Your forecast
Sunny this morning, then a mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of showers this afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. High 31 C. Humidex 40. UV index 8 or very high.
Most of the carbon emitted by Canada’s record 2023 wildfires came not from burning trees, but from peat and soil, according to a new study that warns a warming climate is making the country’s vast underground carbon deposits increasingly vulnerable to fire.
The study says it estimates, for the first time, that about 76 per cent of those emissions came from burning peat and soil, while the rest was trees and other aboveground vegetation. The Canadian Press reports.
A hot spot from the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire burns in Scotch Creek, B.C., in 2023. (Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press files)
What’s happening today
🩰 Ballet in the Park opens tonight at the Lyric Theatre in Assiniboine Park and runs until July 30. 7 p.m.; pre-show activities begin at 6 p.m. Read more about this year’s program here.
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company returns to Assiniboine Park for Ballet in the Park. (Mike Sudoma / Free Press files)
Today’s must-read
The Winnipeg family that led the effort to build the Canadian Museum for Human Rights will not provide support going forward, philanthropist and honorary board member Gail Asper says.
“We do not want to support any institution that, in our view, fans the flames of antisemitism,” said Asper, who has personally donated more than $1 million to the museum. Her father, CanWest Global Communications founder Izzy Asper, pushed for its creation before his death in 2003.
“I think my father would be deeply disappointed in us doing that with his funding, and I have no stomach for it at all.”
The family’s decision was fuelled by the current, contentious exhibition, Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present, which explores the forced displacement of Palestinian Canadians from 1948 through to today. Carol Sanders has the story.
Protesters gather outside of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights over the current Nakba exhibit. Gail Asper (centre), whose late father Izzy Asper founded the museum, holds a sign. (Brook Jones / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Fundraising cyclists from New Brunswick who had their bikes stolen in Winnipeg got to see a completely different side of the city over the weekend.
“The good people in Winnipeg really wanted to show us that our first impression in Winnipeg is not what it was, and I think that’s really cool,” said Thomas Clark, 23, who is cycling across Canada with Valentine Duquenne to raise money for men’s mental health.
Winnipeggers rallied to raise nearly $16,000 in just a few days to replace their bikes, which were stolen Friday while the men were doing an interview with CBC. Tiago Resko has more here.
Thomas Clark (left) and Val Duquenne greet Canadian Tire folks Brad Elliott (left), Marc Gaudreau, and Chris Coenen with their new bikes on Monday. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free press)
On this date
On July 28, 1944: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that defeated German forces retreated to the suburbs of Warsaw as Russian Cossacks and tanks surged across grain fields in a frontal assault 30 miles from the Polish capital. Canadian Flt.-Lt. was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for his actions in sinking a German submarine.
Today’s front page
Get the full story: Read today’s e-edition of the Free Press.
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