What’s happening today
CPPrime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in England on Thursday. (Adrian Wyld / The Canadian Press)
Vague on vaccines: A three-day G7 summit in England begins. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the only leader in the group who has yet to pledge how many COVID-19 vaccine doses his country will donate to less wealthy nations. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Decision to be delivered: The Supreme Court will announce its judgment this morning in an appeal case involving the estate of drug company billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife, Honey, who were murdered in Toronto in 2017.
Football, finally: The European football championship, which wasn’t played last year because of the pandemic, will kick off today. Jerrad Peters has a preview. READ MORE
COVID-19 crisis: Provincial health officials are scheduled to hold their regular Friday news conference on COVID-19 case numbers or vaccines. Six deaths from COVID-19 were announced Thursday. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Cloudy with thunderstorms this morning, showers ending this afternoon, a high of 21 C and humidex of 25. Wind at 30 km/h gusting to 50 km/h, increasing to 50 km/h and gusting to 70 beginning in the early afternoon.
In case you missed it
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESIG Field on the University of Manitoba campus in Winnipeg.
Ticket taxes: A city report proposes allowing revenue from taxes on Winnipeg Blue Bombers tickets to cover franchise costs other than construction loans. The report also calls for the city to sever its ties to the company that owns IG Field. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Proposal for parlours: Another city report calls for mandatory security cameras and panic alarms at body rub parlours and reducing some licence fees for people who work at parlours and as escorts. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Man admits to dumping body: A man has been sentenced to 18 months in jail after admitting he dumped the body of a homicide victim in the Red River. He pleaded guilty to interfering with human remains. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
On this date
On June 11, 2009: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the chief of Garden Hill First Nation wanted a temporary field hospital to be set up after a second case of H1N1 was found in the community, which did not have a full-time doctor or anti-virals. Justice Murray Sinclair was named to head a national commission on residential schools. The Winnipeg Art Gallery replaced shrubs on its rooftops with statues.
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