Your forecast
Mainly cloudy, with a 30 per cent chance of showers this afternoon.Widespread smoke this morning. Wind becoming north at 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 26 C, Humidex 32, UV index 6 or high.
What’s happening today
It’s Manitoba Social Night at Blue Cross Park, starting at 6 p.m., with the Goldeyes hosting the Sioux City Explorers, starting at 7 p.m.
Today’s must-read
Manitoba has announced a ban on cellphones in elementary schools and strict rules to silence devices and keep them out of sight during Grade 9-12 lessons next month.
Kindergarten to Grade 8 students will be barred from using phones at any point in the school day, including during lunch and recess.
High schoolers will be asked to leave their phones in their locker, with a teacher or at the principal’s office when classes are in session. Maggie Macintosh has the story.
Education Minister Nello Altomare shows new school signage related to the cellphone ban in his office at the Manitoba Legislative Building. (Mikaela MacKenzie)
On the bright side
The first of four supermoons this year rises next week, providing tantalizing views of Earth’s constant companion.
Stargazers can catch the first act Monday as the full moon inches a little closer than usual, making it appear slightly bigger and brighter in the night sky.
August’s supermoon kicks off a string of lunar spectacles. September’s supermoon will coincide with a partial lunar eclipse. October’s will be the year’s closest approach, and November’s will round out the year. The Associated Press reports.
The moon rises through clouds over lower Manhattan in 2023, during a supermoon period. (Seth Wenig / The Associated Press files)
On this date
On Aug. 16, 1974: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Cyprus, the Cypriot government fled Nicosia as Turkish troops advanced, having already taken Famagusta, which, according to foreign correspondents, was essentially a ghost town. In Winnipeg, a 60,000-square-foot covered park was to be built next to the Convention Centre in connection with a large parking garage planned by the provincial government. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
Get the full story: Read today’s e-edition of the Free Press.
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