Your forecast
Mainly sunny, with increasing cloudiness this afternoon. Wind becoming northwest at 20 km/h this afternoon. High 29 C. Humidex 32. UV index 9 or very high.
On Monday, the temperature hit 34.8 C by 6 p.m, as a heat warning for southern Manitoba continued. The humidex was 45.
The highs for the rest of the week are expected to be in the high-20s with a chance of showers on Friday, Environment Canada said. Tiago Resko has more here.
Joannes Mendivil and his two daughters, Pia, 2, and Paula, 1, take advantage of the cool water at the Maples Spray Pad Monday afternoon. (Mike Deal / Free Press)
Ontario is expected to start feeling the worst of its latest heat wave today as forecasters predict temperatures to reach the mid- to high 30s, and humidex readings near the mid-40s. Much of northern Ontario spent Monday under a severe orange warning, spanning areas from Kenora and Thunder Bay to Fort Hope and Timmins. The Canadian Press has more here.
What’s happening today
Hundreds of First Nations chiefs are gathering in Ottawa today for the Assembly of First Nations annual meeting.
They’ll be debating 53 separate resolutions during the three-day gathering. They include resolutions on the federal government’s major projects agenda, the state of First Nations child welfare, Indian Act status and calls for the Vatican to rescind a series of papal decrees.
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said she’s seen a lot of interest in the meeting from federal ministers, private companies and environmental organizations. “First Nations are leading the way in all walks of life and in all regions of this country,” she said Monday. The Canadian Press reports.
Prime Minister Mark Carney (right) shakes hands with AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak in 2025. (Adrian Wyld / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
A middle school student file documenting more than 40 violent outbursts in a single year.
A gun kept under the pillow of a home-care patient who has dementia.
A drug-fuelled rage during which a man suffering from a contagious disease spat on and wrapped his hands around the throat of a first responder.
These are among the hazards that front-line employees in health care, education and other public sector positions are navigating when they clock in for a shift. Maggie Macintosh has the story.
University of Manitoba labour studies instructor and researcher Karen Naylor (Miek Deal / Free Press)
On this date
On July 14, 1942: The Winnipeg Free Press reported three German columns, superior to the Russians in number of men and machines, stabbed into the northern neck of the Caucasian area, threatening a sweep into the industrialized lower Volga. A Winnipeg man was convicted and fined for violating wartime prices and trade board regulations by hoarding groceries; it was the first such conviction in Canada since the start of the war.
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