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A mix of sun and cloud with a high of 22 C and a low of 8 C.
What’s happening today
Real Love Summer Fest kicks off tonight in Teulon and runs until July 30, with performances by Slow Leaves, Brady Allard, Tired Cossack and Sun Dayclub, among others. For ticket info visit reallovewpg.com.
Grant Davidson (Slow Leaves) (Mike Thiessen / Winnipeg Free Press files)
It’s the final weekend of the Winnipeg Fringe Festival — read all our reviews here, or just the five-star reviews here.
Tonight is the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s final performance for this year’s edition of Ballet in the Park. Jen Zoratti has the details on the event.
Today’s must-read
On the outside, it may appear to be an old, sleeping giant. However, inside the former downtown Winnipeg flagship Hudson’s Bay Co. department store is a hive of activity and awakening opportunities, as its redevelopment begins.
“Work has started,” said Jerry Daniels, grand chief of the Southern Chiefs’ Organization redeveloping the 655,000-square-foot, century-old landmark at Portage Avenue and Memorial Boulevard. Carol Sanders reports.
The crew of 15, including nine trainees, has been at the site for nearly seven weeks, sorting and disposing of stuff HBC left behind. (Al Foster Photo)
On this date
On July 28, 1981: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the pace of arrivals in London of big-name guests quickend ahead of the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, which was shaping up to be the “greatest social event in history.” In Ottawa, opposition parties said the West would see most of the disadvantages and little of the gains from a major reshuffling of passenger rail service, with 13 routes being cancelled and six seeing their serivce reduced. In Winnipeg, the changes would likely mean 80 Via Rail employees would lose their jobs. A provincial court judge was told how a woman was able to use a computer to steal $23,000 over a year from the Polo Park Zeller’s store where she worked. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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