Today’s weather
Your forecast: Variable clouds with a chance of showers this morning and a forecast high of 25 C and a low of 13.
What’s happening today
The federal Transport minister will testify before a parliamentary committee about the recent chaos across major Canadian airports and airlines.
Canada’s import ban on restricted handguns kicks in today; with some exceptions, individuals and businesses are no longer able to import restricted handguns into the country.
(Brittainy Newman / The Associated Press files)
Lawyers for R&B star R. Kelly will get an opportunity to cross-examine the prosecution’s star witness today after she testified for four hours on Thursday at Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago. Kelly faces charges that include the production of child pornography.
Today’s must-read
The Winnipeg Police Service’s high-tech EC120B Colibri helicopter has again become a political hot potato as the fall civic election campaign begins to heat up. Critics concerned about police spending and tactics have renewed calls for the chopper to be permanently grounded, but the WPS is again trying to make a case for its effectiveness. Erik Pindera has the story.
The Winnipeg Police Service Air1 helicopter (Joe Bryksa / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On this date
On Aug. 19, 1963: The Winnipeg Free Press reported prime minister Lester Pearson warned residents of Quebec they could be overrun by an “invasion” of American culture and capital if the province were to separate from Canada. In the U.K., experts from Scotland Yard studied 16 sets of fingerprints found at a farm hideout used 11 days earlier by the great train robbery gang, who had made off with $7.8 million in loot. West Germany signed the partial nuclear test-ban treaty. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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