What’s happening today
Finance Minister Bill Morneau rises in the House of Commons after delivering deliver a fiscal snapshot, Wednesday, July 8, 2020 in Ottawa. Morneau will outline today how the federal government is reshaping its emergency wage subsidy program that has been extended to the end of the year. He has scheduled a news conference this afternoon at a restaurant in Toronto to make the announcement Prime Minister Justin Trudeau teased Thursday.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Committee to question Morneau: Bill Morneau will become the latest federal cabinet minister to be grilled by a committee probing a cancelled agreement for the WE Charity to run a student-volunteer program. The finance minister, whose daughters have links to the organization, has apologized for not recusing himself from the cabinet discussions and vote on the agreement. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Details on disturbing case: Quebec provincial police will release more information about the killing of two young sisters and the death of their father. Police said Monday night they found what they believed is the body of Martin Carpentier. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Sombre ceremony: A ceremony is being held in Toronto to mark the second anniversary of a shooting in the Greektown neighbourhood. Two people, including a young girl, were killed and 13 were injured. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Still searching: RCMP investigators will continue searching the debris of a home on Alfred Avenue in connection with the killing of Gerhard Reimer-Wiebe, 27. The house burned down on June 20 and was demolished because it was unsafe. Kellen Taniguchi reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud, then sunny his afternoon, with a high of 27 C, and peak winds from the south at 30 km/h and gusting to 50 in the late afternoon.
In case you missed it
Chelsea Kemp/The Brandon Sun FilesManitoba Agriculture Minister Blaine Pedersen pledged the province would tabulate how much the federal carbon tax added to Manitoba farmers’ costs for drying grain last year in order to be eligible for federal compensation.
Federal funds fumbled: The Manitoba government wasted an opportunity for millions of dollars in federal carbon-tax compensation for farmers by waiting six months to give Ottawa the data it asked for, records obtained by the provincial NDP show. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
Cases set to go to court: City hall reporter Joyanne Pursaga reports on a years-long dispute about whether some buildings owned by school divisions are exempt from property taxes. READ MORE
Up in the sky: UFO sightings are on the rise this year, and the pandemic is one explanation for the spike. Nadya Pankiw reports. READ MORE
On this date
On July 22, 1936: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Spain, the rebellion that had broken out the previous weekend had become a bloody struggle between Fascism and the Marxist proletariat, with 1,000 people killed so far. In Alberta, the toll taken by raging forest fires was mounting. Also in that province, a five-man committee worked to secure autonomy for the Peace River area and secede from Alberta. Veteran politician Robert Rogers died at the age of 72 in Guelph, Ont.
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