What’s happening today
Ryan Remiorz – THE CANADIAN PRESSConservative Leader Erin O’Toole reveals his party’s economic recovery plan as he campaigns on Aug. 16, 2021 in Ottawa.
Pandemic poll: A survey released today found the Liberals are the top choice of Canadians to lead an economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Conservatives only two percentage points behind. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is campaigning for the Liberals in Ontario today, and Erin O’Toole is doing the same for the Conservatives. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is campaigning in British Columbia. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Provincial election out east: Nova Scotians are voting in a provincial election. The Liberals have been in power in that province since 2013. READ MORE
‘Amnesty’ in Afghanistan: The Taliban has announced an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government after the chaos in Kabul’s airport in which people were killed trying to leave the country. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Hearing nears end: Defence lawyers are expected to complete their closing arguments in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver today or tomorrow. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a high of 32 C, humidex of 36 and peak winds at 20 km/h from the northeast beginning later this morning.
COVID-19 pandemic
CPAn iPhone screen displays Facebook and Twitter apps. (Evan Vucci / The Associated Press files)
Rural school trustee’s rants: As students are set to return to class in September amid the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a rural Manitoba school trustee has been posting anti-mask and anti-lockdown statements on social media. “I think the population just has to get on with life, go back to living how we did before and just say to hell with it,” Sunrise School Division trustee Karen Insley posted in April. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Coronavirus and kids: Children younger than 10 have made up nearly one-fifth of COVID-19 cases in Manitoba since the end of last month. Dr. Jazz Atwal, Manitoba’s deputy chief public health officer, said the province is aware of other jurisdictions reporting a “tremendous” amount of COVID-19 cases, particularly in children too young to be vaccinated. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Booster shots: Federal health officials in the U.S. are expected to announce as soon as this week that COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are recommended for all Americans eight months after their second dose. READ MORE
‘Pandora’s box’: Other governments could follow the federal decision to require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a University of Manitoba professor says. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 17, 1936: The Winnipeg Free Press reported a 31-year-old man from Boissevain was the second to die within a week from “infantile paralysis,” more commonly known as polio. A triceratops skeleton was found in the Eastend hills in Saskatchewan. The 11th Olympic Games came to an end, but the scoring systems of different countries failed to determine which nation won. It was estimated 4,000,000 spectators watched the main events.
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