What’s happening today
CPCanada has opened its border to non-essential U.S. travellers. (Lars Hagberg / The Canadian Press files)
Canada’s border is open: The Canadian border opened to U.S. citizens and permanent residents at 11:01 p.m. CT Sunday. Visitors must be fully vaccinated and provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test. A labour dispute involving border agents was quickly resolved last week, but travellers can expect delays because of the screening process. The U.S. is not allowing non-essential Canadian travellers to enter the country by road. Air, sea and rail travellers are exempt. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Airport restrictions lifted: The federal government has also eliminated quarantine hotels for Canadians flying into the country as part of the revised travel rules. Flights from the U.S. are again allowed to land in Winnipeg, Halifax, Quebec City, Ottawa and Edmonton. However, no U.S. flights are expected at Winnipeg’s airport for some time. Only major airports in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver had been allowed to accept U.S. flights under federal pandemic rules.
Federal child care funds: Ahmed Hussen, the federal minister of Families, Children and Social Development, will be joined by Winnipeg MP Jim Carr — Ottawa’s special representative for the Prairies — and provincial Families Minister Rochelle Squires when he makes a “major child care announcement” in Winnipeg later this morning. READ MORE
Mulling mask stance: The University of Winnipeg Faculty Association is set to hold a special meeting to decide its stance on whether everyone on campus should be required to wear masks and be fully vaccinated. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Accuser set to speak: The first TV interview with an executive assistant who accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of groping her at the governor’s mansion will air on CBS This Morning. A state legislative committee is set to meet today to discuss possible impeachment proceedings against Cuomo amid allegations of sexual harassment. Cuomo’s top aide resigned last night. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny this morning but increasingly cloudy, with a 30 per cent chance of showers this afternoon, a high of 28 C, humidex of 33 and wind from the northeast at 20 km/h.
In case you missed it
The Park Theatre in South Osborne made the decision to have patrons still wear masks while inside their building despite the provincial government’s relaxed public health orders that took effect Saturday. (Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press)
‘Deferring to the hostile’: In his latest column, Dan Lett says the Tory government’s decision to drop the mask mandate has emboldened selfish, stubborn people. READ MORE
Most MPs vaccinated: Eleven of the 13 members of Parliament representing Manitoba said they have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. One is scheduled to get her second shot later this month, and another wouldn’t disclose his vaccination status. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
‘Child labour camps’: Manitoba’s economy “was built” on “openly practised slavery” in the residential school system, Niigaan Sinclair writes in his latest column. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 9, 1913: The Manitoba Free Press reported that the governor of New York, William Sulzer, faced the threat of impeachment over evidence of personal stock transactions allegedly paid for with contributions to his campaign fund. In Ottawa, Parliament was likely to resume early; the matter of redistribution of parliamentary representation was not expected to be taken up. Canada’s debt increased by $6 million in July, and the country was expected to have to borrow. In Manitoba, an early morning fire destroyed a grain elevator at Holland.
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