What’s happening today
Heikki Saukkomaa / Lehtikuva / The Associated PressU.S. President Donald Trump, left and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands in Helsinki, Monday.
Private talk with Putin: U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting privately, with only translators, in Finland this morning. Earlier, Trump blamed his own country for a low point in relations between the two countries, instead of Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 election that brought him to power. “Our relationship with Russia has NEVER been worse,” he tweeted from Helsinki, blaming “many years of U.S. foolishness and stupidity and now, the Rigged Witch Hunt!” READ MORE
Soccer celebration: France is still celebrating its second-ever World Cup title after beating Croatia on Sunday. Kevin Rollason spoke with jubilant fans at the Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: This morning will be sunny, with a high of 23 C, a mix of sun and cloud in the afternoon and wind from the northwest at 20 km/h gusting to 40.
In case you missed it
John Woods / The Canadian PressOmnitrax, which at one point denied owning the Churchill rail line, now says it has the right to retain the railway for an indeterminate amount of time while it accumulates cash to effect repairs.
No funds for fixes: In appeal filings, Omnitrax says it has a right to retain the washed-out route without fixing it until its subsidiary has enough cash. Last month, the Canadian Transportation Agency ruled Omnitrax violated federal law by shutting down the railway to Churchill after the tracks were washed out more than a year earlier. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Ex-goalie Emery drowns: The hockey world is mourning former NHL goalie Ray Emery, who drowned in Hamilton Harbour early Sunday. Emery, 35, was the starting goalie for the Ottawa Senators when they reached the Stanley Cup final in 2007 and won the Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2013. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
Michael Tutton / THE CANADIAN PRESS filesAhmed Hussen, the federal minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Fanning the flames: Dan Lett says federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen is right to call out those who deliberately use language to whip up anti-immigrant sentiments, but provinces shouldn’t have to beg for more financial support. “It seems pretty clear now that Ottawa’s decision to starve provinces and municipalities of necessary financial resources to pay for the increased costs of sheltering and caring for asylum seekers is fanning the flames of hateful rhetoric,” Lett writes. READ MORE
Commissioner rejects complaints: A federal watchdog has ruled a survivor of the 1989 École Polytechnique mass shooting who is a member of the government’s firearms advisory committee didn’t break any rules by doing unpaid work with an advocacy group lobbying for gun policy changes. Firearms advocates launched an online campaign encouraging people to write letters complaining about Nathalie Provost. READ MORE
On this date
On July 16, 1927: The Manitoba Free Press reported that 100 people were slain in riots that broke out in Vienna following the acquittal of former soldiers accused of murdering a socialist. News out of Kenora, Ont., was that 20,000 freight handlers for the CNR would not go on strike as an agreement had been reached. In Winnipeg, the first-ever air mail arrived from the United States, with a delivery made by airplane from Fargo, N.D. READ MORE
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