Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of showers late this morning and afternoon. Expected high is 21 C, UV index 6 or high.
What’s happening today
The 52nd edition of Folklorama continues, featuring 40 pavilions over its two-week run until 19. You can find the digital travel guide here.
Admission is free to the Naval Museum of Manitoba from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 1 Navy Way. The museum is dedicated to the Royal Canadian Navy and its influence on Manitoba.
Today’s must-read
Over 1,000 unionized Manitoba Liquor Mart workers shut down stores across the province Tuesday, vowing to stay on picket lines as long as it takes to get a fair wage offer.
“We hope it ends sooner rather than later, because a strike’s always a last resort,” Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union president Kyle Ross told a morning news conference. Malak Abas reports.
Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union president Kyle Ross (Mikaela Mackenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
Cousins, a beloved West Broadway watering hole since 1983, was shuttered for three years, leaving regulars wondering if it would ever return. Finally, in July, it returned as Yen’s Kitchen + Bar. The Free Press spoke with owner Yen Nguyen.
Yen Nguyen in his foyer that leads into Yen’s Kitchen + Bar on Sherbrook Street. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Aug. 9, 1933: The Winnipeg Free Press reported hope was fading for the safety of four members of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve whose sailing boat had capsized on Lake Winnipeg near the mouth of the Red River when a squall hit; though the upturned craft was sighted, there was no report of survivors reaching the shore. In Toronto, four police officers were set to be indicted following a judge’s report on an incident a few years earlier in which police opened fire on suspects they planned to arrest. The U.S. ambassador to Cuba told its president to take a leave of absence until the country’s political strife was settled. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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