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Winnipeg Free Press Files
RCMP officer shot: Mounties are searching for two to three suspects this morning after an officer was shot and seriously injured near Onanole, about 95 km north of Brandon, last night. “Our thoughts & hearts are with his family,” Manitoba RCMP tweeted. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Fire department funds: Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service Chief John Lane is expected to ask city council for $4.8 million in additional funds for his department this year. Overtime pay is projected to account for half that amount. Aldo Santin reports. READ MORE
Grits eye gun ban: Manitoba handgun owners say the federal government’s decision to examine possibly banning all handguns is a misfire. “We’re not making the individual responsible; we’re absconding from social responsibility,” says Matt Hipwell, owner of Wolverine Supplies in Virden. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: It will be sunny to start things off, followed by a mix of sun and cloud for the rest of the day, hazy, with a high of 28 C, and wind from the south at 30 km/h this morning increasing to 40 km/h, gusting to 60, early this afternoon.
What’s happening today
Paul Chiasson / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILESPrime Minister Justin Trudeau
More trade talks: Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will meet again to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. Both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump have said a deal between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico to replace NAFTA could be reached by Friday, a deadline given by Trump. READ MORE
Pipeline project: The Federal Court of Appeal is set to release a decision on whether Ottawa adequately consulted with First Nations on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Kinder Morgan shareholders are also set to vote on whether to approve the sale of the pipeline and expansion project to the federal government. READ MORE
Phoenix funeral service: Former Phoenix Coyotes and Winnipeg Jets player Shane Doan will be a pallbearer at a memorial service for U.S. senator John McCain in Phoenix. Doan, an Albertan who played one season in Winnipeg before the franchise moved to Arizona, said in a statement this week, “McCain was a shining example of what a modern leader should be.” READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 30, 1940: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that clouds of British Spitfire and Hurricane fighters drove back an estimated 500 to 600 German planes on a bombing mission against London. Canadian innovation was said to be on the cusp of revolutionizing aerial warfare, but details of the new development were censored from appearing in the press for fear it could give the secret away to the enemy. Romania’s King Carol bowed to Axis pressure to cede most of Transylvania to Hungary. READ MORE
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