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History of Canada Day: “Not a gun was heard, or a funeral note or anything else,” reported an 1869 copy of the Nor’Wester newspaper about July 1 celebrations in the settlement now called Winnipeg. A special Free Press feature today examines Dominion Day celebrations in Manitoba throughout history. Randy Turner reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: Good news for Canada Day celebrants: Saturday will begreat weather for flag-waving. Today will see showers ending early inthe afternoon, with a risk of a thunderstorm, and a high of 19 C. ButSaturday will be sunny and clear, with a high of 23 C. Sunday will besunny with a high of 24. Monday will be sunny with a high of 28.
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JOHN WOODS / CANADIAN PRESS FILES’For me to sign on to a health-care deal that’s dangerous for Manitoba would be wrong,’ Premier Brian Pallister said.
Health-care holdout: Premier Brian Pallister said Thursday morning hecan “go forever” without signing a health-care deal with Ottawa: “I’m not signing on to it because it’s dangerous for health care, dangerous for Manitobans.” Nick Martin reports. READ MORE
Highest-paid doctors: Emergency room physicians continue to be thehighest-paid heath-care professionals in Manitoba, according to the latestsalary disclosure report. Fifteen ER doctors earned more than $400,000in 2016. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Up next
Waterpark opens today: Transcona Aquatic Park opens today with freeadmission. The new attraction at Kildare Avenue East and Wabasha Streetfeatures four water slides, and a beach-like sloped access.
U.S. consul in Winnipeg: The Consul of the United States of America,Christopher J. Gunning, is in Winnipeg today to host a celebration of the241st birthday of the U.S. at Shaw Park. Admission to the event is byinvitation only.
Around the water cooler
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESHelgi Jones in 1970.
Honouring Helgi Jones: Helgi Jones Parkway is now the official name ofthe section of Highway 8 leading through Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park to Gull Harbour Point. The section was named to honour the man who got electric power for Hecla Island in 1951, a ferry running to theisland in 1953, and a causeway connecting Hecla to the mainland in1970. Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
Carbon-pricing controversy: Manitoba will seek a legal opinion aboutwhether the federal government has the right to impose a one-size-fits-allcarbon-pricing formula. Manitoba wants credit for its clean Hydro power.Nick Martin reports. READ MORE
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Chad Hipolito / THE CANADIAN PRESSChristy Clark
#bcpoli: Trending across Canada after the newly-elected Liberal government in B.C. headed by Christy Clark fell after a confidence vote in the province’s legislature in which the Liberals failed to get support from from the NDP and Green parties. British Columbia’s Lieutenant-Governor has asked the New Democrats to form government. READ MORE
On this date
On June 30, 1927: The Manitoba Free Press reported that a “transformed” Winnipeg was ready to greet Canada’s Diamond Jubilee on July 1, in which buildings took on gala attire with flags flying everywhere, a huge parade was being planned and celebrations were expected to draw many to Assiniboine Park. From London, reports were that Commander Richard E. Byrd’s transatlantic flight from New York aboard the “America” was progressing well and had passed Newfoundland. READ MORE
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