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JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPremier Brian Pallister (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Revised pandemic rules: Dr. Brent Roussin — the province’s chief public health officer — and Health Minister Audrey Gordon will announce changes to pandemic health orders at a 2 p.m. news conference. Roussin said at a news conference Tuesday that there would be “some more information later this week” in terms of a renewed mask mandate. Carol Sanders reports on fear any changes to public health orders will be too late to quell a fourth wave of COVID-19 READ MORE
And then there were three: Tory backbencher Shannon Martin has joined the race to become the province’s next Progressive Conservative leader and premier. READ MORE
What’s happening this weekend
MIKE SUDOMA / Winnipeg Free PressAudience members watch from the floor as the Northern Pikes finish a song at the Burton Cummings Theatre for the Burt Block Party event Friday. The event was moved indoors as rain fell outside.
Concerts, carnival amid COVID-19: Several large events are happening in Winnipeg this weekend, even as provincial health officials are set to announce tougher pandemic restrictions. The Red River Exhibition’s Fall Fair begins today. The Burt Block Party is happening inside tonight. A day-long concert celebrating the 150th anniversary of Manitoba’s founding is happening at Shaw Park on Saturday. Only fully vaccinated people and children under 12 are permitted at the events. Erik Pindera reports. READ MORE
Perfect in preliminary round: Canada faces Germany in the quarterfinals of the women’s world hockey championship in Calgary on Saturday after beating the U.S. on Thursday to finish the preliminary round 4-0. The U.S. faces Japan on Saturday. READ MORE
Set to face Stamps: The Blue Bombers host the Calgary Stampeders on Sunday evening after losing their first game of the season last week. Taylor Allen reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of showers from later this morning until tonight, a high of 18 C and wind from the southeast at 10 km/h increasing to 30 km/h and gusting to 50 beginning later this morning.
In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSKailynn Newediuk has not yet received her vaccination card. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
Demand leads to delay: Kailynn Newediuk is among the many Manitobans waiting for a COVID-19 immunization card. Gabrielle Piché reports. READ MORE
‘It was devastating’: Robert Hartfelder and Angelika Petrich — who were killed when a vehicle going the wrong way collided with their vehicle on the Perimeter Highway early Saturday — were returning from the airport after picking up Petrich’s mother. Petrich’s mother was also killed. The couple leaves behind three young daughters. Erik Pindera reports. READ MORE
Selling seized properties: City Coun. Matt Allard wants affordable housing providers to get an exclusive opportunity to buy two St. Boniface properties seized by the city. Joyanne Pursaga reports. READ MORE
Not many Americans: Canada’s border opened to U.S. residents more than two weeks ago, but the province isn’t exactly being inundated with visitors. Gabrielle Piché reports.
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On this date
On Aug. 27, 1957: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Soviet Union announced it had performed the first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. Winnipeg city engineers were set to cut up the pavement around the new post office on Garry Street because its sprinkler system was not connected to a water supply. In Los Angeles, oil paintings were disqualified from being shown in galleries when it was revealed their creator was a parrot, not a human being.
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