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Sunny, with fog patches dissipating this morning. High 28 C. Humidex 32. UV index 6 or high.
What’s happening today
The latest mystery novel from Interlake author Raye Anderson to feature RCMP officer Roxanne Calloway launches tonight at McNally Robinson’s Grant Park location at 7 p.m. Had a Great Fall: A Roxanne Calloway Mystery sees the Mountie take a break from mat leave to look into the death of a Winnipeg police officer who saved her life some years prior.
Anderson will be joined by author Doug Whiteway, a fellow Manitoba crime novelist under the pen name C.C. Benison.
Today’s must-read
In an unprecedented move, Winnipeg police obtained a search warrant before descending on a homeless camp in a public park on Waterfront Drive to look for suspected stolen goods in a wooden-frame structure.
“We are cognizant of the fact that this structure may be someone’s temporary shelter, given its location within an encampment area. So, we have treated this like any other criminal investigation in the city of Winnipeg that involves a person’s residence by obtaining a search warrant,” said Winnipeg Police Service Insp. Helen Peters at a news conference next to the riverside camp near Fort Douglas Park Wednesday afternoon.
Peters said it is the first time the service went to the effort of getting a warrant to search a structure in a homeless camp, and said she didn’t believe police had ever searched encampments “without being welcomed in.” Malak Abas has the story.
Winnipeg police used a warrant to search a structure for stolen goods at a homeless encampment, Wednesday. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press files)
On the bright side
A stuffed animal designed by elementary schoolers in Winnipeg could be launched into outer space on NASA’s Artemis II mission.
Royal School’s space club learned this summer its proposed “moon mascot” — Luna the Space Polar Bear — had been shortlisted in an international contest.
This year, for the first time, NASA invited members of the public to submit ideas for a zero-gravity indicator. Maggie Macintosh has the story.
Royal School’s Luna the Polar Bear design is one of 25 finalists in a new NASA contest. (Supplied)
On this date
On Aug. 28, 1965: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the Gemini 5 astronauts were beginning their record eighth day in space and preparing for a fiery re-entry and return to Earth. The number of suspected sleeping sickness cases in the prairies rose to 103 but Manitoba health department officials did not consider the outbreak in the province serious. The U.S. secretary of state held out hope for a Communist response to his bid for a peace overture on ending the war in Vietnam. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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