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Mainly sunny, with increasing cloudiness late this morning. Risk of a severe thunderstorm this afternoon. Wind becoming southeast at 20 km/h this morning then increasing to 40 gusting to 60. High 31 C. Humidex 37. UV index 8 or very high.
Residents in a western Manitoba community are reeling from a storm that flooded the town and left some stranded due to washed out roadways.
The municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman declared a state of emergency Monday morning after nearly 150 millimetres of rain fell Sunday night, flooding homes and washing out highways.
Power was out for multiple residents in the community of Minitonas, located about 15 kilometres east of Swan River, the municipality said in a social media post Monday morning. Nicole Buffie has more here.
The municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman declared a state of emergency owing to flooding. (Submitted)
What’s happening today
🚴 Bike Week Winnipeg is piloting new student-friendly pit stops Tuesday as part of its signature event. This year, for the first time, bike-to-work day is also being branded as bike-to-school day. Maggie Macintosh has more here.
Bike Week Winnipeg is supporting seven specific bike-to-school stations for the first time on Tuesday. (Supplied)
📕 Fifteen years after writing The Night Shift: Real Life in the Heart of the E.R., his account of working overnight in the emergency room (ER) at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital, Dr. Brian Goldman is back with a chronicle of what the medical landscape is like today, and launches his new book The Casino Shift. McNally Robinson Booksellers, 1120 Grant Ave., 7 p.m.
Today’s must-read
Winnipeg Transit warns it may earn $18.4 million less from rider fares this year than its budget calls for.
When the city’s 2026 budget was released, Transit estimated it would earn $97 million in fare revenue throughout this year. However, it also listed an “outstanding risk” that fares could fall $11.1 million lower due to a drop in ridership.
A finance update, based on figures up to the end of March, notes that risk has since increased.
“As of the first quarter, Transit is forecasting a reduction in revenues of $18.4 million,” the report notes. Joyanne Pursaga has the story.
(John Woods / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Manitobans are invited to vote on the design for a new licence plate promoting Manitoba’s provincial parks. The new licence plates featuring the chosen design will be made available next year.
The provincial park-themed plate was promised in the Nov. 18 throne speech. Read more here.
One proposed design features a loon. (Supplied)
On this date
On June 9, 1938: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Saskatchewan, voters rejected the Social Credit Party, which won only three seats, and returned the Patterson Liberal government to power with a strong majority; the CCF won 10 seats and the Conservatives none. In Miami, Fla., federal agents found the body of kidnap victim James Bailey Cash, Jr., recovered the $10,000 ransom paid by his father, and arrested a suspect.
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