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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSEmergency crews and vehicles are parked outside the Super 8 Motel on Portage Avenue after a carbon monoxide leak sent dozens to hospital on Tuesday.
Carbon monoxide detectors: A former firefighter whose niece was killed in a carbon monoxide leak says Manitoba should require CO detectors in every home. Fifteen people were initially in critical condition after a leak Tuesday at the Super 8 hotel on west Portage Avenue, but it appears everyone will pull through. Tessa Vanderhart reports. READ MORE
Hopeful immigrant’s experience: The Free Press spoke with a man who lives overseas and hopes to recoup the $30,000 deposit he gave Paul Hesse, the prominent immigration lawyer now at the centre of a Law Society of Manitoba investigation. Melissa Martin reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A rainfall warning has ended, but the precipitation will continue this morning, followed by a low chance of more rain until the early afternoon, then clearing. The high is 25 C, with a humidex of 30 and wind from the north at 30 km/h gusting to 50 for most of the day.
What’s happening today
Confusion Corner chaos: Traffic lights at the intersection have been out for more than 14 hours. Police cadets are directing traffic, and Manitoba Hydro is working on repairs. City police said there was no estimate on when the lights would be working and they would send “more support” if needed as the rush hour approached.
Sending shipment: The Town of Churchill will send its first shipment of goods in two years. The MV Aujaq heavy-cargo ship is headed to Nunavut loaded with trucks, construction equipment and boats shipped on the Hudson Bay Railway from Winnipeg. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Ambassador quits amid Trump tiff: The United Kingdom’s ambassador to the United States has resigned, less than 24 hours after U.S. President Donald Trump called him “wacky” and a “pompous fool.” READ MORE
In case you missed it
RIP, Rip Torn: Oscar-nominated actor Rip Torn, who won an Emmy for his performance on influential 1990s HBO comedy The Larry Sanders Show, has died at age 88.
More on mansion: The owner of a Wellington Crescent mansion says crews are removing asbestos from it this week, not demolishing it. The city issued a stop-work order on the home’s demolition last month amid a protest to save it. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
On this date
On July 10, 1992: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Manitoba Hydro said a delay in approval for the construction of the Conawapa megaproject could cost the utility between $250 million to $600 million. Western leaders prepared a land and sea campaign to intervene to bring relief to victims of ethnic bloodletting in the breakaway Yugoslav republic of Bosnia. READ MORE
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