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Seniors evicted: A group of seniors living in Manitoba Housing in Gilbert Park say they’re being unfairly forced out of the community they’ve lived in for much of their lives. Bev Forbes, 67, said: “We don’t cause problems. So what the heck? Leave us be. How many years, in reality, do we have left to live?” Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: People visiting for the Canada Summer Games might be confused by the dramatic change in temperature but here in Winnipeg we have a saying: if you don’t like the weather, wait a few hours and it’ll change. The sweltering heat of earlier this week has vanished and today’s high will be only 21 C with an overnight low of 12. Forget the sunscreen, grab a jacket.
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BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPremier Brian Pallister
Calling from Costa Rica: Remember when Premier Brian Pallister told media he stays in regular contact with his office during his frequent and lengthy vacations at his Costa Rica getaway? Research reported on Tuesday shows that, during one 30-day period away, he made only two telephone calls with his staff. READ MORE
Omnitrax tight-lipped: Omnitrax is refusing to explain what grounds it has to turn its back on a 2008 contract that provided millions of taxpayer dollars in exchange for keeping its rail line running to Churchill. On Monday, the company said it no longer felt an obligation to follow the agreement because of the May 23 flooding that damaged the line, as well as government changes to how the town’s port is used. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
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JUSTIN SAMANSKI-LANGILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSFederal Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Singh Bains speaks with the Free Press in the media office of the Manitoba Legislature Building Tuesday.
Aerospace funding: Federal Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains will be at Red River College this morning to announce $10 million in funding that will be used to create advanced lab and learning spaces to support the aerospace and manufacturing industries. The announcement will take place at RRC¹s Notre Dame campus at 9 a.m. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Toddler death: Vanessa Bushie is scheduled to be sentenced this afternoon for second-degree murder in the death of her 21-month-old daughter, Kierra Williams. The child had been returned to her biological family by Child and Family Services a year before her death. Crown and defence lawyers are expected to ask for a life sentence without the possibility of parole for at least 14 years.
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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSCompetitors make their way over the start line in the double handed 29er male event on Lake Winnipeg.
Athletes sail away: Battling 1.5-metre waves and winds blowing up to 32 knots (60 km/h), Canada Summer Games sailing athletes tacked their way through Lake Winnipeg courses on Tuesday. “We were just in survival mode out there today but it’s cool, it’s fun,” said Sophie Carter, 17, one half of the Nova Scotia female team. Ashley Prest reports from Gimli. READ MORE
Child pornography: Daniel Kamenicky, who was known as Dan the Magic Man for his work as a children’s magician, secretly videoed up-skirt shots of young girls’ genitals while he worked as an educational assistant for Windsor School within the Louis Riel School Division, a court heard on Tuesday. On some videos, he can be heard instructing the girls on how to pose as they were doing gymnastics moves, playing on monkey bars or sitting back on a bench. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Bad news for trees: A new report reveals the city pruned several thousand fewer trees in 2016 than the previous year. This revelation comes after earlier news that crews can’t keep up with the loss of elm trees caused by Dutch elm disease and the city faces another threat to its trees from the emerald ash borer beetle. Aldo Santin reports. READ MORE
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Heather Taccetta/Hill Country VisitorA newborn calf in Kerrville, Tex., named Genie, has facial markings that resemble Gene Simmons’ makeup.
Gene Simmons: The trademark greasepaint look of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons turned up in a Texas cattle ranch, in the markings seen on the face of a recently born black and white calf. No word on whether Simmons plans to take legal action for copyright infringement. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 2, 1999: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that at the Pan Am Games, Canada lost to Cuba in baseball; three bronze medals stolen from the Canadian men’s water polo team had been found in a downtown mailbox; and the goaltender for Canada’s roller hockey team disqualified the team of its gold medals when it was discovered he had an unprecedented level of an anabolic steroid in his system. READ MORE
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