Today’s weather
Your forecast: Cloudy with a high of 20 C, UV index of 5 or moderate. There is a 60 per cent chance of showers late this morning and this afternoon with risk of a thunderstorm. Wind will be from the northwest at 30 km/h and gusting to 50 this this morning.
Today’s must-read
A man accused in the killing of Rebecca Contois, whose partial remains were found in a garbage bin in May, was remembered by former classmates as timid around men but aggressive toward women. Jeremy Skibicki, 35, has been charged with first-degree murder. His lawyer did not say how Skibicki plans to plead, and a trial date has not been set. Chris Kitching reports.
Detectives from the Winnipeg Homicide Unit investigate partial human remains discovered behind an apartment building in May. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On this date
On July 27, 1950: The Winnipeg Free Press reported British Conservative leader Winston Churchill warned the country did not have any equipment in use that could withstand the armoured might of the Soviet Union should wide-scale war break out. A south Korean counterattack pushed the northern communist forces back seven miles in the northwest. In Manitoba, eager youths were rushing to enlist to fight in the Korean War, creating one of the biggest recruiting bottlenecks since the Second World War. The late Canadian prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, was buried near his parents in Toronto. Search our archives for more here.
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