What’s happening today
Tribune Media TNSDemocratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and her husband, Douglas Emhoff, and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, on the third night of the Democratic National Convention, on Wednesday.
Politician’s long path: More than 30 years after he first ran for U.S. president, Joe Biden will formally accept the Democratic nomination tonight. His running mate, Kamala Harris, officially became the party’s vice-presidential nominee Wednesday night. READ MORE
The case for space: Safe September MB, a group that says the province’s plan to reopen schools is dangerous, will set up 30 chairs two metres apart in a “classroom formation” on the grounds of the legislature. The point of the demonstration is to show how much space is needed for a full classroom of students. Here’s an article on the collective of teachers, parents and other community members. READ MORE
Centre suing city: The Good Neighbours Active Living Centre is holding a news conference to announce it is filing a lawsuit against the City of Winnipeg in connection with the seniors centre’s relocation to the Bronx Park Community Club.
Public plea by police: The RCMP are holding a a news conference this afternoon seeking tips about missing teen Tammy Nattaway. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A heat warning remains in effect. Mainly sunny with a high of 31 C, a humidex high of 37, and wind from the southeast at 10 km/h increasing to 15 km/h this afternoon. Meanwhile, Kellen Taniguchi reports on a Christmas-themed TV movie that’s being shot in the sweltering heat. READ MORE
In case you missed it
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Maple Leaf Foods just east of Brandon, Manitoba. The company says it voluntarily suspended its pork exports to China after the Chinese government adopted new protocols that require Canadian processors who report a positive COVID-19 case to do so.
Pork products paused: A livestock and meat market analyst says Maple Leaf’s suspending pork exports to China after workers at its Brandon plant tested positive for COVID-19 won’t affect Manitoba hog producers. READ MORE
Possibly poisoned: Russia’s most prominent opposition politician, Alexei Navalny, is in a coma and on a ventilator after a suspected poisoning. President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, a longtime ally of neighbouring Russian President Vladimir Putin, accused Navalny last week of organizing mass protests against his re-election. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 20, 1948: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a red light spotted by the crew of an R.C.A.F. plane, as well as a trapper and his wife at Reader Lake northwest of The Pas, raised new hopes that one or more of the crew of a missing U.S. Navy Beechcraft would be found alive. In Paris, the world’s top diplomats converged for a critical assembly of the United Nations amid reports that Moscow talks on the Berlin crisis had broken down. In Tel Aviv, police arrested 200 people alleged to be members of the notorious Stern gang.
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