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Cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers early this morning, becoming a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon. Wind becoming northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High 21 C, UV index 5 or moderate.
What’s happening today
Bike and Circuses, returning for its second year from Aug. 7 to 11, promises a blend of theatre, music and dance set against the backdrop of Whittier Park. The festival is “about combining physical adventure with being a participant in a theatrical event,” explains Daina Leitold, executive director of Green Kids Inc. and co-producer of Bike and Circuses. AV Kitching has more here.
From left: Brenda McLean, tour guide Eric Rae and Daina Leitold at Whittier Park. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
Today’s must-read
Five years after they were accused of staging antisemitic hate crimes at their River Heights restaurant, there are no signs three members of a Winnipeg family will ever return to the city to face prosecution.
Alexander and Oxana Berent and their son, Maxim Berent, were charged with public mischief after alleging their Corydon Avenue restaurant, BerMax Caffé and Bistro, had been the target of four antisemitic attacks in 2019.
The three accused were given court approval to relocate to Los Angeles in January 2020, with the expectation they would return to Winnipeg for trial the following October. Dean Pritchard has the story.
The Corydon Avenue BerMax Caffé and Bistro was in serious financial trouble leading up to the alleged hate crime hoax. (John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
On the bright side
About 10 miles from Johnson Space Center, a Houston-area church takes a moment during Wednesday Bible studies and Sunday evening services to pray for two members who cannot be there.
In fact, there’s no way on Earth for NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Tracy Dyson to show up at Providence Baptist Church. They’re in space, orbiting the planet. More specifically, these two members are working on the International Space Station together.
Like many astronauts before them, they brought along their faith when they launched into space. The Associated Press has more here.
NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, centre, Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos, bottom, and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus in March. (Roscosmos space corporation via The Associated Press files)
On this date
On Aug. 7, 1933: The Winnipeg Free Press reported powerful storms struck Manitoba, damaging crops and knocking down phone and power lines in Winnipeg. Elizabeth Norquay, respected pioneer woman and widow of John Norquay, fifth premier of Manitoba, died at the age of 91. Four people were injured in automobile mishaps in Winnipeg and the surrounding area over the weekend. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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