Today’s weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 27 C, Humidex of 29 and UV index of 8 or very high. Wind will be from the southwest at 20 km/h.
What’s happening today
Pope Francis will conclude his tour of Canada with meetings in Quebec City and Iqaluit.
The Supreme Court of Canada will rule on a B.C. case in a decision expected to clarify how condom use during sex relates to consent in sexual assault law.
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen in Ottawa on May 11, 2022. The court will release a decision today that is expected to clarify how the use of a condom during sex relates to consent in sexual assault law. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Today’s must-read
The first public poll of Winnipeg voters shows former mayor Glen Murry as the heavy favourite to win the city’s mayoral race. Murray was favoured by 44 per cent of decided voters, ahead of Coun. Scott Gillingham (St. James) at 16 per cent and former Winnipeg Centre Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette at 13 per cent. Chris Kitching reports.
Former mayor Glen Murray (Jessica Lee / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On this date
On July 29, 1970: The Winnipeg Free Press reported Linda Kasabian described the bloody scene at Sharon Tate’s hilltop mansion as she testified in Los Angeles at the murder-conspiracy trial of cult leader Charles Manson and three of his followers. In the U.K., British longshoremen called off a national strike that had lasted two weeks. In Ottawa, the chairman of the Prices and Incomes Commission said there were increasing grounds to believe inflation had been checked, at least temporarily. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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