Your forecast
Mainly cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers. High 24 C. Humidex 27. UV index 6 or high.
What’s happening today
🏈 The Blue Bombers host the Ottawa Redblacks at Princess Auto Stadium for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff.
“There are worse places the Winnipeg Blue Bombers could be than 4-4,” writes Taylor Allen. “But if they want to stay at or above .500, they can’t play anything like they have in their previous two outings, in which they’ve been outscored 87-49. Their latest setback was a 35-19 loss to the B.C. Lions on July 30.” Read the full story here.
Veteran Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros is back under centre after missing the last four games due to a neck injury. (The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
Transcona Coun. Russ Wyatt vowed Thursday to continue doing his job after more criminal charges were laid against him this week, while the mayor called for “better tools” to address elected officials who face serious allegations.
Wyatt, 56, was charged Monday with sexual assault and administering a noxious substance in an October 2023 incident. He was previously charged with sexual assault and administering a noxious substance in March, based on allegations tied to a 2025 gathering.
On Thursday, Wyatt arrived at city hall and quickly walked to his office at 10:20 a.m., nearly an hour after the East Kildonan-Transcona community committee meeting he planned to attend was scheduled to begin.
Wyatt said he would “absolutely” continue to do his job as a councillor, though he did not provide a clear reason for his late arrival. Joyanne Pursaga has the story.
Councillor Russ Wyatt walks into City Hall on Thursday. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On the bright side
Celebrated Winnipeg chef Emily Butcher has another feather to add to her toque.
The executive chef and owner of Nola and Bar Accanto in St. Boniface has received the Culinary Award of Excellence from Restaurants Canada, a national foodservice advocacy organization.
The award recognizes culinary professionals with notable creativity, skill and dedication in the kitchen. The winners were nominated by industry peers and selected by a panel of judges. Eva Wasney has more here.
Emily Butcher is the executive chef/owner at Nola and Bar Accanto in St. Boniface. (John Woods / Free Press files)
On this date
On Aug. 14, 1976: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Ottawa the 117,000 members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada said they would not support the Oct. 14 national day of protest called for by the Canadian Labor Congress to protest the federal anti-inflation program of selective wage and price controls. A Winnipeg man survived falling over the Kakebeka Falls near Thunder Bay, a 154-foot drop to the waters below, suffering only a cracked heelbone and wrist and some torn ligaments.
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