New Conservative leader
Despite having described himself as personally pro-choice and in favour of marriage equality, Mr. O’Toole has pledged to allow free votes on matters of conscience. (Tijana Martin / The Canadian Press files)
O’Toole comes out on top: Erin O’Toole is the Conservative Party of Canada’s new leader after defeating the presumptive front-runner, Peter MacKay, in the third round of results early today. Problems with a voting machine delayed the first-round results by hours. The Ontario MP trailed MacKay after the first results were announced late Sunday but led the second round and defeated MacKay in the final round with 57 per cent of the vote. “To the millions of Canadians that are still up, that I’m meeting tonight for the first time: Good morning. I’m Erin O’Toole, you’re going to be seeing and hearing a lot from me in the coming weeks and months,” he said in his victory speech. READ MORE
Manitoba results: MacKay won the first round among Manitobans, with 414 points under the Conservative party’s system. O’Toole was second with 373, Leslyn Lewis was third with 360, and Derek Sloan was last with 253. Lewis won the second round with 537 points, MacKay was second with 434, and O’Toole was last with 429. In the third round, O’Toole earned 821 points to MacKay’s 579.
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a high of 29 C, a humidex high of 30, and wind from the southwest at 10 km/h.
What’s happening today
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Restrictions begin in Brandon: COVID-19 restrictions take effect in the Brandon area today. Dean Hammond, Brandon’s acting city manager, said the municipal administration worked hard this weekend to prepare after the Prairie Mountain health region was designated ”code orange.” Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen is holding a morning news conference on “restoring safe schools” later this morning. On Sunday, the province’s chief health officer held a rare weekend news conference to announce a record 72 new cases. Ryan Thorpe reports.
Crash on Grant: Grant Avenue was closed in both directions after a crash at Waverley Street that happened at about 4:30 a.m. It wasn’t clear how long the area would remain closed to traffic.
U.S. politics
President Donald Trump speaks to the 2020 Council for National Policy Meeting, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
GOP convention begins: Donald Trump heads into the Republican National Convention, which starts today and ends Thursday, as an underdog despite being the incumbent U.S. president. He will become the first impeached president to be nominated for a second term by delegates at a scaled-down convention in Charlotte. N.C. The president’s oldest child, Donald Trump Jr., is among tonight’s speakers. READ MORE
Conway quits: Kellyanne Conway, a Trump adviser who was his campaign manager during the stretch run of his 2016 win, is leaving the White House. Her husband, George Conway, a fierce critic of Trump, announced he was taking a leave of absence from Twitter and the Lincoln Project, a group of Republicans devoted to defeating the president. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
In case you missed it
CPIn this image made from video, protesters gather near the site of a police shooting, Sunday, Aug. 23 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Officers deployed tear gas early Monday in an effort to disperse hundreds of people who took to the streets following a police shooting in Kenosha that also drew a harsh rebuke from the governor after a video posted on social media appeared to show officers shoot at a Black man’s back seven times as he leaned into a vehicle. (WDJT-TV via AP)
Clashes in Kenosha: Police used tear gas early today to disperse protesters who took to the streets in Kenosha, Wis., after police apparently shot a black man seven times as he leaned into a vehicle. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Cook’s column: Check out today’s introductory piece by Shelley Cook, a new columnist for the Free Press. READ MORE
Coup leaders want constitution: The military junta that overthrew Mali’s president wants to delay elections for three years and prepare a new constitution before holding any vote. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 24, 1968: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Czechoslovak government announced the Russians had agreed to a Prague demand that Czechoslovakia’s leaders resume their posts; Czech Communist Party secretary Alexander Dubcek was reportedly alive and taking part in the Moscow talks. In Winnipeg, a property management expert said the only economic solution for expansion of facilities at the Winnipeg International Airport was to move the air force out of the field. In Ottawa, new minister without portfolio James Richardson was given the job of drafting the Trudeau government’s new air transport policy, including the possibility of making Air Canada into a public shareholder-owned company.
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