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Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson to front-line WPS officers: “We have their backs.”
Premier picks side: Premier Heather Stefanson says she supports “front-line officers” and said she was disappointed in Winnipeg Police Service Chief Danny Smyth’s comments about a number of recent violent crimes. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Judge upholds conviction: Despite police denigrating a man’s sexual orientation during questioning, Manitoba’s highest court has ruled that’s not enough to overturn his conviction on charges of sexually abusing three nephews. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
President flees: Sri Lanka’s president fled the country today, only hours before he had promised to resign amid widespread protests over the country’s severe economic crisis. Crowds then stormed the offices of the prime minister, demanding he also go. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSDavid Moyer recently graduated from the Pembina Trails Early College program (PTEC) and is in the first week of a seven week internship at Bit Space Development (BSD).
Tech-savvy grads: New alternative high school Pembina Trails Early College, which combines traditional instruction with college-level computer programming and cybersecurity training, celebrated its first graduation ceremony last month as 18 students collected their diplomas. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
MP targets telecoms: Conservative critic for public safety, Kildonan-St. Paul MP Raquel Dancho, says the Liberals should punish telecom companies that can’t guarantee 911 service, following a Rogers outage over the past weekend that left millions of Canadians without phone or internet. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
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On July 13, 1948: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the lead negotiator for 18 international railway unions told a press conference that unless their demands were met, a general railway strike would begin within two days; the chief issue was an increase in pay to match the rise in cost of living. The federal cabinet met for two hours in an effort to break the deadlock. A Moscow radio station urged that a German peace treaty be concluded quickly so that all occupying military forces could be withdrawn from the country within a year. READ MORE
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