Your forecast
Environment Canada has issued an air quality warning for Winnipeg. Widespread smoke with a high of 24 C. UV index of 8 or very high.
What’s happening today
⚾ The Winnipeg Goldeyes host the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks at Blue Cross Park at 6:30 p.m.
Today’s must-read
The proposed $1-billion development near Polo Park was billed as a complete community, including multi-family apartment towers, retail space and parks, that would transform the space once occupied by the Winnipeg stadium — but two years later, shifting economic and immigration landscapes have wreaked havoc on the plan.
Gabrielle Piché has the story.
Shifting economic and immigration landscapes have wreaked havoc on the $1-billion development plan near Polo Park. Justin Zarnowski, Shindico Realty’s general counsel says the plan is in a “holding pattern.” (Shindico)
On the bright side
As people around the world welcomed a new millennium, Torontonians in the year 2000 were welcoming something even bigger – a herd of hundreds of life-size moose statues.
Twenty-five years ago, Toronto launched its Moose in the City campaign, a project featuring 326 colourful moose statues decorated by artists and placed all over the city in an effort to usher in the new year with a boost for local tourism and art sectors.
The Canadian Press reports.
A moose stands high atop the back deck of Laurel Brooks’ home in Toronto. (Cole Burston / The Canadian Press)
On this date
On July 29, 1931: Between 60 and 70 cars were expected to arrive in Winnipeg from Galveston, Texas. Two monoplanes sped across the ocean on projected record-breaking non-stop flights from St. John’s, N.L., to Istanbul and Turkey. A five-pound box of dynamite — intended to be used to demolish an old bank building — was set off by a spark from a steam shovel in Ottawa, shattering around 200 windows on an entire block.
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