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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSRCMP assistant commissioner Jane MacLatchy: ‘To be clear, we are not ending this search.’
Manhunt scales down: After an intensive week-long search in the wilderness without finding fugitives Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky, the military is pulling out and the RCMP are scaling back their effort. Caitlyn Gowriluk reports. READ MORE
Stores to pull plastic: Safeway and FreshCo grocery stores in Manitoba will ditch plastic bags for paper bags, the stores’ parent company, Sobeys, announced on Wednesday. About 160 million plastic bags are distributed in Manitoba every year. Maggie Mcintosh reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: It’s expected to be hot and muggy today, with a high of 29 C and a humidex of 34, or very high. There is 30 per cent chance of showers in the evening with risk of a thunderstorm.
What’s happening today
Bombers vs Argos: Can the Winnipeg Blue Bombers bounce back from last week’s lacklustre loss against the Ottawa Redblacks? The chances are good, considering the opponent in tonight’s gridiron clash are the hapless Toronto Argonauts, who are suffering through a 0-6 record so far this season. Mike Sawatzky sets up the game. READ MORE
In case you missed it
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSColleen Bytheway holds a picture of her late father, Jack Stewart, outside the Grace Hospital on Wednesday. Stewart died Oct. 12, 2018.
Hospital mistreatment alleged: A former nurse and manager at Grace Hospital is calling out her former employer for the way her father was mistreated in the hospital before his death. He was found crawling and calling for help, and another time was allegedly assaulted in his room by a fellow patient. Tessa Vanderhart reports. READ MORE
Accused priest dies: Catholic priest Ron Leger, who founded a teen drop-in centre known as Ron’s Drop-In, died Tuesday before he was to go on trial on charges of sexually assaulting boys. One of his victims spoke to the Free Press about his complex feelings towards the man he says began assaulting him when he was 13 years old. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Indigenous eatery: First Nations fare is on the menu at Feast Café Bistro, which is located in the former Ellice Café and Theatre building. “You get a sense of identity and self-worth and pride,” said Christa Bruneau-Guenther, the head chef who is a member of Peguis First Nation. Eva Wasney goes into the kitchen to interview the chef. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 1, 1944: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Canadian troops of the British 2nd Army opened a new attack at the eastern end of the swaying Normandy front. Russian and Polish troops attacked Praga, industrial suburb of Warsaw. German forces established a strong line of defence near Florence, Italy. In France, a French Resistance patrol cooperated with a Canadian Army unit to reduce a German strongpoint in the Caen suburb of Vaucelles to rubble, permitting Canadians to take the town. READ MORE
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