What you need to know
The house that Peter Whitmore used near Kipling, Sask. (Don Nealy / Leader-Post files)
Survivor speaks out: One of two boys kidnapped and raped by Peter Whitmore in 2006 is speaking publicly for the first time about the ordeal and the troubled life he has led since. “It sickens me,” he told Mike McIntyre. “There’s nothing I can do about it now.” READ MORE
Short on specialists: The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority has had to cancel a number of surgeries in the past few months because of a shortage of anesthesiologists. The WRHA says the province-wide shortage has only affected elective procedures, not emergency surgeries. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Delay at the Downs: It’s been nearly five years since a partnership was announced to build a new hotel, water park and conference centre at Assiniboia Downs. If something doesn’t happen soon, the Manitoba Jockey Club might be in a dire situation, Paul Wiecek writes in his latest column. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: It will be mainly sunny this morning and in the early afternoon, with a mix of sun and cloud in the late afternoon, a high of 28 C, humidex of 33 and wind from the south increasing to 30 km/h in the early afternoon.
What’s happening today
(Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)A Winnipeg Water Services crew gets ready to drill holes in the northbound lanes of McPhillips Street between College Avenue and Redwood Avenue Monday morning after a severe water main break buckled the pavement.
Route closed for repairs: McPhillips Street will be closed to northbound traffic between Logan and Jarvis avenues for four to six weeks starting this evening after buried parts of a train bridge were found to be “in very poor condition requiring immediate repair.” Only a single, southbound lane will remain open. Motorists will have to find another route, and the century-old Arlington Bridge isn’t recommended. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Crossings a ‘crisis’: In an Angus Reid poll, Manitoba tied with Saskatchewan for the highest percentage of residents who think irregular border crossings are a “crisis,” at 76 per cent. The national average was 67 per cent, and Quebec, where most of the crossings have taken place, was only one percentage point above the national mark. READ MORE
Festival fun: The annual Icelandic Festival starts this afternoon in Gimli. The festival, also known as Íslendingadagurinn, runs the entire long weekend. The prime minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, will take part in Monday’s parade. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 3, 1948: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that four Winnipeggers were rescued after their canoe capsized in North Cross Lake in the Whiteshell, and they had spent three hours in the water clinging to it. The price of soap was expected to go up by two to five cents a bar, and the price of shortening was expected to rise by 13 cents, according to a forecast based on the government’s decision to end a subsidy on oils and fats. In Washington, D.C., Britain, the United States and France stood firm in their talks with Soviet leader Josef Stalin. READ MORE
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