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Mainly sunny, with increasing cloudiness this afternoon. Wind becoming northwest at 20 km/h early this afternoon. High 24 C. Humidex 27. UV index 7 or high.
What’s happening today
🌍 Folklorama’s 55th festival continues into its second week with a new rotation of pavilions.
One performer (right) kicks while another ducks during a high-energy show at the Brazilian pavilion at the convention centre on Sunday. (John Woods / Free Press)
Today’s must-read
A high school hockey player who was found to have been involved in sexualized hazing of rookie teammates lost his suspension appeal.
The youth player was barred from Hockey Canada-sanctioned activities. He was handed the four-year and nine-month suspension from sanctioned hockey after an interim ban issued in March 2024.
He appealed his suspension late last year to the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada, an independent conflict tribunal, but the centre upheld the youth’s suspension, according to a written decision issued earlier this year.
An independent investigator who probed the hockey player’s actions described the youth as a veteran player who both participated in and co-ordinated the “assigning” of rookie team members to veteran players to perform tasks for them. He himself was “assigned” a rookie, the decision said. Read the full story here.
(John Woods / Free Press files)
On the bright side
From Brenda Stamm’s perspective, every person has a higher calling. “The way I look at it, you have a purpose in life. You have to give back and that’s what I try to do,” she says.
Stamm, 68, has been volunteering with the Canadian Cancer Society and other cancer-related charities for more than 20 years.
She is familiar face at fundraising events, community campaigns and the breast cancer fundraiser, CIBC Run for the Cure. She helps organize fundraising efforts, collects donations and recruits as well as “coaches” volunteers on how best to raise funds. AV Kitching has more here.
Winnipeg volunteer Brenda Stamm has spent two decades helping people affected by cancer. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On this date
On Aug. 10, 1936: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the S.S. Firby was the first trans-Atlantic steamer to arrive in Churchill for the season. Forestry officials said dry weather and high winds were contributing to difficult conditions for fires in Manitoba. In Alaska, a pile of charred bones and broken airplane pieces were located on the side of a barren mountain, ending a year-long mystery for the plane’s pilot and three passengers.
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