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Sunny with a high of 29 C becoming partly cloudy later tonight with a 30 per cent chance of showers late this evening.
What’s happening today
Former fashion tycoon Peter Nygard is expected to be sentenced today after he was convicted on four counts of sexual assault last fall, The Canadian Press reports.
Twelve local artists are taking the stage for another edition of Big Sun Festival today and tomorrow at Blue Note Park, next to the Times Change(d).
Today’s must-read
A judge has given the green light for a proposed class-action lawsuit to proceed against the provincial government and City of Winnipeg over photo-radar tickets.
The province had tried to have the claim tossed out of court. Erik Pindera has the story.
In a 2022 statement of claim filed in the Court of King’s Bench, later amended, William Acheson of Winnipeg alleged the fine he paid after getting ticketed by photo radar should have been lower, due to the provincial legislation being applied in error from Nov. 20, 2017, to Nov. 12, 2021. (Mike Deal / Free Press files)
On this date
On Aug. 2, 1973: The Winnipeg Free Press reported 7,000 non-operating railway employees at Canadian National Railways and Canadian Pacific Railway across Manitoba and Saskatchewan went on strike. Bread prices in Manitoba were set to rise as much as six cents a loaf within the coming weeks. In Washington, the Federal Drug Administration announced new regulations to cover the labelling of products ranging from vitamins to fruit drinks and pre-cooked packaged dinners. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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