What you need to know
Tyler Clarke/The Brandon SunInfrastructure Minister Ron Schuler speaks as Agassiz MLA Eileen Clarke and Mayor Rick Chrest look on during a media conference in Brandon on Wednesday evening.
Downstream of dam: The evacuations of 30 to 40 properties along the Little Saskatchewan River downstream of the Rivers dam began Wednesday night. Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler said the government “does not have confidence in the dam.” The Brandon Sun reports. READ MORE
Crash on Keewatin Street: A cyclist was taken to hospital after being hit by a vehicle on Keewatin Street early today. Northbound Keewatin Street was closed between Roy Avenue and Pacific Avenue West as of 6:15 a.m.
Kids killed in tractor accident: Three young children are dead and seven people are injured after an incident in Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Que., south of Montreal, on Wednesday. Police said 10 people were riding in the tractor’s shovel when they were ejected. The injured include three young children and four adults, two of whom are in critical condition. Riding in a tractor’s shovel is illegal, and a spokeswoman for the Sûreté du Québec said alcohol might have been a factor in the incident. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 32 C, a humidex of 39, and peak winds from the south at 30 km/h gusting to 50 beginning early this afternoon. A heat warning remains in effect for Winnipeg and other areas.
COVID-19 crisis
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSMIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSElevators in a Portage Ave. office building demonstrate the new COVID-19 measures in place.
Elevator etiquette: The Free Press took a ride in some downtown elevators to see what pandemic precautions are being taken. Gabrielle Piché reports. READ MORE
Hockey hubs: In his latest column, Mike McIntyre says the return of the NHL can’t come at the expense of public safety. READ MORE
Pallister’s ‘political theatre’: Dan Lett says the provincial government’s fiscal update Tuesday was “an act of blatant fibbery.” READ MORE
In case you missed it
(Eduardo Contreras/San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS)All large number of rental scooters parked on a sidewalk in San Diego. A recent report recommends the City of Winnipeg ask the provincial government of Manitoba to approve a trial for e-scooters to operate on the city’s transportation network.
Set to vote on e-scooters: A report recommends the city ask the provincial government to approve a trial for electric scooters to be allowed on Winnipeg’s transportation network. Provincial legislation prohibits e-scooters from using public right-of-ways. If passed by the city’s standing policy committee, the report would move on to executive policy committee and then city council. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Police hiring family liaison: The Winnipeg Police Service is hiring a liaison to work as a “point of contact” between officers and the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Applicants must be registered social workers. Malak Abas reports. READ MORE
On this date
On July 2, 1994: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Pink Floyd put on the largest show in the city’s history at the Winnipeg Stadium for a crowd of 45,000 fans; it edged out the previous summer’s concert by Paul McCartney in attendance, and had been sold out for months. RCMP raided the offices of several Winnipeg lawyers and chiropractors as part of an investigation into suspect Autopac fraud. In Wunnumin Lake, Ont., a former priest and boy scout leader was convicted of sexually abusing 16 boys and sentenced to six years in prison.
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