Your forecast
Showers ending early this afternoon, then a mix of sun and cloud. Wind from the west 20 km/h becoming north 40 gusting to 60 this morning. High 18 C, UV index 6 or high.
What’s happening today
Standup comic Matteo Lane brings his tour to Club Regent Event Centre tonight at 8 p.m. Lane was a classically trained singer who studied opera in Italy (not to mention oil painting and drawing at the School of Art Institute of Chicago) before making a detour to standup comedy. The in-demand Lane performs regularly at New York’s the Comedy Cellar among many other appearances. Some tickets for tonight’s show may still be available.
Matteo Lane performs at the Netflix Is a Joke Festival; the New York comedian is at the casino tonight. (Beth Dubber / Netflix)
Today’s must-read
Defence lawyers say Manitoba has failed to knock down months-long waits for psychiatric assessments of people accused of crimes, which ties up court time and is a “flagrant disregard”of guidelines set out in the Criminal Code.
“Our province lacks the infrastructure to meet the needs of mentally ill accused persons engaged in the criminal justice process,” Winnipeg lawyer Ethan Pollock said.
The shortage of forensic psychiatrists has plagued court proceedings for years and has made it impossible to receive assessments in a timely manner to determine whether a client can be deemed criminally responsible. Despite legal professionals raising concerns as far back as 2013, Pollock said “nothing has changed” since he started practising law eight years ago. Malak Abas has the story.
Lawyer Ethan Pollock (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On the bright side
During their days on Tahiti’s turquoise ocean some years ago, fishers noticed their catches — and the fish inside — were getting smaller.
With fishing being a vital part of the ways of Polynesian life, local leader Dominique Tehei, 51, and his fellow community members knew they needed to find a way to restore the ecosystem. They decided there was a customary Polynesian practice that could help them do it: creating a rahui.
The traditional conservation method of regulating human activity to help replenish and protect maritime ecosystems resources is being revived and showing results in Tahiti, including the area near the Paris Olympics surfing venue. While local communities and leaders acknowledge that rahui aren’t a one-stop solution to all environmental issues, they’re working with researchers and scientists to help strengthen the ground-up, community-based approach. The Associated Press reports.
A snorkeler swims with a ray at a marine reserve, or rahuri, Tuesday, near Tiahura, on the island of Moorea, in Tahiti. (Gregory Bull / The Associated Press)
On this date
On Aug. 8, 1953: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Liberal prime minister Louis St. Laurent was expected to be returned to office with a reduced majority in the House of Commons in the imminent federal election. In Moscow, Soviet premier Georgi Malenkov told the Russian parliament that the United States no longer had a monopoly on the hydrogen bomb. Winnipeg’s new stadium was set to receive much fanfare at its official opening on Aug. 14. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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