Today’s weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a high of 29 C, Humidex of 34 and a UV index of 7 or high. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning.
What’s happening today
Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly willl visit Winnipeg today as part of a tour to “speak to Canadians about the challenges they face and discuss how we can go about solving them together,” according to Joly, and highlight how issues abroad impact Canadians. Dylan Robertson reports.
Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly (Adrian Wyld / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Today’s must-read
Fees for three freedom of information requests for documents related to a secret RCMP investigation of former mayor Sam Katz’s administration totalling $32,000 are described by one expert as “completely outrageous.” Ryan Thorpe has the story.
‘This is an example of a government actively trying to hide information from the public,’ said NDP MLA Nahanni Fontaine. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On this date
On Aug. 8, 1961: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a three-month-old baby had died following a single-vehicle collision on Highway 5 near Gilbert Plains. The child was injured after a tire blew out on the family vehicle, causing it to roll over into a ditch. Manitoba’s plan to create an economic research council for farm marketing and economics was turned down by two other provinces, announced Agriculture Minister George Hutton. In Washington, auto makers were told they must start equipping cars with devices to control exhaust fumes. Prime minister John Diefenbaker was fishing while on holiday in Prince Albert National Park. Diefenbaker described his pickerel as a “good catch.” Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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