Your forecast
Sunny with a high of 32 C and wind from south at 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. The hot weather will continue in Winnipeg through the weekend, writes Tyler Searle.
What’s happening today
The Carman Country Fair kicks off today and runs through Saturday, with a little something for visitors of all ages: a sprawling midway full of rides, Lego and remote-control-vehicle demos, barrel races and artisan and farmers markets.
The Winnipeg Folk Festival officially opens in Birds Hill Park with the evening mainstage performances starting at 6:15 p.m., and all-day programming starting Friday morning. For more information, click here.
Audience members dance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival (John Woods / Free Press files)
Today’s must-read
St. Andrews Airport will mark 60 years in operation Friday.
It ranks as the country’s 10th busiest airport, not for passengers, but for the sheer number of airplane movements, which is 10,000 each month, airport administration says.
Matthew Frank reports.
Harv’s Air dispatcher and commercial pilot student Kevin Hladik taxis a small Cessna plane at St. Andrews Airport on Monday morning. Harv’s Air is one of 75 companies that use the airport. (Nic Adam / Free Press)
On the bright side
Friday marked the first day of A. J. Ongenae’s franchise — the first Free Blockbuster to pop up in Winnipeg. He saw the idea on YouTube and thought it was cool, so decided to make his own.
“I just kind of wanted to make it,” Ongenae, 39, said outside his home at 344 Kimberly Ave. “Now I just hope people use it for, you know, if they want to have a movie night, make it a Blockbuster night.”
Jura McIlraith has the story.
‘It’s just nice to give back sometimes,’ said AJ Ongenae. The Winnipegger said he hopes people will return movies to his free library-style Blockbuster box, or donate their own. (Nic Adam / Free Press)
On this date
On July 11, 1950: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in South Korea, U.S. troops, harried by Communist tanks, fell back to new defensive positions at the approaches to Taejon. In Winnipeg, the reorganization of Manitoba’s hydroelectric industry would likely involve a provincially administered pool purchasing and distributing all electricity as a compromise solution to disagreements between the city and provincial governments. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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