Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud, with a 30 per cent chance of showers this morning. A heat warning is in effect for Winnipeg. Wind from the south at 30 km/h gusting to 50. High 34 C. UV index 8 or very high.
Here are some tips on how to stay cool as temperatures rise.
A man uses a hydration station provided by the City of Winnipeg to cool himself down Sunday afternoon. (Mike Sudoma / Free Press)
What’s happening today
Eighteen of Winnipeg’s best mixologists and bartenders will face off at WAG-Qaumajuq tonight at the In Good Spirits cocktail competition. The third annual competition closes MB Somm Week, which features all manner of tastings and workshops put on by the Manitoba chapter of the Canadian Association for Professional Sommeliers (CAPS Manitoba). WAG-Qaumajuq, 300 Memorial Blvd., 6:30-9:30 p.m. Tickets: $70 here.
Mixologists and bartenders will create concoctions at the In Good Spirits cocktail competition Monday. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press files)
Today’s must-read
After yet another fire at the former Vulcan Iron Works site, owner Sheldon Blank says he’s uncertain about his next steps — but if a buyer came forward, he’d sell immediately.
Blank said Sunday the North Point Douglas property, long listed for sale, has been a burden for years. It’s become impossible to insure and has been repeatedly hit by fires. “The punishment I’ve taken is enormous,” Blank said. “It’s beyond belief.”
Blank, who has owned the property since the 1970s, said he wasn’t notified about the most recent fire and only learned of it when he turned on his computer and saw a photo of his building. At first, he thought it was an old image, but the fire had just happened. Scott Billeck has the story.
The site of the former Vulcan Iron Works foundry at Sutherland Avenue and Maple Street North. (Mike Sudoma / Free Press)
On the bright side
Barkley Engel believes organizations that help people living with mental illness need to work together. That’s why he’s involved for both his work and volunteer commitments.
Engel is the founder and CEO of Turning Leaf Support Services, a non-profit that provides crisis and treatment services to people living with mental illness and intellectual challenges. He also volunteers at the Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba, a self-help organization dedicated to supporting, educating and advocating for those with mental illnesses. Aaron Epp has more here.
Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba director Barkley Engel and executive director Rita Chahal are looking forward to the association’s Minds in Bloom fundraising event on Thursday. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On this date
On May 12, 1923: The Manitoba Free Press reported in Ottawa, the finance minister presented his 17th budget, noting the burden of debt remaining from the First World War but arguing the current economic depression would be only temporary. The minister also announced steps he hoped would lead to trade reciprocity with the United States and the lowering of U.S. tariffs. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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