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Miranda and Joel Atkinson, with their dog Fenris, still keep their kids inside but are opening the windows and are eager to get back to the all-too-short summer in Gillam, Man., two weeks after the last confirmed sighting of two B.C. men wanted for murder.
Still searching: Mounties continued to search for two B.C. homicide suspects in northern Manitoba on Monday, setting up a roadblock near Sundance. Reporter Tessa Vanderhart has the latest from Gillam.
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Bank leaving building: The Bank of Montreal is moving out of its historic location at the southeast corner of Portage and Main. Architect Brent Bellamy says he’s worried the building, which opened in 1913, will fall into disuse. Caitlyn Gowriluk reports.
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Weather
Your forecast: Sunny this morning with a 60 per cent chance of showers and a risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon, a high of 30 C and humidex of 33, and peak winds from the northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50 this afternoon.
What’s happening today
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaks on the cellphone with GM CEO Mary Barra, Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, about the company’s plans to sell its shuttered factory in Lordstown, Ohio, to a company that builds electric trucks. DeWine, a Republican, said he wanted to hear more details about the plan, including the reaction of the UAW, but said the potential project was better than the plant sitting idle. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)
Urged to ‘do something’: In the wake of the mass shooting in Dayton this weekend, Ohio’s Republican governor will discuss policy proposals regarding gun violence and mental health, The Associated Press reports.
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‘Exploitation’ announcement: Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale will make an announcement about “the protection of children from online sexual exploitation” at a new conference in Ottawa this afternoon.
In case you missed it
Dancers perform at the First Nation pavilion.
Giving lake life: It’s time to recognize Lake Winnipeg as a being with rights, Niigaan Sinclair writes in his latest column. READ MORE
Extended stay: In his latest column, former Blue Bombers player Doug Brown says the team’s decision to remain in Ontario between road games may have been a factor in consecutive losses.
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Fiftieth Folklorama: Reporter Nadya Pankiw and photographer John Woods give you a taste of the annual two-week event, which started Sunday. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 6, 1964: Prime Minister Pearson made it clear that Parliament would continue in session through the summer until the flag question had been settled; China warned the United States that its attack on North Vietnam had gone over the ‘brink of war’; Canadian doctors were warned to look out for a woman suspected of kidnapping a newborn baby in Chicago on April 27; and a Yugoslavian crop failure opened up wheat markets. READ MORE
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