Your forecast
Mainly cloudy, with a 60 per cent chance of showers early this morning. Widespread smoke. High 24 C. Humidex 26. UV index 7 or high.
Winnipeggers may have received a tornado alert on their phones on Monday — some repeatedly — but it wasn’t for them and they were never in any danger.
While the Environment Canada emergency alert popped up on the cellphones of many Winnipeggers at about 6:30 p.m. — urging them to “take immediate cover in a basement or interior room if weather threat approaches” — it was intended for residents in the Rural Municipality of MacDonald, southwest of the city. Some of its communities include Oak Bluff, La Salle, Brunkild and Starbuck. Kevin Rollason has more here.
What’s happening today
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Ballet in the Park is to summer in Winnipeg what Nutcracker is to winter: a beloved annual tradition.
The annual al fresco performance is a once-a-season chance to watch the company and RWB School students perform for free (at the Lyric Theatre at Assiniboine Park), making it the perfect introduction to the art form. Performances run July 23-25, starting tonight at 7:30 p.m. You can register here.
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Ballet in the Park returns to the Lyric Theatre for three nights starting tonight. (Nic Adam / Free Press files)
Today’s must-read
Manitoba’s experience as a leader in reconciliation will give it a leg up when it comes time for Canada to fast-track megaprojects, Premier Wab Kinew said Tuesday after signing an agreement with Saskatchewan to expand trade through the Port of Churchill.
“We’re working a ton on making sure we have consensus with the Indigenous nations for the megaprojects that we want to pursue to build up the Manitoba and Canadian economy,” Kinew said.
Twenty-nine First Nations and 12 northern communities own the Arctic Gateway Group, which operates the Port of Churchill and the Hudson Bay Railway that connects it to the rest of the continent. Carol Sanders has the story.
The Port of Chuchill (John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
On the bright side
It’s better to be safe than sorry when around water. That’s the message the YMCA-YWCA of Winnipeg is spreading this week as it offers free water safety resources for both new and comfortable swimmers at its four locations in Winnipeg. “Drowning is so, so preventable. Swimming is a life skill,” said Finn McLandress, aquatics director at the downtown location at 301 Vaughan St.
Swim instructors will be available during drop-in swim times to answer questions and help any adult or child who has basic swim skills. Displays at each location entrance will have pamphlets and kids colouring sheets that list tips on how to avoid drowning. Matthew Frank has more here.
Finlay McLandress, Aquatics Director, Downtown Y Community Hub (Supplied)
On this date
On July 23, 1953: The Winnipeg Free Press reported British government officials believed a violent shakeup gripped top leadership in the Soviet Union and were far from convinced premier Georgi Malenkov wielded total power. Buckingham Palace had no comment on the relationship between Princess Margaret and divorced Second World War fighter pilot Group Capt. Peter Townshend. In Winnipeg, all inoculations and other immunization injections for children were paused as 16 more cases of polio were reported. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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