tear them down. This is after DND spent nearly $20 million to maintain the vacant barracks and property over the last 13 years, Mia Rabson reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: It will be cloudy for the next two days, and the sun is expected to come out on the weekend. Today, expect mainly cloudy skies with a high of plus 3. The wind will be from the north at 30 km/h. Tonight, there’s a 30 per cent chance of flurries, with a low of -4. On Friday, there will be a 30 per cent chance of flurries during the day and a high of zero.
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PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSOfficials remove three bodies from a house on Petriw Bay in the Maples Wednesday afternoon.
Opioid epidemic: While Winnipeg police investigated the deaths of three people suspected of overdosing on fentanyl in northwest Winnipeg on Wednesday, a new national report revealed a growing opioid crisis across Canada. The three drug deaths in the Inkster Gardens area horrified neighbours. Meanwhile, a local police official said the scourge of illegal opioid use has “changed the landscape in how we work.” READ MORE
U of M strike: The University of Manitoba and its striking professors got back to the bargaining table late Wednesday, with the faculty association presenting a new proposal on the thorny issue of staff workloads. The strike is now in its 17th day. READ MORE
Booze palace: The acting CEO of Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries says a lease for the proposed 50,000-square-foot flagship liquor mart at True North Square was signed at the direction of the former NDP government without a business case being made for it. Peter Hak told a committee of MLAs the mega-sized booze store has little chance of being profitable. READ MORE
Up next
Jets play: The Winnipeg Jets are in Philadelphia tonight to take on the Flyers. Game time is 6 p.m. READ MORE
Canada Summer Games: Organizers of the 2017 Canada Summer Games announce ticket package details and launch a seasonal merchandise kiosk in St. Vital Centre this morning.
Around the water cooler
JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESManitoba roads have already claimed 98 fatalities this year.
Road fatalities up: An officer in the RCMP’s traffic unit talks to reporter Kevin Rollason about how, too often, he’s had to travel to Manitoba homes to break the terrible news that a loved one has been killed in a collision. Road fatalities are up 25 per cent in Manitoba this year. So far, 98 people have been killed in 2016. READ MORE
Thompson honoured: City council voted unanimously Wednesday to name the civic centre’s administration building after Susan Thompson, Winnipeg’s first — and so far only — female mayor. READ MORE
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On this date
On Nov. 17, 1970: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Progressive Conservatives won the riding of Lisgar in a byelection, a victory that was seen as a repudiation of the Liberal Trudeau government’s agricultural and taxation policies. Israel implied it might join peace talks if Egypt and Russia agreed on concessions other than or less than the total removal of those countries’ anti-aircraft missile batteries from the Suez region. In Winnipeg, moviegoers could see such films as “Catch-22,” “Sunflower,” “Lovers and Other Strangers,” and “Two Mules for Sister Sara.” READ MORE
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