Your forecast
Sunny with a high of 28 C and haze late this morning and afternoon.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers welcome the B.C. Lions to town for a critical Week 9 matchup at lG Field at 7:30 p.m. Jeff Hamilton brings you 5 game day storylines.
Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries is closing all six Liquor Mart Express stores until further notice, citing the need to mitigate inventory as strike action heats up.
Today’s must-read
Sometimes, it takes so long to book an accessible ride Mitch Krohn hangs up the phone and travels in his wheelchair instead.
Krohn says he waited one hour, 50 minutes to book an accessible Winnipeg Transit Plus ride last week.
On many other occasions, he opted to hang up without a booking and rely on his power wheelchair to travel downtown from his home near Polo Park. Joyanne Pursaga reports.
While times vary by time and day, Mitch Krohn said the wait on multiple booking calls has lasted between 45 minutes and two hours. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
The Forks is offering a new pop-up in which visitors can play soccer, table tennis and basketball. Graham McDonald’s story is here.
Eric, from left, Thomas, Emily, and Alexa hop as they use a walkway which is part of the Play At The Forks program. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Aug. 3, 1951: The Winnipeg Free Press reported prime minister Louis St. Laurent landed at the Gimli airport to address Ukrainian-Canadians at a 60th anniversary celebration marking their first settlement on the Prairies. A bullet-riddled homemade aircraft carrying four Polish people landed safely in southern Sweden after escaping the Communist country. An 18-year-old high school student from Maryland was issued a government cheque for US$508,666.26 after requesting a tax refund for US$21.88 — the student was later told it was “all a mistake” and a cheque-writing machine operator likely punched in a serial number instead of the correct amount.
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