Your forecast
A few showers this morning, amount 10 to 20 mm. Wind becoming northeast at 20 km/h this afternoon. High 22 C, Humidex 27, UV index 3 or moderate.
What’s happening today
Mary Poppins: The Broadway Musical is on now at Rainbow Stage until Sept. 11. Ben Waldman has a preview here.
Soprano Colleen Furlan plays Mary Poppins. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press )
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Today’s must-read
If it seems there’s more occasions to plop yourself down to have a cool one or enjoy some tapas in the sunshine on an outdoor restaurant patio, it may be because getting a patio permit in Winnipeg has become ridiculously easy.
When it comes to the expeditious issuance of permits related to buildings and building expansions, Winnipeg doesn’t often win accolades from groups like the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
But according to a recent CFIB survey, Winnipeg is now the undisputed Canadian champion of patio permitting. Martin Cash has the story.
(Phil Hossack / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Winnipegger Elise Watchorn uncovered an 83-million-year-old shark tooth during a dig near Miami, Man. this summer. The tooth belonged to a type of shark never before found in Manitoba, making the discovery scientifically significant for paleontologists across Canada.
You can see the ancient tooth for yourself under a microscope at Morden’s Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, and read more here.
An 83-million-year-old shark tooth, discovered near Miami, MB, is the first of its kind found in province. (Supplied)
On this date
On Aug. 15, 1964: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Thompson, the prairie region supervisor for the United Steelworkers of America said that the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers was behind the trouble and mob scenes in town prior to the official announcement of the strike earlier in the week. In Winnipeg outside the Labour Temple, 50 members of various unions with offices in the building refused to cross a picket line made up of members of Local 342, Office Employees International Union, walking in support of Faith Smith, who voted to strike against the Carpenters’ Union. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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