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‘There was concealment’: A University of Manitoba professor says authorities knew about decades-old allegations of abuse by Manitoba Hydro workers at Fox Lake Cree Nation for years but failed to act on them. Jessica Botelho-Urbanski and Larry Kusch report. READ MORE
Kinew calls for probe: Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew is calling for an outside investigation into the sustainable development minister’s handling of the St. Boniface soil contamination report. Documents obtained through by the Free Press show Rochelle Squires, and department employees, knew about the soil earlier than she’d repeatedly told media. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Settlement in switched-at-birth case: Ottawa has reached a financial settlement with two of four Indigenous men from northern Manitoba who were switched at birth at the Norway House Indian Hospital in 1975 and learned about it decades later. Details of the deal were not disclosed. The two other men have yet to agree to a settlement. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be sunny and hazy, with increasing cloudiness this afternoon, a high of 31 C and humidex of 33, and wind from the south at 15 km/h. There is a 30 per cent chance of showers and a risk of a thunderstorm starting in the late afternoon.
What’s happening today
Conservative convention: Tories are in Halifax for the start of a three-day policy convention. It’s Andrew Scheer’s first such meeting as the federal party’s leader and comes amid tensions after controversial tweets by maverick MP Maxime Bernier about “extreme multiculturalism” and immigration.
Two slain in Paris suburb: A man with psychiatric problems killed two relatives and seriously injured another woman in a suburb of Paris today, police said. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the knife attack, but prosecutors are not treating the attack as terrorism. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea could have saved everyone grief by not putting quarterback Matt Nichols back into a game they were losing with only five mintues left in the fourth quarter. (John Woods / The Canadian Press Files)
‘Bone-headed decision’: In his latest column, Paul Wiecek says Blue Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea’s stubbornness has made things worse for his embattled starting quarterback. READ MORE
Killed in crash: Two Winnipeggers, including a nine-year-old girl, were among four people killed in a two-vehicle crash in northern Ontario last weekend, police said Wednesday. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Elias Haddad was the executive chef at two restaurants he owned in Damascus. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
Cooking for kids: Elias Haddad owned two restaurants in Syria, but it seems he’s never been as busy as this summer, preparing meals for 300 refugee children every weekday. READ MORE
Bursting at the seams: Winnipeg food icon De Luca’s has opened a second location in the south Kenaston area, serving all the favourites and bringing its coffee roaster into the city. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 23, 1989: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a Winnipeg police officer was too traumatized by events surrounding the death of J.J. Harper to testify at the aboriginal justice inquiry. Concrete progress on Senate reform was said by a number of premiers to be key to ensuring passage of the Meech Lake accord. The federal finance minister was open to talks with provincial premiers on the upcoming national sales tax. READ MORE
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