What’s happening today
Head coach Paul Maurice at Jets training camp at the Bell MTS Iceplex in Winnipeg on July 22, 2020. Maurice made a bombshell claim that Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk went out of his way to deliberately injure Mark Scheifele in the opening minutes of their qualifying round playoff series. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Series set to resume: The Jets face the Calgary Flames in Game 3 of their best-of-five playoff qualifying series at 5:45 p.m. CT. The Jets lost Game 1 and two star players to injury Saturday but tied the series 1-1 Monday. In his latest column, Mike McIntyre says Jets coach Paul Maurice’s saying Flames player Matthew Tkachuk deliberately injured Mark Scheifele in Game 1 was “a calculated bit of gamesmanship” that “worked like a charm.” READ MORE
Headed to primary polls: Five U.S. states are holding primary elections today. One of the races to watch is in Michigan, where Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a “Squad” member with a confrontational style, is fending off a serious challenge for her district’s Democratic nomination. In Arizona, former sheriff Joe Arpaio — who was convicted of criminal contempt of court but pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump — is in a three-way race for the Republican primary to fill his former job. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 27 C and wind from the south at 10 km/h increasing to 15 km/h early this afternoon.
COVID-19 crisis
A nurse gets a swab ready at a temporary COVID-19 test clinic in Montreal, on May 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Afternoon update: The provincial government is expected to hold its weekly news conference on the province’s coronavirus cases at 1 p.m. Seven new cases were announced Monday, Gabrielle Piché reports. READ MORE
Mind on other matters: In his latest column, Doug Speirs says he is indifferent to the return of professional sports amid the pandemic. “At the moment, I feel like I’m too busy thinking about the health of my family and friends and colleagues,” he writes. READ MORE
Federal funds: Columnist Jen Zoratti says it shouldn’t matter how a person spends their CERB money. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Kris Huth (from left), Sam Buffie, Larry Buffie and Gordon Lawrie celebrate as Adam Lowry scores in the second period Sunday at Tavern United across from BellMTS Place. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
No white out: Bars are usually packed with fans in white Jets jerseys when the team is in the playoffs, but downtown “was less Hockeyville and more ghost town” during Monday’s game because of the pandemic. Kellen Taniguchi reports. READ MORE
Inmate escapes: A federal inmate escaped from the Eagle Women’s Lodge in Winnipeg over the long weekend, the Correctional Service of Canada said Monday. Police are searching for Nikki Alfonso, who was serving a four-and-a-half-year sentence. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 4, 1917: The Manitoba Free Press reported that prime minister Robert Borden urged Canadians for renewed consecration of their war efforts as the Great War entered its fourth year. In Parliament, the proposed income tax bill was debated at length. In Flanders, German losses were described as “appalling” in the face of the British barrage. In Russia, a new political crisis arose as the the country’s premier, Kerensky, resigned, but then withdrew his resignation.
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