Your forecast
Cloudy and misty with a chance of drizzle this morning, clearing this afternoon. High of 24 C.
What’s happening today
Learn how to roll lumpia, enjoy live entertainment and network with Winnipeg creatives at this year’s Kultivation Festival, which starts today and continues until Aug. 24. The annual Filipino cultural festival returns Monday for a week of food, entertainment and community building. Founded by a group of local Filipino entrepreneurs, the city-wide summer event is now in its fourth year. For more information, click here.
Allan Pineda is a co-founder of the annual Kultivation Festival. (Mike Thiessen / Free Press files)
Today’s must-reads
A fire-paramedic station in St. Vital has been temporarily closed as the city completes a roadwork project in the area. The closure has stoked concerns about further delays to south Winnipeg’s fire response times, which are already dangerously slow, United Firefighters of Winnipeg president Nick Kasper said. Tyler Searle reports.
Manitoba’s largest school division is preparing to welcome a record number of international students — about 185 — in a couple of weeks as Winnipeg remains a desirable destination for kindergarten to Grade 12 students from Spain, Germany, Italy, Brazil and Vietnam, in particular. Maggie Macintosh reports.
On the bright side
Paige Bouchard and Corrie Purvis are among the dedicated volunteers at Marathon of Sport, Motionball Winnipeg’s flagship fundraiser. The Winnipeg event has raised more than $1.2 million for Special Olympics since 2012. Purvis recalled the first time she saw her son Ben, a Special Olympics athlete, compete in the event.
“It was such an amazing, beautiful thing to watch,” Purvis says. “The inclusion, the fun — truly that’s what draws me back.”
This year’s Marathon of Sport takes place at Dakota Community Centre in St. Vital on Sept. 13. There are still opportunities to get involved. Aaron Epp has the story.
Corrie Purvis (left) and Paige Bouchard volunteer their time with the Winnipeg chapter of Motionball. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On this date
On Aug. 18, 1924: The Manitoba Free Press reported in Markham, Ont., prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King said there would not be a federal election in the fall. In Winnipeg, the St. Charles Country Club defeated the Minikahda Club of Minneapolis in the annual inter-club golf contest. Prominent Winnipeg financier and president of the Scott Fruit Company, Robert R. Scott, died of a sudden seizure at the age of 65. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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