Your forecast
Sunny with a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon and a 30 per cent chance of showers. Wind becoming 40 km/h gusting to 60 km/h this morning. High of 21 C, with a UV index of 6.
What’s happening today
⚾ The Winnipeg Goldeyes host the Lincoln Saltdogs at Blue Cross Park for a 7 p.m. game.
🏀 The Winnipeg Sea Bears clash with the Calgary Surge in the Canadian Elite Basketball League Western Conference final at Canada Life Centre at 7:30 p.m. Sports reporter Taylor Allen has the preview.
🌽 The Morden Corn & Apple Festival kicks off today and runs until Sunday. Visit cornandapple.com for full festival details.
Today’s must-read
Offenders with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder appear in Manitoba’s courtrooms every day, from petty thieves who police say repeatedly breached court orders to accused killers with rap sheets a mile long.
That’s why efforts, such as Manitoba’s special FASD court, are critical in dealing with individuals who become entangled in the justice system.
Erik Pindera writes on the specialized court that aims to break the cycle of FASD-related crime and punishment. Read more.
Provincial Judge Mary Kate Harvie was instrumental in setting up the fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) court. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On the bright side
Berlin’s newest panda twins have celebrated their first birthday with frozen vegetable treats and a candle made out of bamboo shoots.
The two female cubs were born at the Berlin Zoo on Aug. 22 last year, and each was given both a Chinese and a German name. Meng Hao and Meng Tian are better known as Leni and Lotti, tributes to Berlin native Marlene Dietrich and the German capital’s Charlottenburg district. The Associated Press reports.
The twin Panda cubs Leni and Lotti play at the Panda Garden during their first birthday party at the Zoo in Berlin, Germany. (Ebrahim Noroozi / The Associated Press)
On this date
On Aug. 22, 1984: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the Manitoba Court of Appeal ruled the St. James-Assiniboia School Division must begin providing free busing to students attending French immersion schools. A man who paid for and received services from a sex worker but was afterwards refused a kiss tried to have the woman arrested; he himself was locked up after causing a disturbance in the Public Safety Building and, although he was later granted a discharge by a provincial court judge, the judge agreed the kiss fell outside the terms of the parties’ agreement. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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