Your forecast
Humid and windy in Winnipeg today with a high of 25 C. Mix of sun and cloud with 30 per cent chance of showers and risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Southwest winds will turn northwest this afternoon at 30 km/h gusting to 50 km/h. Humidex 31; UV index 7 or high.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers face the Montreal Alouettes at Molson Stadium, starting at 6:30 p.m.
The Manitoba Open kicks off at Breezy Bend Country Club today and continues until Aug. 25. Ken Wiebe has a preview here.
Today’s must-reads
Abundance Canada, a Canadian charitable foundation headquartered in Winnipeg, informed donors yesterday it has taken action after financial misconduct committed by a senior staff member resulted in the loss of nearly $8 million in donations. John Longhurst reports.
Manitoba has created a fraction of the 23,000 spaces promised under the $10-a-day national child-care program announced in 2021.
Just 3,408 spaces have been created for infants and preschoolers since 2022, a new national study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives found. Carol Sanders reports.
In case you missed it, the successfully completed search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for two victims of a convicted serial killer cost $18 million — less than one-tenth of the original worst-case estimate, Premier Wab Kinew revealed yesterday. Carol Sanders has that story here.
On the bright side
Dr. Catherine Cook has become the first Indigenous woman inducted to the Winnipeg Citizens Hall of Fame.
Cook was one of the first Indigenous students to earn a medical degree from the University of Manitoba and has since trained hundreds of physicians through her ground-breaking work with Ongomiizwin, the University of Manitoba’s Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing. Gabrielle Piché has the details on Wednesday’s induction ceremony.
Dr. Catherine Cook has become the first Indigenous woman inducted to the Winnipeg Citizens Hall of Fame. (Supplied)
A new generation of prospective Indigenous doctors is beginning their studies. Eleven Indigenous medical students are part of the University of Manitoba’s class of 2029. Read more from Malak Abas here.
On this date
On Aug. 21, 1974: The Winnipeg Free Press reported mayor Stephen Juba confirmed the city’s civic works and operations commissioner had resigned, and couldn’t rule out more resignations at the commissioner level, saying, “The city is in a state of chaos. We have a real crisis on our hands.” In Cyprus, Turkish forces ordered the United Nations peacekeeping contingent out of the Famagusta district. In Washington, D.C., Nelson Rockefeller was all but certain to be sworn in as vice-president. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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