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New mayor for municipality: The RM of Ritchot has a new mayor after Chris Ewen, a former Brandon real estate broker, defeated Jackie Hunt in an unusual byelection. Hunt resigned in April, citing “belligerent behaviour” by two council members. Two other councillors, Jeannot Robert and Ron Mamchuk, followed her lead, which led to a byelection for the entire council because quorum couldn’t be formed. All five council members ran for re-election. Mamchuk and Robert are back on council, while the two councillors Hunt was in conflict with were defeated. Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: It will be mainly sunny today, with a high of 28 C and wind from the south at 20 km/h this afternoon. It will be increasingly cloudy near midnight, with a 60 per cent chance of showers or thunderstorms overnight.
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SUPPLIEDNofa Mihlo Rafo’s son Emad. The Yazidi refugee family was recently sponsored by the government to begin a new life here was contacted last week by a cousin who spotted one of her two missing sons on social media after he was freed from IS.
Son freed from Islamic State: A Yazidi refugee who came to Winnipeg with four of her children in January found out Sunday one of her two missing sons has been liberated from the Islamic State group by in Mosul, Iraq. In a video, her son Emad says in Kurdish, “Take me to Canada to my mom.” Ben Waldman reports. READ MORE
Hydro defends hike request: Manitoba Hydro “is not going to grow out of its troubles,” a lawyer for the Crown corporation told the Public Utilities Board at a hearing Wednesday. Patti Ramage said the 7.9 per cent interim rate increase Hydro is seeking is necessary because of revenue problems, including an $880-million reduction in net exports and a 30 per cent decrease in export prices. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Meet Manitoba’s team: Rower Emma Gray will be Manitoba’s flag-bearer when the Canada Summer Games kick off at Bell MTS Place next week and is among 330 athletes who will represent the province. Meanwhile, the City of Winnipeg is hoping to avoid the kind of construction-related traffic snarls that occurred when FIFA women’s World Cup soccer matches were played here two years ago. Taylor Allen, Mike Sawatzky and Ryan Thorpe report. READ MORE
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FILE – In this May 14, 2013 pool file photo, O.J. Simpson sits during a break on the second day of an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas. Simpson, the former football star, TV pitchman and now Nevada prison inmate, will have a lot going for him when he appears before state parole board members Thursday, July 20, 2017 seeking his release after more than eight years for an ill-fated bid to retrieve sports memorabilia. (AP Photo/Ethan Miller, Pool, File)
Simpson seeks freedom: O.J. Simpson will plead for his release at a parole board hearing at a Nevada prison today. The former NFL star and actor, who was later acquitted of two murders in the 1995 “trial of the century” in Los Angeles, has spent more than eight years behind bars for armed robbery and assault with a weapon in connection with an incident at a Las Vegas hotel. READ MORE
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Stephen Sim (left) and Lee White of local improv troupe Crumbs. (Supplied)
At this stage: Randall King spoke with veteran performers about how things have changed since the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival started 30 years ago. Victoria-born Michael Schaldemose says he misses the competitive aspect of fringes past, including finding the perfect spot to place your poster, while Stephen Sim of Winnipeg points out how improv has become a much bigger part of the festival. READ MORE
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Jacquelyn Martin / The Associated Press FilesSen. John McCain
John McCain: The Republican U.S. senator, veteran and former presidential candidate was diagnosed with brain cancer, his office announced on Wednesday. McCain was having a blood clot removed at the Mayo Clinic when the tumour was discovered. READ MORE
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On July 20, 1942: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that British forces had captured more than 6,000 Axis prisoners in an attack near El Daba as part of the desert conflict in the Second World War. The Red army fell back on the Don steppes as superior numbers of German forces pressed them. In Ottawa, the introduction of a temperance campaign among all branches of the Canadian forces was discussed. READ MORE
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