What’s happening today
(Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press files)
COVID-19 crisis: The Manitoba government is scheduled to release the latest numbers in terms of the COVID-19 pandemic. Three cases of Delta Plus, a new mutation of the variant, have been confirmed in Manitoba. Katie May reports. READ MORE
They built it: Iowa will host its first Major League Baseball game when the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees play at a temporary venue next to the tourist attraction where the 1989 movie Field of Dreams was filmed. READ MORE
Taliban claims another capital: The Taliban captured another provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, the 10th the extremists have taken in a weeklong sweep across Afghanistan as the U.S. prepares to remove the last of its troops. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Fogging set to start: Fogging to reduce the number of mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus will begin in Portage la Prairie and Ste. Anne tonight, weather permitting. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a mix of sun and cloud beginning later this morning, and a high of 20 C. Wind from the west at 20 km/h and gusting to 40, increasing to 40 km/h and gusting to 60 later this morning.
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Nathan Lasuik is arrested by RCMP at James Richardson International Airport August 1, 2019.
‘Very disturbing’: Mounties have notified the province’s police watchdog unit of an arrest at Winnipeg’s airport in which an officer knelt on the neck of a suspect after the Free Press brought the 2019 incident to light. “I found the video very disturbing,” Manitoba RCMP assistant commissioner Jane MacLatchy said in a statement. “Hearing a man clearly informing police officers that he cannot breathe is all too present in our collective consciousness.” Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Mennonite paper battles myths: The editor of a German-language newspaper that serves conservative Mennonites in North America and countries in South and Central America says he won’t stop advocating for COVID-19 vaccinations despite opposition and some cancelled subscriptions. John Longhurst reports. READ MORE
Fires last night: Crews battled fires in a townhouse complex on Smithurst Street and in an industrial building on Speers Road last night. READ MORE
Railway won’t run: The Prairie Dog Central Railway, which hasn’t operated since 2019 because of the pandemic, has put the brakes on this season and will wait till 2022 to go full steam ahead. Julia-Simone Rutgers reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 12, 1943: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that British prime minister Winston Churchill and his daughter, Mary, visited Niagara Falls, N.Y. Potato and tomato growers were being warned to keep an eye out for the same blight that caused Ireland’s great potato famine after it was found in two gardens in the Deer Lodge suburb of Winnipeg. It was believed the Canadian Army was revising its plans to prepare for an “all-out assault” on German-held Europe, with the intention of ending the war that year.
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