What’s happening today
Police said the blaze at an Osborne Village mom-and-pop convenience store was originally treated as suspicious and then became a homicide probe. (Alex Lupul / Winnipeg Free Press)
Honouring slain store owner: A memorial walk to honour Jung Ja Shin, the convenience store owner killed in an arson in the Osborne Village area, is happening tonight. “She was just so happy. Just always had the biggest smile on her face,” an area resident said. “You know that she was just pouring her heart into this store and into this community.” Police are searching for a suspect, seen in security video, in a total of four fires. Malak Abas reports. READ MORE
Federal election
CPConservative Leader Erin O’Toole speaks in Quebec City on Wednesday. (Ryan Remiorz / The Canadian Press)
On campaign trail today: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh will speak on health care in Edmonton. Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole will make an announcement in Nepean, Ont., and take part in two virtual telephone town halls for voters in New Brunswick and Ontario. In Victoria, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will make a Liberal announcement on support for seniors. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Pallister’s popularity: A political studies professor says the shrinking popularity of Premier Brian Pallister might help the federal Liberals in next month’s election, particularly in two ridings. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Taking tests: Winnipeg Conservative MP Raquel Dancho will have to do daily COVID-19 rapid tests until the federal election is nearly over. She has yet to get her second vaccination shot, and her party’s leader said candidates who aren’t fully vaccinated will have to be tested daily. Another Conservative, Ted Falk, is the only Manitoba MP who has refused to say whether he is vaccinated. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of showers and risk of thunderstorms from this afternoon until at least early Friday morning, a high of 26 C, humidex of 34 and peak winds from the northwest at 20 km/h gusting to 40 beginning this afternoon.
In case you missed it
CP(Paul Chiasson / The Canadian Press files)
Making masks mandatory: An increasing number of school divisions are requiring students and staff members to wear masks when classes resume next month. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Hit-and-run driver ID’d: A relative of a senior who was struck and killed by a large truck downtown earlier this month says her family is “relieved” police have identified the driver. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 19, 1966: The Winnipeg Free Press reported FBI agents arrested Canada’s most-wanted fugitive, Georges Lemay, in Las Vegas. He was being sought internationally after a “spectacular” Montreal bank robbery. In London, England, fears grew that a suspect wanted in the deaths of three policemen had laid false clues to elude hundreds of armed officers searching for him.
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