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SuppliedAn artist’s rendering of the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. The museum is set to open in 2021 and construction at the Wellington Avenue location is expected to begin soon.
Federal funds: Liberal cabinet minister Jim Carr will announce $8.8 million to help build a new home for the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. Construction at the Wellington Avenue location is expected to begin soon. Dylan Robertson has the exclusive story. READ MORE
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Your forecast: Sunny this morning with a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon, a high of 30 C, humidex 32 and wind from the west peaking at 20 km/h.
What’s happening today
Kirsty O’Connor / The Associated PressConservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson, right, leaves his office in London, Monday July 22, 2019. Voting closes Monday in the ballot to elect Britain’s next prime minister, from the two contenders Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, as critics of likely winner Boris Johnson condemned his vow to take Britain out of the European Union with or without a Brexit deal.(Kirsty O’Connor/PA via AP)
Britain’s next PM named: The United Kingdom’s Conservative party has chosen Boris Johnson as its new leader. The Brexit hardliner will replace Theresa May as prime minister Wednesday. READ MORE
AMM on election: The Association of Manitoba Municipalities will announce its priorities for the upcoming provincial election at a news conference in Selkirk this morning. Meanwhile, Jessica Botelho-Urbanski has an update on prospective candidate nominations. READ MORE
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Airline employee blames addiction: A local woman who pleaded guilty to defrauding Air Canada of more than $2 million says her opioids addiction is to blame. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Strong start: Bombers defensive back Winston Rose is becoming a key part of the team’s secondary. Taylor Allen reports. READ MORE
On this date
On July 23, 1973: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that tensions between the prime minister and western premiers seemed to be easing ahead of an economic conference designed to change the West. In Dubai, anti-Israeli hijackers who had captured a Japan Air Lines jetliner with 143 people aboard were set to take off, telling the control tower the hijackers were to be known as the “Mount Carmel martyrs.” The Soviet Union launched an unmanned mission to the planet Mars. READ MORE
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