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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESMIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSDr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial public health officer, during the province’s latest COVID-19 update at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg on Monday.
Coronavirus crisis: Health officials will hold a news conference on Manitoba’s COVID-19 situation at 1 p.m. Two cases were announced Wednesday, the first report of new cases since Sunday. Officials are still investigating whether the two cases are related to any previous cases or the recent Justice 4 Black Lives rally in the city, which roughly 15,000 people attended. READ MORE
Tories debate in Toronto: Four federal Tory leadership hopefuls will debate each other in English for the first time this evening. The event will be streamed online. Erin O’Toole and Peter MacKay dominated Wednesday night’s French debate and had heated exchanges on everything from carbon taxes to abortion, The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
‘Direct action’ for diversity: City Coun. Kevin Klein, former police chief Devon Clunis and his wife, Pearlene Clunis, will announce a series of events called Community Conversations for a Better Winnipeg. A news release states “direct action” is necessary to ensure a “diverse, inclusive, and equitable City of Winnipeg” and that the current social climate “threatens to derail unity” and “foment division.”
Rockets hit near embassy: Four rockets struck the fortified Green Zone near the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, the third such attack since the American government embarked on talks with Iraq’s new government. The U.S. has blamed Iran-backed militia groups for recent rocket attacks. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers in the late afternoon and tonight, with a high of 21 C, and wind at 20 km/h from the west and then the northwest.
In case you missed it
Edmond Terakopian / PA / The Associated Press FilesFILE – In this July, 10, 2005 file photo, Dame Vera Lynn, centre, singer Petula Clark, left and entertainer Bruce Forsyth sing “We’ll Meet Again”, during the World War II 60th Anniversary Service at Horse Guards Parade, in London. The family of World War II forces sweetheart Vera Lynn says she has died. She was 103 it was reported on Thursday, June 18, 2020. (Edmond Terakopian/PA via AP, File)
Britain’s ‘sweetheart’ singer dies: Dame Vera Lynn, who serenaded British troops abroad during the Second World War and sang sentimental favourites such as “We’ll Meet Again” and “The White Cliffs of Dover,” has died in England at 103. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Lynn’s “charm and magical voice entranced and uplifted our country in some of our darkest hours.” The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Hundreds take part in town hall: At least 700 people watched an online town hall meeting last night on converting the former Kapyong Barracks to a mixed-use development. The Treaty One Development Corp. said the site, part of an urban reserve, will likely include a gas bar and will feature First Nations designs, street names and traditional plants. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Call for boycott over border clash: A group of Indian companies is calling for a boycott of many Chinese goods in the wake of a border skirmish that left 20 Indian troops dead Monday. Protesters in New Delhi destroyed Chinese-made items while chanting “China get out” on Wednesday. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On June 18, 2003: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that prime minister Jean Chrétien announced the federal government would introduce legislation that would legalize gay marriage; the legislation would be referred to the Supreme Court of Canada for legal guidance and then be subject to a free vote in the House of Commons. The law, when passed, would make Canada only the third country in the world to recognize same-sex matrimony. A Winnipeg-based wedding planner, one of the few in North America that planned weddings for gay and lesbian couples, anticipated a huge influx of business after the bill became law. Winnipeg police and the chief medical examiner asked the public to be on the lookout after human remains were found along the banks of Red River; they advised more body parts could surface and were still trying to identify the remains. READ MORE
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