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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSCouncillor Russ Wyatt.
Councillor faces criminal charge: Transcona Coun. Russ Wyatt, who has been charged with a “serious sexual assault,” says he’s innocent. Ryan Thorpe reports on Wyatt’s tumultuous year. READ MORE
Compensation ‘concerning’: Crown Services Minister Cliff Cullen says the Tory government will speak with the boards of major Crown corporations about executive compensation. His statement follows Free Press revelations about an outgoing Manitoba Hydro executive paid nearly four times his former salary and two Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries executives who earned more than the corporation’s CEO. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Lose limits, Pallister urges: Premier Brian Pallister says provinces should scrap limits on interprovincial transportation of alcohol for personal use. He sent a letter to Canada’s other premiers in advance of a meeting with them next week. The Supreme Court recently upheld a New Brunswick law a man was fined under for transporting beer and liquor from Quebec. READ MORE
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In case you missed it
GOOGLE MAPSThe house at 31 Petriw Bay is listed on the province’s latest public health protection reports of establishments convicted or closed for violations.
‘Busier than Boston Pizza’: Kevin Rollason has more on illegal takeout services being run out of homes. Four such homes were listed on the province’s latest public health protection reports. “This was busier than Boston Pizza,” a resident who lives near one of the homes, on Petriw Bay, said. READ MORE
Sedaka songs: Randall King has a preview of Rainbow Stage’s season opener, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do. The Neil Sedaka-inspired fantasia begins tonight. READ MORE
Up next
Porn star busted: Adult film actor Stormy Daniels, who made international headlines after saying she had sex with U.S. President Donald Trump in 2006, was arrested at an Ohio strip club last night. A state law prohibits nude or semi-nude dancers letting patrons touch them. Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti, called the arrest a politically motivated “setup.” READ MORE
TV trophies: The 70th annual Emmy Awards will be announced at 10:30 a.m. Game of Thrones, This Is Us and The Handmaid’s Tale are expected to be among the nominees for best drama series, The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
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#sexed: The Ford government in Ontario announced it will revert to 1998 sex-ed curriculum this fall READ MORE
On this date
July 12, 1990: A battle over a golf course near Oka, Que left one police officer dead; services to foster children were cut and staff laid off; Winnipeg’s top bureaucrat sent a 7-page letter to council and the mayor over the creation of a city manager; and the Manitoba Law Reform Commission seeks public input over living wills.
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