What’s happening today
JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESDave Wheeler
Station suspends DJ: Dave Wheeler has been suspended from his morning show on 92 CITI FM after a backlash over comments he made about transgender people Monday. In 2016, Wheeler was suspended for a week for posting videos on social media many people deemed offensive. READ MORE
St. Boniface byelection: Voters in St. Boniface will choose a new MLA in a byelection to replace former NDP premier Greg Selinger. The polls open at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Based on the advance vote, the contest could see a higher-than-usual turnout for a provincial byelection, Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
Federal funds: Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef will make a funding announcement about “economic security” in Winnipeg this morning. The event takes place at the offices of Information & Communication Technologies, an industry association.
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In case you missed it
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSA group makes its way into the McClung Home.
‘Word is spreading’: Reporter Bill Redekop toured two former homes of suffragist Nellie McClung in Manitou on Monday along with a group from the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada. The houses, which were moved to Manitou last year and opened to tourists in the fall, have become a pilgrimage site. READ MORE
Under pressure: About 10,000 Manitobans are affected by a recall of a generic blood pressure pill tainted with an impurity. Patients are being told to keep taking the pills until a replacement has been prescribed. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
THE CANADIAN PRESSWinnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea, back, speaks with players before a pre-season CFL football game against the B.C. Lions, in Vancouver, on Friday June 8, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Bombers coach to blame: You can always count on Blue Bombers Head Coach Mike O’Shea’s ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, Paul Wiecek writes in his latest column. “What the hell was that on Saturday night?” READ MORE
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / The Associated PressU.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin
#TreasonSummit: Reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump’s deferential stance toward Russian President Vladimir Putin at the summit in Helsinki, in which Trump sided with Putin over the U.S. intelligence community on the issue of Russian interference in the 2016 election, has been predominantly negative in the U.S., with some calling Trump’s behaviour a betrayal. READ MORE
On this date
On July 17, 1937: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the China-Japan conflict was developing rapidly from a series of local clashes into a situation involving the main armies of both nations. Great Britain stood firm on its policy of non-intervention in the Spanish civil war. In Winnipeg, alderman Paul Bardal said that regardless of the outcome of negotiations in Ottawa between federal and provincial officials, the city would continue to provide relief for the unemployed. READ MORE
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