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Former MP and Winnipeg police officer Shelly Glover plans to enter the race to replace Premier Brian Pallister as leader of the provincial conservative party. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES/Sean Kilpatrick
Glover to seek Tory leadership: Former MP Shelly Glover says she plans to enter the race to replace Brian Pallister as Progressive Conservative leader and Manitoba’s premier. She wants the party to delay the race so more candidates can run. Tom Brodbeck reports. READ MORE
New policy for MLAs: The only two members of the Manitoba legislature who are unvaccinated — both Tories — will have to be inoculated or take regular testing to sit in the legislature this fall, a letter from the premier obtained by the Free Press states. The letter to the NDP and Liberal house leaders asks them to extend Pallister’s policy to their MLAs and legislature staff members. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
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Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud for much of the day, with a 30 per cent chance of showers until later this morning, fog patches dissipating this morning, a high of 18 C and wind from the northwest at 10 km/h increasing to 20 km/h.
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ALEX LUPUL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSDeb Kelley, shelter co-ordinator for the Manitoba Ferret Association No Kill Shelter, with Bear.
Ferret shelter fears change: The Manitoba Ferret Association’s no-kill shelter says a proposed change to the city’s pet bylaw could put its network of foster homes at risk. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Duterte confirms VP bid: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he will run for vice-president next year to “continue the crusade,” in what critics call an end-run around a term limit. The country’s constitution limits presidents to one six-year term. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Accused arsonist: A man charged with manslaughter for the fire that killed store owner Jung Ja Shin previously said at a sentencing hearing for trying to break into a bank machine that if he didn’t change his lifestyle, “I’ll either be dead or in jail for a long period of time, and I don’t want to do either of these.” Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Traffic nearly normal: Traffic plummeted by 40 per cent on the streets of Winnipeg in April 2020, in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, but has recently hovered around normal levels. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 25, 1937: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Japanese troops forced the Chinese to go on the defensive in Shanghai and in north China. Transcona police and the RCMP were stymied in their efforts to identify a man killed in a two-vehicle collision between Fannystell and Culross. Alberta passed a law proclaiming a moratorium to prevent corporations from collecting debts.
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