What’s happening today
Kurtis Callander races in the chariot event at the Manitoba Stampede in 2019. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Set for stampede: Yee haw! The Manitoba Stampede begins in Morris. READ MORE
Friday night football: The Blue Bombers face the Elks in Edmonton at 8 p.m. CT. Jeff Hamilton has five storylines to keep an eye on. READ MORE
Fire fallout continues: The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, whose box office phone lines are down because of a fire in the concourse below the Richardson Building on Sunday night, says the building’s property managers have told the WSO they hope to have the electrical system working by noon. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Buzzy campaign: Residents of Komarno — the Interlake community whose name means “mosquito-infested” and is home to a giant mosquito statue — will celebrate their claim to fame by participating in a promotional video today as part of a marketing campaign by a company that makes repellent. Tyler Searle reports. READ MORE
Genocide ruling: The United Nations’ highest court will rule on whether to proceed with a landmark case that accuses Myanmar’s leaders of genocide against the Rohingya minority. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
City of Winnipeg worker Nobi Qasi hoses down the walkway along the Assiniboine River west of The Forks. High water levels and repeated rainfall have made it difficult for cleanup crews this summer. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a high of 27 C, humidex of 28 and peak winds from the northwest at 20 km/h gusting to 40 beginning later this morning. Showers beginning at about midnight Saturday, with risk of a thunderstorm in the early morning.
In case you missed it
Police commandos stand guard at a barricade outside the president’s office in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Eranga Jayawardena / The Associated Press)
New PM for Sri Lanka: An ally of ousted Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been appointed prime minister, shortly after the army and police forcefully cleared a protest site occupied for months by demonstrators angry about the country’s economic collapse. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Singer set to join walk of fame: Deborah Cox, the singer best known for her 1990s R&B hits, will be among the names joining Canada’s Walk of Fame this year. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On July 22, 1969: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the crew of the Apollo 11 mission were headed back to Earth; Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, the first humans to set foot on the moon, rejoined Michael Collins in the lunar orbiting craft. The U.S. eased some travel and trade restrictions with China. In B.C., Social Credit premier W.A.C. Bennett sought a seventh mandate for his party, which had held power since 1952. READ MORE
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