What you need to know
South St. Boniface residents didn’t receive results of soil samples taken in the area for months. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press Files)
St. Boniface soil: The provincial government knew soil at some St. Boniface homes was contaminated with heavy metals weeks earlier than previously stated, the Free Press has learned. Sustainable Development Minister Rochelle Squires had blamed media rules that govern byelections for the delay in disclosing test results, but an advisory note was sent to her more than two weeks before that blackout period began. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Rules of the road: A Winnipeg Police Service traffic official says “education is required” about funeral processions, adding they don’t have a “carte blanche right of way.” The police service was asked to respond to a Free Press article about a lay minister calling for an end to such processions after his vehicle was hit. Larry Kusch and Jessica Botelho-Urbanski report. READ MORE
Pastor charged with sex crime: Nathan Rieger, a pastoral executive at the Winnipeg Centre Vineyard church on Main Street, has resigned after he was arrested earlier this month in California and charged with trying to meet with a minor for sex. Alexandra Paul reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be sunny with a high of 25 C, with wind from the west at 10 km/h for most of the day.
What’s happening today
Morning fire on Manitoba: Manitoba Avenue was closed between Charles and Aikins streets after an early morning fire in the 300 block.
Anti-poverty plan: Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos will unveil a strategy intended to decrease national poverty rates to historic lows in Vancouver today. Local MP Dan Vandal is holding a related news conference at the Barbara Mitchell Family Resource Centre at noon.
Conversation on crime: River Heights-Fort Garry candidate Garth Steek is holding a public safety forum at the River Heights Community Centre at 7 p.m. The former city councillor says a meth crisis has led to a dramatic surge in crime across the city and the ward has been plagued with “car vandalism, garage break-ins and home invasions.”
On this date
On Aug. 21, 1969: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Queen, U.S. president Richard Nixon, and three Apollo 11 astronauts could be making visits to Manitoba in July 1970 for the province’s centennial. Canada’s stored wheat, an estimated 843,284,000 bushels, was at an all-time high. CP Rail was looking at locating a modern rail marshalling yard in northwest St. James-Assiniboia. READ MORE
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