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BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESWinnipeg Blue Bombers coach Mike O’Shea
Shot at redemption: The big winner in Thursday’s Blue Bomber victory was head coach Mike O’Shea. Free Press sportswriter Paul Wiecek has written in the past week how fans were calling for the coach to be fired after the Bombers played poorly, losing the first two games of the season. But with Thursday’s 28-24 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Wiecek writes today, O’Shea now has breathing room and Bombers fans have reason to hope. READ MORE
Your forecast: There’s good news on the weather front for people leaving work early today to go to the Winnipeg Folk Festival (they’ll be the ones arriving at the workplace in Birkenstocks and Duhks or Wailin’ Jennys T-shirts). Both today and Saturday will be acceptable weather for the festival’s tarp squatters: a high of 26 C, wind from the north at 20 km/h, and a mix of sun and clouds. Sunday could get rainy, with a 40 per cent chance of showers and a high of 27.
In case you missed it
Photo provided by Canadian Taxpayers AssociationStephanie Forsyth allegedly used marble from the college’s culinary arts school in renovations of the kitchen in her home on Wellington Crescent, which she has since sold.
Musing about marble: A big deal was made in 2014 about a marble countertop in the River Heights home of former Red River College president Stephanie Forsyth. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation alleged that surplus marble countertops from the college had been installed in her home. On Thursday, Winnipeg police concluded there is insufficient evidence to conduct a criminal investigation into the allegation. READ MORE
From joy to frustration: A Winnipeg woman is filing a human rights complaint after she was let go from her job after returning from a fight with breast cancer. Margaret Koshinsky was the marketing and communications director at the Winnipeg Folk Festival until she was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer in fall 2013. After her battle with cancer, Koshinsky was told someone else had been hired. Now, she’s left looking for work and is trying to prevent the same thing from happening to others. READ MORE
Up next
Popular parade: Steinbach’s inaugural Pride March on Saturday has turned into a national event. Media across the country normally wouldn’t care about a parade in Steinbach, but their attention was attracted when all the area’s politicians said they were skipping the event, and Steinbach’s city council refused to endorse the parade. On Thursday, the prime minister’s office announced Justin Trudeau has a personal message to participants that will be delivered by Saint Boniface-Saint Vital Liberal MP Dan Vandal at Steinbach city hall. The parade starts at 11 a.m.
On stage tonight: This evening promises to be an eclectic buffet of marvelous music at the Winnipeg Folk Festival: at 8:15 p.m., it’s The Staves, an acoustic folk rock trio of sisters from England; at 9:25 p.m., it’s American singer/songwriter Ryan Adams And The Shining; and at 11 p.m., electronic German folk duo Milky Chance wraps it up.
Around the water cooler
Winnipeg Jets centre/left winger Mathieu Perrault shown during Saturday’s practice ahead of Sunday’s encounter with the Chicago Black Hawks.
Four more for Perreault: Thumbs up to the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday for signing speedy forward Mathieu Perreault to a four-year contract extension worth $16.5 million. One of the best skaters on the team, Perreault’s go-all-out style is exciting to watch and seems to inspire his teammates. READ MORE
Zero per cent: The following question was asked of the dozens of Manitobans attending the Canadian School Boards Association national convention on Thursday: how many of you have taken treaty relations training? The answer: none of them. “We have a lot of work to do in terms of treaty education,” said University of Manitoba law Prof. Aimee Craft, who is also a research director for the national centre for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. READ MORE
Trending now
Tony Gutierrez / The Associated PressLaw enforcement officials wait outside the emergency room entrance at Baylor University Medical Center, Friday, in Dallas. Snipers opened fire on police officers in the heart of Dallas on Thursday night, killing some of the officers.
#Dallas: The Texas city was the scene of a peaceful protest against police violence, in a week where two black men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, were killed by police officers in separate incidents. But towards the end, unidentified snipers opened fire on police officers at the event. According to the most recent information, five officers were killed and another six wounded. READ MORE
#EURO2016: France beat Germany 2-0 in the semi-final match for UEFA EURO 2016. Portugal beat Wales 2-0 in Wednesday’s match, meaning France and Portugal will face off in the final match on Sunday at 2 p.m. CST.
On this date
On July 8, 1935: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that leaders of the Conservative party in Winnipeg would not comment on the announcement by the former federal minister of trade and commerce, H.H. Stevens, that he would accept the leadership nomination for a new political party and would launch a country-wide campaign in connection with the upcoming federal election. In Saskatchewan, farmers in the Viscount, Guernsey and Plunkett districts said that the severe hail they had suffered meant losses of millions. Hailstones the size of baseballs lashed crops in an area four miles wide by 25 miles long, according to reports. Windows on the north and west sides of buildings in Plunkett were all smashed by the hail.
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