Your forecast
It will be sunny this morning with a mix of sun and cloud late this afternoon with a 30 per cent chance of showers. Wind becoming northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 early this afternoon. The high today is expected to reach 20 C with a low of 8 C tonight.
What’s happening today
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making his third visit to Latvia today, where he’s set to meet with the country’s leaders and Canadian troops.
Today’s must-read
Malak Abas spoke with Sunshine House, the only community-owned drug tester in Winnipeg. They publish drug alerts — public warnings that highly toxic substances are being included in drugs being sold and used in the city — and have had a hand in determining how fatal drug-poisoning trends pass through Winnipeg.
On the bright side
Over four days, folkies old and young grooved to bands from Ukraine, South Korea, Iceland, Mexico, Ireland, Louisiana and our own backyard in a celebration of world music at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
People dance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in Birds Hill Park Sunday. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On July 10, 1929: The Manitoba Free Press reported two pilots safely crossed the Atlantic Ocean and landed in Spain after a fuel shortage. The plane, known as the Pathfinder, was heading for Rome and the pilots decided to leave some gasoline behind in Old Orchard, Maine, to diminish the weight at take-off. During their trip across the pond they only ate chocolate bars and drank one “bottle of coffee.” Twenty-four people died after a submarine crash in London. In Pennsylvania, an 18-year-old won an ice cream eating contest after devouring 100 ice cream cones — on a bet — in 105 minutes.
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