Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud. Widespread smoke late this morning and this afternoon. Wind from the west at 20 km/h. High 22 C. Humidex 25. UV index 6 or high.
What’s happening today
Stargazers are in for a shimmering show tonight as the annual Perseid meteor shower is set to reach its peak.
NASA says the fireball shower began last month and the celestial event is expected to peak tonight and tomorrow before ending on Aug. 23. The Canadian Press has more here.
A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky during the Perseid meteor shower in Vinton, Calif., in 2009. (Kevin Clifford / The Associated Press files)
Today’s must-read
The union representing Millennium Library workers says it’s considering taking legal action against the city to more quickly implement safety changes after a man died by suicide at the downtown library last week.
The city’s main library branch was closed from Thursday to Saturday afternoon after a 40-year-old man was found with “significant injuries” Wednesday evening. Medics were called to the scene and he died in hospital. Police described the incident as “non-suspicious” at the time; sources confirmed to the Free Press Monday that the man jumped from the fourth floor.
Gord Delbridge, the president of CUPE Local 500, said the union will be sending letters to Mayor Scott Gillingham, city council and city administration to formally demand planned safety improvements — including a redesign of the facility’s lobby — are expedited. Malak Abas has the story.
A 40-year-old man has died after sources say he jumped from a fourth-floor ledge in the city’s largest library. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press files)
On the bright side
In London, Ont., Krystyna Locke is celebrating turning 63 by paying the parking fees for cancer patients.
The lymphoma cancer survivor knows just how quickly those bills add up after a 20-year journey of hospital visits to London Health Sciences Centre.
That’s why she’s raised more than $3,700 to pay for 250 parking passes today. The Canadian Press has more here.
Krystyna Locke is a lymphoma cancer survivor who is covering the cost of other patients’ parking for her 63rd birthday. (Handout / London Health Sciences Foundation / The Canadian Press)
On this date
On Aug. 12, 1933: The Winnipeg Free Press reported a Manitoba coroner’s jury found an elderly pensioner’s death near Gardenton was the result of a violent assault; police were searching for the perpetrator. Cuban armed forces demanded the resignation within 24 hours of president Gerardo Machado. Several villages along the northern coast of Newfoundland were evacuated as strong winds blew a wall of fire toward the settlements. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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