Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud with a 60 per cent change of showers late this afternoon and a risk of a thunderstorm. Wind becoming southwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50 km/h this morning. A high of 28 C and a UV index of 7 or high.
What’s happening today
📖 Winnipeg author (and Free Press copy editor) Ariel Gordon launches a new poetry chapbook on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Public Domain (633 Portage Ave.).
Published by Pinhole Poetry, the collection A Mudlarker’s Diary sees Gordon ruminate on the Red River, her exploration of the river’s banks and what she has found, both physical and otherwise. (Mudlarking is the practice of scavenging a riverbank for items of potential value.)
🏀 The Winnipeg Sea Bears host the Saskatoon Mamba at Canada Life Centre at 7:30 p.m. for the Western Conference semifinal.
Today’s must-read
Downtown entrepreneurs are watching with wary eyes as a prominent hotel and event centre hits the market.
Canad Inns is selling three downtown properties — the Radisson Hotel, Somerset Building and Metropolitan Entertainment Centre.
Gabrielle Piché has the story.
The Metropolitan Entertainment Complex at 281 Donald St. is part of a trio of buildings up for sale. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On this date
On Aug. 6, 1945: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Ottawa the federal government proposed at the federal-provincial conference that “after the war,” for a three-year trial, all provincial governments forego income taxes, corporation taxes and succession duties and that these taxes be levied by the federal government. In return, Ottawa would greatly increase payments to the provinces.
Today’s front page
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