Your forecast
Sunny, becoming a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon. Wind becoming west at 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 23 C. Humidex 25. UV index 7 or high.
What’s happening today
A new 4K restoration of Winnipeg-raised director David Secter’s 1965 debut feature Winter Kept Us Warm opens tonight at the Dave Barber Cinematheque and runs until Aug. 20. Shot on campus against the wishes of the conservative establishment with an assist from student actors at the University of Toronto and photo school instructors from the former Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, the film has been cited as an inspiration by David Cronenberg, who has called the film “a shattering revelation.” For tickets and showtimes, click here.
Winter Kept Us Warm is screening six times at Cinematheque. (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
Manitoba’s first targeted U.S. campaign to attract American board-certified nurses has led to three new hires, nine currently working toward being licensed and 29 additional expressions of interest.
“We’re glad to see that interest, but this is just one tool in our recruitment toolbox,” Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said in a statement. “Our priority remains the one-on-one relationship-building that’s proven to get results and keep people here for the long term.”
If the province wants to attract more nurses, it needs to get its largest hospital removed from the “grey list” alerting nurses that it’s an unsafe place to work, says the head of their union. Carol Sanders has the story.
Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Neepawa is home to one of Canada’s only remaining public-access television stations. Prior estimates that there are fewer than 30 left in Canada.
Launching in 1983, during public-access TV’s heyday, NAC-TV has a small studio and control room in which a tight-knit team of staff, volunteers and summer students dart back and forth.
Part civic forum, part variety show, its programming blends local political news with charming homegrown fare — scavenger hunts, Filipino heritage events, high school sports and graduation ceremonies. Conrad Sweatman has the story.
Neepawa’s Community Access Television Station (NACTV) NACTV Manager Ken Waddell, left, and Eoin Devereux, journalist, in discussion on their show that discusses news and issues from the Neepawa Banner and Press. (Cheryl Hnatiuk / Free Press)
On this date
On Aug. 15, 1963: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in London, police had arrested four suspects and seized a large sum of money (equivalent to $300,000), apparently cracking Britain’s great train robbery. The Soviet Union and China revealed the source of their acrid dispute over the nuclear test ban treaty: the U.S.S.R.’s refusal in 1959 to give China nuclear weapons. Prairie farmers expecrted a bumper crop, exceeding even that of 1952, a Free Press survey indicated. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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