Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud, with a few showers this morning and a 30 per cent chance of showers late this afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm late this afternoon. Hazy. High 25 C. Humidex 28. UV index 7 or high.
What’s happening today
Raven’s End Books (1859 Portage Ave.) hosts The Spec-Fic Midsummer Spectacular from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and will feature a discussion on horror and speculative fiction by Susie Moloney (A Dry Spell, Things Withered), S.M. Beiko (Scion of the Fox, the Brindlewatch Quartet series), Free Press reviewer Keith Cadieux (Donner Parties and Other Anti-Social Gatherings) and Ottawa’s James K. Moran (Fear Itself). Moloney will also serve as host; there’s no charge to attend.
Susie Moloney (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press files)
Today’s must-read
Manitoba optometrists have been refusing to handle urgent cases out of frustration with the provincial government, which hasn’t signed a deal with them in years.
Since March, the optometrists have referred all non-routine eye care cases, as well as patients who had surgery within the past three weeks, to the Misericordia Eye Clinic. They’ve been directed to do so by the Manitoba Association of Optometrists.
The result is that Manitobans are taking the brunt of the job action because the clinic has become jam-packed with patients, forcing the clinic to scramble and enlist the help of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority to find more staff. Kevin Rollason has the story.
Since March, Manitoba optometrists have been refusing to handle all non-routine eye care cases out of frustration with the provincial government, which hasn’t signed a deal with them in years. (Pat McGrath / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Mohamed Al Yaser (left), Mohamed Gashoot (centre) and Nathaniel Gomes work to dissect a heart as part of the Biomedical Youth Program Summer Camp at the University of Manitoba Bannatyne Campus Wednesday. Approximately 100 students from Grades 6 to 12 — guided by U of M student volunteers — participated at no cost.
(Mike Deal / Free Press)
On this date
On July 24, 1963: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Moscow an East-West treaty outlawing the testing of nuclear weapons above ground was reported completed and would likely be initialed the next day. An Ontario legislative committee probing the cost of consumer credit found some mortgage rates as high as 21 per cent and some lending rates as high as 87 per cent. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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