Your forecast
Mainly cloudy today with 60 per cent chance of showers and risk of a thunderstorm. Expected high is 29 C, humidex 35 and UV index 8 or very high.
What’s happening today
Celebrated Toronto alt-country band the Sadies, supported by local psychedelic goth rock outfit Holy Void, play the Blue Note Park, 220 Main St.; doors open at 7 p.m. For ticket info, click here.
The Sadies return to Winnipeg for the third time since losing founding member Dallas Good (right) in 2022. (Chris Colohan photo)
Today’s must-read
Volunteers who painted Pride crosswalks in an Interlake community are disappointed but unbowed after the installations were repeatedly targeted by vandals. The defacements of two rainbow flag crosswalks in Lundar followed other recent homophobic incidents in Manitoba and a national spike in hate crimes related to sexual orientation. Chris Kitching has the story.
A rainbow crosswalk in Lundar to celebrate Pride is seen ruined by paint. (Supplied)
On the bright side
A Winnipeg student has used his big brain knowledge to conquer the national competition. Next up: the world. Mark Piasecki, a recent graduate of Vincent Massey Collegiate, finished first at the Canadian National Brain Bee — a contest for high school students to test their comprehension of neuroscience — May 19-20 at McMaster University in Hamilton.
The 18-year-old will take his skills to the International Brain Bee world championship (to be held virtually from Washington, D.C.) next month. Graham McDonald has the story.
Mark Piasecki and his mother Jennifer outside their house in Winnipeg. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On July 25, 1951: The Winnipeg Free Press reported Morden was the hottest spot in Canada, reaching 98 F, while Boissevain and Cypress River hit 96, and Winnipeg 95; rain followed in Winnipeg and Selkirk, but not in Brandon and western Manitoba, where farmers continued to face severe drought. Hundreds and perhaps thousands of people visited Sargent pool in an effort to beat the heat. Jessica Coulter, wife of Winnipeg mayor Garnet Coulter, denied intimations she had plans to run for mayor. A new Communist offer of compromise for a ceasefire in Korea had reached the United Nations, which was thought likely to be acceptable to UN high command. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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