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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSTrue North Real Estate Development president Jim Ludlow (right) and Bobby Mottola, managing partner of Pizzeria Gusto. Mottola Grocery will offer prepared meals curated from the hundreds of recipes from Mottola’s restaurants.
Downtown dining: The latest addition to True North Square will house a 25,000-sq.-ft. food hall that includes a gourmet grocery store and beer vendor. Martin Cash reports.
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Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a 60 per cent chance of showers this afternoon, a high of 28 C, humidex of 33 and peak winds from the southwest at 20 km/h in the afternoon.
What’s happening today
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThe front doors to Portage Place Shopping Centre.
Portage Place proposal: City council will hear from people opposed to the offer by Toronto-based Starlight Investments to buy Portage Place. Tessa Vanderhart reports.
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Stampede starts: The Manitoba Stampede & Exhibition begins today in Morris and continues till Sunday.
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In case you missed it
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThree cars on a BNSF train derailed on a track that runs between Empress and Strathcona in Winnipeg Wednesday closing Sargent Ave.
Train troubles: An annual report released in Ottawa yesterday states there was a seven per cent increase in railway accidents last year. Shortly after, a train derailed parallel to Empress Street in Winnipeg. Dylan Robertson reports.
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‘Blatant disregard’: Appeal court justices chastised Judge Brian Corrin for a “flagrant error in law” when he imposed a curfew on a man convicted of weapon offences and failing to comply with a recognizance. Dean Pritchard reports.
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Arson at anime studio: At least 23 people were killed and 36 injured when a man allegedly set fire to an animation production studio in Kyoto, Japan.
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On this date
On July 18, 1942: War coverage dominated the front page with British and American forces hammering back the main Axis attacks on the desert front west of El Alamein in Egypt; Russian forces renewed the thrust near Voronezh, Russia; 50 men enlisted in the army the day before; and U.S. crews boarded a giant cargo plane, the Martin Mars. READ MORE
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