Today’s weather
Your forecast: Mainly cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers this morning, with a risk of a thunderstorm. High is expected to be 28 C, with a Humidex of 33, and UV index 6 or high.
What’s happening today
In Afghanistan, the Taliban marks one year since it seized the capital of Kabul following the departure of U.S. forces, which spurred the Western-backed Afghan government leaders to flee. The Associated Press reports.
Taliban fighters hold their flag as they celebrate one year since they seized the Afghan capital, Kabul, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. The Taliban marked the first-year anniversary of their takeover after the country’s western-backed government fled and the Afghan military crumbled in the face of the insurgents’ advance. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Today’s must-read
Following a report last week that revealed a plot to kill Free Press reporter Ryan Thorpe after he exposed a Canadian Armed Forces reservist as a recruiter for a neo-Nazi group, the Canadian Association of Journalists is pressing for answers about what the RCMP knew about the plot and what actions police took. Tyler Searle reports.
Members of the Base, a neo-Nazi paramilitary group, had planned to kill Free Press reporter Ryan Thorpe, but the plan was never carried out. (Handout / United States District Court for the District of Maryland)
On this date
On Aug. 15, 1923: The Manitoba Free Press reported that although rescue parties had succeeded in bringing out 34 men trapped after an explosion in a mine in Kemmerly, Wyo., it was feared the remaining 104 men had perished. Directors of the United Farmers of Manitoba were to meet in Winnipeg to advance plans for the organization of a wheat pool. William Meighen, brother of former prime minister Arthur Meighen, succeeded Col. H.W. Cooper as warden of Stony Mountain Penitentiary. Search our archives for more here.
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