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Carney plays well on the road

Bankers are detail-oriented, pragmatic types. They seek to maximize assets incrementally, without taking big swings or big risks.

Bankers who run central banks — controlling the monetary policy of nations and states — must also think strategically and geopolitically, taking care of the details of national monetary policy, protecting assets and minimizing risk while also positioning and protecting their nations in a global economy fraught with financial and political pitfalls.

Given that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has been head of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, it should be no surprise that, since he entered the political realm and became prime minister in 2025, he has governed like a careful national banker — the sort who raises or lowers interest rates a quarter-point at a time while carefully plotting a course through choppy geopolitical seas.

Domestically, Carney’s economic policies have focused on realizing the value of Canada’s assets in a post-COVID, inflationary global economy disrupted by the trade chaos of U.S. President Donald Trump, the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran and Russia’s continuing war with Ukraine.

First-aid volunteers treat folk fest attendees suffering from heat

Shade was at a premium at Birds Hill Provincial Park over the weekend as Winnipeg Folk Festival goers tried to keep cool during an extreme heat wave.

Heat warnings were issued across southern Manitoba and temperatures peaked at 35 C Sunday afternoon.

First-aid volunteers were seen administering cold compresses to several overheated attendees. STARS air ambulance responded to a medical call at the park on Saturday night, but did not transport the patient to hospital. By Sunday at noon, EMS had been called to the festival nine times.

“This is not an unusual number of calls for us or other events of our size,” festival executive director Valerie Shantz said.

Banned drunk driver in crash charged with getting behind wheel again

A Winnipeg man who served time for drunkenly slamming a minivan into an off-duty police officer riding a motorcycle in 2023 is accused of getting behind the wheel, despite court orders.

Braedon Lee Gordon, 25, is charged with one count of driving while prohibited for an incident on March 2. His next court date is later this month.

Dan Léveillé, a veteran Winnipeg Police Service constable who was left with life-altering injuries in the June 14, 2023, collision, said he was not surprised to learn of the new charge.

“This is just another one of those stories, where a habitual, repeat offender is charged for the same offence. After having served time, his behaviour continues,” said Léveillé.

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U of W falls back on tuition hikes amid budget crunch

The University of Winnipeg has joined other public post-secondary institutions across the province in hiking tuition rates by four per cent — as high as possible — for the fall.

Domestic fees are increasing by more annually in 2026-27 than they have in eight years in Manitoba.

International rates, which are unregulated and roughly four times those paid by their Canadian peers, are rising even higher.

U of W’s board of regents approved a $180.7-million budget on June 22 that increases costs in undergraduate and graduate programs and phases out “low rate” courses on the downtown campus.