COVID-19 crisis
Matt Goerzen / The Brandon SunPremier Brian Pallister takes questions from reporters in Brandon on Wednesday afternoon.
Pandemic school plan: Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen and chief public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin will hold a news conference today to update Manitobans on the province’s plans to reopen public schools. “I think there is much detail about our plan that needs to be shared,” Premier Brian Pallister said Wednesday. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Pandemic poll: A new poll found Manitoba has the highest proportion of people who say their province must be subject to tighter pandemic restrictions. Manitoba also has the second-highest rate of people who think their premier is doing a bad job at handling the pandemic, behind Alberta. READ MORE
Ventilation and the virus: Schools will follow new pandemic protocols next month, but there has been little discussion about ventilation. Some classrooms don’t have working windows, and the Winnipeg School Division’s latest building systems assessment states the mechanical equipment for more than 300 air-handling units is in “poor to fair condition.” Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Minor hockey moves forward: Hockey Manitoba said Wednesday it has received approval from the provincial government for Phase 2 of its return-to-play plan. Sanctioned programs are allowed to begin Sept. 1, with safety protocols. Mike Sawatzky reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Increasing cloudiness with a low likelihood of rain this morning and a 60 per cent chance of showers or thunderstorms this afternoon, a high of 25 C and a humidex high of 32, and wind from the southeast at 20 km/h decreasing to 15 km/h early this afternoon.
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Krista SummersKrista Summers decided to raise and release monarch butterflies herself because she saw that some were getting attacked by other bugs.
Birthing butterflies: Krista Summers has turned her front porch into a safe space for endangered monarch butterflies to grow. Kellen Taniguchi reports. READ MORE
‘Built around speed’: Defenceman Josh Morrissey, the final skater to speak with journalists this week as the Jets move on after another short post-season, says he doesn’t think the team was too soft to succeed. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 13, 1997: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Winnipeg police planned to crack down on the summer crime wave targeting the elderly, after three more seniors’ dwellings were hit by thieves, bringing the total to 20 within the last three days and 214 since June 15. Manitoba was starting to harvest thousands of dollars in taxes from people who ordered tobacco from an Ontario mail-order company. Cooking staff in Brandon prepared food for 2,100 as the city hosted the Canada Games.
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