Your forecast
Sunny early this morning, then a mix of sun and cloud with a 60 per cent chance of showers or thunderstorms this morning. Risk of a thunderstorm late this afternoon. Local smoke this afternoon. A heat warning is in effect for Winnipeg, with a forecast high of 30 C, Humidex 38. UV index 8 or very high.
What’s happening today
🏈 The Winnipeg Blue Bombers host the Calgary Stampeders at Princess Auto Stadium, starting at 7:30 p.m. “One strong quarter isn’t going to cut it this week,” writes Taylor Allen. “It’s a rematch from Week 1 where the Blue and Gold outlasted the Stamps 30-28 at McMahon Stadium.” Read the full story here.
Bombers quarterback Dru Brown (Justin Tang / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
The Manitoba government will conduct an assessment of high-risk trails and areas in its parks system following the drownings of two siblings at Nutimik Lake in the Whiteshell.
Environment Minister Mike Moyes has ordered his department to identify high-risk areas after Maximo Au Ramirez, 10, slipped on rocks near Sturgeon Falls and fell in the lake Saturday. His brother, Aaron Au Ramirez, 13, went in to try to save him.
The body of Aaron was recovered Thursday evening, 24 hours after his brother’s body was found Wednesday. Nicole Buffie has the story.
The path leading to Sturgeon Falls has closed until improvements are made. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On the bright side
Nearly 250 people have moved out of Winnipeg encampments under the Manitoba government’s Your Way Home strategy, which is more than 70 per cent of the NDP’s goal for its first term in office.
Housing, Addictions and Homelessness Minister Bernadette Smith told the Free Press Thursday the province has housed 249 people since launching the program in early 2025. The plan is to move 350 people from camps into housing during the government’s first term, which ends in October 2027, and 700 by the end of a second term, if it’s re-elected.
Smith said 85 per cent, or 211 people, remain in housing. Scott Billeck has more here.
Housing, Addictions and Homelessness Minister Bernadette Smith says the province has housed 249 people since launching the program in early 2025. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press)
On this date
On July 24, 1973: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Libya, hijackers of a Japanese jumbo jet airliner blew up the Boeing 747 at the Benghazi airport a few minutes after they and their 137 hostages slid down an emergency chute; the hijackers were arrested. In Calgary, prime minister Pierre Trudeau was set to meet with the four western premiers for a “Western summit.” In Washington, D.C., U.S. president Richard Nixon battled subpoenas to turn over Watergate-related tape recordings.
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