Your forecast
Mainly cloudy with showers and a risk of a thunderstorm. Expected high is 24 C, humidex 26 and UV index 5 or moderate.
What’s happening today
The Winnipeg Goldeyes face off against the Lincoln Saltdogs at 6:30 p.m. at Shaw Park.
Today’s must-read
A Leaf Rapids woman is calling on the province to declare a state of emergency in her community after her home was invaded and set on fire last week. Cierra Bettens has the story.
A Leaf Rapids home was invaded and set on fire last week. (Supplied)
On the bright side
A Winnipeg trucker has been christened a “highway angel” for saving two people in the U.S. Mariusz (Mario) Tyszuk, who is originally from Poland, was given the Truckload Carriers Association’s “highway angel” award for rescuing a couple who were trapped in their SUV after a crash on July 19. Cierra Bettens has the story.
Mariusz (Mario) Tyszuk (Supplied)
On this date
On Aug. 8, 1923: The Manitoba Free Press presented readers with its fifth crop report for the season. The exceedingly favourable conditions had vanished over the past three weeks and good yields in central and southern areas of the province had been “fully cut in half” after loss caused by rust, heat and sawflies. About 16,000 immigrants entered Canada during July. Immigration from the U.S. was “about normal,” while there was an increase in immigrants from the British Isles. Four people were killed at a railway crossing in New York state near Niagara Falls after the motor truck they were travelling in stalled on the tracks.
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