What’s happening today
Tory cabinet minister Ron Schuler’s constituency office in Oakbank. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
Schuler set to speak: A spokeswoman for Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler said he will hold a news conference. The topic has not been announced, but it’s unrelated to a Free Press article on how the cabinet member has not said whether he has been partially or fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Cody Sellar and Dylan Robertson report. READ MORE
Health minister here: Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu will visit the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre this morning and announce funding for addictions treatment this afternoon. Last month, Hajdu said documents related to the firing of two scientists from the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg were too sensitive to turn over to the special committee on Canada-China relations. READ MORE
Closing statements in court: Closing arguments are scheduled in the trial of Linda O’Leary for a boat crash that killed two people in Ontario. Her husband, celebrity businessman Kevin O’Leary, testified in her defence Wednesday. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a high of 30 C, humidex of 38 and wind from the southeast at 20 km/h. A special air-quality statement remains in effect for Winnipeg and much of Manitoba because of smoke from wildfires. READ MORE
In case you missed it
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSConcrete barriers now sit at the bottom of the stairs at the front entrance to the Manitoba Legislative building. The extra security comes after a man drove his pickup truck onto the front steps on July 7th.
Barriers at legislature: Temporary barriers have been placed outside the legislative building after a vehicle drove onto its front steps earlier this month, and permanent bollards will appear “in the future.” Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
’It’s alarming’: The City of Winnipeg is considering ways to help the downtown area, hit hard by the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, recover. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Expansion draft decisions: In his latest column, Mike McIntyre examines the strategy the Winnipeg Jets used in deciding which players to expose in Wednesday’s expansion draft. READ MORE
‘Impartial and unbiased’: An ombudsman’s report says Tory talking points being included in non-partisan government news releases endangers the civil service’s neutrality. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Arrests for ‘sedition’: Hong Kong police arrested five trade union members over children’s books they described as seditious, The Associated Press reports, and four journalists held on charges of endangering national security were denied bail. READ MORE
On this date
On July 22, 1991: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that prime minister Brian Mulroney’s backbenchers outshone his cabinet ministers when it came to party fundraising. In Winnipeg, a high-speed chase ended when a police officer fired his gun into a car as it dragged him from a crash scene. Louis Riel’s will reappeared, 106 years after his death; after its discovery in February, a Quebec City man sold it to the National Archives.
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