Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud, with a 30 percent chance of showers. Wind from the west at 20 km/h increasing to 40 gusting to 60 this morning. High 17 C. UV index 7 or high.
What’s happening today
Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Paris, where he is set to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of the G7 summit next week.
A government official who briefed reporters ahead of the trip framed the meeting as Canada passing the G7 presidency baton to France and said the leaders will likely discuss how to advance a strategic partnership between the two countries. The Canadian Press reports.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron in May. (Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
A city councillor is renewing efforts to identify potential locations for designated encampment sites following an Ontario court decision that could impact how homeless people are relocated in Winnipeg.
The motion, introduced by Coun. Cindy Gilroy is scheduled to go before the executive policy committee next week. It calls on the public service to examine multiple locations across Winnipeg that could be considered suitable to host encampments.
Speaking to the Free Press on Thursday, Gilroy said a recent court decision in southern Ontario has renewed the case for designated encampment sites in Winnipeg. Last month, a judge barred the Region of Waterloo from clearing an encampment in Kitchener, Ont., unless alternative housing options were made available to those living there. Scott Billeck has the story.
An encampment along the Assiniboine River near the end of Spence Street in May. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press files)
On this date
On June 12, 1968: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in France, a 49-year-old woman died from injuries received in bloody fighting between police and striking workers at the Peugeot auto factory in Sochaux. In Winnipeg, Old Kildonan was chosen as the site for a new multimillion-dollar hospital.
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