Your forecast
Sunny this morning followed by a mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of showers this afternoon. Expected high is 32 C, humidex 37 and UV index 8 or very high. Low 16.
What’s happening today
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is getting ready to shuffle his cabinet today as he readies the team that will likely lead the Liberals into the next election. A swearing-in ceremony will take place at Rideau Hall this morning for what is expected to be the most significant change since 2021. The Canadian Press reports.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is getting ready to shuffle his cabinet today. (Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press files)
The Winnipeg Goldeyes host the Sioux City Explorers at Shaw Park, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Today’s must-read
The union for Manitoba’s 1,400 liquor employees has agreed to take its contract dispute to conciliation, after staging recent walkouts at select Liquor Marts and the massive distribution centre in Winnipeg. The Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union agreed Tuesday to Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Corp.’s request to bring in a conciliator to guide contract negotiations. Malak Abas has the story.
Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries employees on strike outside the MLLC distribution centre. (Mike Thiessen / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On July 26, 1961: The Winnipeg Free Press reported construction of Winnipeg’s new city hall would begin the next May, with completion in summer 1964. A city alderman told the Free Press if architects agreed, demolition of the old city hall building would take place the coming Jan. 15. U.S. president John F. Kennedy told the world the U.S. was ready to go to war if need be to defend the freedom of Berlin. To honour local celebrations of the anniversary of the first German immigration to Canada, the Free Press flew the flag of Germany (Weimar Republic) from its flagstaff. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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