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BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESA former residential school building on Long Plain First Nation.
Residential schools recognized: The federal government will announce today that two former residential schools — including one on the edge of Portage la Prairie — are being named National Historic Sites. The other former school, in Nova Scotia, was demolished long ago. They are the first two such schools to receive the designation. READ MORE
September slowdown: Reduced speed limits of 30 km/h around many schools in Manitoba resumed at 7 a.m. READ MORE
Canucks need comeback: The last Canadian-based team in the NHL playoffs is facing elimination tonight. The Vegas Golden Knights can advance to the Western Conference Final with a win over the Vancouver Canucks in Game 5. Meanwhile, the New York Islanders will advance to the Eastern Conference Final with a win over the Philadelphia Flyers tonight. The winner of that series will face the Tampa Bay Lightning, who eliminated the Boston Bruins with a win in double-overtime Monday night. READ MORE
Trump travelling to Kenosha: U.S. President Donald Trump is set to visit Kenosha, Wis., today despite pleas by the city’s mayor and the state’s governor to stay away as protests continue after police shot a Black man last month. Trump is expected to meet with police officers and tour “property affected by recent riots,” the White House said. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Markey vs. ‘mystique’: Joe Kennedy III, a member of the House of Representatives and a member of the famous political family, is seeking to defeat incumbent Ed Markey in a primary election for the Democratic nomination for Markey’s U.S. Senate seat. Kennedy could become the first member of his clan to lose a primary. Reuters reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Increasingly cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of showers this afternoon and risk of a thunderstorm beginning late this afternoon, a high of 22 C, and wind at 10 km/h from the south increasing to 30 km/h and gusting to 50 from the southwest.
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Christian Monterrosa / The Associated PressProtesters clash with deputies of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department during protests following the death of Dijon Kizzee on Monday, in Los Angeles, Calif.
Protest after man killed by police: Protesters gathered at a sheriff’s station just outside Los Angeles last night after two deputies fatally shot a Black man that afternoon. A spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the officers opened fire after a man they were trying to detain dropped a bundle of clothes that contained a handgun. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
O’Toole unknown: A new poll found a majority of respondents said they didn’t know enough about new Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole to say whether they have a positive or negative impression. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 1, 1939: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Nazi Germany invaded Poland, and German planes attacked Warsaw. France and Britain issued demands to Germany to “get out” of Poland. In Ottawa, prime minister Mackenzie King declared that if Great Britain became directly involved in the war, Canada would stand by her side. In Winnipeg, a young woman, 23, drowned in the Red River despite the valiant attempts by a man to save her, who was then pulled from the river exhausted and taken to hospital in critical condition.
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