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SUBMITTED PHOTOJosh Chornick, 18, was found dead on the Mantario Trail Friday after activating a satellite distress signal. His mother says it’s still not clear what went wrong.
‘Loved nature’: Josh Chornick, the 18-year-old hiker who died on the Mantario Trail last week, “touched the lives of everyone he knew,” his mother said. Chornick had recently finished his first year of studies in engineering at the University of Manitoba. Tessa Vanderhart reports. READ MORE
Facing a fine: Food Fare is facing a potential fine after opening all five of its locations on Canada Day. Ramsey Zeid said officials with Manitoba Employment Standards only visited his Silver Heights store, which was issued a summons for opening Good Friday. Tessa Vanderhart reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny for much of the day with a 60 per cent chance of showers and risk of a thunderstorm before 9 a.m., a high of 25 C, humidex of 28 and wind from the northwest at 20 km/h gusting to 40.
What’s happening today
Set for sentencing: A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Brett Overby. He was convicted in May of second-degree murder for the killing of Christine Wood.
Ukraine’s president in Canada: Ukraine’s new president, actor and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy, will meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a conference in Toronto. Trudeau’s office has said they will discuss Ukraine’s reform efforts and its path toward integration with Europe. READ MORE
Australian cops make arrests: Three men have been arrested for an Islamic State-inspired plot to attack targets in Sydney, police said.
In case you missed it
Tessa Vanderhart / Winnipeg Free PressJustin Livingstone (from left), Jaxon Locken (holding Everly Locken), Tiffany Locken (holding Hunter Locken), Amanda Jorundson (holding Astro Livingstone) enjoy the Osborne Street Festival on Canada Day. They support closing down Osborne Street more often in the summer.
Patio parties: A business owner wants Osborne Street to turn into a pedestrian mall — as it did as part of a Canada Day long weekend street festival — more often. The Free Press asked people enjoying the patios what they think. READ MORE
Rain’s deadly damage: At least 27 people were killed when monsoon rains toppled walls in western India. READ MORE
On this date
On July 2, 1912: The Manitoba Free Press reported that Regina, Sask., was still in a state of chaos following a cyclone that hit the city, followed by severe rains; 26 people were reported dead and the streets were being patrolled by members of the North West Mounted Police, though the city was not under martial law. In Boston, aviator Harriet Quimby and her passenger were killed when her Bleriot monoplane plunged into Dorchester Bay from a height of 1,000 feet; Quimby was the first woman to win an aviator’s licence in America and the first woman to cross the English Channel in an airplane. READ MORE
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