Today’s weather
Your forecast: A few showers beginning early this morning and ending near noon, clearing this afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm this morning. Wind coming southwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50. The high is 28 C and the UV index is 7.
What’s happening today
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs will hold a non-confidence vote on Grand Chief Arlen Dumas, who was suspended after a probe into allegations of sexual misconduct.
All Manitoba children who are between six months and four years old are eligible to receive Moderna’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine as of today.
Manitoba RCMP and provincial Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen will hold a news conference on having developed a specialized task force to address escalating violent crime in some rural communities.
Assiniboine Park’s weekly summer movie night returns to the Lyric Theatre tonight.
Today’s must-read
A woman is speaking out after she says she was roofied at a downtown venue.
Sherry Mckay attended a show at a downtown Winnipeg venue with her cousin Friday, and had two drinks. During the night, a man appeared to pick up her cousin’s drink (a can) by accident, brushing past Mckay’s open cup in the process.
“I could barely talk. And I couldn’t move, I couldn’t move my arms and I couldn’t even open my eyes,” Mckay, 40, told the Free Press on Thursday.
Sherry Mckay believes she was roofied at a downtown venue on Friday. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Aug. 5, 1941: The Winnipeg Free Press reported local apiarists were downtown, smearing honey on a safety post at Portage Avenue and Edmonton Street to try to capture a swarm of bees. The milk control board of Manitoba banned special deliveries of products from the greater Winnipeg area in an effort to save gasoline. Canada would supply between 400 and 500 Hurricane fighter planes for the defence of China, the Netherlands, East Indies and possibly the Soviet Union. The German High Command claimed it broke through military lines in Ukraine in an attempt to isolate Kyiv. Search our archives for more here.
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