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Joe Bryksa / Winnipeg Free Press FilesFormer NDP health minister Theresa Oswald unveiling Manitoba’s first QuickCare clinic at 363 McGregor St. in 2012. The provincial Progressive Conservative government will keep that clinic open, but close four others in Winnipeg.
QuickCares will close: Remember how the QuickCare clinics were supposed to streamline health services and reduce the load on hospital emergency rooms? Not anymore. Health officials announced Tuesday they will close four QuickCare clinics, as well as reduce hospital staffing, hike fees for some seniors programs and contract out services. Larry Kusch and Jane Gerster report. READ MORE
Your forecast: Don’t put away the rain gear yet. Showers are in store today, with the risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. The high today will be 24. Wind from the east will blow at 30 km/h, gusting to 50.
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Winnipeg Police Service HandoutThelma Krull has been missing for two years. Police are actively seeking a suspect in her disappearance.
Thelma Krull anniversary: Tuesday was two years to the day since Thelma Krull, a 57-year-old grandmother, went for a walk and never returned, setting off several city-wide searches. Police now say they have made “significant, critical progress” in the investigation and conclude she was the victim of foul play. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Liberal leadership: MLA Judy Klassen has dropped out of the Manitoba Liberal leadership race and thrown her support behind Cindy Lamoureux. At a news conference announcing Klassen’s endorsement Tuesday, Lamoureux accused MLA Jon Gerrard of breaking a caucus deal to unite behind her leadership bid — which Gerrard quickly denied. Nick Martin reports. READ MORE
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JUSTIN SAMANSKI-LANGILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSGoldeyes first baseman David Bergin runs towards home base with teammate Wes Darvill close behind him during Tuesday’s game against the Sioux City Explorers.
Play ball: After playing seven games on the road, the Winnipeg Goldeyes are back in town for a nine-game homestand. They’ll play the Sioux City Explorers, the Kansas City T-Bones and the St. Paul Saints. Mike Sawatzky reports. READ MORE
Nuclear reaction: A hearing on the disposal of Pinawa’s nuclear reactor happens in Pinawa tonight. Current and former nuclear scientists are expected to speak on the issue of whether to encase the reactor above ground, as the private contractor wants to do, or entomb in into Canadian Shield bedrock.
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BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESWinnipeg Blue Bombers’ linebacker Ian Wild is out for at least six weeks with what appears to be a wrist injury after rolling awkwardly on his right arm last week against Calgary.
Bad news for Blue: Blue Bombers linebacker Ian Wild, an integral part of the team’s defence, will be out with injuries for at least the next six games. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
Insect endangers trees: An invasive insect that has destroyed scores of black and mancana ash trees in the Pembina Valley this spring has arrived in Winnipeg. Damage from the cottony ash psyllid can be seen lining the boulevards in front of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights at The Forks. Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
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Graham Hughes / The Canadian Press filesManitoba MP and NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton during a leadership debate in Montreal.
#ndpldr: Leadership contenders for the federal NDP debated in Saskatoon on Tuesday, taking shots at Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister over their opposition to Ottawa’s plan for carbon pricing. READ MORE
On this date
On July 12, 1907: The Manitoba Free Press reported that entomologists would speak in Winnipeg and in the new provinces of the West and B.C. and who, along with botantists, would examine ways to protect agricultural crops. Quick progress was being made in the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific rail line between Saskatoon and Edmonton. In Boise, Ida., William D. Haywood testified in his own defence in the murder trial over the death of Frank Stuenenburg. READ MORE
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