What you need to know
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSSteve Kirby performs for kids at the Sinclair Park Community Centre in 2015 as part of the Jazz on Wheels program.
Ex-professor’s pay: Former University of Manitoba music professor Steve Kirby was paid more in his final half-year of employment than he was for the entire previous year. The U of M has been silent about the circumstances surrounding his departure in September amid allegations of sexual harassment. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Paint peeling: The paint on new bike lanes set up in the Exchange District this summer is already peeling. A city spokeswoman says the paint was expected to “last for some time.” Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Abuse allegations: Will Braun says he wishes his volunteer advocacy organization, which prepared a 2001 report on the upheaval northern reserves experienced because of Manitoba Hydro’s megaprojects, had pushed harder to raise awareness about the abuse Fox Lake Cree Nation members faced. Jessica Botelho-Urbanski reports. READ MORE
Weather
CPA morning commuter stops to take a photo of the city as smoke from the B.C. wildfires rolls in over Edmonton on Wednesday August 15, 2018.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Your forecast: Environment Canada has issued a special air quality statement on “widespread smoke” from forest fires that has drifted into Winnipeg. In his latest column, Dan Lett says it’s nothing like being near the source of the smoke. There will be a mix of sun and cloud today, with a high of 29 C and humidex of 33, the air becoming hazy this afternoon because of the smoke and the risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Lukas Coch /AAP Image / The Associated PressAustralian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been forced from office.
PM punted: Australia has a new prime minister, Scott Morrison, after his predecessor was forced from office. Malcolm Turnbull is the fourth PM dumped by his or her own party since 2010. READ MORE
Hurricane hits Hawaii: The centre of Hurricane Lane will move closer to Hawaii’s main islands late today, bringing six-metre waves. The Category 3 storm has hit Hawaii’s Big Island with 50 centimetres of rain in approximately 24 hours. READ MORE
Ex-Tory tight-lipped: Independent MLA Steven Fletcher, whose bid to win the Tory nomination in his old federal riding was quashed by the party, won’t say whether he’ll join a new party rogue MP Maxime Bernier is planning. He says the Conservatives “will not be winning any seats in Winnipeg,” where party members voted for Bernier in six of eight ridings in his failed leadership bid last year. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 24, 1999: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Manitoba premier Gary Filmon wanted to cut the number of provincial ridings from 57 to 51, a cut that would leave six MLAs looking for jobs when the next election came. Teens took part in the Manitoba High School Rodeo. In Winnipeg, the landmark Eaton’s store downtown faced closure, along with the chain’s 63 other locations across the country, after an Ontario Superior Court judge appointed a receiver and approved liquidation of T. Eaton Co.’s inventory. READ MORE
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