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JESSE BOILY / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThe Springfield Colony has one family in isolation after their father tested positive for COVID-19 upon returning from a business trip to Alberta.
Hutterites battle COVID-19: The pandemic has hit two Hutterite colonies in Manitoba in cases linked to colony members attending a funeral for three teenagers in Alberta. “”We’re not immune to it — we’re all just flesh and blood,” Josh Waldner of the Springfield colony told reporter Kevin Rollason.
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Colleagues back Santos: Coun. Vivian Santos is getting support from colleagues on city council after police refused to say why they withheld her security clearance, which effectively overrides her council-directed appointment to the Winnipeg Police Board. Coun. Matt Allard said Thursday. “I see a colleague who has been outspoken on police and social services, who wants to serve on the police board, who appears to have been stopped in her tracks by an opaque process.” Danielle DaSilva reports. READ MORE
Your forecast
It will be sunny in the morning with a 60 per cent chance of showers, and risk of a thunderstorm, late in the afternoon. The wind will be strong in the morning, coming from the south at 40 km/h and gusting to 60. The high will be 29 C with a Humidex of 34.
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JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSDavid Mulaire, owner of Prairie City Cinema in Portage La Prairie, says he is the only business in town that can’t open due to COVID-19 regulations.
Theatre owner protests: The owner of Portage la Prairie’s lone movie theatre is fed up that, after being closed by the pandemic for four months, his is the only business in town not allowed to be up and running. “It’s ridiculous how movie theatres are being treated. We should be on the same tier as restaurants,” said David Mulaire. Julia-Simone Rutgers reports. READ MORE
Charities get $8.9 million: The Winnipeg Foundation has announced $8.9 million in funding to be distributed to 279 Winnipeg-based charities that have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The “stabilization grants” are meant to help offset the losses recently incurred by the city’s registered charities. Malak Abas reports. READ MORE
Team names eyed: The governing body for amateur hockey in Manitoba is expected to proceed with regulatory changes that will compel teams under its jurisdiction to discontinue the use of names deemed offensive or disrespectful. The issue became a flashpoint recently with demands the South Eastern Manitoba Hockey League’s Morden Redskins be forced to change their nickname. READ MORE
Remembering the Fringe: Are you missing the Winnipeg Fringe Festival that would have started on July 15 if it wasn’t for a nasty act called COVID-19? So is Randall King, the Free Press reviewer who has been attending for 30 years. He offers thoughts on the highlights, lowlights and culinary delights. READ MORE
On this date
On July 17, 1906: Andrew Carnegie denies favouring Canada; two men in Neepawa were to stand trial for the alleged rape of a young girl; a coroner’s inquest concluded Miss Biron was poisoned at the Imperial Hotel in Winnipeg; and the Portage Fair opened.
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