What’s happening today
CPDiversity and Inclusion and Youth Minister Bardish Chagger
Cabinet ministers face questions: Youth Minister Bardish Chagger, Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough and the country’s top public servant, Ian Shugart, will be grilled about the WE Charity when they appear before the House of Commons ethics committee. Chagger was the minister responsible for a student grant program that has been abandoned amid controversy. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
More arrests in slaying: The RCMP are holding a news conference at noon about two more people being charged in the killing of Gerhard Reimer-Wiebe. His body was dumped in Portage la Prairie after he was killed in Winnipeg, the RCMP said previously. Two Winnipeg men were charged in late July. READ MORE
Sweet 16: The NHL’s traditional 16-team Stanley Cup playoffs begin with a couple of non-traditional weekday afternoon games. Mike McIntyre, who was one-for-eight in predicting the qualifying round series, has his latest set of picks. READ MORE
No sure thing for ‘Squad’ member: Rep. Ilhan Omar, a member of “the Squad” of four progressive women lawmakers and one of the first two Muslim women elected to the U.S. Congress, is facing a tough challenge in Minnesota’s Democratic primary. Five states — Connecticut, Georgia, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin — are holding nominating contests today. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Team’s temporary home: The Toronto Blue Jays will play their first game at their 2020 home in Buffalo. Unable to play in Canada, the Jays played home games on the road while their triple-A affiliate’s park was upgraded to major league standards. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 28 C and wind from the west at 20 km/h gusting to 40 beginning later this morning.
COVID-19 crisis
Alexei Nikolsky / Sputnik /Kremlin Pool Photo / The Associated PressRussian President Vladimir Putin attends a cabinet meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Putin says that a coronavirus vaccine developed in the country has been registered for use and one of his daughters has already been inoculated. Speaking at a government meeting Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, Putin said that the vaccine has proven efficient during tests, offering a lasting immunity from the coronavirus. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russia’s virus vaccine: Russia has become the first country to clear a COVID-19 vaccine for use, and President Vladimir Putin said one of his daughters has been inoculated. Scientists have expressed skepticism about the vaccine being used before Phase 3 trials. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
New cases in New Zealand: New Zealand announced there are four cases of the coronavirus in one Auckland household, the first reported cases of local transmission in the country in 102 days. It’s not known how the four people contracted the virus. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 11, 1977: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the owners of 6,200 acres of land in suburban Winnipeg stood to reap a $200-million profit on their investment if the city did not soon impose a speculation tax, according to a provincial inquiry into land costs. The solicitor general’s department said it had no jurisdiction over the RCMP in the case of an incident in Manitoba in which Mounties fired on a van driven by three emotionally disturbed youths, because in this case the RCMP were acting in their role as provincial police. In New York City, police arrested David Berkowitz, whom they said was notorious killer Son of Sam, who had terrorized the city for more than a year.
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