Free Press Head Start for July 29

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Swimmer Penny Oleksiak can become Canada’s most decorated Olympian of all time with a medal in the women’s 100-metre freestyle tonight.

Rowers Caileigh Filmer and Hillary Janssens won bronze in the women’s pair event on Thursday, Canada’s 10th medal of the Games.

Winnipeg swimmer Kelsey Wog finished eighth in her heat in the 200-metre breaststroke semifinal and was later disqualified for using a “dolphin kick” on the completion of a stroke. She is set to swim the breaststroke leg in the women’s 4×100-metre medley relay. The heats are Friday morning.

Manitoban Tyler Mislawchuk, Canada’s top-ranked triathlete, is pulling out of the mixed team relay because of an injury he suffered during the men’s individual race.

— Adam Treusch, assignment editor

What’s happening today

MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPolice on eastbound Provencher Boulevard on Wednesday morning. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)

Police on Provencher assault: City police will likely release more information about a serious assault early Wednesday that led to traffic being closed in both directions on Provencher Boulevard. Police said little about the incident yesterday. READ MORE

Vessel reaches Rotterdam: The container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week last March has finally reached its destination in the Netherlands. The Ever Given was held in the canal’s Great Bitter Lake amid a financial dispute after it was freed. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE

Weather

Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 28 C, humidex of 30 and peaks wind from the north at 15 km/h beginning later this morning.

In case you missed it

Tyler Sneesby at the intersection of Broadway and Maryland Street. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)

Mixed signals: An audio signal intended to help pedestrians with visual impairment cross a Winnipeg intersection safely has been repaired after doing the opposite. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE

‘Would be very helpful’: Leaders of Manitoba’s faith-based personal care homes are calling on the province to require all staff members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. John Longhurst reports. READ MORE

Delta dawn: U.S.-based Delta Air is set to resume Winnipeg service starting Sept. 13, in the latest sign of recovery for the city’s airport. Temur Durrani reports. READ MORE

‘A work in progress’: After making two trades earlier this week, the first day of NHL free agency was a quiet one for Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE

On this date

On July 29, 1942: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that overwhelming German forces pressed the Soviets back in the Batalak area near Rostov. It was argued that if a major offensive by the Allied British and U.S. forces were to draw away enough German divisions to Western Europe to allow the Soviet Union to mount an offensive and shorten the war, that action by the Allies should be taken by Sept. 1. The R.A.F. continued to attack Hamburg, this time with a bombing raid that was up to 600 planes strong; 32 bombers were lost in the assault.

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