What you need to know
JESSE BOILY / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPolice look into a possible homicide at Salter and Flora on Wednesday.
Accused teen’s history: A 14-year-old accused of first-degree murder in a Canada Day shooting had been in custody weeks before the shooting but was released after a judge did not adhere to the Crown’s suggestion the teen be kept in jail, the Free Press has learned. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Scheifele criticizes cook: Winnipeg Jets star Mark Scheifele filed a statement of defence this week against a wrongful dismissal lawsuit by his personal chef, Jeremy Senaris. Scheifele said his cook was incompetent and failed to prepare meals fit for an elite athlete. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: It will be mainly sunny today, with some clouds in the afternoon. The high will be 27 C, with the Humidex reading of 31.
In case you missed it
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESNew home construction near the west perimeter in Ridgewood West.
Impact fees analysis: As columnist Tom Brodbeck sees it, the legal decision that the city’s impact fee is an “invalid indirect tax” was likely because the city failed to prove, with evidence, that new housing developments were not paying their fair share of city costs. READ MORE
Dr. Gunter’s protest: Medical mythbuster Dr. Jennifer Gunter, a New York Times medical columnist and author of The Vagina Bible, says her ailing Winnipeg father received negligent treatment while in Victoria General Hospital’s care. “He was denied hospice care” and instead suffered “the worst possible death: dying slowly in the hospital, bit by bit.” Julia-Simone Rutgers reports. READ MORE
Reporting sexual violence: Eleven post-secondary institutes in Manitoba will soon be able to anonymously report incidents of sexual violence on campus and access related resources all in one online place. Only the University of Manitoba has not signed on. Maggie MacIntosh reports. READ MORE
Decriminalize street drugs: The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police has proposed to decriminalize the possession of street drugs, arguing not laying criminal charges for personal drug use can benefit public health and public safety. “Merely arresting individuals for simple possession of illicit drugs has proven to be ineffective,” says their report. Katie May explains. READ MORE
On this date
On July 10, 1965: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in the United States, Congress passed a law that provided broad protection against medical costs for 19 million older Americans and boosted all social security cheques. France appeared to extend its boycott of the European Common Market to a further round of tariff negotiations. Prime minister Lester Pearson indicated plans were afoot to transfer jurisdiction over Inuit people to the provinces.
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