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Hate group growing?: A series of Free Press articles may have disrupted local recruiting for international hate group The Base, but it appears one online platform members use to communicate has more participants than before. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Ready for some football: The first pre-season game to be played in Winnipeg kicks off at IG Field tonight, with the Oakland Raiders facing the Green Bay Packers. Caitlyn Gowriluk spoke with a local Packers fan who will be tailgating and an Australian living in Green Bay who’s here for the game. READ MORE
Sartorial snafu: The Raiders, who are officially the home team for tonight’s NFL game, posted photos Wednesday night of two players wearing T-shirts that say Winnipeg is in Alberta. One, punter A.J. Cole, later joked that he has a “a low geography IQ.” READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a high of 23 C and peak winds from the southeast at 15 km/h beginning early this afternoon.
What’s happening today
Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew speaks to media following the delivery of Manitoba’s 2019 budget, at the Legislative Building in Winnipeg, on March 7, 2019. Manitoba’s New Democrats are promising to spend $6.6 billion on infrastructure projects like roads. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
Campaign stop at coffee shop: Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew will make an announcement at a Portage Avenue coffee shop this morning. The Tories and Liberals will also likely make announcements today but have yet to reveal their plans. Meanwhile, a political scientist told reporter Ben Waldman it’s no surprise parties sometimes skip issue-specific public forums. READ MORE
Pompeo on Parliament Hill: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be in Ottawa for a meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland in advance of the G7 summit in France that starts Saturday. READ MORE
In case you missed it
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSFutures Forward report author Rachel Dunsmore (left) and Jon Sawatzky, who has received help and guidance from Futures Forward.
Report’s recommendations: A report released Wednesday says supporting youths as they transition out of foster care will save money in the long term. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 22, 1985: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Manchester, England, 54 people died when a Boeing 737 bound for Greece with 137 people aboard caught fire during takeoff. In Vancouver, prime minister Brian Mulroney condemned South African president P.W. Botha’s position on apartheid, saying Canada would take tougher measures to demonstrate its opposition to the racist regime. A Winnipeg judge said people convicted of impaired driving should be issued red licence plates for their vehicles identifying them as drunks. READ MORE
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