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Nicholas Frew / Winnipeg Free PressFirefighters battle a warehouse fire on Jarvis Avenue on Monday morning.
Warehouse fire: A huge blaze that gutted a two-storey warehouse at 274 Jarvis Ave. has led to evacuations of nearby homes and power being cut. Firefighters will be at the scene until Tuesday. The Free Press will have more on this story later this morning. READ MORE
Cops crunch numbers: The Winnipeg Police Service will release its statistical report for 2018 today. In an emailed statement last week, Chief Danny Smyth said it includes “concerning crime numbers that are affecting our officers and plaguing this city.” Read our related editorial. READ MORE
Seven Oaks switch: Seven Oaks Hospital officially transitioned to an urgent care centre at 7 a.m. today. Data obtained by the NDP and released on the weekend shows the facility is down 90 acute-care beds compared with two summers ago. Tessa Vanderhart reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a high of 28 C and peak winds from the northwest at 20 km/h starting later this morning.
What’s happening today
Road reopens: The Trans-Canada Highway was shut down between Falcon Lake and West Hawk Lake for about 12 hours after a crash late Sunday morning. The provincial government announced shortly after 12:15 a.m. today that the stretch of road had reopened. RCMP are expected to release more information about the collision later today.
Iran announces arrests: Iran says it has arrested 17 spies recruited by the CIA to spy on nuclear and military sites and that some of them have already been executed, The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Puerto Rico protests: Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets in Puerto Rico, demanding the resignation of the island’s governor. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Defenceman Neal Pionk
Pionk gets paid: The Jets signed newly acquired defenceman Neal Pionk to a two-year contract Sunday, avoiding arbitration. Mike McIntyre reports. READ MORE
Clash in Hong Kong: At least 45 protesters in Hong Kong were injured when they were attacked inside a subway station. The incident happened after more than 100,000 people marched through the city to demand democracy. READ MORE
Moon mission: India has launched an unmanned spacecraft to the far side of the moon. The country’s first moon mission orbited the natural satellite in 2008 and helped confirm the presence of water. READ MORE
On this date
On July 22, 1963: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that following a weekend of negotiations in Washington,. D.C., Canada would be exempt from U.S. president John F. Kennedy’s proposed new tax on American purchases of foreign securities. In Moscow, Soviet sources said a working party was putting finishing touches on a treaty that would ban nuclear weapons testing in the air, under water, or in outer space. In Canada, cloudy weather put a damper on viewing the total eclipse of the sun, the last one to be visible in Canada until 1972. READ MORE
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