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Medal haul: Canada won four more medals at the Olympic Games, including a gold by wrestler Erica Wiebe, a silver by sprinter Andre De Grasse in the 200 metres and two bronze. Meanwhile, Oak Bluff’s Tyler Mislawchuk placed 15th in the gruelling triathlon. READ MORE
Your forecast: Expect increasing cloudiness with a 30 per cent chance of showers late this afternoon and a high of 21. Tonight, it will be cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of showers. On Saturday, it will be partly sunny with a high of 22. Expect a sunny Sunday with a high of 23.
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WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESPolice investigate at Cityplace parkade on Hargrave Street after a teen girl was assaulted by a teen boy in April 2015.
Teen sentenced: The teen convicted in a brutal attack on a 16-year-old girl, a case that helped push the province to stop placing foster children in city hotel rooms, has been handed a three-year sentence. The attack occurred April 1, 2015 at the Cityplace parkade on Hargrave. The attacker has been diagnosed with intellectual disabilities, attachment disorder and a milder form of fetal-alcohol syndrome. READ MORE
Dispute settled: The City of Winnipeg quietly resolved its fight with the federal government over the tax bill for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in June, leaving the museum a multimillion-dollar deficit it is now negotiating with Ottawa to solve. The agreed-upon assessed value of the museum and its land for tax purposes is $108 million, resulting in a 2016 tax bill of $2.7 million. READ MORE
Developers angry: Local developers are angry after revelations a proposed new fee for lots in new residential areas might also be applied to new commercial and industrial development. Developers who attended a briefing Thursday with the city’s consultant said it appears the city is building a case for a fee that would add $20,000 to $30,000 to the cost of a new residential lot. READ MORE
Up next
At the Olympics: Canada takes on home-team Brazil for the bronze medal in women’s soccer, while Andre De Grasse and the Canadian men compete in the 4 X 100-metre relays.
Around the water cooler
ZACHARY PRONG / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESMichelle Gawronsky, second from left, the president of the Manitoba Government and General Employees Union (MGEU) surrounded by Macdonald Youth Services (MYS) Crisis Stabilization members and supporters during a rally on August 12, 2016.
Back to work: Crisis workers at Macdonald Youth Services are returning to work — without a pay increase — after more than two weeks on strike. The nearly 30 employees, members of the Manitoba Government and General Employees Union, have been without a contract since March 31, 2014. The union and management say they will join forces to lobby the province for more funding so the workers can receive their requested wage increases. READ MORE
Notice needed: Manitoba fishers will have to wait a year to withdraw from the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corp. after the province signalled its intent to leave the fish marketer, the corporation’s interim president says. John Wood says the withdrawal cannot occur overnight because signatories must give one year’s notice. READ MORE
Pricey limo: Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott is reimbursing taxpayers $3,700 after it was disclosed her office paid thousands to a Toronto-based limo company owned by a Liberal supporter. Philpott also apologized for the “excessive costs” related to her work travel. READ MORE
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On this date
On Aug. 19, 1908: The Manitoba Free Press reported that three Winnipeggers who had left Winnipeg Beach in a light skiff and ran into bad weather were still missing after three days were feared to be dead. Free Press experts weighed in on the expected 1908 harvest in Manitoba. City council deliberated the sale of power bonds, the purchase of a new tramway coach, and saving the city money. READ MORE
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