What’s happening today
Sentencing submissions: A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Daniel Vernon Williams. He was convicted earlier this year of manslaughter in the death of his 21-month-old daughter, Kierra Elektra Star Williams. The baby from Peguis First Nation died of internal bleeding because of an injury inflicted by her mother, Vanessa Bushie, in 2014.
Report release: The Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union will release a report that analyzes the effects of privatizing the province’s air services. The Tory government announced this month it plans to sell Lifeflight air ambulances and begin leasing out water bombers.
Attack on African enclave: About 800 migrants stormed border fences that separate a Spanish enclave from Morocco early today, throwing stones, feces and quicklime at police officers. Sixteen migrants and five officers were taken to hospital.
Weather
Your forecast: Today will be mainly cloudy with a high of 23 C and humidex of 25, with a 40 per cent chance of showers or drizzle this morning and wind from the north at 20 km/h.
In case you missed it
Investors Group Field was to be paid for by municipal and provincial taxes collected on the former Winnipeg Stadium site and the Blue Bombers. The football club has been making its payments, but the former site of the old stadium remains undeveloped. (John Woods / The Canadian Press Files)
Costly mistake: The province is on the hook for $118.7 million as part of a loan for building Investors Group Field that was to be repaid with taxes from the redevelopment of the old stadium site at Polo Park, Larry Kusch and Jessica Botelho-Urbanski report. Columnist Dan Lett says former mayor Sam Katz and former premier Greg Selinger must bear the brunt of the criticism for the fiasco. READ MORE
Family flees bear: A family that had a frightening experience with a bear in Whiteshell Provincial Park earlier this month wonders if the animal is the same one who injured a young camper last weekend. Conservation officers are still searching for the bear involved in that incident. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Stellar sophomore: Cory Johnson has yet to record a sack for the Bombers in 2018, but the defensive tackle is having a great second season. “His pursuit level is through the roof. He’s running all the time during the play and after the ball is thrown,” head coach Mike O’Shea said. “His motor has increased quite a bit.” Mike Sawatzky reports. READ MORE
On this date
On July 26, 1997: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that the RCMP had arrested Larry Fisher, a convicted rapist, in the 1969 Gail Miller murder case; the arrest came a week after DNA evidence exonerated David Milgaard, who spent 23 years in prison for the crime, and implicated Fisher. Organizers of the 1999 Pan-American Games in Winnipeg struck a deal with the federal and provincial governments to cover a $40-million shortfall. READ MORE
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