Your forecast
Rain with a risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Expected with a high is 22 C, humidex 25 and UV index 4 or moderate.
What’s happening today
Over 275 tattoo artists will converge at the Red River Exhibition Park this weekend for the Winnipeg Tattoo Convention, a three-day celebration of ink. Artists from around the world will be ready and willing to tattoo patrons at the show. For more information, click here.
The Winnipeg Tattoo Convention (Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Today’s must-read
City officials are calling out disrespectful and “downright dangerous” behaviour by aggressive drivers near road construction sites, following reports the disturbing incidents on streets are on the rise.
“In some cases, people have ignored barricades and driven into active construction sites, coming extremely close to crews doing their jobs. Workers have also been yelled at, called names and blasted with exhaust from diesel truck operators deliberately idling,” a city release states. Joyanne Pursaga has the story.
A large construction site on southbound Pembina at McGillvray slows down and even stops traffic on Thursday. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the (literal) bright side
The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak this weekend, sending bright trails of light streaking across the night sky. With only a sliver of moon in the sky, conditions this year will be ideal for seeing lots of meteors. The Associated Press reports.
A streak appears in the sky during the Perseid meteor shower, near Madrid, in 2016. (Francisco Seco / The Associated Press files)
On this date
On Aug. 11, 1973: The Winnipeg Free Press reported flax prices rose to $12 a bushel for delivery the next July on the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange. Winnipeggers could expect an increase of six to eight per cent in the price of fish in the coming week. In Kitchener, Ont., the price for choice cattle reached a record $65 a hundredweight. In Ottawa, the federal cabinet would meet to discuss rising food prices, said prime minister Pierre Trudeau. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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