Today’s weather
Your forecast: Chance of showers this morning with a risk of thunderstorms. Expected high today is 21 C with a low of 17.
What’s happening today
Allen Weisselberg, CFO for the Trump Organization, is expected to plead guilty in court today to tax violations stemming from $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation. This could mean Weisselberg will serve as a witness when the Trump Organization goes on trial in October on related charges.
Today’s must-read
A group of nearly 30 experienced, but currently unlicensed, nurses has been lobbying the provincial government to fast-track their return to the workforce. The former nurses who want to go back to work are calling out regulatory red tape that’s in their way, even as hospitals across the province struggle to fill nursing shifts. Katie May has the story.
Kendra Haight said she’d ‘for sure’ take nursing shifts if she didn’t have to spend the time and money to re-register through the college. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Aug. 18, 1953: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that city council gave the green light to a $10-million project that would see the creation of a business/shopping district in south Winnipeg, on 58 acres of city-owned land west of Pembina Highway, bounded by Frederic Avenue, Wilton and Nathaniel streets, and the Grand Trunk Railway right-of-way. Starting in 1954, Transcona residents placing calls to Winnipeg would no longer be subject to a five-cent toll. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
Get the full story: Read today’s e-edition of the Free Press.
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